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Originally Posted by OtterJon
Hi all...I was just wondering if anyone else grows tomatoes as perennials? I have for about 4 years now, and grow inside in the winter...put em out in the spring...pull em in the fall...then cut them back and repeat the cycle...I do trim the roots and repot in new soil in the springtime (to avoid salt buildup from ferts), and so far haven't any problem with it...I know growing new plants would be cheaper then overwintering them...and I do that too..but have a few..I just like having around year round to get me through the winter blahs, then take trimmings and clone in the spring as well for the garden..am I weird?...also they seem to be easier to take care of...as time progresses..almost like the perennial aspect was bred out of them...but older plants..do seem to take to my cycle better every year..
Jon
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I attempt to write something about it (I add a few non quality pictures- I haven´t better).
I multiply tomatoes by cuts (suckers too) currently (pic 6). This winter I tested the preservation tomato plants for during the winter too. I use tomato Philova F1 for the testing.
Why? -one seed of this tomato is 25 Kč (1,5 dollar) for me
-the vendor assign that this tomato is tolerant to last blight and I want to test if it is true ¨
-this cherry tomato smack me
How? -I grove suckers from my tomato plant (about 10.9.2012)-generation one (G1)
-I cut the top of plant tomato G1 and this cut I growed (G2) (pic 2 –tomato plant G1 25.10.2012)
-These are pictures G1 (pic 3) and G2 (pic 4) about 28.12.2012. It see new suckers on G1
-Generation 3 from G2 –sometimes about the begin of February
-Generation 4 from G3 12.3.2013. Picture of G1 (pic 5) is from the same date
-On the picture 1 are seeing three generations of tomato Philova F1 today. I must draft the best, because my granddaughter drop to them,
hen I was them on the floor (on Saturday)
-On the picture 7 are my tomatoes Philova F1 last week under parapet of my bedroom´s window
Where? –I am 49° NW, zone 6 ??
-NE window, temperature 18 °C (64 °F) all the time
-on the parapet my bedrooms window
-The work almost either (only sometimes water)