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Re: upright tomatos

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Teresa:
If you are a new gardener, maybe you are not aware that some tomatoes do not have to be staked or grow tall. Since you live in the Salt Lake City area I was thinking that you might enjoy growing one of my favorite tomatoes. 

It is compact and drought resistant. This tomato plant is a heavy producer of medium to large tomatoes. I place the new plants about 1 foot apart, and then I stagger the next row that I place about 1 foot apart. 
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The X stands for a single plant spaced 1 FT apart and rows 1 FT apart.

The tomato is called HEARTLAND, and this plant was first developed several years ago(during the droughts of the 1980's), so I know it is readily available. I have even purchased the Heartland plants at Wal-Mart. If your favorite local nursery doesn't have them, they can get them. 

Just to tell you of their prolific abilities, I will share a story that just happened to me this year. I told my Dad I was going to buy some Heartland tomatoes to put in his great sandy loam garden, and he told me not to buy more than 4 (yes, only 4) to supply our family of 7 kids with 9 grandkids and numerous friends and relatives. I laughed at his humor, but he is right. These tomatoes are quite prolific, and they can withstand quite a bit of heat and irregular watering.

I haven't told him that I bought 72 plants(HAHAHA) to put in my new garden at our farm/park. Yes, I do SQFT, but this year I just got the urge to grow, grow, grow lots of tomatoes;-)

Actually, I am doing a little research of my own this year to determine where the permanent garden will be next year.

Try one, two or four Heartland tomatoes, put them on the South side of your garden and be assured that they will not block the sun. You can then use your trellis somewhere else for some beautiful roses, columbine, or other even cucumbers.

Good luck,
Sheryl A. McCoy
              
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"Nature uses only the longest threads to weave her
patterns, so that each small piece of her fabric
reveals the organization of the entire tapestry."
-Richard Feynman


On Thu, 22 Apr 1999 15:39:09   Teresa Stanton wrote:
>Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
>
>Hello:
>
>I am a new sq ft gardener and excited to get started.  My question 
>has to do with the placement of upright tomatos.  My garden space is 
>4'x8'.  The 4' sides face east and west, the 8' sides face north and 
>south.  If I place the trellis on the South side won't it shade the 
>garden somewhat? (I live in SLC Utah area) But if I place them on the 
>east side then the garden should still get about 6 hours of sun a 
>day, but will the northernmost tomato plants get too much shade from 
>the southernmost tomatos?  for example
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