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Old February 4, 2017   #27
BigVanVader
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I toyed with dry farming last year and made some interesting observations. I did a few (Taxi & Siccagno di Valledolmo) and there were very noticeable differences in the DF vs Reg watering.

DF Taxi struggled after it got hot and started aborting flowers, smaller fruits but a decent improvement in flavor with some being incredible. The other Taxis produced about 2x the tomatoes but the flavor was much more bland.

The reg and dry farmed SDV continued to set and there was no significant decrease in production. Neither had BER, and the fruits were so dry they felt like marshmallows in hand. Shelf life was extreme but for me the taste was to strong for fresh eating, skins were very thick as well.

When I finally pulled them up the roots were huge and more developed that typical. It was actually tough to pull them out. The reg ones were really similar to the DF other than the root systems and ofc the tast. It seems the history behind SDV is legit.

I feel like this is something you could select for to improve on over time and I plan to dry farm some more this season (my favs) to compare taste/production.
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