Caged position 11 (left) Celebrity tomato, position 12 is a cucumber from that guy in the Menards parking lot. He usually has quality seedlings and this cucumber is doing well.
The tomatoes bounced back from yesterday. The curled leaves are reduced in all tomatoes. It just rained this afternoon. I suspect the curled leaves are due to under watering and not over watering after results from an experiment done the last two days. Will fertilize tomorrow.
Caged position 2 (left) and 3 (right). Celebrity tomato in position 2, two eggplants in position 3. These eggplants are the largest so far of the 8 planted this year.
Update: I usually plant 3 eggplants in these 20 gallon tubs but only put 2 in this year. From the looks of this container 3 would have been too crowded.
Caged position 14, the last caged position, contains 1 eggplant, 1 Cleome, and a bunch of volunteer snapdragons from last year. This is an end container in the tomato line. These three plants seem to be getting along OK so far however the Cleome looks a little stunted. Some of the Cleome seedlings from Gesethemane were duds and I got no volunteer Cleome from the plants grown last season. Eggplant grow like a weed on the rooftop and are heavy producers.
Update Note: Since this container contained volunteers from last year its soil was not turned thus mushroom compost was not added. This could be an influence on plant size.
Caged position 1 contains two Cleome. These were put at the two ends of the tomato line to help protect against whatever plagued end tomatoes in the past and to attract bees. The Cleome blooms are big and colorful and receive lots of bee business. These Cleome are about to have their first bloom. They bloom all summer long.
Caged positions 10 and 11. Position 10 (left) is a Better Boy. Position 11 (right) is a Celebrity. All other tomatoes of similar size at this time. Pic taken on 6/25. Celebrity and Better Boys are the only types of tomatoes planted this year.