When you plant maters.....
Check to see if they are determinate, or indeterminate. Determinate will grow more like a bush, and will only produce a "determinate" amount of tomatoes per plant, kinda implanted into the plants genes.
Indeterminate plants will grow as a vine and will need to be trellised. Even cages aren't tall enough because they just grow out of the top of the cage and fall over. You can get creative on how to trellis them up. These will produce an indetermined amount of tomatoes throughout the season
I like the "early girls''. They grow and set fruit pretty quick in the season. I bought a 9-pack a few weeks back, planted them buried all the way to the top leaf. Now they are about a foot tall and need to start being trellised.
9,
I made my own. They sell Earthbox brand boxes, but they cost way too much. You can build one for a fraction of the cost and get results just as well. These are the steps I followed:
http://www.josho.com/gardening.htm
Al,
I've never heard of determinate or indeterminate. How do you even tell? Is it on the label?
Yeah it should be on the tag or pack of seeds
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Yeah it should be on the tag or pack of seeds
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If I remember correctly only the indeterminate plants need the suckers pulled off but only pull the suckers found below the existing blooms on the plant.
Well my daughter got her garden put in on Monday. We built the frame last week and picked up all the dirt and plants on Monday. I used a mix of 3 bags Black Kow, 2 bags Organic Potting soil, 2 bags 50/50 cow manure/potting soil, 2 bags Miracle Grow potting soil. I know it was probably a little redundant in the cow pie department but I believe cow poop is good for planting :>) We put in a "hedge" of marigolds, 2 pepper plants (mild & hot) and 4 Early Girl tomato plants. If this one works out ok then we're building more boxes and putting in some other stuff.
