May 23, 2011 | #31 |
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I have to say I am flaggergasted at all of the work that I know has to go on to have such a setup.
Hats off to a job well done. Worth |
May 23, 2011 | #32 |
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Wow! I am indeed impressed with the plants and GH! You did a great job with everything! Thank you for giving us such detailed information/pictures on your succesfull growing of tomatoes..Your tomatoes are huge! The plants are healthy !
The trellis system for the four gallon pots is something I am interested in doing this year..I have extra tomato plants growing in four gallon pots, and this gives me visual idea..I grew some extra tomatoes in 4 gallon pot's last year, and found the roots escaped the bottom of the pot and grew into the ground soil..I did not trellis them or trim them so they were pretty wild. |
May 23, 2011 | #33 |
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thanks everyone for the compliments.
What type Brandywine?= Just Brandywine. glad my info helps others and gives them ideas. I put shade cloth on the greenhouse yesterday. I had bought a used shade cloth from a greenhouse business that was going out of business.. They did not know what percent of shade it was. It looks like 40 percent. I rather use 30 percent on the tomato house but we shall see what 40 does. The shade cloth is 28x100 This is what it looks like inside the greenhouse with the shade cloth on. Still nicely bright in there.
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May 23, 2011 | #34 |
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and a close up of the toms in 4 gallon pots====shade cloth on house.
bright. I think they will do great.
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May 24, 2011 | #35 |
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I'm pretty sure that if I had a GH like that I wouldn't need my house anymore.
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May 24, 2011 | #36 |
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There has been many times that I just sit in there and have my coffee with a few cherry tomatoes for breakfast reading a gardening book or making plans for the fall and spring and how I would change things.
By mid day, I am ready for some heavy shade.
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May 24, 2011 | #37 |
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Impressive results! I don't remember seeing a Brandywine of that size.
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May 24, 2011 | #38 |
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Great Plants!
I am envious of your tomato plants. What is the size of your greenhouse? What do use for shade? Do you have rollup sides for ventilation?
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May 24, 2011 | #39 |
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Very nice set up. Good work!
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May 24, 2011 | #40 |
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See guys see.
I have hollered 13-13-13 since I have been posting on tomato forums and now you can see the results. Worth |
May 25, 2011 | #41 |
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I order my Brandywine in bulk from
http://www.hpsseed.com I have always grown the Brandywine from seed and from that company. Most all of the first blooms on the Brandywine are megablooms. I have not supported my large clusters of tomatoes and I had a whole cluster of large Brandywine to break off from the vine. It had one very large fruit on it but not my largest. Wish I had a few of those plastic truss supports. I think they are at http://www.hydro-gardens.com I have a few Brandywine ripening right now. (not the largest) I have some early signs of blight. Been removing those leaves and I have to spray for it. The plants need to last at least another 8 weeks.
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May 25, 2011 | #42 |
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Brandywine Ripening
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May 25, 2011 | #43 |
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Wow you are my idol!!!!
When I grow up I want to be just like you.
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May 26, 2011 | #45 |
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Carolyn, your greenhouse plants are seriously impressive! Glad you found Tomatoville and I'm really enjoying this thread.
Thank you for sharing your photos and also sharing info with the rest of us on how you take care of your tomato plants. |
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