We put the first 2 tomato plants of 2026 into the outdoor raised beds here.
Sungold, of course.
They will be under “cloches” when they need to be, so we’ll see how well the management of that goes until after the last frost passes …. stay tuned.
The real excitement now is that our indoor tomatoes are beginning to flower. Purple Bumblebees. Compact indeterminate. Should make a bush full of suckers, 2 feet tall max, indoors under lights. No telling how long one plant might produce. I hope to find out.
More & different indoor tomato starts are ready to be up potted. Outdoor starts are just sprouting.
Meanwhile we also have micro greens coming out of the same 3 shelf hydroponic sprouting system set up.
We should soon have fresh homegrown tomatoes & salad greens
in Central Texas, every day, year round.
And, it will have only taken me 5 years to sort it all out.
( And, it’s practically free. 😉 )
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