L's Garden Checkpoint 2 -- 2 weeks later

Well, here we are, about 2 weeks later. L's garden has certainly changed a bit. L had P take the following pictures, as I was unable to return to L's place and take them myself. Below is L's Mountain Apple Tree, with its lush foliage.


Mountain Apple Tree

I'm not sure, but this might be the flower bud I saw 2 weeks ago but hadn't opened yet. Here it is now, all by its lonesome self amid the Mountain Apple leaves.


Mountain Apple Tree blossom

One noticeable difference in L's garden is the state of the Michelia x Alba L bought for E. Its leaves have lightened and are drooping considerably. Is it iron chlorosis? Whatever it is, it seems to be bad. Maybe it's some other mineral deficiency.


Unhappy Michelia x Alba

I saved the most important pics for last. Yes, that's right, the tomato plant pics!

This Russian black tomato is growing slowly. There are very few flowers, and I'm wondering if it's the fact that it's in the container. Perhaps it is just because it is a later maturing tomato plant?


Heirloom Tomato: Black Seaman

Next up is the Italian tomato Principe Borghese. L tells me this is the only other plant growing tomatoes right now, aside from the cherry tomato. It isn't growing very tall, but is certainly growing bushy.


Heirloom Tomato: Principe Borghese

The ?Lebanese? variety Omar's Lebanese seems to be growing the most robustly out of all the non-cherry tomato plants. L has yet to see any fruit, but the plant sure does look healthy. I was afraid the container size was hindering the size of the tomato plants too much, but this picture reassures me that that's not the case. Omar's Lebanese tomatoes are supposed to grow big.


Heirloom Tomato: Omar's Lebanese

Here's another short tomato plant, but I've heard the French Carmello can produce fruit in cooler temperatures than most other tomatoes. August will still be sunny and hot, as will most of September, so the tomatoes still have time.

To the left of the Carmello plant is a container containing Ping Tung eggplant seedlings that L germinated earlier. We don't have too much hope that the eggplant will actually be able to fruit before the cold kills it, since eggplants require more sun and heat than tomatoes.


Hybrid Tomato: Carmello

The most prolific plant, as anticipated, is the cherry tomato hybrid Sweet Millions. Its foliage still droops, but the plant looks healthy. More flowers are setting, and more fruit appearing. No fruit have ripened yet, though. Hopefully within another 2 weeks the earliest fruits will start to ripen.


Hybrid Tomato: Sweet Millions

The saddest plant is the heirloom Aunt Ruby's German Green. The plant looks much more sickly than it did 2 weeks ago. L thinks it is because it was stuck in an area that received much more sun and heat, but I think it might be some wilt or other disease. I hope I'm wrong, since those conditions are contagious.


Heirloom Tomato: A sickly Aunt Ruby's German Green

If the tomato plant doesn't recover within the next few weeks, L will likely toss the plant to prevent infecting the others.