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Billy[_10_] · 08-04-2011, 05:33 PM posted to rec.gardens

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(EVP MAN) wrote:

Dry farming is entirely new to me David but from what I understand, a
deep planting hole with lose soil forces the roots to go deep in search
of ground moisture. This is said to give a better root system for the
plant to absorb nutrients. I have also read that a clay or clay loam
soil lends itself better to dry farming than does a sandy soil. The
clay simply retains more moisture for a longer period of time. There
are some areas where chefs seek out dry farmed tomatoes because of the
taste. They also sell for a much higher price which in part is due to
the lower yield I would suspect.

Rich

And smaller size of the tomatoes. That's not a criticism. It's just a
way to concentrate flavor.

And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of
corn, or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground where only
one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential
service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together.
- Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels

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- Dwight D. Eisenhower, 16 April 1953
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