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Ireland

i have made enough room in the polytunnel for 15 plants, is this too much?? its for eating tomatoes not giants..

1/7/2010 3:23:25 PM

Bethlehem CT

With 15 plants you should have enough for your family and plenty for canning and friends too. I grow about 30 plants in wire cages and at peak season am picking a couple bushels two to 3 times a week.

1/7/2010 4:11:47 PM

Glosta

we grow around 50-60 plants every year, family of 10, we never have enough tomatoes, always run short, maybe this year we will plant 80-100. Large itialian family though, tomatoes go quickly here. I think a normal family would be fine with that many plants

1/11/2010 10:41:39 AM

Cortona Toscana Italy

bryan, in a "normal" italian famili of six we use 200 plants... but you know..every day we use salsa!

1/11/2010 1:52:13 PM

Glosta

Manu italian families are not normal when it comes to eating tomatoes.LOL

1/11/2010 2:50:08 PM

Boise City, Oklahoma, USA

You need at least one paste tomato plant per person, 2 is more like it... :) and that's just for seasonal eating needs! Hehehe

1/12/2010 9:40:30 AM