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what tomatoes are on the minds of everone to grow this year, im sure phils monster is on the top if your one of the lucky ones to get a seed, 7.18 Harps monster is always in there, what else is going to start growing? i made some crosses this yr i will try a few of each,lets here some plans,they may help some of the new growers this yr,also maybe some mistakes we made and how we are going to fix it this coming yr, it may help a new grower skip a mistake, MY biggest was staking the plants,my plants got so big and thick they were breaking my wooden steaks or bending them down, i had cords running everywere trying to hold these plants up, this yr ea plant will have a T post drove in the grount and a 7 ft 2x2 tied to it, they wont break that, wood side to the plant,i dont like the metal against the plants. GOD BLESS, TREETOP

12/10/2010 5:29:30 PM

Boise City, Oklahoma, USA

Don't get those wimpy U posts, go get real steel fence posts at the farm/feed/supply then sink them in decently when you plant out. Think structural steel :) I have learned this in our wind! It's hard to imagine 6" of tomato plant turning into 11' and quite a few pounds in under 3 months...

Thanks everyone, our tomato section of the Friday Auction was well received! Should make some choices easier out there...

12/11/2010 12:27:45 AM

Boise City, Oklahoma, USA

Oh you can go to plumbing supply and get these foam pipe covers, get one big enough to cover your steel fencepost and use a little duct tape. They also work good on pumpkin lifting ring straps for padding.

12/11/2010 12:32:54 AM

Hamilton Nj

hey treetop, im gonna put extra horse crap in my garden to start,and maybe try some brewed tea heard it works great!!!! im growing, big zac ,brandtywhine,behemoth king,7.18 harp 2nd. generation,and the 7.13 hunt hopefully,plus im still have a few secret squirl stashes !!! lol the best advice i can give is dont play with your megablooms leave them polinate !!1 i broke to many of last spring lol!!! hope everyone has a great season !!!! pizza ps. as for posts i havent figured it out yet i had so many tomatos on one plant that it fell right to the ground lol amazeing that 8 big zacs could drop a plant !!!! pizza

12/12/2010 10:16:24 AM

Boise City, Oklahoma, USA

Put the 'used feed' in after it's been well composted, and even then, in the fall like you do for pumpkins. You can burn tomatoes with nitrogen too!

When that plant starts putting on fruit, it really does need some help... even one can take that plant right over, and if the fruit touches ground it's gonna rot (and bugs and slugs will EAT it)

12/12/2010 12:53:31 PM

South East

Still have some seeds coming in so not sure yet all of what I will be planting, but I will be planting 8 plants I knwo that much. Very excited about growing them for the first time. :)

12/14/2010 9:52:39 PM

Hamilton Nj

i just got more seeds in and there is 10 more different kinds that i cant fit in my garden lol and got more comeing from a few people around the world !!! might have to add a few more if i x out the pumpkin i can grow all the tomatos i got but dont know if i can eat that many glen lol pizza

12/17/2010 11:06:30 AM