Tomato growers?

[diabloslayer]

this summer will be my 1st tomatoes, been abit delayed with the weather

 

[HenDokuYaku]

early girl
celebrity
unknown cherry
best boy
beefsteak

 

[OrganicBuds]

Early Girl
Hierloom reds and yellows
Brandywine

 

[Smoke Buddy]

This year I have:
Big Beef
Beefmaster
Parks Whopper
Black Prince -heirloom
Pink Accordian -heirloom
Tornadoes de Conores (Heirloom cherry)
Goldmans Yellow-heirloom
white egg- some sort of heirloom roma I gather.

Ive had a good early set so far. Hope it keeps up.

 

[supermanlives]

been growing maters all winter. only one kind oxheart. getting garden ready this weekend. winter tomatoes are smaller and less abundant

 

[STUNKY]

Right now I only have German queen ,and some patio my wife picked up.. I am trying a side by side comparison with the patios.. I have one just planted with mulched deteriated kudzu. I gathered the material beneath a 50 year old kudzu patch.brewing a .Supposibly kudzu compost is responsible for some record holding vegetables.

 

[Reg Dixon]

my tomotoes only go up a bit then stop. Why is that? Sometimes they turn yellow and do nothing.

 

[STUNKY]

Sounds like your soil needs to be adjust. Tomatoes can take allotta fertilizer..

 

[Biosynthesis]

Black Brandywine

Black Brandywine

I am growing this list of tomatos this year, has anyone grow any of these? I like some input.
black, pink, red and yellow Brandywine, Cherokee Purple, Green Zebra, White Wonder and orange Nebraska Wedding

Grew the black brandywine last year and didnt care for it as a slicer. Flavor was very good but texture wise a bit unsatisfying to say the least. Have a sixpack of diferent strains this year. Champion, willamete, Bush crop, pineapple, beefsteak hybrid.

 

[Biosynthesis]

Kudzu?

Kudzu?

Right now I only have German queen ,and some patio my wife picked up.. I am trying a side by side comparison with the patios.. I have one just planted with mulched deteriated kudzu. I gathered the material beneath a 50 year old kudzu patch.brewing a .Supposibly kudzu compost is responsible for some record holding vegetables.

Kudzu?

 

[Weezard]

Kudzu

Kudzu


A major pest plant in the southern states.

Here's the skinny.

"Once established, Kudzu plants grow rapidly, extending as much as 60 feet per season at a rate of about one foot per day. This vigorous vine may extend 32-100 feet in length, with stems ½-4 inches in diameter. Kudzu roots are fleshy, with massive tap roots 7 inches or more in diameter, 6 feet or more in length, and weighing as much as 400 pounds. As many as thirty vines may grow from a single root crown.

HABITAT IN THE UNITED STATES
Kudzu grows well under a wide range of conditions and in most soil types. Preferred habitats are forest edges, abandoned fields, roadsides, and disturbed areas, where sunlight is abundant. Kudzu grows best where winters are mild, summer temperatures are above 80 degrees Farenheit, and annual rainfall is 40 inches or more. "

Obviously, the growth of a foot a day is near the maximum, under the conditions stated above. The minimum would be no growth at all, which might occur during periods of drought or cold weather. The states where it's the most invasive are Georgia and South Carolina.

 

[ronbo51]

This year I am growing Mountain Magic, New Girl, Defiant, Glacier, and mixed heirlooms. MM is from north carolina and sets clusters of medium sized fruit and does well in mid atlantic USA. New girl is an early season indeterminate from Johnny's. Defiant is a blight resistant determinate from Johnny's that sets a huge crop and the taste is good. Glacier is Canadian bred earliest of all tomato. I will have ripe Glacier's in 2 weeks. The heirlooms are a standard mix from Fedco Seeds. I prune and train heirlooms severely usually 1 growing tip per plant trained on an 8 foot stick. Good air circulation is necessary for heirlooms as they have no blight resistance. I spray them with neem and liquid copper after rain. to fight the blight. Start spraying NOW to prevent lesions. Once heirlooms get blighted it's pretty much over. Water management for heirlooms is important also as blossom end and stem end problems become more of an issue with inconsistent water.

 

[Reg Dixon]

Can I lst my tommies like weed?

 

[STUNKY]

yeah KUDZU.. I have been making some teas outta kudzu compost and EC.. everything seems to be growing fast and strong... IF you will google kudzu compost u will see a couple different people stating awesome growth.. What I am using isn't really compost I made but what I have gathered from underneath a 50 year old kudzu patch.. I'm taking pictures of a side by side and will post them once I get some results, as of now it looks like the kudzu tomato bush is in the lead. Just something to kinda mess around with. I think that kudzu is super high in nitrogen.. I have heard farmers say that if a cow starts eating kudzu they will stop eating other stuff and make that there main diet if its available..
Thanks for the info on the heirlooms ronbo.. I have never heard of the one growing tip for heirlooms most people around here just let them grow bushy..

 

[afroman25]

My first year growing tomatoes I have some Roma, Beef Steak, and Cherry tomatoes going.

 

[Reg Dixon]

my tommies stalks are getting much fatter with not much upward growth. Is this right? What should I do now?

 

[The Sensi Rebel]

my tommies stalks are getting much fatter with not much upward growth. Is this right? What should I do now?

You more than likely over-fertilized them. Either that or the contrary, with a bland soil mix. The yellow leaves are usually, but you said in a previous post that the leaves curled, which happened when I over-fertilized when I was younger.

If they're outside in-ground, was the soil well-tilled and aerated?

 

[Reg Dixon]

If they're outside in-ground, was the soil well-tilled and aerated?

Absolutely not. The soil is somewhat compacted after being hose watered 2x a day since they were planted.

 

[ronbo51]

Picked ripe Glaciers on 6/1. I ran the second layer of hortinova on them to keep them upright and off the ground. Tomatoes must be off the ground or else disease will happen. The Defiant got the first layer of horti. They are much more upright than Glacier. I run determinates on horti and stake all indeterminates using severe pruning techniques. Never more than two growing tips ever. I try to do one tip but inevitably miss one and let it run. I tie up with narrow strips of an old bedsheet with the first tie up being fairly tight to prevent sagging stems. The rest of the ties can be somewhat loose. Even though my Glaciers are setting fruit like crazy and the first clusters are getting red everything else is slow to set. It has been cool, sometimes cold, and very rainy so far this year. Only a few days of real heat and sun so things are behind where I would like them. The Mountain Magic are strong and healthy. I have read a lot about the " Mountain" line coming out of NC State U but this is the first year I am running them. They are the strongest looking plants by far out of the 80 or so 'maters I have. The Heirloom mix seems to be leaning toward thin leaved phenos. Only one potatoe leaved looking Brandywine type. I never know what they are going to be but they almost all look the same which would be weird and I am hoping they develop into the usual varied mix. It looks to me like a rainy cooler grow season this year, but of course who knows. I have already harvested a goodly amount of green peppers despite terrible conditions. Ace hybrid is known for setting crops in hostile climates and it is proving itself to be a champ.

 

[sippi]

hey its my firstime that i grow tomatoes on my balcony.
its a just4fun project.
check it out:

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