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- From: "wiediger" <wiediger AT msn.com>
- To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
- Subject: Re: Hoophouse tomato varieties
- Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 20:00:03 -0500
We grow Bush Early Girl, Bush Celebrity and Gold Dust. I
really like the "bush" series. Excellent fruit size with an average of
8-12 ounces, although Bush Celebrity gives us up to 1-1/2 pound tomatoes.
Also heavy yields, with an average of 10 to 12-1/2 pounds per plant over a 5
week harvest period. Gold dust is a bit small and needs serious pruning to
get bigger size fruit. We've also had good success with
Tropic.
We're growing in SC KY, zone 6. Start our plants Jan
15th and plant in the hoophouse on March 15th. Usual harvest begins the
end of May through June. We'll be planting tomatoes this weekend in the
hoophouses for a target harvest at Thanksgiving. We'll be
experimenting with Carolina Gold next year.
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Hoophouse tomato varieties,
Aufdenkampe Family Farm, 08/16/2002
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: Hoophouse tomato varieties, wiediger, 08/16/2002
- Re: Hoophouse tomato varieties, Bill Shoemaker, 08/19/2002
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