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Post by mogarden on Oct 13, 2012 4:20:47 GMT -6
I grew "Early Girl" tomatoes in a 5-gal bucket this year. They get a little too rangy by the fall, so I'm looking for a better tasting tomato to grow in the same 5-gal size but one that grows a little shorter. As long as it bears early, it's OK if it doesn't bloom til frost. Early, short, tasty....that's what I'm after. Any suggestions?
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Post by Pharmer Phil on Oct 14, 2012 6:56:33 GMT -6
I grew "Early Girl" tomatoes in a 5-gal bucket this year. They get a little too rangy by the fall, so I'm looking for a better tasting tomato to grow in the same 5-gal size but one that grows a little shorter. As long as it bears early, it's OK if it doesn't bloom til frost. Early, short, tasty....that's what I'm after. Any suggestions? Mo, here's one we have grown that fits the bill I believe..Heirloom and it's earlyl However... it IS an indeterminate///but then it's not large either...plant gets about 4 ft. max. Bloody Butcher Tomato A sensational, multi-purpose tomato, very early and high-yielding. Strong tomato flavor in medium, round, 4 oz. fruits that are a deep, dark red inside and out. Potato-leaved plants are fast growing. |
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Post by mogarden on Oct 14, 2012 12:34:58 GMT -6
Thanks for the suggestion Phil. I have grown BB in the past, in the ground tho.
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Post by ChileFarmer on Oct 14, 2012 18:23:24 GMT -6
Mo, haven't any idea on variety just yet. I to like early girl tomato's. I am wondering if they could be pruned back? Me just thinking. CF  |
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Post by ChileFarmer on Oct 14, 2012 18:39:21 GMT -6
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Post by mogarden on Oct 15, 2012 2:11:08 GMT -6
Thanks CF. 58 days sounds good, huh?
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Post by Pharmer Phil on Oct 16, 2012 3:30:23 GMT -6
Mo, haven't any idea on variety just yet. I to like early girl tomato's. I am wondering if they could be pruned back? Me just thinking. CF they can be, after several fruit has set, just terminate the mains and pinch out the suckers...wouldn't be really time consuming...unless you have several... did Ya'll have "Bonnie Plants" in your area this year? just one place (wally world) had bonnies... |
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Post by ChileFarmer on Oct 16, 2012 6:53:15 GMT -6
In our area we have many plant farms. And a very large bonny plant farm is here also. Although they do not sell to the public. There products are sold at Wal-mart and most all the feed and seed stores. I buy from the local growers when I can. I have one grower that used to grow all my plants when farming full time. 1200-1500 flats each year, 48 count. Bonny does have nice plants. CF
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2012 11:10:06 GMT -6
The "Bonnie" trucks come rollin in every spring here and i have'ta say they have always been good for us.
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Post by Pharmer Phil on Oct 17, 2012 5:42:31 GMT -6
we purchased some herb plants from wally that came from Bonnie's..we don't buy tomatoes or pepper plants...if we did, it would be from the local producers.... I worry about the source of plants we get anywhere though, typically isolate them till we can check them thoroughly for problems/insects... Then there was the blight problems back in 09.. (geez was it that long ago??  )... Bonnie Plants may or may not have been responsible but it sho cost em' a butt load.. here's a link to that old story: Bonnie pulls over 1 million dollars worth of plants |
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Post by mogarden on Oct 18, 2012 16:45:58 GMT -6
I remember it, it was bad. Bonnie's has such a network and all those trucks...I can see where it would be a nightmare to maintain a disease-free situation. I have gotten Bonnie plants here in the past at the Tennessee Farmer's Co-op. What few plants I grow now I start from seed. GF buys a few petunias to put out on her side of the porch swing tho. ;D
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