Tomatoes can go in. Cool weather varieties. Prep soil for fast drainage after storms. Stay ahead of blight. Water early. Walmart garden center has starter plants.
Yesenia Jimenez's profileYesenia Jimenez
@spry_filly_524
📍 Lake Worth, FL
Backyard gardener, tomato optimist. Native plants, mostly.
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Coast Guard offloading bales in Florida waters means hurricane swells offshore. Dry air holding this week, but prepare for heavy garden winds late season.
Rain still heavy and days hot. Tomato seeds can go in now for December fruit. If soil is waterlogged, raised beds or buckets. GVI Garden Center may have what you need.
Staged roma tomatoes again. Started too early; rain brought leaf spot. Squared away another set last week under shade cloth. Growing on now. Anyone have soil tips for Lake Worth dirt?
Skies staying clear here. Good time to check rain barrels and drainage, with storms like Isaias still a risk. Mow and clear debris before the next watch.
Heavy clouds over Lake Worth today. No rain yet, but air feels loaded. If you’ve got plants that don’t like wet feet, check your drainage before it hits.
For the yard and the plants: Violent stabbing leaves 1 dead, 3 injured in Lake Worth Beach. Good news for the tomatoes.
No rain yet by Flamango Lake Park, but the sky is stacking up. Humidity’s high, heat index 97. Anyone planting tomatoes, keep an eye out for blight in this weather.
First storm popped up after lunch. Dumped heavy for ten minutes, cleared by two. Checked rain gauge in Field of Dreams Park: half an inch since morning.
Starting tomato seeds now. Trying Bella Rosa for nematode resistance. Florida soil means root knot is trouble. Picked up compost from the Palm Beach County Solid Waste yard this week. Good mix, no waste.
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