More pollination and not sure the other one took.

The next tomato isn't quite ready yet and more plant sex!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Despite what the tomato looks like, it isn't that red.

The picture on the right is a male flower part stuck inside the female parts. Swirled it around good, and the ants were helping too. Made sure there was plenty of pollen on the second one, that may be the issues with the previous one, not enough fresh pollen. One of these days I'll take a picture of the anatomy of the flowers so you can see the difference.

Size comparison of the previous pollination attempt:

Same angle and distance roughly but it looks like the fruit has elongated a bit but hasn't gotten that much bigger in girth. Sigh. The new one that I just pollinized is behind it on the left picture.

I'm fixing spaghetti sauce today and will be using the fresh tomatoes in a salad to go along with it. Hoping they are still good, tomatoes unbruised can last about a week in the fridge. Will see what happens tonight.

 Oh I collected some bell pepper seeds from the one I used in the sauce just for the heck of it. Not sure how or where I'm going to plant them but I like feeling productive like that. There are 'vegetable growing hacks' out there where you cut a pepper in half, add some dirt in the cavity, sprinkle seeds in there and wait for them to grow. Um what a waste of food! Go get a paper cup or some of the pressed peat moss planter cups for that. Or better yet something resuable. Why would I buy a perfectly good pepper and then use it as a planter without putting it in a recipe?

Nimrods. 

Trivia about that word, actually means just the opposite of idiot, means skillful hunter so when Bugs Bunny was using it on Elmer Fudd he was being sarcastic about his hunting skills.

 

Meanwhile back at the ranch.....

Might pull up the pepper plant and see what I can plant there next. First have to get that stupid aloe in the pot out of there and the dilapidated planter behind it. That will give me much more room to plant stuff. Maybe...just  maybe move the logs over to the corner next to the jade plant? Would have to talk to the manager about moving stuff around. I'm sure there's black widows in that wood pile and maybe the lizard still.

Can you imagine what kind of wonderful condo that is for a lizard? Bugs and spiders in there, shade on hot days, shelter... wonderful set up. Hate to disturb it.

 

Need to go out and get some cat food and maybe splurge on some fertilizer as well. 

Until next time...