Let's talk about Jeff Davis

[tjg911]

jenn,

that sounds like a good tasting tomato! when i read "MILD" a few posts back, i nearly leaped out of the chair and ran to the wastebasket!

i will never grow any tomato that is described as mild. i have tried several and they are, well, mild. i like tomatoes with strong flavor that are sweet. all the tomatoes i rank as tops for flavor fit that description.

even with this thread, there is little comment on jeff davis. realizing the near infinate variables in why tomato x tastes great this year and so so next year in the same garden or in my garden vs someone's in the midwest, anyone out there that grew jeff davis want to say what they thought of the flavor?

tom

[Polar_Lace]

Originally Posted by jenn_sc

The Jeff Davis I sampled at T'palooza was very rich and sweet tasting...but with what I'd call an "old fashioned" bite, too. I thought it was excellent. The particular fruit I tasted from was quite ripe and dripped all over the place. (That's my kind of tomato )
Jennifer

Jenn, I had forgotten to say those things Thanks!

[Earl]

Robin, since you're a Pro using EBs, any hints for us newcomers to the art? I noticed you didn't have plastic covering the top in above pic. Too, it's hard to find potting mix without fertilizer. If you use type with fertilizer do you also add 2 inch strip that's recommended by EB maker?

[tylenol]

Originally Posted by Earl

Robin, since you're a Pro using EBs, any hints for us newcomers to the art? I noticed you didn't have plastic covering the top in above pic. Too, it's hard to find potting mix without fertilizer. If you use type with fertilizer do you also add 2 inch strip that's recommended by EB maker?

Earl,
I used Sta-Green Potting Mix with ferts last year and a 2 inch strip of 10-10-10 in my DIYEB. The amount of added fert with the mix is really minimal and I found most of the 2" strip still there when I pulled the plant. This year I'm using the same mix and adding Tomato-Tone, bone meal, and a little lime, basically borrowing from you "hole method". I also found the plastic useless here in sunny Calif. where we get little rain. I am gonna use hay mulch, as it worked really well in the raised beds last Summer and Fall.
Rob (nickname Robin)

[Araness]

Earl, I use MG mix for my EB's (have also used Baccto) and I just lower my Fertlizer number to 8-8-8. Still use the 2 cup 2 " strip as well as the 2 cups of Dolomite Lime in the top 3 inches or so of soil.