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Belgium

so who is all growing tomatoes next year? and what seeds are you planting? I think there will be alot of competition next year. and maybe some records will fall next year.....

12/22/2009 12:02:24 PM

Hamilton Nj

im planting , big zac,30 plants,delicous 10 plants,dinner plate 5 plants,5 super steak varitey , and some chery tomatos for pickle green tomatos, pizza pete so far???

12/22/2009 3:22:52 PM

Wv

pizza watch those little cherrys they will cross on your giants, im no sure what im planting since i may move im planting in buckets this year is im not realy any comp.to anyone but i have the genes oull want. brutus magnum,big zac f2,delicous,slanker,beef steak x,5.58 timm,strawberry,watermelon,pineapple,belgium,mortgage lifter,3lb domingo,2lb xx,3lb domigo,3.59 perry,3lb3oz domingo,old german,german head,tidwell german,3.50 pery,hillbilly,oxheart,limbaugh tomm,rainbow,georgia steak,theres probly 5 or6 more i cant think of now, was going o grow all about 35 plant but im just picking a few and see how it goes with the buckets. GOD BLESS, TREETOP

12/22/2009 3:42:25 PM

Cortona Toscana Italy

i have to plant bigzac f2:perry source, kilodellagarfagnana, belmonte(both from my own seeds)
almost 30 plants with some plants more of another unnamed variety i call gigante 2;
i want to bid on the duane seedsauction tryng to have the harp seeds!(more tan 7 lb...a real monster!!!)

12/22/2009 3:59:43 PM

Hamilton Nj

i just found a orange tom its amana orange im trying that too , i get north east wind alot so im putting my big tomatos up wind , and my polinaters in bucket at the nieghbors house lol pizza

12/22/2009 5:15:15 PM

South East

We are planting, some of them Harp seeds. ;)

12/22/2009 5:47:44 PM

ExtremeVegetables.com

4.83 Perry 09 (5.58 Timm 08 X Open) (Big Zac)
4.48 Perry 08 (Church X Open)
4.14 Perry 09 (BelMonte X Open)"unibloom"
3.59 Perry 09 (unknown)
3.50 Perry 09 (unknown)
3.36 Perry 08 (Church X Open)
7.18 C. Harp 09 (5.58 Timm 08 X Open) (Big Zac)
5.416 Harp 09 (5.58 Timm 08 X Open) (Big Zac)
4.64 Harp 09 (unknown) "unibloom"
5.58 B. Timm 08 (3.9 Catapano 07 X Open) (Big Zac)
5.32 Timm 08 (3.9 Catapano 07 X Open) (Big Zac)
5.0 Timm 08 (3.8 Timm 06)
4.29 Timm 08 (3.9 Catapano 07 X Open) (Big Zac)
3.872 B. Timm 08 (3.8 Timm 06 X Open) (Delicious)
3.685 B. Timm 08 (3.4 Timm 06 X Open) (Delicious)
3.32 King 09 (Domingo X open)
3.19 King 09 (Domingo X Open)
2.39 King 09 (NJ Big Bill X Open)
kilodellagarfagnana, cortona
belmonte, cortona
gigante 2, cortona
Hungarian
German
Oxheart
Giant Belgium
Ballernia

That's it so far.

12/22/2009 9:42:45 PM

Boise City, Oklahoma, USA

I know I will be growing, and sharing. I am trying to get ahold of a few of the bigger seeds, then start them ASAP so I can 'clone' the plants. As the seedbank holder for the local grower's club; I hope to be able to share out some better plants this year to get weighoff entries! (yes we have a tomato weighoff at a different time than the pumpkin weighoff, first place tomato is $100)

12/22/2009 11:37:17 PM

Colorado Springs, CO

This year I had 23 plants, and 25 in 2008. Did I do well at my pledge to "down-size" ? I have limited area in which to place my tomatoes as my plants require an element of physical protection nearby, like a cinder block wall or a wood fence. In my growing environment here being out-in-the-open can be treacherous for a tomato plant.

Over the past three seasons I have had absolute success with 6 varieties: Big Beef / Rutgers / Sugary Hybrid / Black Plum / Sweet 100 / and Roma.

Others this past year were:
Big Zac / Deliscious / Giant Belgium / Jet Sonic / Goliath / Purple Cherokee / and Pineapple.

I always produce more than one family can consume. I do not sell my crops.....and so the neighbors are always anxious to see me approach the front door with extra tomatoes to give.

Fall soil prep with ample organic soil building materials is the secret. No synthetic chemical ferts. Foliar feeding in the early evening with Foliar Plus, or a compost tea, or a fish & seaweed solution. Burying the root mass and lower plant stem length (by removing some lower leaves) in a trench about 4 to 6 inches deep creates more helpful roots ! Manage soil water efficiently, always damp or moist, never dry and parched and never soggy or saturated.

12/27/2009 10:33:46 AM

Colorado Springs, CO

This year I had 23 plants, and 25 in 2008. Did I do well at my pledge to "down-size" ? I have limited area in which to place my tomatoes as my plants require an element of physical protection nearby, like a cinder block wall or a wood fence. In my growing environment here being out-in-the-open can be treacherous for a tomato plant.

Over the past three seasons I have had absolute success with 6 varieties: Big Beef / Rutgers / Sugary Hybrid / Black Plum / Sweet 100 / and Roma.

Others this past year were:
Big Zac / Deliscious / Giant Belgium / Jet Sonic / Goliath / Purple Cherokee / and Pineapple.

I always produce more than one family can consume. I do not sell my crops.....and so the neighbors are always anxious to see me approach the front door with extra tomatoes to give.

Fall soil prep with ample organic soil building materials is the secret. No synthetic chemical ferts. Foliar feeding in the early evening with Foliar Plus, or a compost tea, or a fish & seaweed solution. Burying the root mass and lower plant stem length (by removing some lower leaves) in a trench about 4 to 6 inches deep creates more helpful roots ! Manage soil water efficiently, always damp or moist, never dry and parched and never soggy or saturated.

12/27/2009 10:33:47 AM