![]() 8,540 seeds/1 oz., to produce 1 acre of transplants, 18″ between plants in rows 4′ apart (7,260 plants needed). 785 seeds/667 plants to produce 1,000 ft. Use spinosad for potato beetle larvae and adults.Īvg. Tomato hornworms can be controlled with bacillus thuringiensis. Use row covers to protect young seedlings from flea beetles. Prevent Blossom End Rot by providing abundant soil calcium and an even supply of soil moisture. Fungicides can reduce certain diseases when properly selected and applied. For prevention, use young, healthy transplants, avoid overhead irrigation, plow in tomato plant refuse in the fall, rotate crops, and do not handle tobacco or smoke before handling plants. Tips: Learn the common tomato diseases in your area. Store firm, ripe fruit 45-60☏ for 4-7 days. To deliver sound fruit, pick fruit less ripe the further the distance and the longer the time between the field and the customer. Harvesting: Fully vine-ripen fruit only for local retailing or use. This is usually 65 to 80 days after planting. Fertilize again when first tomatoes begin to appear and then again when first tomato is picked.ĭays to Maturity: Tomatoes are ripe when they have reached the right color – red for red tomatoes, yellow for yellow tomatoes and so on – and are slightly soft when squeezed. Always water the base of the plant and not the leaves.įertilizer: Add 1 ounce of high phosphorus fertilizer (5-10-10) in hole before transplanting. Watering: Water at least 1 inch per week. Transplant after last frost date and soil temperature has reach 60☏. Start with shade and no wind outdoors and work your way up gradually to sun and wind. Slowly introduce your tomato seedlings to the outdoor environment one week before transplanting. Using a heating pad to keep the soil between 70-80☏. No fertilizer is needed until transplanting. Place in a sunny window with at least 8 hours of sunlight. Planting: Start seeds indoors under controlled conditions. Homegrown tomatoes taste delicious fresh, or they can be used for canning, sauces and other recipes.īefore Planting: Tomatoes should be grown in a sunny location with good soil drainage. Tomatoes range from typical red to yellow to seedless and heirloom varieties. ![]() However, growing a tomato from seed allows for more options when it comes to the type of tomatoes a gardener wants to grow. I assume he still kept some seeds back and no, I'm not sending back to him the seeds he sent me for you, as you asked above.Tomatoes are one of the most common plants grown in the garden, but they are usually grown from transplants bought at the store and not seeds. You already had sent me your home address in an e-mail as I requested and I'm sure I still have that and will get the seeds out to you this summer. John, I told you in the e-mail that he would be sending the seeds, he did, I received them a couple of weeks ago and since you had already told me that you weren't sowing the seed until next year I didn't think there was a hurry on getting the seeds out to you. I'd be very interested in trying to grow this variety next year myself, if you're able to forward any of these seeds. ![]() Will you be sending the seeds you've received back to your contact in Canada, or did this person happen to save some for growing out themselves? ![]() I just wasn't aware that you'd actually gotten the seeds from your contact in Canada. I'm the same person with whom you corresponded in the GardenWeb forums about Wild Sweetie. There are quite a few varieties in Amy's book which are not available to the public either commercially or through the Yearbook and that was also true of her melon and squash books. When I wrote my book about tomatoes the Editor said that anything that I featured had to be available to the public, either commercially or through the SSE YEarbook, and I agreed with him, and strongly so. I'm going to encourage the person who sent me the seeds to grow some out next year and offer them, and he is commercial. John, I've just gone through this with someone else who asked about that variety and there is no commercial source that has seeds.īy doing one heck of a lot of background searching I was able to find one person who had a few 2005 seeds and he sent them to me to send on to the person who requested them but I don't think it would be right for me to open that pack, which I still have, and send some of them elsewhere. Any suggestions for where else to look?īy the way, this tomato is distinctly different from a tomato called Sweetie.Īny feedback or suggestions greatly appreciated. ![]() Seed Savers Exchange doesn't list them either. Goldman references a source in Australia called Diggers that no longer has the seeds. I'm at a loss for tracking down seeds though. I read about a currant tomato in Amy Goldman's Heirloom Tomato book called Wild Sweetie that I'm interested in growing. ![]()
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