A little nipping and tucking and confusion

 

 Weather is the same as yesterday, so not horrible, still very mild and waiting for the supposed hot weather next week. I decided to trim some of the lower leaves off of the tomatoes because they were touching the ground and it somehow seemed like they didn't need to be.

 

Some adjustments to the picture on the left as it was entirely more dark than it actually was so it now matches the other picture and the actual brightness of the light.

It's very encouraging seeing the plants looking so healthy and hearty. There is some snail damage, possibly worms but that leaf touching the ground is what spurred me to trim up the bottoms of all the plants.

Welp, that top flower didn't make it but not surprised and not disheartened about it. There's plenty more in other places. Hard to see them under the other foliage on that plant.

 

So yes, there are plenty more flowers to go through and it is still early in the season as far as the weather is concerned. This time last year there was no June gloom, we had hot weather off and on starting this month and running through to October. So the tomatoes are on track for producing next month for sure and into august. 

The south bed tomatoes are also looking spectacular with foliage and several flowers. I took a picture of the base of the front tomatoes in the bed. Relatively dense foliage that I removed a good portion of with the nipping.

With their 'skirts' removed it's rather open underneath the tomatoes. This is a good thing actually as it increases air flow and reduces possibility of diseases and insects/mollusks.

Not a lot of branches but when they are large and cover area it only takes one or two to make more room under them.

 

Stupid jade plant in the way but there is a branch that I think I took off the tomato that's sticking out and another picture of how many more leaves I nipped off. 

Top view of the south tomatoes completely filling that small bed. There are four plants in there though so that's a lot of leaves covering the area.

No other pictures than that. Today is the last day of picking up the grandboys from school for me as tomorrow is their last day. Will have to find other flowers to take pictures of and places to walk.