Several different breeds. Better bush, early girls, parks whopper, patio tomato, golden jubilee, and Rutgers. Some tomatoes keep producing fruit year around and some do not. Ive picked 67 nice tomatoes in the last 24 hours off 6 plants. Ripening is very slow for many of us due to the high temperatures. after 85 degrees constantly a tomato plant puts the brakes on ripening . The plant will stay healthy and keep growing but if your fruits are slower to ripen, relax, its the heat
I planted 6 tomato plants
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MICHI-CAN
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Nice. Mine got a late start and then drought tested in crazy sun for MI. Got babies going though. Beefsteak, non GMO. If it would only cool off so I could prune.
MICHI-CAN
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That is pro grade. Scarily looks chemically manicured. I hope not. Just millorganite, epsoms salt, compost tea and organic water soluble fert here. I worked hard to establish a flourishing clover mix throughout yards for honey bees and rabbits. Fert time in August. Much greener a week after that.
Keep growing things. It makes the world a better place. Peace.
manfredo
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I planted 13 tomato plants, roughly half cherry & half beefsteak. I normally plant like 2-3 plants. They are just starting to ripen, and I am in trouble....there's hundreds and hundreds of both types...I'm already inundated with squash. Everything did great except for my cukes.
Next year, I am planting a month early. 98 degrees with 80% humidity today in SC. Dont even bother planting watermelons in this heat. They'll bust wide open. Thank you for the compliment too. I keep my mower blade on the highest setting. depending on what sort of grass you have. This has been my favorite way to keep my lawn. You walk on it and its about 4 inches deep. Feels good. It took a few weeks to get it all even and dialed in, but i like the end result. I found it holds water better. I use a old golf course trick too. I had sand delivered and spread over my lawn. This layer of sand will settle and if thick enough will trap moisture longer. But a humic acid treatment can really do wonders, and its cheap.
myke
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indeterminate and determinant,I also understand cucumbers have the same deal.
myke
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Me either till this spring,I have such a short season I mainly grew determinants this year.Cheery are mainly indeterminants.
I would suggest buying early girls next season, and better bush. If you can handle it, a parks whopper. I grew them in 5 gallon smart pots which is a lot of work but the rewards were good. Storm killed my early girls. But they were living up to their names. I have baby tomatoes at 9 feet on this parks. I started pruning it to keep it in line
I grew those cherry's once. They're good producers. What do you feed them?"I started with a weekly feeding because I didn't have to water daily. But then i had to switch to daily watering and feeding so i bought advanced nutrients grow bloom and micro. And a weekly feed of jacks 5-12-26 fertilizer with 15-0-0 calcium and Epsom salt. i used basic potting soil. i was surprised to be honest. Ill definitely do it again
myke
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So far just granular,4~ 8 ~8 says on pkg once a month.Beginning of heat wave here now,so thats 5 days of 25c lol.Im using pro mix amended with compost 50/50 so thats probably gone now.Ill start feeding them like my coco plants but I think ill keep the pH up as i understand the peat is acidic?I use just cheap pwdered nutes from my local grow store.$6 a gallon for part 1 and a little more for part 2.