40 or more plants... what do all you do with the produce?

keithaxis · July 31, 2006

So I have been maintaining the garden and have been noticing that I will be getting at least 30 good fruit off every plant (30 miminum some will probably get more than 50 tomatoes on a plant).

I never imagined all the plants doing so well as last year I had terrible production...and I was able to give away at work what I did not eat fresh or make salsa from...

Do I find a person who sells at a farmers market and offer them nice heirloom tomatoes for $1 per pound? or sell on craigslist for $2 per pound? or maybe find a local eatery that maybe needs a 2 month offering that would match what they currently pay or those cheap, terrrible tasting ones? or do I just keeping giving away to my coworkers for free?

As I was walking the garden last night is when it hit me. I was looking at all the tomatoes (ARGG, Cherokee Purple, Brandwine suddaths and otv and yellow, dr wyches yellow, kelloggs breakfast, mortgage lifter, box car willie, caspian pink, cuostrolee, black prince, paul robeson, black from tula, black krim, german johnson, omars lebanese,druzba) and started adding up,,,hmmm..if I get 30 tomatoes on each plant times 40 plants that 1200 tomatoes or way over 600 pounds worth...

What a difference a year makes....

Thanks,

Keith

the other ten plants that make the list to 50 are all ping pong sized or smaller cherry sized so I do not count those...

July 31, 2006	#1
keithaxis Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Buckley, WA Posts: 54	40 or more plants... what do all you do with the produce? So I have been maintaining the garden and have been noticing that I will be getting at least 30 good fruit off every plant (30 miminum some will probably get more than 50 tomatoes on a plant). I never imagined all the plants doing so well as last year I had terrible production...and I was able to give away at work what I did not eat fresh or make salsa from... Do I find a person who sells at a farmers market and offer them nice heirloom tomatoes for $1 per pound? or sell on craigslist for $2 per pound? or maybe find a local eatery that maybe needs a 2 month offering that would match what they currently pay or those cheap, terrrible tasting ones? or do I just keeping giving away to my coworkers for free? As I was walking the garden last night is when it hit me. I was looking at all the tomatoes (ARGG, Cherokee Purple, Brandwine suddaths and otv and yellow, dr wyches yellow, kelloggs breakfast, mortgage lifter, box car willie, caspian pink, cuostrolee, black prince, paul robeson, black from tula, black krim, german johnson, omars lebanese,druzba) and started adding up,,,hmmm..if I get 30 tomatoes on each plant times 40 plants that 1200 tomatoes or way over 600 pounds worth... What a difference a year makes.... Thanks, Keith the other ten plants that make the list to 50 are all ping pong sized or smaller cherry sized so I do not count those...