the great brandywine sudduth production controversy

markferon · February 4, 2006

Ok i know this is touchy subject for some, but I think, i have figured out what the problem maybe by reading gardenweb, organic gardening tomato mania message boards.

1. brandywine sudduth is listed as having close to an 80 day dtm.
2. I have looked at the plant out times list by many of the posters.

Looking these facts I have notices several problems.

1. People having production problem seem to be both in the more northern and southern areas of the usa.
2. the plant out time of many of the growers run into
2 problems in the south the out plant times run into extreame heat before production hit full steam and in the north the the cold seem to limit the season to a few fruits be fore frost hits. I am not talking about the really cold areas.

those who seem get good production seem to be in the middle of the two.

the funny thing is that the solution for the problem areas seems to be the same solution. It is that most people may not realize it. I may be calling down the a major flame war down because of this.
But the problems seem to point to one solution.

Getting the plants planted out earlier then is recommend in the problem areas.
I gotten late maturing large , medium, and paste varieties as early as may 15 by using a combination of Walls o water, home made hoop houses, and other little tricks. I can't see why with little ingenuity the same type tricks can't be used to get a longer production period for brandywine sudduth. But what do they have lose if they don't try except a few test plants and seeds.

Maybe, the reasons for bad production are because, those who don't get good production are not setting up good growing beds and using good planting methods. I can not tell since they rarely describe those when they complain about bad production.
markferon

February 4, 2006	#1
markferon Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Maryland Posts: 68	the great brandywine sudduth production controversy Ok i know this is touchy subject for some, but I think, i have figured out what the problem maybe by reading gardenweb, organic gardening tomato mania message boards. 1. brandywine sudduth is listed as having close to an 80 day dtm. 2. I have looked at the plant out times list by many of the posters. Looking these facts I have notices several problems. 1. People having production problem seem to be both in the more northern and southern areas of the usa. 2. the plant out time of many of the growers run into 2 problems in the south the out plant times run into extreame heat before production hit full steam and in the north the the cold seem to limit the season to a few fruits be fore frost hits. I am not talking about the really cold areas. those who seem get good production seem to be in the middle of the two. the funny thing is that the solution for the problem areas seems to be the same solution. It is that most people may not realize it. I may be calling down the a major flame war down because of this. But the problems seem to point to one solution. Getting the plants planted out earlier then is recommend in the problem areas. I gotten late maturing large , medium, and paste varieties as early as may 15 by using a combination of Walls o water, home made hoop houses, and other little tricks. I can't see why with little ingenuity the same type tricks can't be used to get a longer production period for brandywine sudduth. But what do they have lose if they don't try except a few test plants and seeds. Maybe, the reasons for bad production are because, those who don't get good production are not setting up good growing beds and using good planting methods. I can not tell since they rarely describe those when they complain about bad production. markferon