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Re: real tomatoes.

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I had to read all of the replies before I put my two cents in.  Sometimes I
answer when other people have already said what I want to say...boy do I
feel dumb.

I grew both Brandywines  and Mortgage Lifters, very similar tomato
(like what you are talking about, ridges etc.)

I, being the new kid on the block, put in drip system in my garden attached
to the timer that waters my lawn.  I water everything everyday.  All of my
colleagues, told me I was watering my tomatoes too much.

This season we had problems of end rot and splitting, in the Garden of the
Sun (our Master Gardeners garden).  In my own garden I grew 7 different
varieties and they were on the drip and watered everyday.  I made sure they
got just enough water to keep the ground moist, not soggy.   Most important
the ground NEVER got dry.

Results...beautiful...I have never had such luck with tomatoes....eggplant,
bell peppers too.


Hope this helps.
Peg
-----Original Message-----
From: Cal French <ccfrench@tcsn.net>
To: Square Foot Gardening List <sqft@listbot.com>
Date: Saturday, September 04, 1999 8:07 PM
Subject: Re: real tomatoes.


>Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
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>At 09:35 PM 04-09-99 -0500, you wrote:
>>Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
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>>I think they are from what I call growth spurts.  I get then when we
>>have had a dry spell,
>I agree. It is often hot and usually dry here.  Water soaks immediately
>into the ground and the surface will appear dry an hour after I have
watered.
>I noticed that my neighbors, whose place we cared for for a month while the
>were on vacation, put sun shade mesh over their tomatoes, avoiding
>some of the extremes of temperature. No splits.  My Brandywines seem prone
>to splitting, in part because they genetically have ridges and in other
>part because they are very large.  When they heat up in full sun on a 100
>degree day for six hours, they go splitsville.  Amazingly, they are still
>good under the healed cracked parts.
>
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