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Is there something special that has to be done to get this variety to produce tomatos? This is the second year I 've tried growing them and so far not a tomato; last year I only got one. Do I need two Mortgage Lifters for cross pollenation? Special feeding requirements? Temp preferences? It's not like I can't grow tomatos, I've cherry, Stupice, Patio, and Better Boy coming out the wazoo, but all the Mortgage lifter does is look healthy, put out blooms, and get bigger. All my tomatos are getting the same regimen in the way of watering, fertilizer, and sunlight. I'm stumped. Sunset Zone 23 So. Cal. USA. Bill |
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Bill wrote:
Is there something special that has to be done to get this variety to produce tomatos? This is the second year I 've tried growing them and so far not a tomato; last year I only got one. Do I need two Mortgage Lifters for cross pollenation? Special feeding requirements? Temp preferences? It's not like I can't grow tomatos, I've cherry, Stupice, Patio, and Better Boy coming out the wazoo, but all the Mortgage lifter does is look healthy, put out blooms, and get bigger. All my tomatos are getting the same regimen in the way of watering, fertilizer, and sunlight. I'm stumped. Sunset Zone 23 So. Cal. USA. Bill Just guessing that perhaps you have too much nitrogen in the soil. Try hand-pollinating them with a cotton swab. My ML's were planted about April 7-8 and went in the ground April 19 (our last frost date). Got plenty of maters on the way .... from quarter size to half-dollar. Bill -- Zone 5b (Detroit, MI) I do not post my address to news groups. |
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earth.com says... Bill wrote: Is there something special that has to be done to get this variety to produce tomatos? This is the second year I 've tried growing them and so far not a tomato; last year I only got one. Do I need two Mortgage Lifters for cross pollenation? Special feeding requirements? Temp preferences? It's not like I can't grow tomatos, I've cherry, Stupice, Patio, and Better Boy coming out the wazoo, but all the Mortgage lifter does is look healthy, put out blooms, and get bigger. All my tomatos are getting the same regimen in the way of watering, fertilizer, and sunlight. I'm stumped. Sunset Zone 23 So. Cal. USA. Bill Just guessing that perhaps you have too much nitrogen in the soil. Try hand-pollinating them with a cotton swab. My ML's were planted about April 7-8 and went in the ground April 19 (our last frost date). Got plenty of maters on the way .... from quarter size to half-dollar. Bill Sorry, forgot to mention I've tried that. Mine went in the ground the middle of March. We've been eating Stupice for a month, the others are just begining to ripen. We've had a really wierd spring/summer so far. Sitting here watching a hummingbird work over the Buddelia "Black Knight" outside my window and it's chasing off the butterflies as they come in to feed. Greedy little pig. Bill |
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Is there something special that has to be done to get this variety to produce tomatos? This is the second year I 've tried growing them and so far not a tomato; last year I only got one. Do I need two Mortgage Lifters for cross pollenation? Special feeding requirements? Temp preferences? It's not like I can't grow tomatos, I've cherry, Stupice, Patio, and Better Boy coming out the wazoo, but all the Mortgage lifter does is look healthy, put out blooms, and get bigger. All my tomatos are getting the same regimen in the way of watering, fertilizer, and sunlight. I'm stumped. Sunset Zone 23 So. Cal. USA. Bill Mortgage Lifter has been one the more reliable of the open pollinated varieties for me. Tomatoes are self fertile so a good shake of the vine is all that required for that. It should set tomatoes about two- three weeks later than the Better Boy. It is a long season tomato. As someone has already mentioned, OP's in general are less tolerant of fertile soils than hybrids, translating nutrients into vine, |
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Which of the 11 varieties of Mortgage Lifter did you grow? Some are more
prolific. Mortgage Lifter Estler's strain was my best tomato of all last season. Mark "Bill" wrote in message ... In article , fakedaddress@organic- earth.com says... Bill wrote: Is there something special that has to be done to get this variety to produce tomatos? This is the second year I 've tried growing them and so far not a tomato; last year I only got one. Do I need two Mortgage Lifters for cross pollenation? Special feeding requirements? Temp preferences? It's not like I can't grow tomatos, I've cherry, Stupice, Patio, and Better Boy coming out the wazoo, but all the Mortgage lifter does is look healthy, put out blooms, and get bigger. All my tomatos are getting the same regimen in the way of watering, fertilizer, and sunlight. I'm stumped. Sunset Zone 23 So. Cal. USA. Bill Just guessing that perhaps you have too much nitrogen in the soil. Try hand-pollinating them with a cotton swab. My ML's were planted about April 7-8 and went in the ground April 19 (our last frost date). Got plenty of maters on the way .... from quarter size to half-dollar. Bill Sorry, forgot to mention I've tried that. Mine went in the ground the middle of March. We've been eating Stupice for a month, the others are just begining to ripen. We've had a really wierd spring/summer so far. Sitting here watching a hummingbird work over the Buddelia "Black Knight" outside my window and it's chasing off the butterflies as they come in to feed. Greedy little pig. Bill |
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news.verizon.net wrote:
Which of the 11 varieties of Mortgage Lifter did you grow? Some are more prolific. Mortgage Lifter Estler's strain was my best tomato of all last season. Mark When I bought my ML seeds the packet didn't mention that there were alternative strains. Any clue how to tell them apart? Bill -- Zone 5b (Detroit, MI) I do not post my address to news groups. |
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see: www.heirloomtomatoes.net & go to the All Varieties page.
Mark "Noydb" wrote in message ... news.verizon.net wrote: Which of the 11 varieties of Mortgage Lifter did you grow? Some are more prolific. Mortgage Lifter Estler's strain was my best tomato of all last season. Mark When I bought my ML seeds the packet didn't mention that there were alternative strains. Any clue how to tell them apart? Bill -- Zone 5b (Detroit, MI) I do not post my address to news groups. |
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news.verizon.net wrote:
see: www.heirloomtomatoes.net & go to the All Varieties page. Mark EXCELLENT link ... thank you! Bill -- Zone 5b (Detroit, MI) I do not post my address to news groups. |
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Dunno about that ... look what a dollar a plant did for the guy who bred
Mortgage Lifter. BRBR Please excuse my ignorance. What is Mortgage Lifter? Iris, Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40 "If we see light at the end of the tunnel, It's the light of the oncoming train." Robert Lowell (1917-1977) |
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