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And still those that voted for him are not far up shit creek to realise how much they have fucked over everyone in America and are STILL proud of their choice.
…have fucked over everyone in ~~America~~ the World and are STILL proud of their choice.
Tomatoes are for pussy liberals! - Trump voter
"They're the trans fruit of the vegetable world"-MAGAs
Maybe non-binary would be more precise? You know, the fruit-vegetable thing?
I remind them. I'm not a "told ya so" kind of person, but it's important to remind them not to make the same mistakes again.
I voted against that mofo 3 times, yo. I try. Every. Single. Day. For so many years. It hurts and I'm really tired.
I mean, we are talking about people that confidently state the high gas prices are worth it. Definitely PROUD of their choice.
High gas prices are just a scam
Also our domestic tomato harvest is going to be the lowest in 3 decades because farmers have no one to pick them. So they planted only enough their local labor can handle. Usually million of migrate workers would be arriving in America to plant and harvest. Now... Literally zero. Last year they were caught off guard. This year many farmers went under, sold to corporations, or reduced yields drastically. We are in for major food shock this year.
(not to mention the war impact on fertilizer costs.)
He can begin to make America great any time now.
Am I supposed to know how much a box of tomatoes normally costs? How big of a box? Why not give the price increase as a percentage?
I hate headlines.
How much could a tomato cost? $10?
Prices for tomatoes are up 40% over the past year, the biggest increase tracked among products in the Consumer Price Index
Literary the sub headline.
Turns out the "box" is actually one of those pallet sized boxes like they use for watermelons and Costco has them out on the floor for sale.
Tomatoes were already one of the best effort:reward things you could grow in a balcony garden, this makes it even better.
Ushering In a new era of seasonal veggies...
Especially with things like the dwarf tomato project, there are hundreds of varieties that dont get over three feet tall. That plus grow bags and the lightweight coco coir soil mixes that can be easily shipped and carried around it really doesn’t make sense not to.
I like to let my tomatoes vine and go crazy for the extra shade in the mornings. :) With trellises, they're super nice.
Humping out a 5 gallon bucket every couple days, though...
and carried around
Now I'm picturing people carrying their tomato plants around with them wherever they go.
For real. Tomatoes are so easy to grow, and homegrown tomatoes taste so much better.
They really aren't that much easier to grow than most other things. They just offer more value for the time and space.
A pizza place I loved dearly had to close because of this. It’s hard to keep pricing competitive when tomatoes shoot from $20 to $93.
Fuck Trump and his band of Nazis
"I will suffer high prices, poverty, and hunger for Trump because I believe in his plan and know he's doing what is best" - some trump simp
Someone tell my Midwestern grandparents their ship has finally come in. They had a backyard the size of a postage stamp and somehow produced bushels and bushels of tomatoes each year. They could probably singlehandedly close the supply gap especially if you settle for what they canned.
yeah that is the thing with tomatoes. no tomatoes. no tomatoes. no tomatoes. holy hannah tons of tomatoes. no tomatoes.
Still baffles me how Trump still has 30+% approval rating. I mean the price increase of gas and groceries literally affects every normal citizen. Those 30+% can't all be millionaires/billionaires. How fckn stupid are they that they still support Trump?
There is a floor, somewhere around 25%-30%, of people who will always, always support and approve of what they consider to be the authority, purely because it's the authority.
I'm currently running my phone in black & white so I can't tell for sure, but those look like beefsteaks which I believe, personally, I've gotten pretty good at growing.
Looks like I'll be trading tomatoes for what I want this season. Fuck money
Good tip for tomatoes, start it and let the plant get 2-3 sets of the round leaves (leafs?) or 1 true set, strip the leaves (again, leafs? I'm drunk.). Bury it with the bottom of the stem about 2-4 inches above the bottom of a well drained bucket. Make sure you have holes near the bottom. Put the bucket in a tray. Water the plant from the bottom, in the tray. Never from the top.
Trust me. It works..... so well. I promise. You're welcome.
As you know - store bought beefsteaks taste of nothing. They’re just bred for tough skin and redness. So much better to grow your own. I basically don’t eat tomatoes if I can’t grow them myself.
They are. You can tell because it says "beefsteak" underneath.
How can we be sure these aren't the Beefs Teak variety?
I didn't see that. Nice catch, Watson.
The stem should be fuzzy when you strip the leaves. That fuzz can turn into roots. Which it should. Soooooo much more fruit this way. Yes, tomato is fruit
American measurements again. Kilos, Nooo! OK at least pounds, no? Noooo!
Tomato box=(Football field x 32/534 large burgers) + a boulder the size of a small boulder.
Federal data reveal that U.S. tariffs collected on tomatoes skyrocketed from just $16,424 in 2024 to nearly $4.6 million, a staggering 27,879% increase.
nononono i saw a very reputable meme of a minion wearing a MAGA hat on facebook saying that tariffs make things cheaper
FAKE NEWS
As these costs trickle down, outraged shoppers have taken to social media, filming videos lamenting prices they claim have quadrupled, with some vowing to plant their own gardens to avoid paying up to $8 a pound.
In California, the cost of water for consumers precludes growing high-cost vegetables to realize overall savings: unless consumers can figure a way to get their water at agricultural pricing.
We are allowed to setup rain capture systems. I have over 3000 gallons of free water each Feb, and that lasts my plants until Nov.
Where do you store 3000 gallons? Thats a lot of space! Very cool though, I’m kinda jealous
If you were to store it all at once, it would fit in a cube with 2.4 metre (7.84 foot) sides.
Not as much as I expected! Still a decent footprint, but more manageable!
Probably possible to bury the tank deep enough you could grow the tomatoes on the ground above it if space is a concern.
In Texas, cities have residents on strict water restrictions with massive fines for violating them. Meanwhile the oil refineries in these same cities are allowed to purchase water for 30 cents per thousand gallons and can use as much water as they want.
In Corpus Christie, they've been in a drought for years and living under these restrictions the whole time. They're projected to completely run out of water in just a few years and these refineries are still unrestricted. The current plan from the corrupt local government is to have the residents spend one billion dollars to build a desalination plant despite it being these 3 or 4 massive multinational oil companies who are using all of the water.
Tomatoes are easy to grow folks
They are super easy to grow, but when youre up north in the US you get a couple of months a year that youre actually getting tomatoes and when youre getting tomatoes, everyone else is getting them too. So everyone has them and just trying to get rid of them. Then comes November and you have thoughts of the wonderful summer and fresh tomatoes as the cold sets in.
Americans are about to get a crash course in relearning home canning if they want to have year round access to seasonal fruits and vegetables.