Posted by EVP MAN on July 21, 2010, 12:22 am
My Jet Stars are ripening first and giving me my first vine ripened
fruit. Champion ll are setting about a dozen med. size fruit per plant.
Plants are well behaved and lend themselves well to staking. First
Prize are getting very nice sized fruit and about ten per plant.
Abraham Lincoln are growing large and kind of unruly to stake but they
are producing close to 30 med. size fruit per plant. All of the above
mentioned plants will be in my garden again next year. Most of my
heirlooms won't be. Kelloggs Breakfast only has two tomatoes. Pruden's
purple, about half a dozen per plant. Mortgage Lifter about a half
dozen fruit. Rutgers isn't doing too bad for a small (determinate)
plant with about a dozen med. size fruit. If a tomato plant doesn't
give me at least ten to twelve nice size tomatoes, I don't feel it's
worth the garden space. Along with my keepers, next season I will be
trying Lemon Boy, Better Boy, Big Beef, Super Fantastic and Gardeners
Delight as my cherry tomato. My small tomatoes this year were red and
yellow pear which are producing well but just not enough zing in the
flavor for my taste buds.
Rich from Central PA
Posted by Billy on July 21, 2010, 1:00 am
White_Noise_1@webtv.net (EVP MAN) wrote:
> My Jet Stars are ripening first and giving me my first vine ripened
> fruit. Champion ll are setting about a dozen med. size fruit per plant.
> Plants are well behaved and lend themselves well to staking. First
> Prize are getting very nice sized fruit and about ten per plant.
> Abraham Lincoln are growing large and kind of unruly to stake but they
> are producing close to 30 med. size fruit per plant. All of the above
> mentioned plants will be in my garden again next year. Most of my
> heirlooms won't be. Kelloggs Breakfast only has two tomatoes. Pruden's
> purple, about half a dozen per plant. Mortgage Lifter about a half
> dozen fruit. Rutgers isn't doing too bad for a small (determinate)
> plant with about a dozen med. size fruit. If a tomato plant doesn't
> give me at least ten to twelve nice size tomatoes, I don't feel it's
> worth the garden space. Along with my keepers, next season I will be
> trying Lemon Boy, Better Boy, Big Beef, Super Fantastic and Gardeners
> Delight as my cherry tomato. My small tomatoes this year were red and
> yellow pear which are producing well but just not enough zing in the
> flavor for my taste buds.
>
> Rich from Central PA
Well, ya know, you have to pay for hybrid vigor. But if you want to
unplug from the grid, you have to go "open pollinated". "Open
pollination" allows you to save seeds, and replant the following year.
"Open pollinated" seeds have been created to please the grower, and
within a couple of generations, they will adapt to your growing region.
Otherwise, if you want hybrid seeds, you'll have to pay the man what he
wants for his seeds. Good luck with that, when dealing with Monsanto..
--
- Billy
"Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the
merger of state and corporate power." - Benito Mussolini.
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Posted by Hammad1 on July 21, 2010, 7:06 am
Tomatoes are a real good source of food.Tomato growth is very important
in all
aspects.Tomatoes have been in abundance in this year which is a
good sign of a
good harvest
--
Hammad1
Posted by Fran on July 21, 2010, 9:34 pm
Wilt got all 4 of my plants this year - both the brandywine and the
rutgers. Since this is the 4th time I've tried tomatoes over the last
6 or 7 years, and the plants have all died of wilt, I'm not going to
try again. And, yes, I've tried both in-ground and containered.
On Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:22:57 -0400, White_Noise_1@webtv.net (EVP MAN)
wrote:
>My Jet Stars are ripening first and giving me my first vine ripened
>fruit. Champion ll are setting about a dozen med. size fruit per plant.
>Plants are well behaved and lend themselves well to staking. First
>Prize are getting very nice sized fruit and about ten per plant.
>Abraham Lincoln are growing large and kind of unruly to stake but they
>are producing close to 30 med. size fruit per plant. All of the above
>mentioned plants will be in my garden again next year. Most of my
>heirlooms won't be. Kelloggs Breakfast only has two tomatoes. Pruden's
>purple, about half a dozen per plant. Mortgage Lifter about a half
>dozen fruit. Rutgers isn't doing too bad for a small (determinate)
>plant with about a dozen med. size fruit. If a tomato plant doesn't
>give me at least ten to twelve nice size tomatoes, I don't feel it's
>worth the garden space. Along with my keepers, next season I will be
>trying Lemon Boy, Better Boy, Big Beef, Super Fantastic and Gardeners
>Delight as my cherry tomato. My small tomatoes this year were red and
>yellow pear which are producing well but just not enough zing in the
>flavor for my taste buds.
>Rich from Central PA
Posted by Billy on July 22, 2010, 12:03 am
> Wilt got all 4 of my plants this year - both the brandywine and the
> rutgers. Since this is the 4th time I've tried tomatoes over the last
> 6 or 7 years, and the plants have all died of wilt, I'm not going to
> try again. And, yes, I've tried both in-ground and containered.
And the soil in the container was fresh potting soil? I guess the next
step would be sterilizing the container (bleach solution), and all the
potting soil (heat). You would also want to change the supplier of the
starts. Then you should have a good idea as to whether you were screwing
up (and we all do from time to time;O) or whether it was really wilt,
because if you still got wilt, it would have to come from the supplier.
This can happen, even from seed.
>
>
> On Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:22:57 -0400, White_Noise_1@webtv.net (EVP MAN)
> wrote:
>
> >
> >My Jet Stars are ripening first and giving me my first vine ripened
> >fruit. Champion ll are setting about a dozen med. size fruit per plant.
> >Plants are well behaved and lend themselves well to staking. First
> >Prize are getting very nice sized fruit and about ten per plant.
> >Abraham Lincoln are growing large and kind of unruly to stake but they
> >are producing close to 30 med. size fruit per plant. All of the above
> >mentioned plants will be in my garden again next year. Most of my
> >heirlooms won't be. Kelloggs Breakfast only has two tomatoes. Pruden's
> >purple, about half a dozen per plant. Mortgage Lifter about a half
> >dozen fruit. Rutgers isn't doing too bad for a small (determinate)
> >plant with about a dozen med. size fruit. If a tomato plant doesn't
> >give me at least ten to twelve nice size tomatoes, I don't feel it's
> >worth the garden space. Along with my keepers, next season I will be
> >trying Lemon Boy, Better Boy, Big Beef, Super Fantastic and Gardeners
> >Delight as my cherry tomato. My small tomatoes this year were red and
> >yellow pear which are producing well but just not enough zing in the
> >flavor for my taste buds.
> >
> >Rich from Central PA
--
- Billy
"Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the
merger of state and corporate power." - Benito Mussolini.
http://www.democracynow.org/2010/7/2/maude
http://www.democracynow.org/2010/6/28/naomi_klein_the_real_crime_scene
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> fruit. Champion ll are setting about a dozen med. size fruit per plant.
> Plants are well behaved and lend themselves well to staking. First
> Prize are getting very nice sized fruit and about ten per plant.
> Abraham Lincoln are growing large and kind of unruly to stake but they
> are producing close to 30 med. size fruit per plant. All of the above
> mentioned plants will be in my garden again next year. Most of my
> heirlooms won't be. Kelloggs Breakfast only has two tomatoes. Pruden's
> purple, about half a dozen per plant. Mortgage Lifter about a half
> dozen fruit. Rutgers isn't doing too bad for a small (determinate)
> plant with about a dozen med. size fruit. If a tomato plant doesn't
> give me at least ten to twelve nice size tomatoes, I don't feel it's
> worth the garden space. Along with my keepers, next season I will be
> trying Lemon Boy, Better Boy, Big Beef, Super Fantastic and Gardeners
> Delight as my cherry tomato. My small tomatoes this year were red and
> yellow pear which are producing well but just not enough zing in the
> flavor for my taste buds.
>
> Rich from Central PA