Tomatoes from home! – Virender makes it (Day 103)
Virender’s Tomatoes and photos of one remaining indeterminate Tomato Tamina plant…
Village Tomatoes
Growing “Nat Takkali” village tomatoes in Chennai
Day 69: Saying Goodbye to Tomatoes…RIP Fathima
Saying goodbye to the tomatoes and performing the last rites for Fathima. Also transplanted the Tomato Tamina seedlings
Day 63: The first tomato fruits (and my secret weapon)!
First green tomato fruit – also show how I used a vibrating dildo to try and pollinate the flowers to overcome the high humidity in Chennai!
Day 40: Tomatoes – final transplantation
Transplanting my tomato plants. The roots had all grown past their limits. Taking them out of their pots was easy. Just tip them into your hand…
Day 39 Tomatoes: The first flower buds!
My tomato plants have started to bud! These should grow into flowers after a while I guess…
Day 34: Tomatoes – Fighting off insects in a Chennai garden
Dealing with insects on the tomato plants in the Chennai climate. Using Neem leaves soaked in water as an insecticide.
Day 30: Update on tomatoes!
Tomato seedlings after one month. Seems that tomatoes like Chennai’s weather!
Tomatoes Day 9 – New leaves emerging
The first set of true leaves emerging on my tomato seedlings! Need to carefully judge when to transplant them.
Tomatoes Day 5 – And two more shoots! Chun-Lin and Noah
My last two tomato seeds finally explode into the world!
Success! Two shoots: Fathima and Virender – Tomatoes Batch 2: Day 4
I see shoots! Two tomato seeds have begun to make the journey of life. And their names are Fathima and Virender :)