How big is your garden and how many tomato plants?

[cmhyland]

We have 40X100 fenced in and another 450' of rows outside for sweet corn. We also have a 40X40 potato patch
We're up in New England so we'll be planing this weekend... I have 72 tomato plants ready to go in. 40 Cucumbers and lots of broc, cabbage, and brussel sprouts.

We'll be planing green beans, Roma, Blue lake and Kentucky Blue. Many many more things....

Regards,
Chris

 

[sixdogs]

Here's the list of tomatoes we plant and is based on what has worked well for us over the years for disease resistance and overall health. We time it so we have fresh tomatoes on a regular basis over the summer. Lots of people have recorded "Homegrown Tomatoes" but this fiddle accented version is pretty good. They seem to be having the most fun.
Home Grown Tomatoes - YouTube

"There's only two things that money can't buy and that's true love and and homegrown tomatoes".

Here's my list

50-60 Day Maturity
Early Girl---52 days

60-70 Day Maturity
Juliette--60-70 day
Bush Steak --65
Early and Often--68
Super Sauce--70

70-80 Day Maturity
Jet Star---72 day
Better Boy--72
Big Boy---78
Brandy Boy--75-78
Supersteak--80
Porterhouse---80
Beefmaster---80
Garden Leader Monster---70-80
Mortgage Lifter---80


80-90 Day Maturity
Beefsteak---82
Oxheart--80-90

 

[DFB]

I grew lots of different heirlooms. 400-600 plants a season over several years.
I trialed probably 50 different ones.

I had an ongoing contract with resturant chef who needed about 100lbs at a time. He wanted all the different colors reds, pinks, whites, yellows, blacks, for mixed tomato salads, salsa's and to make sliced tray presentations for catered affairs.

There's over 2 dozen I'd easily recommend for their exceptional flavor. Some are almost fruit like in taste. Most heirlooms varieties arent usually heavy producers but some yield much better than others. As much as I like a regular juicy ripe hybrid red tomato I'm hooked on the heirlooms.

Any of these were good for me. Most of them came from TT.
And of course there are plenty of others

Orange strawberry, red strawberry, caspian pink, prudens purple, brandywine, cherokee purple, marizol purple, orange russian, anna russian, purple russian, red oxhart, orange oxhart, german johnson, german pink, rose, druzba, azoychka, black plum, black pear, black cherry, speckled roman, roman candle, paul robeson, carbon, kellogs breakfast, marianna's peace, and the old burpee delicious just to name a few.

 

[sam5570]

well i got to plant a little garden today. planted tomato's pepper's cabbage and squash. if we don't get the storm's tonight i will plant corn and bean's and cucumber 2mar.

 

[Creamer]

I always said to my ex when we farmed together that all we need to do is sell rocks and if we got a dollar for every for rock we picked we'd be rich!

I was just out in NE Colorado and there was a guy who had rocks for sale - literally about a 3 acre patch where he had set up a bunch of large rocks for landscapers, homeowners, etc to purchase at 150/ton. I had to stop in - anybody that can find a way to make money selling rocks when they are all over the area was somebody I had to meet.

 

[veefre]

Current veggie plot is about 20x20. The garden is bigger than that, but I planted several fruit trees back there (avocado, fig, orange, pear, apple, peach, almond) and they take up a significant amount of planting space. As does the grape vine trellis.

Currently I have 14 tomato plants, including some late arrivals in 15 gal pots. Also pole and bush beans, snow peas, summer and winter squash, cucumbers, hot peppers, and some greens for salad. Still have to plant a small adjacent area with more greens (lettuce) and maybe some basil and cilantro.

I make my own compost with ivy and other clippings and kitchen waste. It has done wonders to condition the heavy clay soil here. Sometimes I supplement it with a simple 16-16-16 NPK fertilizer, when there are too many browns vs greens in the pile. I use Smith-Hawkin compost bins - each is about 1-2 cu yds.

 

[RandyBell]

Has anybody heard of Pink Girl Tomato's? The guy I. Used to get the plants from said they were an Heirloom, I can't find anything on them, but they are good!

 

[DFB]

Has anybody heard of Pink Girl Tomato's? The guy I. Used to get the plants from said they were an Heirloom, I can't find anything on them, but they are good!

Not heirloom as far as I know but its a great tomato and another favorite of mine. I grew them for years. Sweet and juicy. It's that type of tomato that just keeps getting riper and riper till you cant slice it anymore!

 

[RandyBell]

Thanks DFB I was looking under Heirloom, so that is why I couldn't find anything on it.

 

[DFB]

I'll never figure whats up with the marketing ideas of crossing an heirloom tomato with a hybrid such burpee brandy boy or the latest one a grafted rootstock brandywine. Seen some today at our greenhouse. Since heirloom classification is all about the original plant heritage do the producers actually believe it qualifies as heirloom. I just shake my head.