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Originally Posted by jmsieglaff
By the time my garden has been put to rest and I'm finalizing my 2018 list, you'll be starting to get some nice sized fruits! I can't wait to watch your thread again this year, a great winter treat!
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I know!!! I am really excited right now. Sometimes folks post that it gets them through the winter to see my photo thread.
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Originally Posted by Gardeneer
That is a good reason.
Great list in terms of varieties, so many that I have not known/grown.
But too much work is driving me insane. 
So to keep my sanity, I will CUT back by better than 50% in 2018, both in variety and number of plants. This year I had about 33 varieties and about 60 plants. There will be a lot of ZAPS.
Too much work and too much tomatoes not knowing what to do with it. But as of now my garden is on strike.  . Exceptions are just a few who have crossed the picket line.  |
You will really be able to cut back 50%? I always SAY I will, but never can.
Too funny about crossing the picket line, lol.
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Originally Posted by beefyboy
Great list Marsha! I only grow the best of the best now but still love to trial new varieties and thanks to you, I am trying 3-4 of yours. With an orchard of 52 fruit trees, I am busy with that too. I still have 26 earth boxes but only use maybe 5-6 of them. Love my outdoor hydro system by urban farm much better, grown in a shade cloth greenhouse type structure I built. It is 9 ft tall and supports for the tomatoes are cattle panels. This system reduces the heat by roughly 8 degrees and no hardening off of plants needed. Growing roughly 22 plants myself, more than I could ever eat with plenty for tomato soup by the gallons. This is going to be a great year, wish you all the best in production and disease free growing.
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Have you started your seeds yet for the fall? Which ones if mine are you trying? You don't use your Earthboxes? What will you do with them? I wish you a great season too.
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Originally Posted by imp
Better grow more then !!!  |
Why, it's up to 104 now, plus peppers(which I still suck at growing), lettuce, kale, and cucumbers.Think I need even more?
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Originally Posted by clara
What a great list, Marsha! I wish you a perfect germination and later on a HUGE crop!
I'm actually picking tomatoes like crazy - among them, a lot of varieties you generously shared with me! Many thanks again!
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Clara, you know I am delighted to hear if your success. Do you like the ones you are growing that I sent you seeds for?