Growing Heirlooms

schill93 · October 18, 2016

This will be my first year growing heirloom tomatoes and I need to figure out my space allocations. However, since I have never grown these before, I really have no idea how tall they may grow. This info does not appear on seed vendors web sites.

More than 1/2 of these will be grown in containers, so I know that may effect height as well as soil conditions. But I would like "an average" height from those who have grown any of these varieties. Just a good estimation of height based on your own experience. Also would love to know if it is particularly sprawly (wide) or if it is more of a compact plant.

I would consider the following:
Compact -(C) 4' or under
Mid Size (MS) 5-6'
Large (L) 6 - 8'
Very Large(VL) Over 8'

This is my tentative list:

Amazon Chocolate
Big Beef
Black & Brown Boar
Black from Tulsa
Brandywine Cowlick
Burgundy Traveler
Dora
Earls Faux
Eva Purple Ball
FD;s Special C Tex
Fish Lake Oxheart
Fred Limbaugh Legacy PT
Girl Girls Wild Thing
Indian Stripe PL
Indian Stripe RL
Jet Star
Marianna Peace
Pink Berkley Tie Dye
Pruden's Purple
Rebel Yell

Very much appreciate any input.

October 18, 2016	#1
schill93 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2015 Location: Nevada Posts: 275	Growing Heirlooms This will be my first year growing heirloom tomatoes and I need to figure out my space allocations. However, since I have never grown these before, I really have no idea how tall they may grow. This info does not appear on seed vendors web sites. More than 1/2 of these will be grown in containers, so I know that may effect height as well as soil conditions. But I would like "an average" height from those who have grown any of these varieties. Just a good estimation of height based on your own experience. Also would love to know if it is particularly sprawly (wide) or if it is more of a compact plant. I would consider the following: Compact -(C) 4' or under Mid Size (MS) 5-6' Large (L) 6 - 8' Very Large(VL) Over 8' This is my tentative list: Amazon Chocolate Big Beef Black & Brown Boar Black from Tulsa Brandywine Cowlick Burgundy Traveler Dora Earls Faux Eva Purple Ball FD;s Special C Tex Fish Lake Oxheart Fred Limbaugh Legacy PT Girl Girls Wild Thing Indian Stripe PL Indian Stripe RL Jet Star Marianna Peace Pink Berkley Tie Dye Pruden's Purple Rebel Yell Very much appreciate any input.