Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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August 19, 2018 | #1 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Victoria, Australia
Posts: 870
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The Garden of Woz in the land of OZ
Seeing that a number of members get a bit wanting for news /photos of tomatos during your northern off season, I thought I would try to track what I do and grow Down Under over our growing season.
For a start, we live on roughly 9 acres of drained swamp, which means good old silt over silty spewy subsoil with clay about 5 feet down. This means raised beds or wicking beds are what I grow in. Temps are currently ranging from 2 or 3C over night to 12 to 15C during the day with good late winter days getting upto 20C, but these are rare. February is typically the hottest month averaging in the high 20'sC (typically 27 to 30), with days of 35+ not uncommon. We have hit 47C in 2009 at around the time of the bushfires back then (Black Saturday they are known as here). Humidity is typically low during summer, generally 15 to 25% but can drop to 0% on the really hot days. Not many problems with tomato disease in my gardens. All the signs are pointing to an early spring this year, and we are due a hot summer, least the dam and tanks are full. Started planting tomato seeds yesaterday (18/8/18), generally 4 or 5 of each with 10 of WES planted. Any spelling mistakes are mine. Claro Verde Amish paste Early Wonder Earliana Wes MS Green Zebra Pink Thai Egg Oxheart Red Cherry Roma Black Krimm Yellow Striped Roman Verna Orange Orange Grosse Lisse Yellow Grosse Lisse Yellow Pear Heidi Low Acid Yellow Low Acid Yellow - Orange Heart (an orange heart thet surfaced one year from a commercial Low Acid Yellow plant rather than a more typical slicer) Caro rich Schimmeig Creg Berkeley Tie Dye Pink Berkeley Tie Dye Large Barred Boar Red Pomodoro del vesuvio Yellow Pomodoro Inverno Torre Suda Red/Green Striped Munchkin Yellow Cherry Munchkin Orange Grape Munchkin - These "Munchkins" are out of a bucket of mixed cherry toms from when we were on holiday in South Oz earlier this year - branded as Munchkins Barry's Crazy Cherry White Zebra Mint Julep Dr Wyche's Yellow Lithium Sunset Black Icicle Blue Chocolate Cherry Golden King od Siberia Blondkopfchen Amana orange. Have these on a heat pad in a small greenhouse currently. Weather is very wet and windy at the moment. I am aware that there is/has been debate about one or tow of these on here recently, so we shall see which versions have made it down under. Woz |
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