Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 64 Entries. Saturday, January 4 View Page My first attempt at a Heavy Carrot..It ended up at 1.5 pounds..First PB of the 2014 Season..:)   Sunday, January 26 View Page Pucker Up everyone its getting cold outside....:)   Tuesday, January 28 View Page Snow in SC...always special!   Sunday, March 9 View Page Ok if all works out 10 tomato plants this year. Line up: 3-4.61 Finders, 1-4.5 Evans, 1-4.8 Ruegger, 1- 6.83 Boudyo, 1-6.57 Boudyo, 1-6.01 Boudyo, 1- 3.05 Mailey, and 1-5.08 Werner.:)   Sunday, March 9 View Page Got a little Sunburnt yesterday while gardening...:)   Sunday, March 16 View Page Tomato seedlings are transplanted...:)   Sunday, March 16 View Page OOOOPPPSS that is not a tomato seedling pic..LOL...Here is the correct picture..   Sunday, March 16 View Page So far this has been the most aggressive of all the mater plants. Seedlings are only a week old today and this one is working on its first true leaf already. It is the 4.5 Evans which is off the 4.2 Wahl, Which is off the 5.51 Megamarv.. If you were part of our SGPG seed exchange then you should have gotten this seed. :)   Wednesday, March 19 View Page Funny how if you pay very close attention to your plants they tell you what they want. Tomato seedlings that we keep under grow lights during the day(first picture) are open, but when they want me to turn the lights out so they can go to sleep(second picture,next post) the close up their leaves. In the morning they are back open again...   Wednesday, March 19 View Page Night Night time...:)   Sunday, March 23 View Page Mater seedlings got their first shot of Dunkel's..They are 2 weeks old today...:)   Friday, March 28 View Page Tomato seedlings are starting to smell like tomatoes...:)   Monday, March 31 View Page Tomato seedlings getting some afternoon sunlight...:)   Monday, April 7 View Page Only 10 days apart in these pictures. Got Dunkel's?   Monday, April 7 View Page Transplanted 5 more of our 4.61 Finders. So total tomato plants for this season will be 15...Trying to get over that 5 pound mark.. :)   Sunday, April 13 View Page First round of tomato plants are in... 2-4.61 Finders, 1-4.5 Evans, 1-4.8 Ruegger, 1- 6.83 Boudyo, 1-6.57 Boudyo, 1-6.01 Boudyo, 1- 3.05 Mailey, and 1-5.08 Werner.:)   Thursday, April 24 View Page And we have lift-off... :)   Wednesday, April 30 View Page Long Gourd getting its first true leaf :)   Saturday, May 3 View Page We have megablooms.....5.08 Werner :)   Saturday, May 3 View Page This one is on our 4.61 Finders plant. A good sign to see that most of our tomato plants are throwing megablooms right out of the starting gates..:)   Saturday, May 3 View Page Sometimes if you are lucky you catch the sunlight just right..here is Photosynthesis working on a potato leaf...:)   Saturday, May 3 View Page You know it was a good day in the patch(garden) when you go to clean your ears and you get dirt on the Q-tip and when you blow your nose and your boogers are made of dirt too..Good Day...Good Day.. :)   Tuesday, May 6 View Page This is on the 5.08 Werner, the bloom is only about 18 inches high up the plant....:)   Thursday, May 15 View Page Next couple of pics are our mega-blooms. It was a sunny day when they opened but the next day it was rainy, so we will have to wait and see if they took...:) First up 5.08 Werner...   Thursday, May 15 View Page 3.05 Mailey...   Thursday, May 15 View Page 4.61 Finders...:)   Thursday, May 15 View Page 6.57 Boudyo....:)   Thursday, May 15 View Page 4.8 Ruegger.. :)   Saturday, May 17 View Page Long Gourd baby pics....115.75 English :)   Saturday, May 17 View Page Side View with sun...:)   Saturday, May 17 View Page Top View....:)   Wednesday, May 21 View Page All of the mega blooms took, let the fun begin...:)   Wednesday, May 21 View Page Ok this was suppose to go with the previous pic...lol..   Wednesday, May 21 View Page Temps are going to go up to the mid to upper 90's so we had to protect the tomato plants/blooms. :)   Thursday, May 29 View Page LG getting its first flowers and sidevines...:)   Thursday, May 29 View Page Yesterday's harvest...:)   Thursday, May 29 View Page Tomatoes are getting big already, pic is only one week after pollination :)   Monday, June 2 View Page :)   Tuesday, June 3 View Page As of right now our biggest chance for a big mater is on our own 4.61, but still a long way to go...:)   Friday, June 6 View Page This little baby tonight put a BIG smile on my face. It is on the 4.8 Ruegger :)   Monday, June 9 View Page Tomato Patch update :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCiR7aUZJAI   Tuesday, June 10 View Page 4.8 Ruegger Growing fast..:)   Tuesday, June 10 View Page LG getting its first females...:)   Saturday, June 14 View Page This is our biggest so far in the mater patch on our own 4.61. It is measuring 19 1/2 inches. It is growing an avg of one inch a day now(peak growth time ). If you look near my hand you can see a stretch mark inside the darker part. :)   Saturday, June 14 View Page Found this bloom today on our second planting of our own 4.61. If it takes another good potential for a big one..:)   Monday, June 23 View Page 4.8 Ruegger is now at 18 inches :)   Monday, June 23 View Page BIG boy is not done yet....this one is on our 4.61 :)   Wednesday, June 25 View Page LG now at 41 inches long and doing an avg of 5.5 inches a day...:)   Friday, June 27 View Page Ok BIG boy will be picked tomorrow. What will he weigh? a new PB maybe....Stay tuned...If you want to guess the weight then go to the tomato board....:)   Saturday, June 28 View Page Well not a PB but still a 4 pounder. :)   Saturday, June 28 View Page Transplanted Heavy(Giant) Carrots into bigger pots today :)   Saturday, July 5 View Page The 4.8 Ruegger stopped growing for about a week and a half(strange) now it is growing again. Measuring 22 inches..:)   Saturday, July 5 View Page Half Finals 2014 WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   Saturday, July 12 View Page Despite all our megablooms this season we have been given several 3 pounders out of them. The heat here has ripened them too soon. Pictured tomato is off the 4.8 Ruegger. Still nice size but no pb yet. A couple tomatoes still are growing so will have to wait and see how they turn out. :)   Saturday, July 12 View Page This one was off the 5.08 Werner..:)   Saturday, July 12 View Page This one is growing on the 6.83 Boudyo :)   Saturday, July 19 View Page Time for more big tomatoes. First one off the 3.05 Mailey.....   Saturday, July 19 View Page Next of the 6.83 Boudyo we had two tomatoes, this first one being the smaller one...   Saturday, July 19 View Page And this the biggest one. Of the 6.83 Boudyo. This plant had two tomatoes growing, with a combined weight of 7.10 lbs. To bad, it wasn't on one.   Saturday, July 19 View Page To give you a kind of a size reference, here are three Giant tomatoes together..with a total of just over 10 lb :)   Sunday, October 26 View Page ****SEEDS WANTED***** The SGPG are looking for YOUR seeds. Any seeds (Flowers, peppers, pumpkins, tomato, Long Gourds...ETC) Our expanding club will be sending out seeds to our members for the second time and we can not do it without YOU. Last year was a success due to generous growers like YOURSELF. 70+ seeds last year went out to our members. With several members getting Personal Best from the donated seeds. So please message us if interested, seeds will go out in January..Thank You.. MEMBER PB EXAMPLE: HANK HOUSTON GREW a PB 113.75 LG off the 111.5 Martin. SGPG 809 East Main ST Apt 1121 Lexington, SC 29072 t.finders@hotmail.com   Sunday, November 2 View Page Heavy Carrot getting bigger.... :)   Sunday, November 16 View Page Harvested some Jumbo Jalapeno seeds today. If anyone wants some let us know....:)   Sunday, November 23 View Page Heavy Carrot still putting out new growth...7 months old :)