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| We typically get our first hard freeze in San Jose about January 15 each year (although last year it was December 22), so I've now planted a total of 28 new plants in 14 EarthTainers. Multiple plants of each variety:
Fall Tomato Varieties Planting Beauty King
Some of the plants were at the recommendation of Steve Goto who gave a recent Presentation on Cool Weather Tomato Plants. Here were his recommendations (in addition to Stupice):
These "safe" varieties are meant to back-fill the Wild Boar Farms selections in case there are unexpected Fungal or cold weather situations during the next 4 months.
More cukes, corn, and snow peas will go into the remaining EarthTainers soon. The planting "cycle" never seems to end... but I guess that is a happy problem to have. Raybo |
Follow-Up Postings:
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- Posted by haase 10 CA (chiwadogs22@yahoo.com) on Thu, Aug 26, 10 at 10:54
| You have an overwhelming supply of tomatoes. Who is eating all of them? |
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- Posted by rnewste 8b NorCal (rnewstead@aol.com) on Thu, Aug 26, 10 at 13:48
| haase, Dear Wife has an army of Church Buddies who harvest many of them for their Food Bank. Neighbors frequently get bags of tomatoes, Peppers, and cukes hung on their front doors. You are right, I could never consume them all myself, but it gives me a smile to see someone bite into a Brandywine for the first time ever, and watch their reaction...PRICELESS. Raybo |
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- Posted by gardenathome 9B/10 (My Page) on Fri, Aug 27, 10 at 6:48
| Hi, Raybo! Always so exciting to see your "farm photos"! :-) Again, a very nice gesture in sharing all those beautiful tomatoes. And wow you started so many already for the fall. :-) |
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| I do not share your passion for tomatoes, but I do benefit from reading about your experiments. Most home gardeners do not grow determinate tomatoes, preferring a harvest allowing for production matching consumption. I had not thought of a late harvest. Al |
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| Raybo, I meant to tell you another thing I read about tomato russet mites that might help with your war against them. They can't fly and must crawl to get on your plants. If you can keep your vines pruned and tied up to the cage, that might help to prevent them from spreading from one planter to another. You could also spray the outside of the containers with a long acting bug killer that would never come in contact with the plants or fruit. An organic alternative would be to put a coat of TangleTrap on the outside of the container so they can't craw up an onto the plants. good luck |
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