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Re: Early Tomato Experiment

Hi Heide
Thanks for responding. I apparently got dropped from the SQ FT list for a
few days and did not know if this message was posted. You are right about
this experiment being good for science fair. I will remember that for the
next time the grand kids need a project.

I plan to leave these plants in containers. I have six more Pixies in the
soil. When these and the Early Girls start producing, we will have more
tomatoes than we can use. I hope that is not too far away, because I am
sick of those "things" that I have been bringing home from the super
market.

On Fri, 25 Apr 1997 08:17:05 -0700 HEIDE FELDMAN <surfsup@REDSHIFT.COM>
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>John,
>
>great idea for a science fair project!  (Or are we beyond that?!)
>Anyhow, I think it's good to know that even in warm areas (I'm at the
>=
>Central Coast) we have our challenges with temperature conditions.  I
>=
>have planted two tomato plants I bought at small size and I'm getting
>=
>blossoms, but like you said, it is too cold at night to have them =
>thrive.
>
>Are you planning to leave your potted plants in the containers?  It =
>would probably be difficult to plant them later on.
>
>Thanks for the info,
>
>Heidi
>
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>From:   John Orwick[SMTP:oldjohn@JUNO.COM]
>Sent:   Friday, April 25, 1997 7:29 AM
>To:     Multiple recipients of list SQFT
>Subject:        Early Tomato Experiment
>
>A little over six weeks ago I started an experiment in an effort to
>obtain a few early tomatoes while I am waiting for my first Early
>Girls
>to mature. So far, the experiment has proven so successful that I =
>thought
>it might be of interest to others on the SQ FT list.
>
>Any good text on tomato growing will tell you of several climatic
>conditions which must be met in order for tomato plants to set fruit.
>=
>Two
>of these conditions, which apply to the current experiment, are: 1.) =
>Warm
>days with at least six hours of sunshine. 2.) Minimum average night
>time
>temperatures above 55 degrees F.
>
>At my location in Southern California, condition 1 is met on almost
>any
>day of the year. Condition 2 presents a problem. Average night time
>temperatures have not yet reached 55 degrees F.
>
>I grow a few Pixie tomatoes each year as insurance against failure of
>my
>other varieties. I have found Pixies to be highly dependable. While I
>=
>was
>transplanting my Pixies into the soil this year, I planted two plants
>in
>10 inch diameter plastic pots using soil from the block in which I was
>transplanting.
>
>These pots are placed in the garden beside those planted in the soil
>during daylight hours. Each night the two potted plants are moved into
>the house where the temperature never falls below 60 degrees F.
>
>The 6 plants in the soil are beginning to show a few blossoms this
>morning. The plants in the 2 pots have a combined total count of 55
>tomatoes this morning !!!! They range from pea size to about 1 1/2 =
>inches
>in diameter. (Pixies usually are much not over 2 inches at maturity.)
>
>The plants were transplanted on March 11. I saw the first tomato on =
>April
>6. The potted plants, including tomatoes and a light wire cage, weigh
>under 20 pounds so they are quite easy to move in and out daily.
>
>So it appears that the authors of the books which tell us that minimum
>night time temperatures of 55 degrees F. are necessary for tomato
>production know what they talking about.
>
>oldjohn@juno.com
>John Orwick
>El Monte, CA (about 20 mi. east of Los Angeles)
>
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