Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: Amsterdam, NY
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Our soil is a fine sandy loam, with a fair amount of clay, just enough to provide a nice exchange capacity without impeding drainage. We really love growing in it. This year we splurged and bought a Land Pride 5' reverse tine gear-driven tiller for our compact tractor and man, does that thing dig deep! It is such a joy to work in with a hoe, making digging up beds by hand a breeze compared to previous seasons. Our soil is about 60F about 6 inches deep, depending where we shoot with the IR thermometer. And with the probe poked even deeper it's still around 55F. The Cornell tomato expert gave us the green light at temps over 50F to get them in the ground so we are going for it! We have some agribon to drape over them if it comes to it, but it is looking like warm weather for the next couple of weeks! ![]() This trenching and laying down makes a lot of sense. I'm considering it more and more! Thanks |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: Amsterdam, NY
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: Amsterdam, NY
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I saw a video on youtube suggesting exactly this. Wouldn't be at all surprised if he got that advice here. (Don''t remember who posted it now.) It's a bit overcast today, and I don't want to wait too long to get them planted. But I also don't want to bend them too hard and risk snapping/creasing any. That's my only hang up with laying them down. If we made that decision days ago and had some sun to take advantage of and allow them to grow upward I wouldn't think twice about it! Still, it's worth considering. Hmmm...
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: Amsterdam, NY
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thanks worth! |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: Amsterdam, NY
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Thanks for the kind words! ![]() |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: Amsterdam, NY
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Good luck this season ![]() |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Den of Drunken Fools
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Everything does look great and good job.
What I did with mine was to take them out of the small containers the same size as yours and put them in bigger containers. I took the container off and put the plant in the bottom of the big container took off the lower leaves and buried them up to their necks. In a few short days they exploded and you would have never known they were leggy. Worth |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: Amsterdam, NY
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