[Market-farming] Easy to pick cherry tomatoes
Jay Sleichter
jaysleichter at yahoo.com
Sat Mar 6 18:23:19 EST 2010
I get them from Tomato Growers. I don't have a problem with splitting. If they are splitting, You may want to pick them alittle more underripe. However, I am growing them in a high tunnel. After one year of this, I will never plant them outside again. I can control the moisture much better and I rarely had splits all summer. Now in the Fall was a different story. I couldn't pick everyday. I had a few more splits, but my demand was down so it didn't matter as much.
Jay
Jay's Jellies, Produce and More
Clay Center, Kansas
www.jaysjellies.com
--- On Sat, 3/6/10, Deb Taft <growbd at aol.com> wrote:
From: Deb Taft <growbd at aol.com>
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Easy to pick cherry tomatoes
To: market-farming at lists.ibiblio.org
Date: Saturday, March 6, 2010, 12:38 PM
Where are you getting your yellow pear seed? The stuff I got from Johnny's split terribly. I don't think I got more than 10% un-split...and I gave them a shot two years in a row, with very different weather conditions. Wondering if there's a variety of yellow pear that is less susceptible.
Thanks!
Deb
Sleepy Hollow
where it's 49 degrees today, mid-50s forecast for the next 3 days and high 40s after that.
looks like spring might be coming after all!
-----Original Message-----
From: Jay Sleichter <jaysleichter at yahoo.com>
To: Market Farming <market-farming at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Fri, Mar 5, 2010 6:20 pm
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Easy to pick cherry tomatoes
I grew 30 cherry tomatoes in one of my high tunnels last year. This year it is going to go up to 50-55. While this might not seem like alot for some of you, it keeps this one man operation picking. I am going to add grape tomatoes (customers request) and several other colors. In my small operation, I have found that it is best to pick everyday/every other day. This way I don't have to worry so much about splits. I start picking them when they are blushing and I prefer to sell them a little under ripe and let them ripen up. This way I know they aren't going to be split.
The varieties I have found that I like and customers like are Sweet Millions, Sun Gold Black Cherry, Tomatoberry, Sweet Gold, Red Pear, Yellow Pear. I won't grow SS100's too small and split easily.
I trim off a lot of suckers and extra foliage
that stick out in the aisles. I support them with CRW Cages. They were spaced 18 -24 inches apart and by the end of the season, It was one big massive wall of green.
This year I am adding IsIs Candy, Snow White, Red Pearl and Golden Sweet.
There is an art to picking them. Some have it some don't. It is patience. I pick straight into pint baskets and they go straight into the cool basement storage.
Just my experience.
Jay
Jay's Jellies, Produce and More
Clay Center, Kansas
www.jaysjellies.com
--- On Fri, 3/5/10, Lova Andriamanjay <lova.andriamanjay at gmail.com> wrote:
From: Lova Andriamanjay <lova.andriamanjay at gmail.com>
Subject: [Market-farming] Easy to pick cherry tomatoes
To: market-farming at lists.ibiblio.org
Date: Friday, March 5, 2010, 1:10 PM
Hi everybody,
I am a market grower in Quebec (Canada) and this is my third market
year. I have been asked quite frequently for cherry/grape tomatoes but
haven't grown them yet because of the picking time it involves. I
would like to know if you guys know of some variaties that ripen in
clusters for easy harvest.
I am also listening for any harvesting tips regarding small fruited tomatoes.
Thanks!
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