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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Brooksville, FL
Posts: 5
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Hi all, I'm new to Florida (at least living here full time anyway). I've been growing heirloom tomatoes for about 8 years in Missouri. I haven't gotten my garden area ready yet but plan to do so next week. I realize the varieties I've been growing there may not do so well here so if anyone has any specific varieties they've done well with, please share the names with me
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: selmer, tn
Posts: 2,944
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Welcome to THE PLACE. ENJOY AND SHARE.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Jacksonville, Fl
Posts: 820
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Glad to have another Florida gardener here. Honestly most varieties do well if you plant them early enough. And of course fall tomatoes often do better than summer ones.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Brooksville, FL
Posts: 5
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That's for the replies all! I plan to have the plants in the ground by March 1 so that would mean tomatoes by June 1. Another question, do you all add compost or manure to the soil before planting? If I don't do this, is just fertilizing enough?
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Homestead,Everglades City Fl.
Posts: 2,492
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Welcome from S Florida.More info at.
http://www.tomatoville.com/forumdisplay.php?f=175 For my heat and humidity I have better results with the cherrys.If anything the larger blacks seem to do well also.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Plantation, Florida zone 10
Posts: 9,283
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Brooksville, FL
Posts: 5
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Thanks, I've been reading about nematodes in Florida soil. I had considered making a raised bed, I just hated to spend the money on adding soil back to it but I guess if it's the only way I can harvest tomatoes I may have to.
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Welcome from another Missourian!
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