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Re: Siberia Tomato

>> ... this year I thought I'd try one of those Siberian
>>tomatos that are supposed to produce fruit in only
>>48 days. ... . Anybody else out there tried this type
>>of tomato.  ...
>>Bob
>
>I've grown Siberian several times (Phoenix AZ).  Bushes only grew to 2 ft
>by 2 ft with lots of small patio size fruit.   Turns out many  vegetables
>developed for short seasons in cold regions do pretty well in the low
>desert where growing seasons are also short.
>Olin Miller
>
Hi all,

Just went to my garden space yesterday and the Silvery Fir and Siberia
tomatoes that I started indoors on December 19, and transplanted out on
January 31st are just flowering.  They had a pretty tough spring, though,
thus far, and I'm surprised that they lived, to tell the truth.  They've
been out all this time without protection other than a few plastic bag
nights the first week.  They've made it through the torrential rainy season
when they got battered to the ground, and most lately have survived a
surprise snail attack (they jumped the copper barrier by crawling over
weeds adjacent to the box, the tricky slimers).  They're all less than two
feet tall.  I'm rather hoping they'll have a growth spurt now that the
weather's better and the bed has been made snail proof once again (we
hope).  So far the tomatoes I put out on March 14th are twice their size
and growing like crazy.  But the flowers on the Russians are rather
rewarding, despite the small size of the plants.

Regards,
Laurie, San Francisco


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