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TheUrbanFarmer · June 14, 2015

Last year, we grew Super Sweet 100 from seed and then bought a bunch of Homestead from Lowes thinking we'd be fine. The blight we brought home from those plants took out everything we had and ruined our season...

While we did have a good amount of cherry tomatoes but our main use tomato was a massive failure in the grand scheme of things. We had SOME tomatoes...but certainly nothing like we had hoped from the 9 I think we had.

Taking what we had learned from last year and knowing exactly where our faults were, we set out to get SERIOUS about things this year.

Everything was started from seed, indoors, under 4ft, T-8 bulbs. Nothing high powered, but enough light to get the seeds above the ground and slowly edging towards something.

We used composted soil from the prior failed year but didn't want to risk any viral infection to vulnerable seed / seedlings so we cooked all soil so that it reached 180 degrees for 15 minutes leaving it sterile. The soil was inoculated with BioVam before the seeds were planted which important to note.

Now, for the information that everyone is curious to know:

We are growing 14 different varieties this year; some cherry, some slicing/daily use, and some paste types.

Cherokee Purple
Blue Beauty
Woodle Orange
Pritchard Scarlet Topper
Break-O-Day

Chocolate Cherry
Riesentraube
Yellow Gooseberry
Red Velvet
Purple Bumblebee
Sungold Select II

Amish Paste
Rosso Sicilian
Ukrainian Purple

Some of these are in buckets and some of these are in beds, but all of them are around and will be getting a bit of spotlight through out the season, hopefully!!!

It's a big jump up from what was attempted the previous year, but I am confident in the direction taken and so far things have been looking good!!

June 14, 2015	#5
TheUrbanFarmer Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Zone 8a Posts: 64	Back to the plants Last year, we grew Super Sweet 100 from seed and then bought a bunch of Homestead from Lowes thinking we'd be fine. The blight we brought home from those plants took out everything we had and ruined our season... While we did have a good amount of cherry tomatoes but our main use tomato was a massive failure in the grand scheme of things. We had SOME tomatoes...but certainly nothing like we had hoped from the 9 I think we had. Taking what we had learned from last year and knowing exactly where our faults were, we set out to get SERIOUS about things this year. Everything was started from seed, indoors, under 4ft, T-8 bulbs. Nothing high powered, but enough light to get the seeds above the ground and slowly edging towards something. We used composted soil from the prior failed year but didn't want to risk any viral infection to vulnerable seed / seedlings so we cooked all soil so that it reached 180 degrees for 15 minutes leaving it sterile. The soil was inoculated with BioVam before the seeds were planted which important to note. Now, for the information that everyone is curious to know: We are growing 14 different varieties this year; some cherry, some slicing/daily use, and some paste types. Cherokee Purple Blue Beauty Woodle Orange Pritchard Scarlet Topper Break-O-Day Chocolate Cherry Riesentraube Yellow Gooseberry Red Velvet Purple Bumblebee Sungold Select II Amish Paste Rosso Sicilian Ukrainian Purple Some of these are in buckets and some of these are in beds, but all of them are around and will be getting a bit of spotlight through out the season, hopefully!!! It's a big jump up from what was attempted the previous year, but I am confident in the direction taken and so far things have been looking good!! Last edited by TheUrbanFarmer; June 14, 2015 at 08:27 PM.