Plant management - Page 8

Nematode · June 17, 2016

Thanks for sharing, speechless....

sjamesNorway · June 18, 2016

Just amazing, Mark! Your customers are lucky. I wish there were delicious varieties like those available around here at this time of year. I'd be willing to pay top dollar. (I hope you're pricing accordingly.)

Steve

PureHarvest · June 18, 2016

Your Wall Street comment made me lol
I took advantage in 07 and 08 but not enough to build a biz from.

So when you hit peak weekly production, how/where do you unload all that product?
I'm guessing you approach 1,000 lbs a week at some point. So 100 ten-lb boxes per week would need to find a home.
Just dreaming of moving serious volume someday and thinking through where I would sell it all. I know brokers and auctions and chefs around here but curious about your outlets retail and or wholesale.

BigVan, hit me up if you want anymore info on the NRCS HT grant. I write the plan and contract for them and other EQIP practices for the NRCS.

AKmark · June 19, 2016

Pure Harvest, we sell at farmers markets and to restaurants, we cannot grow enough. The tomatoes in the picture sold in less than two hours.
We got them in 2000 and 2008 too, the Fat Cats that is, if you know what I mean. LOL

Steve, I would like to send you a few seeds at the end of the season to try, they are pretty early and yield great.

ginger2778 · June 19, 2016

Mark, your operation is truly amazing. Astounding really. We are fortunate to have you here and willing to give your detailed insight.

AKmark · June 19, 2016

Thanks Marsha, I only pass along info I have learned from others who are better at this than I am.

I was taught that we should give back when we take anything from someone, or something. I have learned a lot here at TV about tomato varieties, a whole lot, so this is the only way I can give back to the community. My pics are simply to show that the methods can work, and most of us enjoy looking at pics, I know I do.
BTW, I like your science quote

greyghost · June 20, 2016

Mark, the tomatoes in those boxes are just beautiful-just a breath-taking haul!
Darlene

sjamesNorway · June 20, 2016

Quote:

Originally Posted by AKmark

Steve, I would like to send you a few seeds at the end of the season to try, they are pretty early and yield great.

Thanks so much, Mark, that would be great! I have your address from your web site, and will send a SASE.

Steve

AKmark · June 21, 2016

Anyone who who would like to try some F6's of the cute mini red beefsteaks, which is Bloody Butcher X BW Cowlick's/ Mat-Su Express, just let me know, I want others to try them. It will be sometime in October when I send them out, I have about 100 of the F5's going to get a super F6 selection.
Mark

Nematode · June 21, 2016

Yes please on the seed offer.
Do you want SASE envelope sent? Where?

AKmark · June 21, 2016

I will post sometime in October, it is on me, I just want others to try a few of the crosses Sherry and I have done, I think most will really like them. I give some more detail after the next batch is done.

BigVanVader · June 21, 2016

I'm in for sure. Smaller tomatoes sell better for me anyway.

Gerardo · June 21, 2016

Those boxes are beautiful. Lucky chefs. Really dig the little shed at the end.

NarnianGarden · June 29, 2016

Wow and wow. I'll have to dig deep into your well of wisdom - my own gardening operation is more like an adventure and intuitive learning process than scientific procedure, and I could use some science to boost my plants... Especially the micro nutrients ratio.. The challenge is, how to get them as a hobby gardener: I am using some organic ferts and I don't want to get too much into non-organic stuff.
We don't have such a large assortment available, but I'll have to invest more into this - I think.

AKmark · June 29, 2016

N.G., I understand folks wanting to eat healthy, and thinking growing organic will accomplish that. Organic accomplishes beneficial bacteria, but all fertilizers are broke down to elements before the plants can use them. Unless a source leaves other items in the media, in the end it is just elements regardless of the source. You can also inoculate the media with beneficial s, Rhizophagus Intraradices is the main beneficial we are looking for, useful for container gardening when not growing organically.
On my end I will use synthetic sources for ferts, but no weed killer, no pesticides, those do not break down into useful anything. The makers claim they are safe, but they sure don't breakdown into useful elements for plants either.
Thanks for the compliments, and good luck. Try a plant or two with our methods, you may be surprised how great tomatoes taste when the plants are super healthy, and are receiving what they want specifically.

June 17, 2016	#106
Nematode Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2012 Location: massachusetts Posts: 1,710	Thanks for sharing, speechless....

June 18, 2016	#107
sjamesNorway Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Norway Posts: 1,049	Just amazing, Mark! Your customers are lucky. I wish there were delicious varieties like those available around here at this time of year. I'd be willing to pay top dollar. (I hope you're pricing accordingly.) Steve

June 18, 2016	#108
PureHarvest Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Mid-Atlantic right on the line of Zone 7a and 7b Posts: 1,369	Your Wall Street comment made me lol I took advantage in 07 and 08 but not enough to build a biz from. So when you hit peak weekly production, how/where do you unload all that product? I'm guessing you approach 1,000 lbs a week at some point. So 100 ten-lb boxes per week would need to find a home. Just dreaming of moving serious volume someday and thinking through where I would sell it all. I know brokers and auctions and chefs around here but curious about your outlets retail and or wholesale. BigVan, hit me up if you want anymore info on the NRCS HT grant. I write the plan and contract for them and other EQIP practices for the NRCS.

June 19, 2016	#109
AKmark Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Wasilla Alaska Posts: 2,010	Pure Harvest, we sell at farmers markets and to restaurants, we cannot grow enough. The tomatoes in the picture sold in less than two hours. We got them in 2000 and 2008 too, the Fat Cats that is, if you know what I mean. LOL Steve, I would like to send you a few seeds at the end of the season to try, they are pretty early and yield great.

June 19, 2016	#110
ginger2778 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Plantation, Florida zone 10 Posts: 9,283	Mark, your operation is truly amazing. Astounding really. We are fortunate to have you here and willing to give your detailed insight.

June 19, 2016	#111
AKmark Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Wasilla Alaska Posts: 2,010	Thanks Marsha, I only pass along info I have learned from others who are better at this than I am. I was taught that we should give back when we take anything from someone, or something. I have learned a lot here at TV about tomato varieties, a whole lot, so this is the only way I can give back to the community. My pics are simply to show that the methods can work, and most of us enjoy looking at pics, I know I do. BTW, I like your science quote

June 20, 2016	#112
greyghost Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: southeastern PA Posts: 760	Mark, the tomatoes in those boxes are just beautiful-just a breath-taking haul! Darlene

June 21, 2016	#114
AKmark Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Wasilla Alaska Posts: 2,010	Anyone who who would like to try some F6's of the cute mini red beefsteaks, which is Bloody Butcher X BW Cowlick's/ Mat-Su Express, just let me know, I want others to try them. It will be sometime in October when I send them out, I have about 100 of the F5's going to get a super F6 selection. Mark

June 21, 2016	#115
Nematode Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2012 Location: massachusetts Posts: 1,710	Yes please on the seed offer. Do you want SASE envelope sent? Where?

June 21, 2016	#116
AKmark Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Wasilla Alaska Posts: 2,010	I will post sometime in October, it is on me, I just want others to try a few of the crosses Sherry and I have done, I think most will really like them. I give some more detail after the next batch is done.

June 21, 2016	#117
BigVanVader Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Greenville, South Carolina Posts: 3,099	I'm in for sure. Smaller tomatoes sell better for me anyway.

June 21, 2016	#118
Gerardo Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: San Diego-Tijuana Posts: 2,598	Those boxes are beautiful. Lucky chefs. Really dig the little shed at the end.

June 29, 2016	#119
NarnianGarden Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Finland, EU Posts: 2,550	Wow and wow. I'll have to dig deep into your well of wisdom - my own gardening operation is more like an adventure and intuitive learning process than scientific procedure, and I could use some science to boost my plants... Especially the micro nutrients ratio.. The challenge is, how to get them as a hobby gardener: I am using some organic ferts and I don't want to get too much into non-organic stuff. We don't have such a large assortment available, but I'll have to invest more into this - I think.

June 29, 2016	#120
AKmark Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Wasilla Alaska Posts: 2,010	N.G., I understand folks wanting to eat healthy, and thinking growing organic will accomplish that. Organic accomplishes beneficial bacteria, but all fertilizers are broke down to elements before the plants can use them. Unless a source leaves other items in the media, in the end it is just elements regardless of the source. You can also inoculate the media with beneficial s, Rhizophagus Intraradices is the main beneficial we are looking for, useful for container gardening when not growing organically. On my end I will use synthetic sources for ferts, but no weed killer, no pesticides, those do not break down into useful anything. The makers claim they are safe, but they sure don't breakdown into useful elements for plants either. Thanks for the compliments, and good luck. Try a plant or two with our methods, you may be surprised how great tomatoes taste when the plants are super healthy, and are receiving what they want specifically.