re: compost, using the same plot over, etc.
- To: "'perennials@mallorn.com'"
- Subject: re: compost, using the same plot over, etc.
- From: P* S*
- Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 11:08:47 -0700
I have grown tomatoes in the same plot for 6 years now, and my crops are as
big or bigger each year. I have grown several varieties-- hybrids and
heirlooms, with equal success.
Each year before planting, I do stir some compost into the plot. And into
each planting hole goes a handful of crushed eggshells, saved over the
preceding winter. I was given advice that crushed eggshells provide
calcium, which is very important to tomatoes. There's no way for me to tell
whether that, specifically, has had any effect, but I can tell you that my
tomato plants have been robust, disease-free, and flavorful.
FWIW, I should also add that the plants receive full sun virtually from
sunrise to sunset, that we have "good dirt", and that we garden organically.
Sue P. (USDA zone 8, Oregon's Willamette Valley)
Sue Pesznecker SPesznec@lhs.org Milwaukie, OR. USA
> I read somewhere that tomatoes are one of the few plants that actually do
> not mind being grown in the same spot year after year if provided with
> compost and manure as you do. I have grown tomatoes in the same place for
> a
> couple of years in a row and it seems to work fine.
>
> Eva Thorn
>
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