[Market-farming] Growing Tomatoes
Petersons family
petersns at whidbey.com
Fri Jan 11 11:57:59 EST 2008
Alison - where do you get the biodegradable black plastic for your
tomato production?
Molly Petersons
Molly's Island Garden
Whidbey Island, WA
On Jan 10, 2008, at 9:06 AM, Wiediger, Alison wrote:
> Allan,
>
> There are probably as many good tips are there are growers, but we
> have found a few things key:
>
> Good fertility - so they grow and produce before our southeastern
> diseases stop production
>
> Mulching to control weeds that compete - we use biodegradable black
> plastic and hay/straw
>
> Consistent moisture - drip irrigation has been critical to our
> operation - drought is becoming all too common
>
> Succession planting - a planting only has nice tomatoes for 4-6 weeks
> before disease starts shutting it down. We plant to have 3 outside
> plantings of tomatoes for the coming season.
>
> Variety selection – we select for varieties that will give us
> flavorful, beautiful tomatoes, and lots of them. We have only a few
> we use and trial a few more each year in case we’ve missed one.
> Goliath, Old Fashioned Goliath and Park’s Whopper for red slicers,
> Carolina Gold for yellow slicer, San Marzano hybrid for paste and a
> handful of heirlooms that never produce enough for us to justify the
> space they take, but look nice on our table, plus 8-10 cherry/grape
> types. Each farm and each market will have varieties that suit them
> best – these are ours..... this year!
>
> Alison Wiediger, Au Naturel Farm
>
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