Cutting Back Tomato Plant…Redux

After consulting a horticulturalist, I’ve decided to abort my experiment in cutting back the tomato plants.  Seems while you can cut them back for a second season here in Houston, the production will diminish and the plant will be weaker inviting more pests now and in the future.

I pulled out the tomatoes and the peppers (which never did anything for me this year), and planted some bush bean seeds.  Seemed the logical thing to do to fix the nitrogen and because this is the time of year to plant bush beans!!  I also started a cherry tomato in a large container on my deck.  More info on these project will be forthcoming.

More Eggplant

Picture from 7/27:

Harvested on 8/2 (ate on 8/3, yum):

The eggplant is in full swing now.  There’s another one ready to be harvested this week and one probably a week away.  That’s a total of 4 so far this year.  I’m optimistic that one of the other flowers is about to form a fruit too.