Good Production ?

daylilydude · September 21, 2006

What do you consider as good production? Another words how many tomatoes per plant would make you consider it good production ?

feldon30 · September 22, 2006

15lbs per plant?

bizzarbazzar · September 22, 2006

I think IMHO it really depends on the variety.

Worth1 · September 22, 2006

That sounds like a loaded question to me.
First you asked how many tomatoes would be considered good production.

Then my good buddy Feldon answered in pounds with a question mark at the end.

I don’t have any problem with the question or the answer as they are relative to each other in a way that brings up my own question.

First it’s not impossible to get around a hundred tomatoes from a yellow pear.
At least it seems that way. (LOL)

You won’t get this from one of the larger breeds we have at our disposal.
But you will get enough tomatoes to make up for it in pounds.

So it would seem that the pound answer would be the right way to go at it.
Then some kinds are notorious for poor production or at least this is what I have read here on the forum.

Then there is the question of determinate and indeterminate.

The determinate plants put most of there fruit on at one time.
The indeterminate plants will put out for as long as they don’t succumb to disease and in the long run and good luck makes much more fruit.

I had a yellow pear that was disease free all year and only died after frost killed it.
I got to know this plant very well and we talked tomatoes on many a hot Texas evening with a cold one until one final cold fall night when we said good by.

I met a jalapeño once that was 15 years old that lived in a green house; you should have heard the stories it had to tell.

So yes 15 pounds or so sounds good to me I have had more and I have had less but that’s about right for a good crop on an average year.

My question is, do some tomatoes make up for size in quantity and do some tomatoes make up for quantity in size.

That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.

Worth

bizzarbazzar · September 22, 2006

Worths accurate (at least this time) Yes, A yellow pear and many cherry varieties seem like they put out a hundred tomatoes, and you may only get a few nice large tomatoes from other varieties.

keithaxis · September 22, 2006

i consider good production off my normal size beefsteaks (brandywine, caspian pink, omars lebanese, box car willie, kellogs breakfast, etc.) to be 20 to 30 nice sized fruit, which would relate to 15 to 20 lb's per plant...my worst this year for production is Kellogg Breakfast, and that will get me around 10 nice sized fruit on each of the two plants. The Brandywine is looking at producing around 25 nice beefsteaks on each plant...So for me, 10 is not good and 20 and above as far as beefsteak tomatoes is pretty good...

landarc · September 22, 2006

I agree with Worth, Worth is correct.

dcarch · September 22, 2006

I think I have seen a number some place before.

Commercial growers calculate how much investment in fertilizers and how much return they get back very precisely from each variety. It is a very important thing to them, obviously.

dcarch

feldon30 · September 23, 2006

I'm a stick in people's sides like that.

"The question is not WHERE are we, but WHEN are we?" - Back to the Future

Worth1 · September 23, 2006

Feldon said,

Quote:

"The question is not WHERE are we, but WHEN are we?"

Eureka (I found it)

Worth

feldon30 · September 23, 2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by Worth1

Eureka (I found it)

Pretty good TV show too.

September 21, 2006	#1
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September 23, 2006	#9
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September 22, 2006	#3
bizzarbazzar Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Butte, MT Posts: 811	I think IMHO it really depends on the variety.

September 22, 2006	#4
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	That sounds like a loaded question to me. First you asked how many tomatoes would be considered good production. Then my good buddy Feldon answered in pounds with a question mark at the end. I don’t have any problem with the question or the answer as they are relative to each other in a way that brings up my own question. First it’s not impossible to get around a hundred tomatoes from a yellow pear. At least it seems that way. (LOL) You won’t get this from one of the larger breeds we have at our disposal. But you will get enough tomatoes to make up for it in pounds. So it would seem that the pound answer would be the right way to go at it. Then some kinds are notorious for poor production or at least this is what I have read here on the forum. Then there is the question of determinate and indeterminate. The determinate plants put most of there fruit on at one time. The indeterminate plants will put out for as long as they don’t succumb to disease and in the long run and good luck makes much more fruit. I had a yellow pear that was disease free all year and only died after frost killed it. I got to know this plant very well and we talked tomatoes on many a hot Texas evening with a cold one until one final cold fall night when we said good by. I met a jalapeño once that was 15 years old that lived in a green house; you should have heard the stories it had to tell. So yes 15 pounds or so sounds good to me I have had more and I have had less but that’s about right for a good crop on an average year. My question is, do some tomatoes make up for size in quantity and do some tomatoes make up for quantity in size. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it. Worth

September 22, 2006	#6
keithaxis Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Buckley, WA Posts: 54	i consider good production off my normal size beefsteaks (brandywine, caspian pink, omars lebanese, box car willie, kellogs breakfast, etc.) to be 20 to 30 nice sized fruit, which would relate to 15 to 20 lb's per plant...my worst this year for production is Kellogg Breakfast, and that will get me around 10 nice sized fruit on each of the two plants. The Brandywine is looking at producing around 25 nice beefsteaks on each plant...So for me, 10 is not good and 20 and above as far as beefsteak tomatoes is pretty good...