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Old May 2, 2017   #10
oakley
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Not as hearty when young like toms. Actually quite delicate and spindly. Runts in
comparison but once they take hold they grow insane.
I've grown them for years. This year i have 4 varieties. I need two of each and sowed
a dozen seeds of each.
I need to pot mine up this weekend....
I plant mine down the middle of a couple tom beds without staking. They take forever to
fill out since they love July heat. Then boom, by the middle to late August they fill out
and show themselves as the toms slow down. In my 5a i get plenty of fruit with just 8
plants. Too short a season to expect buckets like down south.

I always get some volunteers as the seeds overwinter nicely. (hard to keep up with
harvest and some drop)
My rule of thumb is if you want 2 sow 12. Not unlike trying to transplant pea shoots.
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