two newbie questions

gardeninglee · May 28, 2016

I have a midseason tomato I am growing now and one of the flowers set fruit pretty early. I probably have about 50 blossoms or so that just fell off. If I have seed from that one tomato that set is there a chance that the new plant will set early?

I want to try growing some dwarf tomatoes next season. If I typically start seeds in mid-Feb, should I start the dwarf ones the same time or earlier? Or can I start even earlier say in Dec or Jan? I grow on a patio that during the winter (Dec-Jan) gets about 4.5 hours of sun.

I'm on the west coast, a few miles east of the beach so I still get a lot of fog and cloudy days up until July.

May 28, 2016	#1
gardeninglee Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2016 Location: West Los Angeles Posts: 203	two newbie questions I have a midseason tomato I am growing now and one of the flowers set fruit pretty early. I probably have about 50 blossoms or so that just fell off. If I have seed from that one tomato that set is there a chance that the new plant will set early? I want to try growing some dwarf tomatoes next season. If I typically start seeds in mid-Feb, should I start the dwarf ones the same time or earlier? Or can I start even earlier say in Dec or Jan? I grow on a patio that during the winter (Dec-Jan) gets about 4.5 hours of sun. I'm on the west coast, a few miles east of the beach so I still get a lot of fog and cloudy days up until July.