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RE: Tomato Report from Zone 5

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I wish I'd set my plants out earlier! I didn't get them in the ground until
5/15. But they seem to be growing well. I planted 2 Super Sweet 100s, 2
Super Fantastics, and a Better Bush. Next year I'm giving some of those
Russian varieties a try, though! Early tomatoes sounds good to me.

I checked out those Tomato Ladders on www.gardeners.com. How wide is the
"mesh"? From their drawing it looks large enough to stick a hand through,
but I can't really tell. Are you happy with them (I guess you might not know
until your plants reach their full size)?

sara
zone 5, in the heart of chicago

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Doreen Howard [d*@fgi.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 1999 1:12 PM
> To: Ellis, Sara; sqft@listbot.com
> Subject: Tomato Report from Zone 5
> 
> 
> Sara asked about tomatoes in Zone 5:
> I live in Springfield, IL, Zone 5b and set out my tomato 
> transplants May 2.
> One variety, Silvery Fir Tree, a Siberian heirloom with unusual ferny
> foliage, has set 7 fruit within the last week.  It will set at lower
> temperatures and ripen its fruit at about 55 days after 
> transplanting.  I
> always include this one for the first fresh homegrown tomato. 
>  One other
> plant has set one fruit--another Russian heirloom, Black 
> Krim.  The Russians
> do set at lower temperatures.  The other plants--Texas Wild, 
> Green Zebra,
> Becky's Biggy, Mary Robinson, Oxheart and Schimmeig Stoo are 
> all growing
> like crazy.  They have tripled in size in 23 days.  I'm using 
> tomato ladders
> from Gardener's Supply this year for support, and the plants 
> seems to be
> fitting perfectly into the ladders as they grow taller.  I 
> set a Burpless
> cucumber transplant at the back of each ladder, and they are 
> climbing and
> flowering, too.
> Doreen Howard
>


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