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- From: "Sharon and Steve" <shopkins AT tdstelme.net>
- To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] how many tomato plants?
- Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2009 09:56:57 -0500
Were it me I would be thinking that indoor tomatoes should do something like half a pound per plant per week, for plants with some disease resistance. On heirlooms I would do what space and time that I have to waste, as 2-3 years out of 5 I will not get much that is usefull.
Outdoors I would be doing a bunch of Celebitiies, Jetstars, Early Girls and Better Boys, again the disease resistant so that I would not be on a 3 day spray schedule
with that old stuff.
With some equipment potatoes can be excellent and over-doing is a plus in case
it is necessary to bring up the overall value of the accounts with storage squash and potatoes. Without a decent line of harvest, washing, bagging equipment I would not consider potatoes a financially rewarding activity at 500lbs a week by hand. Russets seed can go in 16 -18 inches apart, early reds like Norland can go in nearly touching each other, explains the wide estimate.
There are a bunch of crop estimators online, here is one.
http://www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/envirohort/426-331/426-331guide.html
MAsteveINE
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[Market-farming] how many tomato plants?,
Beth Spaugh, 02/13/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] how many tomato plants?,
Sharon and Steve, 02/14/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] how many tomato plants?, Beth Spaugh, 02/14/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] how many tomato plants?, Bill Shoemaker, 02/14/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] how many tomato plants?,
clearviewfarm, 02/14/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] how many tomato plants?, Garth & Kim Travis, 02/14/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] how many tomato plants?, clearviewfarm, 02/15/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] how many tomato plants?,
Sharon and Steve, 02/14/2009
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