Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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#31 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Mobile, AL
Posts: 83
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Sounds delicious! All I plant is tomatoes due to the massive difference between home grown and store bought. My tallest tomato
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#32 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Mobile, AL
Posts: 83
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Is about 8ft tall now though....German Johnson
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#33 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: peru, Iowa zone 5a
Posts: 167
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This is my first year doing all heirloom tomatoes. German Pink, in the hoop house, 5 Brandy Wine , and 5 Cherokee Purple, in outside beds. Brandy Wine is the only heirloom I've tasted, so I'm excited to pick and eat my first one of the others. I'm not familiar with these varieties, so I'm not sure how tall they get, but based on their late March sowing date, it appears they will reach the hoop house struts before seasons end.
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#34 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: PNW
Posts: 4,743
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AVRDC has this .pdf on pruning and staking for market tomatoes
on indeterminates: http://avrdc.org/?wpfb_dl=200 (These are grown in hot weather, where sunscald of the fruit is an important concern. They suggest a certain number of clusters per plant, with 4 fruit per cluster.)
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: peru, Iowa zone 5a
Posts: 167
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