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  • From: "Susan McCoy" <buzz@impact-pr.com>
  • To: "'gardenwriters-on-gardening'" <gwl-g@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: RE: [gwl-g] FW: A Genetic Boost for Tomatoes
  • Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2004 09:44:15 -0400

I don't know about a genetic method, but I do know that tomatoes sprayed
with Messenger, the harpin protein discovered by Cornell and distributed
by EDEN Biosciences, gives tomatoes a big boost -- turning up their
immune systems and growth mechanisms. They grow bigger, produce more
flowers and tomatoes, and have a longer shelf life once picked. The
tomatoes can be eaten immediately after the product has dried. Anyone
who wants to try it, just drop me a line.

Susan McCoy
Office: 610-388-9330
Cell: 610-220-8400
IMPACT Marketing/Garden Media Group
www.gardenmediagroup.com
"We make you popular with your customers!"


-----Original Message-----
From: gwl-g-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:gwl-g-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of eczekalski
Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 1:50 PM
To: 'gardenwriters-on-gardening'
Subject: RE: [gwl-g] FW: A Genetic Boost for Tomatoes

Would anyone happen to know if this cover crop was used between the
tomato
plants while they were growing or just in a field that had been enriched
through the use of a cover crop before/after the tomatos were planted?

Sorry if I'm being dense but I don't see the answer here. I have used
cover
crops in a fallow bed but the places between the plants get lettuces,
herbs,
and marigolds. Of course, I don't use a fungicide and only rarely
fertilize
(although I do work in compost and manure every year), so...

Esther

<snip>
STORY LEAD:
Tomatoes Get Genetic "Boost" Under Sustainable Ag System
___________________________________________

ARS News Service
Agricultural Research Service, USDA
David Elstein, (301) 504-1654, delstein@ars.usda.gov
July 6, 2004
___________________________________________

Tomatoes grown in a sustainable agricultural system using a legume cover
crop as fertilizer had better disease resistance and lived longer than
tomatoes grown on black polyethylene mulch with chemical fertilizer,
Agricultural Research Service scientists report.

Based on a five-year sustainable agriculture study, <snip>




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