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Re: SQFT: Open-pollination and tomatoes


Rob wrote:
     
>I know that some of you are really experienced in all of this and I 
>would appreciate any advice, and probably others would too. I know that 
>I've talked mainly about tomatoes, but that has been one of our main 
>garden crops, which last year I grew successfully in a kind of sqft 
>method. I caged the tomatoes, but in groups of ten cages -- two rows of 
>five cages, but all right up against each other. I hope that my 
>description of it makes sense to you. :-)
     
Hi Rob,

I too have successfully grown tomatoes in two rows of five cages each, about 2 
to 2 and a half feet apart. In sunny dry So. Calif. this is close enough for 
large plants to help shade the fruit, but still far enough apart to let you 
reach in to weed, harvest, etc. I have not tried Brandywine or any other 
heirloom yet also because of lack of disease resistance, but I am considering my
first heirloom this spring. Was thinking of trying Brandywine. We don't have 
humidity problems in summer. Has anyone else in this area of the country 
successfully grown Brandywines? (Old John???) I probably won't be saving the 
seed, as my garden is too small to separate the tomatoes, and I need the large, 
early, and continuous production of a disease-resistant hybrid to get enough 
tomatoes for us. I like this thread :).
Shawn
swestaway@smtplink.coh.org
Claremont, CA  USDA9b Sunset19
     


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