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Re: indoor tomatoes

Steve,

First off many apologies for being so late in getting back to you: too much work 
combined with (so far) nine power outages cheerfully conspired against things... 
<sigh>

> Do you grow tomatoes for a commecial market?

Nah <s>, but particularly where forcing produce is concerned -- and therefore a 
substantial investment in time, hardware and fuel -- I have found it pays handsomely to 
adopt some (and only *some* <g>) of the attitudes & disciplines of commercial 
growing to make things work properly. I mean, the whole object of the exercise is to 
have a worthwhile and continuous supply of, in this case, tomatoes throughout the year 
which answers to our criteria of high quality, massive flavour & organic culture. 
Achieving that also means keeping an eye on "the bottom line", i.e. the resources put 
in to getting the desired result shouldn't outstrip the crop size & quality or in no time 
you're into "deficit farming" which will soon start to hurt in all kinds of places, 
unavoidably including the pocketbook... <g> To avoid those problems creeping up on 
you I have found that planning and a rather workman/craftsman-like approach to 
cultivation does contribute substantially to getting the kind of results I'm looking for, 
without for a moment diminishing the pleasure element contained in the whole 
exercise. If anything, it may even enhance the latter, oddly enough... :-/


Rgds,

Richard -- Hereford (UK) HR9 5ZA
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