2012 Winter Greenhouse Tomatoes - Page 6

ddsack · January 6, 2013

Michael, I'm surprised it gets that cold there for you, you must be in a higher altitude, I tend to forget there are mountains in the SW. You must be doing a lot of things right to get such consistently good results on winter tomatoes. So how did the real Tadesse taste? Can you compare them to something similar?

**mdvpc** · January 6, 2013

Dee

We are at about 4,000 feet above sea level in El Paso. And our house is on a mountain, so its somewhat higher than that.

These temps are definitely lower than we usually get-but we always get a winter storm like this. The greenhouse lows are usually not lower than 50 F, and during the day during December/January, the highs are about 80.

Have not tasted the Tadesse yet-I am saving seed now from 3 of them, will try the others tonight.

**mdvpc** · January 30, 2013

I cut some of the plants back-about 3. And I germinated and planted a short season Russian variety-Bushy Chabarovsky to see how it would do starting the growout in January. Bushy is on the left, one of the cut back ones on the right. Both have buds, the cut back one is getting ready to fruit.

Medbury Gardens · January 30, 2013

So how hot would it be in your green house in summer Michael

**mdvpc** · January 30, 2013

Richard

I dont use the greenhouse during the summer-the temps there get to 120 F, 49 C. I plant outside the greenhouse in March, these plants should be finished by then.

Crandrew · January 30, 2013

Quote:

Originally Posted by mdvpc

I cut some of the plants back-about 3. And I germinated and planted a short season Russian variety-Bushy Chabarovsky to see how it would do starting the growout in January. Bushy is on the left, one of the cut back ones on the right. Both have buds, the cut back one is getting ready to fruit.

Michael those plants look very to be a very deep and rich green. I love that awesome sign of a healthy plant.

Buried some more boakshi last week and the worms were up in its business within 1 hr. Its pretty interesting.

**mdvpc** · January 30, 2013

They really look good. I had a very good winter growing season. I had a done bokashi bucket, mixed it in with a bag of potting mix to let it break down. After about 4 weeks I can use it in containers. I am doing a test of 4 5 gallon containers with chard, the only fert I am going to use is the bokashi. So I put 2 decent sized amounts of bokashi in each container.

Crandrew · January 31, 2013

awesome, can you report back please.

**mdvpc** · January 31, 2013

Will do!

January 6, 2013	#76
ddsack Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Northern Minnesota - zone 3 Posts: 3,231	Michael, I'm surprised it gets that cold there for you, you must be in a higher altitude, I tend to forget there are mountains in the SW. You must be doing a lot of things right to get such consistently good results on winter tomatoes. So how did the real Tadesse taste? Can you compare them to something similar? __________________ Dee **************

January 6, 2013	#77
mdvpc Tomatoville® Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 4,386	Dee We are at about 4,000 feet above sea level in El Paso. And our house is on a mountain, so its somewhat higher than that. These temps are definitely lower than we usually get-but we always get a winter storm like this. The greenhouse lows are usually not lower than 50 F, and during the day during December/January, the highs are about 80. Have not tasted the Tadesse yet-I am saving seed now from 3 of them, will try the others tonight. __________________ Michael

January 30, 2013	#79
Medbury Gardens Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Medbury, New Zealand Posts: 1,881	So how hot would it be in your green house in summer Michael __________________ Richard

January 30, 2013	#80
mdvpc Tomatoville® Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 4,386	Richard I dont use the greenhouse during the summer-the temps there get to 120 F, 49 C. I plant outside the greenhouse in March, these plants should be finished by then. __________________ Michael

January 30, 2013	#82
mdvpc Tomatoville® Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 4,386	They really look good. I had a very good winter growing season. I had a done bokashi bucket, mixed it in with a bag of potting mix to let it break down. After about 4 weeks I can use it in containers. I am doing a test of 4 5 gallon containers with chard, the only fert I am going to use is the bokashi. So I put 2 decent sized amounts of bokashi in each container. __________________ Michael

January 31, 2013	#83
Crandrew Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: asdf Posts: 1,202	awesome, can you report back please.

January 31, 2013	#84
mdvpc Tomatoville® Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 4,386	Will do! __________________ Michael