Posted by EVP MAN on June 28, 2010, 4:47 pm
I have heirloom and hybrid tomato plants this season. Now I realize the
season is still early but the hybrids seem to be out producing the
heirlooms at least three to one and in some cases more than that. This
is counting both green tomatoes as well as blossoms on the plants.
Unless the heirlooms come on like gang busters later in the season, the
hybrids will win hands down as far as production.
Rich from PA Zone 5-6
Posted by balvenieman on June 28, 2010, 9:05 pm
White_Noise_1@webtv.net (EVP MAN) wrote:
> the hybrids seem to be out producing the
>heirlooms at least three to one and in some cases more than that. This
>is counting both green tomatoes as well as blossoms on the plants.
>Unless the heirlooms come on like gang busters later in the season, the
>hybrids will win hands down as far as production.
Well, gee, just what would you think might be one of the primary
reasons for developing hybrids....
Posted by Wallace on June 28, 2010, 10:17 pm
> I have heirloom and hybrid tomato plants this season. Now I realize the
> season is still early but the hybrids seem to be out producing the
> heirlooms at least three to one and in some cases more than that. This
> is counting both green tomatoes as well as blossoms on the plants.
> Unless the heirlooms come on like gang busters later in the season, the
> hybrids will win hands down as far as production.
> Rich from PA Zone 5-6
Rich, as the season progresses, please provide a post about quality vs.
quantity.
Posted by Paul M. Cook on June 29, 2010, 3:47 pm
> I have heirloom and hybrid tomato plants this season. Now I realize the
> season is still early but the hybrids seem to be out producing the
> heirlooms at least three to one and in some cases more than that. This
> is counting both green tomatoes as well as blossoms on the plants.
> Unless the heirlooms come on like gang busters later in the season, the
> hybrids will win hands down as far as production.
My yellow pear are heirlooms and just like last year slow starters. But
they finished big in the early fall with a bumper crop and kept producing
into October.
Paul
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>heirlooms at least three to one and in some cases more than that. This
>is counting both green tomatoes as well as blossoms on the plants.
>Unless the heirlooms come on like gang busters later in the season, the
>hybrids will win hands down as far as production.