My growing tomato army

KLorentz · April 3, 2009

Thanks to the generosity of a fellow gardener my tomato seed stock has grown by 11 varieties. Several are Brandywines including Sudduth's Strain and Cowlick.I now have about 20 different tomatoes to grow and enjoy. Some others are Omar's Lebanese ,Ananas Noir ,Pink Brandywine, Watermelon Beefsteak,Crimson Cushion, 2 that seem to be family heirlooms bred off Brandywine. On a side note my selection of peppers(hot mainly) is getting big too. What a fun year this will be. Never thought I would have such a great selection.

Kevin

newatthiskat · April 3, 2009

I have found that tomato buddies can be very generous. I have also found my eyes are much bigger than my garden

Kat

KLorentz · April 3, 2009

Me too.But as they say where there is a will there is a way.

Kevin

Polar_Lace · April 4, 2009

Kevin,

Will; will never get his way.

Even Strong Will won't get in the way!

But if I ever find a 12 inch by 12 inch patch of forgotten soil; I will be patching it up with a Tomato plant! That's for sure!

Yes, I'm a little tomato crazy; but who isn't?

I love all the people here at Tomatoville who have kindly sent me tomato seeds to get my tomato addiction back in style!

~* Robin

Wi-sunflower · April 4, 2009

I have also found my eyes are much bigger than my garden

I also went a bit nutz with the trades this winter when I first found Tomatoville. I ended up with over 100 new to me varieties.

My problem is I have a lot more area I COULD make garden than i will have energy to keep cared for later in the season. We have a 100 acre farm with 80+ acres tillable. Plus the neighbor lets us use another 20 acres.

Most years we end up with somewhere in the 25-40 acres of vegies range. Last year we had about 7 acres of tomatoes, in 3 areas. This year the area we plan to put the tomatoes (if the weather co-operates) is at least 10 acres. I kind of hope we don't fill it but who knows.

If we can keep the tomatoes all in the 1 area we want for this year, we are thinking of having an "heirloom tomato tasting and evaluating" Sunday afternoon probably late in Aug. That's inspired by all the great sounding "fests" I've read about here at TV. I have a couple of friends and neighbors that I've kept in vegies for years that like the idea and will help out.

Even if I can't work that out, I hope to have a whole lot of great varieties to share seeds next winter.

Yup tomatoes and hot peppers (I used to grow nearly 200 varieties of them too) are addictive, no doubt. And when you have a farm, the habbit can be hard to contain.

Carol

KLorentz · April 4, 2009

True Carol but at least it is healthy.A few veggies never hurt anyone

Kevin

KLorentz · April 5, 2009

San Marzano are sprouting!

Kevin

KLorentz · April 9, 2009

Thessaloniki, Amish Paste,Purple Cherokee are now up.Along with Cosmonaut Volkov.

Kevin

KLorentz · April 10, 2009

Al-Kuffa have started coming up. My maters so far are doing great.

Kevin

KLorentz · April 17, 2009

Italian Giant Beefsteak are up and growing. Just a few more to go

Kevin

KLorentz · April 20, 2009

Got 118 tomatoes potted up and more to come.Gonna be lots of peppers to.

Kevin

KLorentz · April 24, 2009

Tomato update! Just potted up some Italian Giant Beefsteak today. That puts my first wave of seedlings at 138. All my seedlings are looking good and should be ready to go to the garden about the first week of May or shortly after.

Kevin

KLorentz · April 28, 2009

All tomatoes except primetime and Brandywine Sudath Strain are up.

Kevin

newatthiskat · April 28, 2009

That is great! How many are you going to be able to plant out? I had fun getting creative in ways to rid myself of tomato plants that I did not have room for.
Kat

KLorentz · April 28, 2009

Hi Kat. I should have room for everything. Since my pots and Potting soil ran low and then out Several of my tomatoes ended up in peat pots. still gonna have lots of plants though.

Kevin

April 3, 2009	#1
KLorentz Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Stryker, Ohio Posts: 995	My growing tomato army Thanks to the generosity of a fellow gardener my tomato seed stock has grown by 11 varieties. Several are Brandywines including Sudduth's Strain and Cowlick.I now have about 20 different tomatoes to grow and enjoy. Some others are Omar's Lebanese ,Ananas Noir ,Pink Brandywine, Watermelon Beefsteak,Crimson Cushion, 2 that seem to be family heirlooms bred off Brandywine. On a side note my selection of peppers(hot mainly) is getting big too. What a fun year this will be. Never thought I would have such a great selection. Kevin

April 3, 2009	#2
newatthiskat Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: texas Posts: 1,451	reply I have found that tomato buddies can be very generous. I have also found my eyes are much bigger than my garden Kat

April 4, 2009	#4
Polar_Lace Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Z8b, Texas Posts: 657	Kevin, Will; will never get his way. Even Strong Will won't get in the way! But if I ever find a 12 inch by 12 inch patch of forgotten soil; I will be patching it up with a Tomato plant! That's for sure! Yes, I'm a little tomato crazy; but who isn't? I love all the people here at Tomatoville who have kindly sent me tomato seeds to get my tomato addiction back in style! ~* Robin __________________ It's not how many seeds you sow. Nor how many plants you transplant. It's about how many of them can survive your treatment of them.

April 9, 2009	#8
KLorentz Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Stryker, Ohio Posts: 995	Thessaloniki, Amish Paste,Purple Cherokee are now up.Along with Cosmonaut Volkov. Kevin Last edited by KLorentz; April 9, 2009 at 07:08 PM.

April 28, 2009	#14
newatthiskat Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: texas Posts: 1,451	reply That is great! How many are you going to be able to plant out? I had fun getting creative in ways to rid myself of tomato plants that I did not have room for. Kat

April 4, 2009	#5
Wi-sunflower Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 2,591	I have also found my eyes are much bigger than my garden I also went a bit nutz with the trades this winter when I first found Tomatoville. I ended up with over 100 new to me varieties. My problem is I have a lot more area I COULD make garden than i will have energy to keep cared for later in the season. We have a 100 acre farm with 80+ acres tillable. Plus the neighbor lets us use another 20 acres. Most years we end up with somewhere in the 25-40 acres of vegies range. Last year we had about 7 acres of tomatoes, in 3 areas. This year the area we plan to put the tomatoes (if the weather co-operates) is at least 10 acres. I kind of hope we don't fill it but who knows. If we can keep the tomatoes all in the 1 area we want for this year, we are thinking of having an "heirloom tomato tasting and evaluating" Sunday afternoon probably late in Aug. That's inspired by all the great sounding "fests" I've read about here at TV. I have a couple of friends and neighbors that I've kept in vegies for years that like the idea and will help out. Even if I can't work that out, I hope to have a whole lot of great varieties to share seeds next winter. Yup tomatoes and hot peppers (I used to grow nearly 200 varieties of them too) are addictive, no doubt. And when you have a farm, the habbit can be hard to contain. Carol

April 5, 2009	#7
KLorentz Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Stryker, Ohio Posts: 995	San Marzano are sprouting! Kevin

April 10, 2009	#9
KLorentz Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Stryker, Ohio Posts: 995	Al-Kuffa have started coming up. My maters so far are doing great. Kevin

April 17, 2009	#10
KLorentz Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Stryker, Ohio Posts: 995	Italian Giant Beefsteak are up and growing. Just a few more to go Kevin

April 20, 2009	#11
KLorentz Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Stryker, Ohio Posts: 995	Got 118 tomatoes potted up and more to come.Gonna be lots of peppers to. Kevin

April 24, 2009	#12
KLorentz Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Stryker, Ohio Posts: 995	Tomato update! Just potted up some Italian Giant Beefsteak today. That puts my first wave of seedlings at 138. All my seedlings are looking good and should be ready to go to the garden about the first week of May or shortly after. Kevin