Tomato for a school garden

Raymondo · May 16, 2008

I'm involved in a school kitchen garden project and am looking for a suitable tomato.
It has to:
1. provide fruit over the growing season and not all at once,
2. be of compact habit so the littlies (5 & 6 year olds) can manage it and
3. be a cherry or small 'roma' type as these seem less susceptible to the dreaded Queensland Fruit Fly, a major pest of soft fruits in eastern Australia.
edit (16th May):
4. I should have added that OP is preferable as it is to be a seed-to-seed garden. In other words, the kids will save seeds and grow them the following year.

Any suggestions would be most appreciated.

May 16, 2008	#1
Raymondo Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Saumarez Ponds, NSW, Australia Posts: 946	Tomato for a school garden I'm involved in a school kitchen garden project and am looking for a suitable tomato. It has to: 1. provide fruit over the growing season and not all at once, 2. be of compact habit so the littlies (5 & 6 year olds) can manage it and 3. be a cherry or small 'roma' type as these seem less susceptible to the dreaded Queensland Fruit Fly, a major pest of soft fruits in eastern Australia. edit (16th May): 4. I should have added that OP is preferable as it is to be a seed-to-seed garden. In other words, the kids will save seeds and grow them the following year. Any suggestions would be most appreciated. __________________ Ray Last edited by Raymondo; May 16, 2008 at 04:12 PM.