Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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August 4, 2015 | #1 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Crystal Lake IL
Posts: 2,484
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Who says heirlooms aren't productive?
Mine are really starting to get cranking - George Detsikas Italian Red and Brad's Black Heart
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August 4, 2015 | #2 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Greenville, South Carolina
Posts: 3,099
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Holy tomatoes Batman! Those GDIR's are loaded!
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August 4, 2015 | #3 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Vancouver Island
Posts: 5,928
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excellent fruit set ! great work.
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August 4, 2015 | #4 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Alabama
Posts: 7,068
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Wow that is a lot of fruit on each plant. That is a rare site down here in the deep south where heat and humidity really slow down fruit set particularly on some of the more sensitive heirlooms. We make up for it by being able to pick fruit from late May into November and even later some years.
Looks like you are going to have to make some sauce when you start picking unless you can really eat a lot of tomatoes per day. Congrats on super production this year. Bill |
August 4, 2015 | #5 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Sunol, CA
Posts: 2,723
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Looks great!
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August 4, 2015 | #6 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Crystal Lake IL
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We had a crazy rainy summer up until recently. And plenty humid, but not real hot. I guess they didn't mind.
I've made some sauce some years - I like the oven baked one. But I use up a lot of extras baking Brokenbar's wine soaked sun-dried tomatoes - I love those. haha and I'd better do something - I have 40 plants full of tomatoes
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August 4, 2015 | #7 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Northern Minnesota - zone 3
Posts: 3,226
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Wow, Tracy! What kind of soil prep and fertilizer did you use? That is a fabulous harvest!
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August 4, 2015 | #8 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Michigan Zone 4b
Posts: 1,291
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Loaded!! Wow.. Great job Tracy
My GDIR fruit are just starting to blush.. Ginny |
August 4, 2015 | #9 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Danbury, CT
Posts: 471
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Wowwee! Impressive! Please do share your growing methods. That is some set of fruit!
Jen |
August 4, 2015 | #10 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: 6a - NE Tennessee
Posts: 4,538
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Now, looky there, Tam. You've done gone and told everyone about the big secret. All of them hybrid growers are gonna start feeling bad about their crops.
I just took an inventory and have 4 dozen quarts of thick tomato juice in the cans, two bushels of large beefsteak tomatoes ready to cut up, and four bushels ready to harvest from the garden. My neighbors are not accepting any more free tomatoes just now. And the 4 hybrid plants I bought for early tomatoes have all fizzled out. (And that's the real secret).
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August 4, 2015 | #11 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Montreal
Posts: 1,140
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Impessive to say the least! I can't wait to grow GDIR next year!!!! That's a lot of tomatoes. Hope you're dipping into the wine while you're making that recipe, lol!
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August 4, 2015 | #12 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Crystal Lake IL
Posts: 2,484
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Dipping into the wine is always good
The season is young, I am just starting to infest the neighbors with tomatoes. I'm sure later in the season they will run when they see me coming. I do not use any fertilizer generally, haven't needed to. The lovely men at the farm where I garden till in a bunch of mushroom compost early spring before planting, that's basically it. But it seems to be nice rich soil also. They get full sun probably starting around 9-10 in the morning until sunset.
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August 4, 2015 | #13 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2013
Location: Cache Valley, N/E of The Great Salt Lake
Posts: 1,244
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As far as I can tell, I won't ever feel bad about choosing to not grow heirlooms.
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August 4, 2015 | #14 |
Buffalo-Niagara Tomato TasteFest™ Coordinator
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Z6 WNY
Posts: 2,354
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Drives me nuts when people say heirlooms aren't productive! I blame it on Brandywine.
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August 4, 2015 | #15 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Long Island NY
Posts: 1,992
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