Before and After

Now Chauncey is a good person, and he believes in using Nitrogen responsibly. But last week (well, 10 days ago), he fertilized the tomatoes with a small per/plant dose of a basic 10-10-10 fertilizer. Hopefully, this application doesn't hasten the end times, but as you can clearly see in these before and after pictures, the fertilizer is hastening the tomatoes. Per tomato-wrangler custom, one additional treatment will be given when the fruit begins to set. But that's it! No more.

All plants to the left were in-house seedlings--yep, hand raised and bottle fed. 10 days ago they were just over a foot tall; now, the largest, in the sunniest spots, are pushing 3'. Nothing like a little sunshine, rain, and nitrogen cocktail to get the party started.

Additionally, you find some pics of new and old garden friends. (And, no, Young Master Bun has not been dipping into the fertilizer. That's the original Mr. Bun from earler in the season.)

Note: Blogger has issues with picture order for some reason. The before picture has smaller plants; the after picture has larger plants.