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Re: Fw: ((In)) Determinate Tomato Spacing

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I've been biting my tongue, but why on earth do you want to grow Romas?
They lose every taste test magazines conduct and are vulnerable to every
disease that comes along. If you're looking for paste tomatoes, there are
many that are superior -- Opalka, Sausage, Amish, Polish, Giant Hungarian,
Super Italian, etc. Margaret L


At 11:41 PM 5/12/2000 -0700, you wrote:
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> Are all Roma tomatoes determinate?  If so, does that mean I can't train
>them
>up the trellis?
>
> What is the recommended method of growing then?
>
> Thanks
>
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>> > At 07:24 PM 5/11/00 +0000, Steve wrote:
>> >
>> > >Local nursery has these starter plants to choose from:
>> > >Early Girl, Big Beef, Beef Steak, Big Boy and Better Boy
>> > >
>> > >If my research serves me, these are all indeterminates, correct?
>> >
>> > Yes, all 5.
>> >
>> > >Was thinking of Early Girls and Big Boys. What do others recommend?
>> >
>> > For me Early Girl has had little flavor.  I grew both the Boys but it's
>> > been so many years that I have no particular memory of them.
>> >
>> > Don't know Beef Steak.
>> >
>> > But Big Beef is terrific!  It's a more recent hybrid than the others you
>> > mention, and I recommend it  highly.    Quite resistant to early blight,
>> > which is a big problem here in the mid-Atlantic.
>> >
>> > --Janet
>> > [doing tomatoes where you'd darn well better put them on 3-foot centers
>> for
>> > airflow or it's curtains]
>> >
>> >
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