Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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June 18, 2015 | #1 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: Valencia, CA
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How tall are your plants?
Just curious, most of mine are a little over 5' with my Belgian giant well on its way to 7'. My late start seedlings are only around 3'. My shortest is Martino's Roma...Maybe 1', thick, dense bush. Same with the clones I took.
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June 18, 2015 | #2 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Princeton, Ky Zone 7A
Posts: 2,208
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I transplanted out from May 2nd to the 9th. My tallest plant currently is a Brandywine Suddeth's at around five feet. Some of my competition plants would be approx. six feet or so but I prune those to one stem and top them at approx. three feet after I have a mega bloom pollinated.
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June 18, 2015 | #3 |
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Tallest is 7 feet. A Litchi
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June 18, 2015 | #4 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: NC - zone 8a - heat zone 7
Posts: 4,916
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Mine, those that I have planted out within 2 weeks range in height from 40" to 60". The tallest being Brandy Boy, then CP, then Big Rainbow and some cherries.
And of course the detrminants are the shortest ( Siletz, Legend, Willamette ..) Aside from the height the weakest ones are KB, FoJ, JBT, Big Beef(OP). I am excluding, of course, the dwarfs. Gardeneer |
June 18, 2015 | #5 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2013
Location: MA 6a/b
Posts: 352
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Planted out between May 15 to May 25. Tallest is 3 ft (sungold, Indian stripe, sweet ozark orange) and shortest is 18 inches (Neves Azorean Red) Will be planting out my last tomato this week and it will be 6 inches
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June 18, 2015 | #6 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2014
Location: Northern CA
Posts: 80
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Planted out April 16th. Sungold is the highest at 6 ft. Others all almost at 5'.
Have had to start topping the sungold due to space. |
June 18, 2015 | #7 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: NE Louisiana, Zone 8A
Posts: 1,179
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My tallest are around 7'. Most are 4'-6' tall.
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June 19, 2015 | #8 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Romania/Germany , z 4-6
Posts: 1,582
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Wow, 7 feet I reach at the end of the season, rarely more (Sungold usually).
Right now I'd guess 3 feet for big beef, with 3 fruit clusters (1 stem). By the end of the season I guess I reach like 5-6 clusters in total on larger types, and like 10 on more vigorous cherries. |
June 19, 2015 | #9 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: Valencia, CA
Posts: 258
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Very interesting to see how plants develop in other areas.
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June 22, 2015 | #10 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Alabama
Posts: 7,068
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My oldest plants set out the first week in April and kept to two stems are between 6 and 10 ft depending on the plant. Most are around 9 ft.
My single stem bed that was planted three weeks later has plants averaging around 8 ft with a few taller and a few shorter. It seems that the fewer the number of main stems the faster they get tall. Bill |
June 22, 2015 | #11 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Virginia Beach
Posts: 2,648
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I planted out April 13 and most of my plants are around 6 feet tall now, but I have a Rose Quartz that is a monster and is almost twice that tall. My husband stuck a ladder under it to hold it up yesterday. It's flopped over the top of a Texas Tomato cage and is coming down toward the ground again. I'm trying to keep it from smothering nearby peppers and eggplant. As big as this plant is, it really doesn't have much fruit on it for a cherry. This is the regular Rose Quartz, not the multiflora. I hope it'll be worth all the trouble it's causing!
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June 22, 2015 | #12 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Virginia
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I have containers and my yellow pears, red cherries, black krim, and black price are all about six feet tall.
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June 22, 2015 | #13 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: Valencia, CA
Posts: 258
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Seems around 5-6 is the average this time of year.
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June 22, 2015 | #14 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: South Ontario: Plant out date - May long weekend
Posts: 32
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Approx. 12-16 inches. some much shorter.
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June 22, 2015 | #15 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Downingtown, PA
Posts: 337
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6+ft except for taxi which are 4.5 and LOADED 1 plant is pushing 60 tomatoes zone 6b and a happy camper
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