Tomato plant relative sizes

kevinrs · May 11, 2011

Anyone have any idea of the relative sizes of any of these? I'm going to be making CRW cages, probably multiple sizes so I can nest them in winter, and also using some ultomato cages I already have on whatever is smallest I guess. Maybe I'll recombine some ultomato cages to make them bigger, and give more support. Maybe I'll use some poles from some to help anchor the CRW cages.
Baxter's Bush Cherry
Black Krim
Camp Joy
Chiquita
Chocolate cherry
Cuostralee
Debaro
Eva Purple Ball
Galinas
Marglobe
Olpalka
red Grape
Red Pear
Redfield beauty
Roma VF
Summer Salsa
yellow pear

organichris · May 11, 2011

Of those mentioned, I have only grown Black Krim. The plants got big and branchy, but they were allowed to sprawl. The tomatoes were medium-sized. Flavor was a disappointment.

Pyrrho · May 11, 2011

I can only address two of the varieties:

Black Krim, for me, wasn't all that large, which is to say it outgrew my 5' CRW cage by a foot or so. I used a 'smaller' cage (~19" diam.) and it wasn't crowded.

Opalka -- save one of your biggest cages for this one. Mine grew out of the 5' cage (~23" diam.), went all the way back down to the ground, and then sprawled for a couple of feet.

If you can do it, you might consider constructing some 2' extensions to make some of your cages 7', especially if space (horizontal) is limited. If you've got the room, you can let the plants overflow and sprawl -- the CRW is more than strong enough to handle it.

kevinrs · May 11, 2011

I have them planted 3 feet apart, in rows 4 feet apart. Next year I figure if I can buy a truckload of compost, to go bigger on garden space.

May 11, 2011	#1
kevinrs Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Littlerock, CA Posts: 218	Tomato plant relative sizes Anyone have any idea of the relative sizes of any of these? I'm going to be making CRW cages, probably multiple sizes so I can nest them in winter, and also using some ultomato cages I already have on whatever is smallest I guess. Maybe I'll recombine some ultomato cages to make them bigger, and give more support. Maybe I'll use some poles from some to help anchor the CRW cages. Baxter's Bush Cherry Black Krim Camp Joy Chiquita Chocolate cherry Cuostralee Debaro Eva Purple Ball Galinas Marglobe Olpalka red Grape Red Pear Redfield beauty Roma VF Summer Salsa yellow pear

May 11, 2011	#2
organichris Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Tulsa, OK Posts: 630	Of those mentioned, I have only grown Black Krim. The plants got big and branchy, but they were allowed to sprawl. The tomatoes were medium-sized. Flavor was a disappointment.

May 11, 2011	#3
Pyrrho Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 75	I can only address two of the varieties: Black Krim, for me, wasn't all that large, which is to say it outgrew my 5' CRW cage by a foot or so. I used a 'smaller' cage (~19" diam.) and it wasn't crowded. Opalka -- save one of your biggest cages for this one. Mine grew out of the 5' cage (~23" diam.), went all the way back down to the ground, and then sprawled for a couple of feet. If you can do it, you might consider constructing some 2' extensions to make some of your cages 7', especially if space (horizontal) is limited. If you've got the room, you can let the plants overflow and sprawl -- the CRW is more than strong enough to handle it.