another day's feast. This third generation of Summer Sandwich variety from cuttings is still
kicking it.
After a rough start, one of two possibilities, new potting mix that was allegedly from scratch,
as in being composted. I didn't think after getting it home that this compost was ripe enough.
The other factor might also have to been about the timing, as in season when these cuttings
were put into this new medium. The cuttings struggled in getting established, even with a
healthy set of roots that were water born. The growth of these cutting were slow and in my
eye, not healthy looking, as if they had a bad case of wilt.
The constant gardener that I am only took it as a challenge and motivated to get these cuttings
to produce, no matter what. Not matter how easy tomatoes grown from seed can be, they are
not always with a challenge.
You might ask, was it worth it...oh yeah!
After cutting back this year's plants back to a salvageable scrappy bunch. I even planted some
new seeds along for insurance from this late Fall batch of tomatoes you see above. Also I've taken
some cuttings from a two year old second generation cutting of this same variety.
You see a pattern
here on how great this tomato is to me and what's gardening if there aren't challenges.
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