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PureHarvest · June 8, 2017

I know it is like asking as tomato grower about pruning. Different answers, alot of "depends", and different climates and varieties.

Pam Dawling who seems to be a pretty sharp gardening guru has lots of posted info on her site. She is in VA, which is a couple hrs. south of me. Probably a 1/2 growing zone warmer. She says her harvests usually occur between May 30th and June 18th.

So I feel like I'm right in there somewhere. She also claims that her harvest starts 3 weeks from first seeing scapes emerge. Mine did back on May 15th. So that is about right in the range too.

Alex, I'm thinking all the seed producers go with 2 to 2.5' because of the uniformity and that they plant more footage of row per pound than the same weight in jumbos.

June 8, 2017	#71
PureHarvest Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Mid-Atlantic right on the line of Zone 7a and 7b Posts: 1,369	I know it is like asking as tomato grower about pruning. Different answers, alot of "depends", and different climates and varieties. Pam Dawling who seems to be a pretty sharp gardening guru has lots of posted info on her site. She is in VA, which is a couple hrs. south of me. Probably a 1/2 growing zone warmer. She says her harvests usually occur between May 30th and June 18th. So I feel like I'm right in there somewhere. She also claims that her harvest starts 3 weeks from first seeing scapes emerge. Mine did back on May 15th. So that is about right in the range too. Alex, I'm thinking all the seed producers go with 2 to 2.5' because of the uniformity and that they plant more footage of row per pound than the same weight in jumbos. Last edited by PureHarvest; June 8, 2017 at 11:01 AM.