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1. cant grow heirlooms here too hot in sc . they don't do well at all here . Ive tried . 2. we cant build anything and I tried the bamboo it rotted we had so much rain here the last two years so that is out . My husband has a bad back and cant bend over to build anything ...im sorry just cant do seeds either for some reason. But thanks for the tips .
My garden is about 25x30 and I rotate everything I grow to a different location. I amend the soil with a mixture of fresh potting soil, mushroom compost, and cow manure. I only put it in the holes I dig for the plants, why feed the weeds? I usually only plant 4 to 6 tomatoes and have a freezer full for winter cooking. Last year was a bad year and I had fewer quarts to freeze. It rained and rained and rained in early spring and then very little rain. You can't control mother nature. My Roma's were huge and my Beefmaster's were small. Go figure.
I haven’t got huge tomatoes either. I used to grow huge tomatoes for kicks. One got the size of a small plate.
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I haven’t got huge tomatoes either. I used to grow huge tomatoes for kicks. One got the size of a small plate.
With our short growing season I won't even try to plant anything bigger than Early Girl. Most of ours will be Cherry tomatoes like Sweet 100, Black Cherry and Sun Gold. Some days I have picked a a quart and gave some away.
With our short growing season I won't even try to plant anything bigger than Early Girl. Most of ours will be Cherry tomatoes like Sweet 100, Black Cherry and Sun Gold. Some days I have picked a a quart and gave some away.
Of course small tomatoes ripe up faster, but I still grow the larger types. I think I have problem with my soil, didn’t do double digging like I used to do, maybe that’s why. We finished the garden, and left for 4 months vacation, we forgot we didn’t thoroughly dig it like we use to do. I’m not giving up yet. I will try again this year.
Tomatoes from the garden are so much better than store bought that I'd gladly spend the equivalent of $3/tomato. For me the cost is reduced by using seed for many of my plants, which I have already started in the house. I don't buy cages, but make my own using the much cheaper bamboo stakes from Home Depot and a ball of string, and they last many years.
When I bought my current house, there was an ugly fence around the front yard, made with those triangular steel stakes and pasture wire. When I tore it out, I made tomato cages out of the wire and had enough for myself and to give a bunch to a neighbor.
No...I agree. I have always planted my tomatoes in the back corner....My tomatoes thrive there, year after year.
I've tried a few tomatoes in pots, in other areas of my yard....totally unreliable.
I haven’t got huge tomatoes either. I used to grow huge tomatoes for kicks. One got the size of a small plate.
What variety of tomato? I used to grow beefsteak that would get that big, but the last couple of years, not so much. I had good luck with the beefmaster's two years ago and got some pretty nice ones. I will try the beefmaster's again. The Roma's always seem to do well but last summer was the worst ever. They were beautiful and larger than normal, but not as many. I'm down to two more quarts in the freezer. Time to panic. I'll have to cook with store bought tomatoes. Nooooooo.
I don’t remember, but I ordered this book and it’s in there. The book was written by an MD, he grew them for fun. That’s where I followed, the taste was not superior, it’s just huge.
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