Fun Tomato Facts

barkeater · February 18, 2007

1. "After more than 60 years of transplant age research, it appears that transplants of 2 to 13 weeks can produce comparable yields"

2. " At harvest, frost-damaged plants yielded almost 4 times less marketable fruit compared to healthy plants, had more than twice as many immature fruit, and resulted in 5 times more fruit with blossom end rot ...Frost damage brings no good news or upside"

3. "The consequence of a luxuriant supply of N has not resulted in a yield reduction, delayed harvest or out-of-control vine growth"

http://ceyolo.ucdavis.edu/newsletter...etters8804.doc

February 18, 2007	#1
barkeater Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NE Kingdom, VT - Zone 3b Posts: 1,439	Fun Tomato Facts 1. "After more than 60 years of transplant age research, it appears that transplants of 2 to 13 weeks can produce comparable yields" 2. " At harvest, frost-damaged plants yielded almost 4 times less marketable fruit compared to healthy plants, had more than twice as many immature fruit, and resulted in 5 times more fruit with blossom end rot ...Frost damage brings no good news or upside" 3. "The consequence of a luxuriant supply of N has not resulted in a yield reduction, delayed harvest or out-of-control vine growth" http://ceyolo.ucdavis.edu/newsletter...etters8804.doc