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Old June 12, 2007   #8
michael johnson
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I base my findings on certain varieties that have been greenhouse grown, which all turn out dry and mealy (horrible spitters) ugh', and as its always a lot warmer in a greenhouse and the tomatoes are usually watered more frequently than those outside.

Tomatoes that always go mealy in a greenhouse or (usually), depending on the weather and climate conditions, are:-

German red strawberry.
Orange strawberry.
Stump of the world,
and several others.
But the same tomatoes grown outside usually go juicy and sweet under cooler airy conditions but take longer to mature (perhaps a couple or three weeks), if rushed to maturity in the greenhouse you get larger mealy yucky tomatoes in those varieties mentioned,but the majority of other tomato varieties are not affected by this and remain big and juicy and normal.
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