[Market-farming] Am I crazy? re: tomatoes

Sharon and Steve shopkins at tdstelme.net
Wed Jan 28 13:46:51 EST 2009


>From 5 foot wide concrete re-wire, cut the center wire, leaving 2 pieces 2 
feet wide with 6 inch spikes, cut these to make 2 foot circles (14 wires I 
think) bend these pieces into a circle and secure with the wire ends. The 
result should be a 2 foot diameter, 2 foot high cage with 6 inch spikes to 
stick in the ground, which is strong enough to serve the purpose.

Set these in your hoop house and plant a Jetstar or Celebrity in the center 
of each.  No need to put them out just 'cause they are determinate.

One of the better tomatoes for green/hoophouse is Vendor, an openpollinated 
greenhouse variety from Stokes, best eating in our 30 years of tasting here. 
It dissapeared from their catalog last year but you might check to see if 
they still have some. If not yell at me and I will share a few of what I 
have left.

Early Girl and Betterboy have both done well when tried in my greenhouse.


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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Beth Spaugh" <lists at rhomestead.com>
To: "'Market Farming'" <market-farming at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 12:18 PM
Subject: [Market-farming] Am I crazy? re: tomatoes


>I am considering growing all my indeterminates in the hoophouse and only
> determinates outside. I have never gotten the outside tomatoes well
> trellised, but can do "Florida weave". This means though, not growing Big
> Beef or Jetstar. I was planning on trying Lola from High Mowing since they
> say it actually tastes good (I haven't tasted a greenhouse variety yet 
> that
> I thought was good. I realize the greenhouse varieties yield more. I 
> realize
> Big Beef and Jetstar produce more than the heirlooms. I also know most of
> our conventional veg growers around here grow determinates.
>
>
>
> So, I am looking at Mountain Fresh and Polbig as my first, along with 
> Orange
> Blossom (which I really liked last year). Then Celebrity as my later 
> season
> and larger, maybe along with a second planting of MF or Polbig. I also 
> have
> seeds of Marglobe Supreme and Oregon Spring to throw into the mix.
>
>
>
> I tell my folks I select varieties for flavor, and when I look at the
> determinates in the catalogs I see a lot about how hard they are (as if 
> that
> was good), but not anything about flavor. I am ordering from High Mowing,
> Johnnys, Fedco, and since I want Cream of the Crop squash which is hard to
> find, E&R.
>
>
>
> Thank you for sharing your experiences.
>
>
>
> Beth Spaugh
>
> Rehoboth Homestead
>
> Peru NY
>
> http://rhomestead.com
>
>
>
> "How we eat determines, to a considerable extent, how the world is 
> used." -
> Wendell Berry
>
>
>
> "Without power over our food, any notion of democracy is empty." - Frances
> Moore Lappe
>
>
>
>


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