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Posted by Leftred on September 26, 2007, 6:18 am
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the real problem is fruit fly.
In the end, I just grew cherry tomatoes because they have a tougher skin and
are more resistant to fly strike. As well, they taste great. They also grow
prolifically, whether you let them spread on the ground or train them up a
wall or fence.
Ian
> G'day Lionel
>
> If you check ebay there are lots of heritage tomato seeds available and
> who knows, you might find your old bullocks heart.
>
> I've just bought some green/white stripe, red/orange stripe, white/cream
> and black tomato seeds so hoping for some interesting salads this summer.
>
> Not sure this helps?
> Bronwyn ;-)
>
>
>
> Lionel van den Berg wrote:
>> rainman@mailinator.com wrote:
>>
>>> Tomatoes are heavy feeders so try more fertilizer.
>>>
>>
>> Anything in particular? I did give them dynamic lifter (though being high
>> in nitrogen I suspect that is mostly good for leaf growth) and some blood
>> and bone. I'm still working on building the soil, mulching heavily, it's
>> not the greatest soil around.
>>
>> I grew up in Northern NSW, you don't even need to fertilise there and you
>> get big juicy tomatoes. We were at that time keeping our own seed from a
>> variety called bullocks heart. It doesn't really look like the one they
>> sell as ox heart now, but it certainly was the best tomato I've ever
>> eaten, pity I let the seed go :(.
>>
>> Lionel.
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