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  • From: "Bill Shoemaker" <wshoemak AT inil.com>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] red mulch
  • Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 08:16:15 -0500

Mimi

I'm curious what tomato varieties you grow in those conditions. Pretty
challenging. What are your top 5 varieties, and why?

Bill Shoemaker
Sr Research Specialist, Food Crops
Univ of Illinois - St Charles Hort Research Center

>This is my third year using red mulch for my tomatoes and peppers. Before
>using it I would only see 20% of my tomatoes ripen on the vine before the
>frost. The rest had to be picked and ripened in the basement. With the
>mulch I get over 50% ripe on the vine. I grow 12-15 different varieties,
>all as short as I can - I'm in North Idaho. The mulch has been reusable
and
>I secured it with grass clippings this year (won't be transplanting till
>next week). I have done a shollow trench and covered it with dirt as well.
>As for the weeds, they grow regardless, at least most smother under the
>mulch, the rest I pull periodically. Weeding is pretty meditative
anyway...
>Maybe when this wears out I'll try black and see what the difference is.
It
>still looks good, should last another year or two.
>
>mimi
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