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Weekend Update for @007-07-28: Sacrificial Spuds Slimed by Slugs

Despite repeated dunkings, the slugs kept coming and eating my "potatoes in a bag" experiment. With an almost daily rainstorm, most of my concoctions got washed off (though the horseradish spray did work wonders on the beetles). The wet weather is also paradise for the slimy little so-and-so's. Next year, if I grow potatoes: "Sluggo" may be a part of my applications.

 The slugs can't seem to shimmy down the rope holding the inverted tomato plants, though - they're growing like crazy. Wonder how upside-down potato plants would faire... Nahhhh. Thoughts of an extremely raised bed garden, held up with copper pipes does come to mind, though.

 The Japanese Tomato Ring is going great. All have set fruit, and should be ripening soon, as my container variety have started. The Roma tomatoes got so full, they fell over (see picture below) and had to be re-tied to the cage. The tomatoes in containers seem not to be fairing as well, despite constant watering . Will need to move them into the back and see if that helps them. Matt's Wild Cherry tomatoes keep growing and fruiting, but none so far are ripening. Figuring they'll all ripen at the same time (all varieties) and we'll have to make a lot of sauce, even though we got early, mid and late varieties.
Thinking that maybe I can set this variety inside the ring and let them cascade over the sides, though they may not be tall enough.

 They pale by comparison to what's going on outside, and actually are doing worse than anything inside planted in soil (ok, mother nature's got a leg up on my dabblings). For my next trick, I'll be planting into some home-made container planters that work similar to the ones sold for $39.95 and see how they do.