FarmerJamie
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What did you do in your garden today?
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flowerbug
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open boxes are to cats what open hoods of cars are to middle-aged men.
frustratedearthmother
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I got one of those a couple weeks ago for our trip to the farmers market. Love it!
FarmerJamie
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Great idea!!!! Did not even think of that use! Woot woot
frustratedearthmother
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I knew I was going for 50lbs of onions - didn't want to throw that over my shoulder, lol.
FarmerJamie
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I have used my son for those tasks with multiple trips to the car!
Mini Horses
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Would I be correct to assume these are for colder, shorter season areas? Is the fruit smaller? That would make sense...and flavor?
Alaskan
Almost Self-Reliant
I have experimented with all the short season tomatoes.
NONE ARE AS GOOD as a heritage long season one.
But... way better than nothing
I have found that I prefer to stick with the romas. Those are shorter season-ish.
But then I cry... because if I could have tomato soup from home grown Roma tomatoes on a daily or at least weekly basis... I would be in heaven.
But for that... I would need a greenhouse about 10x the size that I have.
R2elk
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Northern Exposure is a short season (67 days) tomato listed as 8 oz. fruits. It is the most disease resistant, reliable short season tomato that I have ever grown. I get tomatoes as big as 4" to 5" in diameter and 12 to 16 oz.
While it can produce wonderfully in a colder, shorter season, it also can do very good in warmer, longer season areas. I had one plant in the greenhouse last summer that produced well in there where the daily temperatures got over 100°F. I have had one in the house all winter.
In my poor nutrient sand dune of a garden, they produced very well but were not flavorful and had an almost rubbery texture until I discovered Azomite. After the addition of azomite, they became very sweet, tasty and wonderful texture.
The reason I kept growing them even with the lack of flavor and texture is because once they were canned they tasted just like any other canned tomatoes. Now that I use azomite, the flavor and texture are wonderful.
I have tried other tomatoes every year and have never found any that will compare.
R2elk
Almost Self-Reliant
Have you tried growing Burpee's Super Sauce or Gladiator? Both are Romas.I have experimented with all the short season tomatoes.
NONE ARE AS GOOD as a heritage long season one.
But... way better than nothing
I have found that I prefer to stick with the romas. Those are shorter season-ish.
But then I cry... because if I could have tomato soup from home grown Roma tomatoes on a daily or at least weekly basis... I would be in heaven.
But for that... I would need a greenhouse about 10x the size that I have.
