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In reply to the discussion: My Tomato List 2021 [View all]

Botany

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8. Overall herilooms don't produce as much as some of the "modern" varieties but i think the quality ..
Sat Jun 12, 2021, 05:14 PM
Jun 2021

... of the fruit is better.

BTW I grow 'em in 10 to 15 gallon nursery pots with the bottom 1/2 in wheat straw* and then
the planting medium is bx promix, composted manure, silica sand, potting soil, and plant-tone
organic fert. I have the pots about 3/4 of the way into the ground. This keeps the temps. moderated
and you need much less water too.

Besides you can always say, "look @ the potato leaf on my brandywines."



* the growing mix migrates down into the sand over a mouth or so.

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