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52291 Re: Tomatoes
   Out of curiosity, De, How do you plan on keeping the tomatoes from cr... 		Zimbler0   6TH POPE   12 Apr 2024
 11:17 PM
52267 Re: Tomatoes
   ribit, didn't there used to be a Striped Stuffer strippin' at the Cler... 		scubavol   6TH POPE   12 Apr 2024
 6:09 PM
52244 Re: Tomatoes
   [color=blue][b]Just [i]how hot[/i] are the peppers in New Hampshire?[/... 		Beldin   6TH POPE   12 Apr 2024
 4:12 AM

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Tomatoes

By: De_Composed in 6TH POPE
Fri, 12 Apr 24 4:06 AM
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I've got twenty-six varieties of tomato seed. Over the years, I've grown them all and taken notes on how they did.. how they tasted, how long they took to grow, eventually coming up with eight preferred varieties that I'll grow every year from now on - or at least until I revise my preferences.

I just finished planting all eight, 288 seeds, 96 seedling starter pots. You might think that's not too tough, but it took four hours. I hope to wind up with one plant per pot, giving me twelve of each variety that will go in the ground in about a month.

micro once asked how many varieties I typically plant. My base is going to be eight - but I'll probably grow one or two of each of the other eighteen varieties - just to keep my seed stock current - so that 26 varieties of tomato will go in the ground each year. That's the plan, anyway.

For now, my eight 'standards' are:

  • Heirloom Brandywine Red (’21)
  • Heirloom Homestead 24 (’22)
  • Heirloom Ace 55 (’22)
  • Heirloom Roma From Grocery Store (’22)
  • Heirloom Yellow Pear Cherry (’21)
  • Heirloom 1” Red Clumps Cherry (’22) / Heirloom 0.75” Red Clumps Cherry (’22)
  • Heirloom Striped Stuffer (’21)
  • Heirloom Purple Calabash (’22)

My hot peppers are coming along down in the basement. I've got about fifty, five to ten varieties. I can't say for sure since they're all from packages, and a couple of the packages are a mishmash of varieties. If they turn out, I'll read the packages and take a guess as to which variety is which. Hot peppers thrive on warmth, so I intend to plant them in actual pots. If we get a particularly cold day, I'll bring them in.

Many of my other vegetable seeds will go straight in the ground once the danger of frost is past, but I've got a lot of flowers that should probably be started in pots. This will be a busy week. I sure wish I had a rototiller.