tomatoes grown too close together
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Permalink Reply by de Moffarts Eugène on -
Some indeterminate tomatoes species have fantastic growing possibilities and big production capacities in good conditions and warm climate(Mediterranean). One of my tomato plants " Mexican honey" covers 40 square feet and reach a height of 6,6 feet...
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Permalink Reply by Gillian on -
wow- that is one plant? I dont have that much room! My whole vegetable patch is not even 40 square feet! How about a photo?
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Permalink Reply by Gail Wolf on -
Hi Gillian. This year I planted my tomatoes in containers, but even so, they are still entangled with one another because they are closely placed. I pruned mine early on, following a video that Michelle posted some time ago. The two plants that I didn't prune are tangled masses that are now so heavily ladened with tomatoes that I'm just hoping the vines don't snap off before the fruit ripens! The video describes very nicely which vines to snip. Many of my plants are developing yellow leaves at the bottom too, and I agree with Michelle that this is probably just a sign of aging. The upper leaves still look good and the fruits look good too. Next year I'm going to use containers again, but larger ones.
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I just spent a good hour cutting back and cutting away yellowing leaves. I noticed that the ylllowing leaves are the same branches that we are told to cut off in the video, and never have any fruit! I have a huge bowl of tomatoes, and my compost bin is choka block with cuttings. I think a marinated mediterranean salad for dinner with a herb and cheese omlette sounds good. Next year (crop rotation) the cherry tomatoes will go in a long narrow bed and i think that will work better. They seem to work OK en masse. One row wont be as wide as the two rows I have this year. Hopefully I can save some seeds from my black russian and those I will plant separately, each staked alone. I broke off two branches from the black russian today and now have green tomatoes - might introduce my hubby to fried green tomatoes since we saw the movie the other day!
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