I have these hanging baskets in my patio. The basket itself has holes
in it, where you can plant impatiens, petunias, lobelia, etc., and
when it fills out, the holes can't be seen, and it looks like a big
round flowery basket. Hard to explain, but you can look at the picture
on http://www.hangingbaskets.com.

I've enjoyed my two baskets for several seasons.

This year I am going to plant something food like instead of flowers
in one of the baskets, perhaps strawberries, chives, cilantro, basil
and maybe a cherry tomato plant in one of them. Any other suggestions
to add to the pot?

thanks
Karen

Karen wrote:
> I have these hanging baskets in my patio. The basket itself has holes
> in it, where you can plant impatiens, petunias, lobelia, etc., and
> when it fills out, the holes can't be seen, and it looks like a big
> round flowery basket. Hard to explain, but you can look at the picture
> on http://www.hangingbaskets.com.
>
> I've enjoyed my two baskets for several seasons.

Wow, those are really cool!

>
> This year I am going to plant something food like instead of flowers
> in one of the baskets, perhaps strawberries, chives, cilantro, basil
> and maybe a cherry tomato plant in one of them. Any other suggestions
> to add to the pot?

Tomatoes should do well. TOTGA (my ex) grows tomatoes in these:
http://topsyturvys.com/10001.html

Serene

"Karen" > wrote in message
...
>I have these hanging baskets in my patio. The basket itself has holes
> in it, where you can plant impatiens, petunias, lobelia, etc., and
> when it fills out, the holes can't be seen, and it looks like a big
> round flowery basket. Hard to explain, but you can look at the picture
> on http://www.hangingbaskets.com.
>
> I've enjoyed my two baskets for several seasons.
>
> This year I am going to plant something food like instead of flowers
> in one of the baskets, perhaps strawberries, chives, cilantro, basil
> and maybe a cherry tomato plant in one of them. Any other suggestions
> to add to the pot?
>
> thanks
> Karen

You could make a pizza garden, Grape or cherry tomatoes can be planted
upside down in a hanging basket, they look amazing and can grow as much as 6
feet down. Chives, oregano, basil, tyme (tyme is lovely and will also creep
down the sides). I would plant the tallest plant in the middle working your
way out to the smallest plant. Don't forget to turn your pot every few
days.
Gords, mini pumpkins, mini cukes are also nice and will vine all the way
down.
Best of luck.

"Serene" > wrote in message
...
> Karen wrote:
>> I have these hanging baskets in my patio. The basket itself has holes
>> in it, where you can plant impatiens, petunias, lobelia, etc., and
>> when it fills out, the holes can't be seen, and it looks like a big
>> round flowery basket. Hard to explain, but you can look at the picture
>> on http://www.hangingbaskets.com.
>>
>> I've enjoyed my two baskets for several seasons.
>
> Wow, those are really cool!
>
>>
>> This year I am going to plant something food like instead of flowers
>> in one of the baskets, perhaps strawberries, chives, cilantro, basil
>> and maybe a cherry tomato plant in one of them. Any other suggestions
>> to add to the pot?
>
> Tomatoes should do well. TOTGA (my ex) grows tomatoes in these:
> http://topsyturvys.com/10001.html

I suspect this is a dumb question but I'm not proud: do they still get
<shudder> tomato worms when grown this way?

TammyM, gonna have nightmares tonight at the mere mention of those horrible
things!

TammyM wrote:
> "Serene" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Karen wrote:
>>> I have these hanging baskets in my patio. The basket itself has holes
>>> in it, where you can plant impatiens, petunias, lobelia, etc., and
>>> when it fills out, the holes can't be seen, and it looks like a big
>>> round flowery basket. Hard to explain, but you can look at the picture
>>> on http://www.hangingbaskets.com.
>>>
>>> I've enjoyed my two baskets for several seasons.
>> Wow, those are really cool!
>>
>>> This year I am going to plant something food like instead of flowers
>>> in one of the baskets, perhaps strawberries, chives, cilantro, basil
>>> and maybe a cherry tomato plant in one of them. Any other suggestions
>>> to add to the pot?
>> Tomatoes should do well. TOTGA (my ex) grows tomatoes in these:
>> http://topsyturvys.com/10001.html
>
> I suspect this is a dumb question but I'm not proud: do they still get
> <shudder> tomato worms when grown this way?
>
> TammyM, gonna have nightmares tonight at the mere mention of those horrible
> things!
>
>
Certainly they will get hornworms if their parents are in the vicinity.
Easy to get rid of though, just pull them off and squish them. Same worm
that is on tobacco plants and will also eat other members of the
nightshade family.

"George Shirley" > wrote in message
...
> TammyM wrote:
>> "Serene" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> Karen wrote:
>>>> I have these hanging baskets in my patio. The basket itself has holes
>>>> in it, where you can plant impatiens, petunias, lobelia, etc., and
>>>> when it fills out, the holes can't be seen, and it looks like a big
>>>> round flowery basket. Hard to explain, but you can look at the picture
>>>> on http://www.hangingbaskets.com.
>>>>
>>>> I've enjoyed my two baskets for several seasons.
>>> Wow, those are really cool!
>>>
>>>> This year I am going to plant something food like instead of flowers
>>>> in one of the baskets, perhaps strawberries, chives, cilantro, basil
>>>> and maybe a cherry tomato plant in one of them. Any other suggestions
>>>> to add to the pot?
>>> Tomatoes should do well. TOTGA (my ex) grows tomatoes in these:
>>> http://topsyturvys.com/10001.html
>>
>> I suspect this is a dumb question but I'm not proud: do they still get
>> <shudder> tomato worms when grown this way?
>>
>> TammyM, gonna have nightmares tonight at the mere mention of those
>> horrible things!
> Certainly they will get hornworms if their parents are in the vicinity.
> Easy to get rid of though, just pull them off and squish them. Same worm
> that is on tobacco plants and will also eat other members of the
> nightshade family.


<Faint!> :::thud:::

TammyM, quick with the smelling salts!

"dejablues" > wrote in message
...
>> TammyM wrote:
>>> I suspect this is a dumb question but I'm not proud: do they still get
>>> <shudder> tomato worms when grown this way?
>>>
>>> TammyM, gonna have nightmares tonight at the mere mention of those
>>> horrible things!
>> Certainly they will get hornworms if their parents are in the vicinity.
>> Easy to get rid of though, just pull them off and squish them.
>
> I'd throw them out into the yard for the birds - birds love them! I
> haven't seen one in years, maybe it's because I have a bird feeder right
> where I plant tomatoes.

Ahhhh! Perfect! I'll plant next to the bird feeder. Then again, all I'd
have to do is see one of those things in a bird beak and I'd be off my food
for a week....

TammyM

"TammyM" > wrote

> Ahhhh! Perfect! I'll plant next to the bird feeder. Then again, all I'd
> have to do is see one of those things in a bird beak and I'd be off my
> food for a week....

I read recently in a gardening column that they can be aggressive.
As if I wasn't already scared to death of them. So I googled
hornworm aggressive to see if it was true, and what popped right
up, http://www.tammysrecipes.com/tomato_hornworms ... That's
not your website, is it, Tammy? heh

nancy

"Karen" > wrote in message
...
>I have these hanging baskets in my patio. The basket itself has holes
> in it, where you can plant impatiens, petunias, lobelia, etc., and
> when it fills out, the holes can't be seen, and it looks like a big
> round flowery basket. Hard to explain, but you can look at the picture
> on http://www.hangingbaskets.com.
>
> I've enjoyed my two baskets for several seasons.
>
> This year I am going to plant something food like instead of flowers
> in one of the baskets, perhaps strawberries, chives, cilantro, basil
> and maybe a cherry tomato plant in one of them. Any other suggestions
> to add to the pot?
>
> thanks
> Karen

Lemon Thyme?

"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
. ..
>
> "TammyM" > wrote
>
>> Ahhhh! Perfect! I'll plant next to the bird feeder. Then again, all
>> I'd have to do is see one of those things in a bird beak and I'd be off
>> my food for a week....
>
> I read recently in a gardening column that they can be aggressive.
> As if I wasn't already scared to death of them. So I googled
> hornworm aggressive to see if it was true, and what popped right
> up, http://www.tammysrecipes.com/tomato_hornworms ... That's
> not your website, is it, Tammy? heh


Good god, NO! Nancy, you should have WARNED me there was a PICTURE!!

AAAAAEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.................. ::thud::

TammyM (I have perused this site before though)

"TammyM" > wrote

> "Nancy Young" > wrote

>> "TammyM" > wrote
>>
>>> Ahhhh! Perfect! I'll plant next to the bird feeder. Then again, all
>>> I'd have to do is see one of those things in a bird beak and I'd be off
>>> my food for a week....
>>
>> I read recently in a gardening column that they can be aggressive.
>> As if I wasn't already scared to death of them. So I googled
>> hornworm aggressive to see if it was true, and what popped right
>> up, http://www.tammysrecipes.com/tomato_hornworms ... That's
>> not your website, is it, Tammy? heh
>
>
> Good god, NO! Nancy, you should have WARNED me there was a PICTURE!!

Do they have to be so BIG and the same color as the leaves??

The newspaper's garden writer says to hand pick them.

I wouldn't pick them with someone else's hands!!!

nancy

On May 20, 1:55*pm, "Nancy Young" > wrote:
> Do they have to be so BIG and the same color as the leaves??
>
> The newspaper's garden writer says to hand pick them.
>
> I wouldn't pick them with someone else's hands!!!
>
(chortling). You remind me of a former neighbor. She would fill a
small bucket with soapy water, don latex gloves, and then pick them
off using kitchen tongs and drop them in the water. Took her forever
with much nose wrinkling and mouth twisting.

I handpick 'em and throw them over the fence (a different
neighbor's). Some years we plant marigolds around the base of the
tomatoes and that does seem to inhibit their appearance. It's kind of
miraculous how they appear: one day they are not there and the next
here are these big spectacular creatures. -aem

"aem" > wrote

>On May 20, 1:55 pm, "Nancy Young" > wrote:
>> Do they have to be so BIG and the same color as the leaves??
>
>> The newspaper's garden writer says to hand pick them.
>
>> I wouldn't pick them with someone else's hands!!!
>
>(chortling). You remind me of a former neighbor. She would fill a
>small bucket with soapy water, don latex gloves, and then pick them
>off using kitchen tongs and drop them in the water. Took her forever
>with much nose wrinkling and mouth twisting.

All of that sounds completely reasonable to me, assuming she
couldn't get you to do it for her.

>I handpick 'em and throw them over the fence (a different
>neighbor's). Some years we plant marigolds around the base of the
>tomatoes and that does seem to inhibit their appearance.

Marigolds it is. Due to some excess pruning, I have extra space
for tomatoes. I can't wait to plant them. I also have room to
grow something else, and I've decided on green beans. I have
an idea I need poles with plastic netting. And a variety that
produces all summer, if there is such a thing.

> It's kind of
>miraculous how they appear: one day they are not there and the next
>here are these big spectacular creatures.

I saw something on TV about how hornworms find your tomatoes.
Stuck in my mind. To you, tomato plants look like green leaves.
To them it's a giant neon party! Probably perfectly visible from your
(different neighbor's) yard.

nancy

"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
. ..
>
> "TammyM" > wrote
>
>> Ahhhh! Perfect! I'll plant next to the bird feeder. Then again, all
>> I'd have to do is see one of those things in a bird beak and I'd be off
>> my food for a week....
>
> I read recently in a gardening column that they can be aggressive.
> As if I wasn't already scared to death of them. So I googled
> hornworm aggressive to see if it was true, and what popped right
> up, http://www.tammysrecipes.com/tomato_hornworms ... That's
> not your website, is it, Tammy? heh

They are aggressive! They rear up on their little legs and wave around! A
horticulturalist friend of mine said to catch them and grind them up in a
blender and spray the resulting goo over the tomtatoes to deter other
hornworms. Uhhh, yah right!

"dejablues" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Nancy Young" > wrote in message
> . ..
>>
>> "TammyM" > wrote
>>
>>> Ahhhh! Perfect! I'll plant next to the bird feeder. Then again, all
>>> I'd have to do is see one of those things in a bird beak and I'd be off
>>> my food for a week....
>>
>> I read recently in a gardening column that they can be aggressive.
>> As if I wasn't already scared to death of them. So I googled
>> hornworm aggressive to see if it was true, and what popped right
>> up, http://www.tammysrecipes.com/tomato_hornworms ... That's
>> not your website, is it, Tammy? heh
>
> They are aggressive! They rear up on their little legs and wave around! A
> horticulturalist friend of mine said to catch them and grind them up in a
> blender and spray the resulting goo over the tomtatoes to deter other
> hornworms. Uhhh, yah right!
Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Did you REALLY have to tell us that?! ;-)

TammyM, about as green as a dreaded hornw*rm

"dejablues" > wrote

> "Nancy Young" > wrote

>> I read recently in a gardening column that they can be aggressive.
>> As if I wasn't already scared to death of them. So I googled
>> hornworm aggressive to see if it was true, and what popped right
>> up, http://www.tammysrecipes.com/tomato_hornworms ... That's
>> not your website, is it, Tammy? heh
>
> They are aggressive! They rear up on their little legs and wave around!

To me aggressive means they might bite. Little freaks.

> A horticulturalist friend of mine said to catch them and grind them up in
> a blender and spray the resulting goo over the tomtatoes to deter other
> hornworms. Uhhh, yah right!

Heh, like that's happening.

nancy

On May 20, 3:19*pm, "Nancy Young" > wrote:
>
> Marigolds it is. *Due to some excess pruning, I have extra space
> for tomatoes. *I can't wait to plant them. *I also have room to
> grow something else, and I've decided on green beans. *I have
> an idea I need poles with plastic netting. *And a variety that
> produces all summer, if there is such a thing. *
>
I think Blue Lake may be more popular but we've settled on Kentucky
Wonder as our green bean to plant. Just like the taste better. Once
they mature, they bear for several weeks if you keep picking them
small. Nowadays we use the established trellis but the most fun was
one year when we made a three pole teepee with 6 or 7-foot bamboo
poles and attached strings to the poles for the plants to grow up on.
Big nails on the ground end of the strings. -aem

"aem" > wrote in message
...
>On May 20, 3:19 pm, "Nancy Young" > wrote:
>
>> Marigolds it is. Due to some excess pruning, I have extra space
>> for tomatoes. I can't wait to plant them. I also have room to
>> grow something else, and I've decided on green beans. I have
>> an idea I need poles with plastic netting. And a variety that
>> produces all summer, if there is such a thing.
>
>I think Blue Lake may be more popular but we've settled on Kentucky
>Wonder as our green bean to plant. Just like the taste better. Once
>they mature, they bear for several weeks if you keep picking them
>small. Nowadays we use the established trellis but the most fun was
>one year when we made a three pole teepee with 6 or 7-foot bamboo
>poles and attached strings to the poles for the plants to grow up on.
>Big nails on the ground end of the strings.

Thanks! Now I know varieties to look for and to keep picking
them. I appreciate the info. I've never grown much in the way
of vegetables.

nancy

On Tue, 20 May 2008 20:23:55 -0400, "Nancy Young" >
wrote:

>
>"aem" > wrote in message
...
>>On May 20, 3:19 pm, "Nancy Young" > wrote:
>>
>>> Marigolds it is. Due to some excess pruning, I have extra space
>>> for tomatoes. I can't wait to plant them. I also have room to
>>> grow something else, and I've decided on green beans. I have
>>> an idea I need poles with plastic netting. And a variety that
>>> produces all summer, if there is such a thing.
>>
>>I think Blue Lake may be more popular but we've settled on Kentucky
>>Wonder as our green bean to plant. Just like the taste better. Once
>>they mature, they bear for several weeks if you keep picking them
>>small. Nowadays we use the established trellis but the most fun was
>>one year when we made a three pole teepee with 6 or 7-foot bamboo
>>poles and attached strings to the poles for the plants to grow up on.
>>Big nails on the ground end of the strings.
>
>Thanks! Now I know varieties to look for and to keep picking
>them. I appreciate the info. I've never grown much in the way
>of vegetables.
>
>nancy

My favorite green beans are Roma II (Italian flat) and Haricot Verts
(skinny French.) They both come in bust varieties and no trellis
needed. Keeping them picked is the way to prolong production.

--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974)

"The Cook" > wrote

> On Tue, 20 May 2008 20:23:55 -0400, "Nancy Young" >
> wrote:

>>Thanks! Now I know varieties to look for and to keep picking
>>them. I appreciate the info. I've never grown much in the way
>>of vegetables.

> My favorite green beans are Roma II (Italian flat) and Haricot Verts
> (skinny French.) They both come in bust varieties and no trellis
> needed. Keeping them picked is the way to prolong production.

Great, that I can do. I'm always deadheading flowers, so I know
about keeping stuff producing like that. I didn't know about the bush
type. I'll be poring over what varieties are available when I go to
the nurseries later this week. Thank you.

nancy