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03-23-2011, 02:49 PM | #136 |
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OK... got some seedlings in the ground (Mar 22). Last year I only planted heirlooms, this time I planted some Better Boys & Big Beefs. Not because I know anything about them, but because their seedlings were only a buck & I was impatient to plant something. What can I expect out of them in a Mediterranean climate with only 6-7 hrs of sun?
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03-27-2011, 02:25 PM | #137 |
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I'm gonna let it get just a lil warmer, but i cant wait to get'em going. I've been pouring all of the water from my turtle & fish tank water changes in the same spot all winter long.
That ground is gonna be sooo fertile, its bound to be a huge & productive plant. |
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03-27-2011, 03:08 PM | #138 |
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I jumped the gun a wee bit. Planted 4 Better Boys in the front of my house last week. Then my neighbor told me that Better Boys tend to get ginormous around here - Better Boy holds the production record of 342 lbs of tomatoes on one plant. Way too much bush for the front of my house. So I just dug 'm up & put some Black Krim in their place. Been raining so much around here the wet adobe is like digging in black peanut butter that sticks to the shovel. Gonna be a long, muddy day....
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03-27-2011, 03:12 PM | #139 |
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It didn't get above freezing here all day today. It was 9 above last night at the house (by a lake). We've had snow twice this week. I plant tomatoes the end of May. The very end. Growing season ends about a week after Labor Day.
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03-27-2011, 03:31 PM | #140 |
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03-27-2011, 04:10 PM | #141 |
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hummmmm what strain of ...*tomatoes* am I gonna plant this year
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03-27-2011, 04:16 PM | #142 |
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03-27-2011, 04:27 PM | #144 |
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Snowed here most of the day. Guess I'm not working in the garden today.
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03-27-2011, 04:35 PM | #145 |
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03-28-2011, 07:01 PM | #146 |
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Done planting just in time for the weather change. It finally stopped raining & we have a string of days in the 70s coming up. Cost me almost $40 for these seedlings, but at least we don't need potting soil or fertilizer round here. I'll make the $40 back in tomatoes that I won't have to buy from the store....
Heirlooms Pink Brandywine Brandywine (2) Red Beefsteak (2) Belgium Giant Mortgage Lifter Marglobe Mr. Stripey Black Krim (2) Black Prince Hybrids Husky Cherry Red Big Beef (3) Better Boy (4) Last edited by Ugly Duck; 03-29-2011 at 03:53 PM.. |
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03-29-2011, 03:24 PM | #147 |
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Duck you coulda just cut the runners on your hybrids.
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03-29-2011, 03:50 PM | #148 |
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You sayin I don't know what I'm doin? Well... you're right. Never grew a hybrid before (this is my second season doin maters). Don't know what to expect from a hybrid. Actually just finished digging up 3 of those Better Boys (doh!). Replaced 'em with 2 Brandywines, a Mortgage Lifter & a Belgium Giant. The Heirlooms did just fine last season & I'm afraid that the Better Boys will get too big & unruly. Gonna try pinching & pruning to keep the plant size down & the mater size up. (record 7 lbs 12 oz from Oklahoma)
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Alot of people who grow indeterminate tomato plants will "pinch the runners". I tie my runners up cause i have room & that's the way i learned it.
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