Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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June 11, 2018 | #1 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Godfrey
Posts: 15
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My Rebuilt Raised Beds
I got my raised beds all rebuilt.I used inch and half thick by 12 inch wide boards to make the rows.The first few pictures are the rows with my indeterminate tomatoes and they are 26 feet long and the tomatoes are spaced on 2 foot centers.The other 2 rows are 40 feet long and are full of determinate type tomatoes on 18 inch centers.The lumber that I have around some of the tomatoes themselves (all the will have boards around them)are to hold my drip irrigation in place and they also act as a sort of mulch.I know the tomatoes are not that big yet but we still had frost on the 20th and 21st of may but they will catch up soon.
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June 11, 2018 | #2 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: Philly 7A
Posts: 739
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Looks great
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June 12, 2018 | #3 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Omaha Zone 5
Posts: 2,514
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So neat and organized! Is that your garden soil in the boxes?
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June 12, 2018 | #4 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Godfrey
Posts: 15
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The soil is actually from a friend of mine whose dad used to have a dairy farm and now has beef cattle.Its a combo of topsoil and manure .He gave me 2 loads (yes free of charge) on my f450 dump truck so about 8 yards.Ive used it in the past it works great for my tomatoes.
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June 12, 2018 | #5 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Wichita Falls, Texas
Posts: 4,832
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Great soil! Back in east Texas, I grew one of my best gardens on an area where cattle had been fed for years; those plants just jumped and produced so much I could not keep up at all. Looks great and a good tomato year to you.
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June 12, 2018 | #6 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: Joplin MO
Posts: 1,398
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I see a LOT of tomatoes in your future. What varieties are you growing?
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June 12, 2018 | #7 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Cuyahoga Falls,Ohio
Posts: 818
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Looks great,are you near some woods?I like how you built your raised beds.
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June 12, 2018 | #8 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Godfrey
Posts: 15
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For indeteminates I have Big Beef,Early Girl,Beefmaster,Bonny Best,Moneymakers,Carbon,Early Pick and Chefs Choice Orange.For Determinates I have alot of Red Deuce plus some Florida 91,Bhn589,Bella Rosa,Chargers and Biltmore.I also have two types of cherry tomatoes Sun Sugar and Sweet Million.For a total of 132 plants
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June 12, 2018 | #9 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Near Philadelphia, PA
Posts: 1,940
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Those look great - I wish I could get my hands on wood like that! Are you near a good sawmill?
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June 12, 2018 | #10 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Godfrey
Posts: 15
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June 12, 2018 | #11 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Northern Minnesota - zone 3
Posts: 3,231
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Nice job on your set up! It would be a pleasure to grow tomatoes there.
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June 15, 2018 | #12 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: MA
Posts: 903
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Nice garden and property, tucked in the forest. You're lucky and blessed to work with wood. Great pile of cut-up trunks. I look at it and think: lots of hot fires, chunks/sticks for smoke cooking/barbecuing, turned tool handles...
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July 15, 2018 | #13 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Godfrey
Posts: 15
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Update to my raised beds
An update on how my tomatoes are doing,I tried to take photos from roughly the same spots so I could tell how much they have grown.I think my drip irrigation is helping alot
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July 15, 2018 | #14 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Northern Minnesota - zone 3
Posts: 3,231
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I am very impressed with your lush growth and disease free leaves! I can only imagine the many hours of work building those beds and hauling and shoveling the dirt to fill them! You're getting a nice reward for all your effort!
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July 17, 2018 | #15 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Godfrey
Posts: 15
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I am lucky that I don't have any diseased plants yet as leaf spot and early blight can be bad here.I think the reason for that is it has been very hot 90+ and we have had no rain for 3 plus weeks and i have removed every branch that can touch the ground
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