The bella rosa plant in the 5 gallon bucket has only 2 tomatoes so far. A lot of the blossoms have been falling off on all the plants so I've resorted to pollinating them with an electric toothbrush :) The bees pass right over the tomato flowers and head to the marigolds and arugula flowers.
The current state of the pepper plants. They've been pretty prolific and have survived snails, hornworms and whiteflies.
The tomatoes in the ground have been fairing surprisingly well in their native nematode-laden soil. They are disease resistant varieties (big beef and bella rosa) and I notice tomatoes definitely thrive in the ground where their roots can grow deep. The ones above don't get much sun and haven't produced flowers yet.
This one is also in native soil aside from the top 6 inches of soil. The bean plants that were growing here died after several months from root-knot nematode damage, but not before producing handfuls of large, tasty green beans. This tomato plant gets only 4-6 hours of sun in the morning and has one large tomato so far.
The bella rosa plant in the 5 gallon bucket has only 2 tomatoes so far. A lot of the blossoms have been falling off on all the plants so I've resorted to pollinating them with an electric toothbrush :) The bees pass right over the tomato flowers and head to the marigolds and arugula flowers.
The current state of the pepper plants. They've been pretty prolific and have survived snails, hornworms and whiteflies. 
The tomatoes in the ground have been fairing surprisingly well in their native nematode-laden soil. They are disease resistant varieties (big beef and bella rosa) and I notice tomatoes definitely thrive in the ground where their roots can grow deep. The ones above don't get much sun and haven't produced flowers yet.
This one is also in native soil aside from the top 6 inches of soil. The bean plants that were growing here died after several months from root-knot nematode damage, but not before producing handfuls of large, tasty green beans. This tomato plant gets only 4-6 hours of sun in the morning and has one large tomato so far.
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