We have a tiny yard so have room for a few tomatoes and basil. Because of weather then Insights and other work travel didnāt get them planted until the weekend after Insights. San Marzanos grow slow so I hope for a nice warm fall to get a decent harvest. They make excellent pasta sauces and chili base though.
We got around to it a little late this year, so mostly have strawberry plants from years past and mint that now has squattersā rights to a corner, plus a couple grape plants, peppers (weāll see if this is the year those finally work out), melons, basil, and two San Marzano tomato plants that grow like weeds.
Also have a fig tree in memory of my father-in-law that the bunnies ate to the ground winter of '25, but has flourished since protecting it. Hoping we might get some figs this year
Next year I think Iām going to build a wide free-standing planter and start an annual hops grow. I am in the PNW, after all.
My mom always said you have to be mad when you plant peppers. That still never worked for me. Last year I decided to finally try fertilizer and I used Fox Farms Big Bloom every week or two and I got more peppers than I knew what to do with.
Funny the diff a little fertilizer makes. We stopped fighting tomato blight upon realization we can outgrow it w fertilizer
I like Jackās water soluble. Made a venturi siphon so we mixup 2gal concentrate then hose the whole garden with the siphon diluting ~50gals in ~12 minutes every 10-14 days
Would like to make it work on a drip system but the siphon requires heavy unconstricted flow to work correctly.
Maybe introduce the dose as a secondary, have it elevated on a line joining the droppers with two taps turn off the waster side turn on the fertiliser and vice versaā¦ normally with liquid fertalizwr you just does once a week, not every watering anyway,. Or just go old school and mix it up and apply with a watering can
The impetuous for the siphon was mixing 2 gal cans is tiring. Its cheap and I love it but this siphon design just wonāt work for an automatic system or even a shower nozzle due to back pressure fouling the syphon function
A drip system would be hands free and further diluted so nutrients are indeed delivered with every watering. injection mixers would be the pro method but expensive.
Might try syphon-mixing into an uphill barrel then see if gravity is enough head pressure for drip. 
I came across it this weekend and thought about you.
Thanks for sharing! The injectors Iāve looked at are much more expensive than that. Should probably look again. Would need to investigate mix-ratio ranges and whether I can get my fertilizer to the required concentration without saturation.
PS - got the siphon to work with a firehose style nozzle this weekend. Woot!
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