Here’s Hoping Some Green Will Rub Off On My Thumb
scrappybadger August 14th, 2007
I tend to dote on anything I plant, especially if it is a fruit or vegetable producer. That’s why I was scouring the internet this morning looking for reasons why our tomatillo plant keeps dropping blooms. I asked someone at the garden center where we buy all of our plants, and he recommended a tomato bloom setting spray. It wasn’t, of course, organic, so I passed, and we’ve been hoping for the best since then. Some people say you need more than one tomatillo for pollination purposes. It will really suck if that is true. We only bought one since we’re short on garden space, and we wanted to see how successful it would be before trying more than one plant.
My research this morning has me thinking I might still get some salsa verde, though! Many gardeners report not getting fruit until late August or even September. I hope that’s the case with ours. The plant itself is so nice and healthy, and it brings all sorts of cute bumble bees into the garden. It has nice yellow flowers too, but geez, I want some fruit. Wish us luck.
I happened upon this really cool gardening blog. I love her cucumber arch idea. I’m thinking it would be a great use of space near our heat pump. I wonder if the cucumbers would mind the breeze from the fan.
Oh, and apparently tomatillos will come back on their own each year. That would be awesome, and I can’t wait to see if we get some next year.
