Growing so many varieties

vagardener434 · February 25, 2011

I've noticed that a lot of folks have a huge list of tomatoes to grow this year. I've got about 25 - 30 in various stages right now. I've never had more than 3-4 in a given season. My question is, how many of each do you, or should you, grow? When I started the seeds, I was doing 5 per cell. And then I transplant them to a 3,4, or 5 inch pot, depending on the variety. If I get 100% germination, then I've got 5 of the same variety. And that happened quite a bit. I'm getting a little tight on space right now, but if space was not a factor, do most of you grow multiples of each variety, or just 1-2 of each. I want to give each variety a chance to show me what it can do, so I'm just wondering how other people proceed along these lines.

Bobby

February 25, 2011	#1
vagardener434 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Freeman, Virginia Posts: 90	Growing so many varieties I've noticed that a lot of folks have a huge list of tomatoes to grow this year. I've got about 25 - 30 in various stages right now. I've never had more than 3-4 in a given season. My question is, how many of each do you, or should you, grow? When I started the seeds, I was doing 5 per cell. And then I transplant them to a 3,4, or 5 inch pot, depending on the variety. If I get 100% germination, then I've got 5 of the same variety. And that happened quite a bit. I'm getting a little tight on space right now, but if space was not a factor, do most of you grow multiples of each variety, or just 1-2 of each. I want to give each variety a chance to show me what it can do, so I'm just wondering how other people proceed along these lines. Bobby