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Can I get tomato plants from seeds of store-bought tomatoes?
Boron Elgar wrote:
.... I find a measure of unpredictability and variability, even when I have grown the same varieties over several seasons. well sure, but after ten years of growing them you should have some idea of which kinds will produce. I see this in many of the kitchen garden crops, though. It is not unique to tomatoes. Some year I get a lot more of a particular bean variety, or huge broccoli, or more cukes than I can shake a stick at and another year even a tried and true favorite may do poorly. yeah, last year a lot of our crops were eaten by animals and the weather wasn't very sunny. that along with the rot in the tomatoes meant a pretty varied and lower harvest of a lot of things than all of our other years. still, we had enough of some things and more than we could eat of others. Obviously, one can only "control" for so much in these observations, as my garden is outdoors and subject to the elements, but I still love to try to outsmart the critters, the bugs, the weather and the rain each season. sure, it helps to plant a diversity of crops if you have the space for it. it also helps to have different soils to try things in. i'm enjoying things too, it's a lot more fun than many other things and i like the schedule. part-time and when i want to, leaves time for reading during the winter and best of all the boss, once in a while, actually listens to me... songbird |
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Can I get tomato plants from seeds of store-bought tomatoes?
On Fri, 24 Apr 2015 19:35:35 -0400, songbird
wrote: Boron Elgar wrote: ... I find a measure of unpredictability and variability, even when I have grown the same varieties over several seasons. well sure, but after ten years of growing them you should have some idea of which kinds will produce. I am too adventurous (the older I get) and try many new varieties each year. I am an inveterate seed saver and off-season seed buyer. Whenever I see an unusual tomato or other yummy cultivar, I grab the packets and stash 'em. I brought back two tomato plants from California this past Monday. Happened to pass a sale at an arboretum and saw some tomatoes I had never noticed here in the east or online in my usual haunts. What the heck...we will see how they do. I see this in many of the kitchen garden crops, though. It is not unique to tomatoes. Some year I get a lot more of a particular bean variety, or huge broccoli, or more cukes than I can shake a stick at and another year even a tried and true favorite may do poorly. yeah, last year a lot of our crops were eaten by animals and the weather wasn't very sunny. that along with the rot in the tomatoes meant a pretty varied and lower harvest of a lot of things than all of our other years. still, we had enough of some things and more than we could eat of others. As it is almost every year. Obviously, one can only "control" for so much in these observations, as my garden is outdoors and subject to the elements, but I still love to try to outsmart the critters, the bugs, the weather and the rain each season. sure, it helps to plant a diversity of crops if you have the space for it. it also helps to have different soils to try things in. I have very little space. Other than asparagus, garlic, blue and blackberries, everything I grow is in tubs up on my deck. Even then, it is hard to keep the groundhogs away. i'm enjoying things too, it's a lot more fun than many other things and i like the schedule. part-time and when i want to, leaves time for reading during the winter and best of all the boss, once in a while, actually listens to me... Yup. Boron |
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Can I get tomato plants from seeds of store-bought tomatoes?
Boron Elgar wrote:
songbird wrote: Boron Elgar wrote: ... I find a measure of unpredictability and variability, even when I have grown the same varieties over several seasons. well sure, but after ten years of growing them you should have some idea of which kinds will produce. I am too adventurous (the older I get) and try many new varieties each year. i'd like to, i'm getting reactive to them now so i'm cutting back in how many i eat. Ma has boycotted me planting new varieties because she says they are too much work to put up. I am an inveterate seed saver and off-season seed buyer. Whenever I see an unusual tomato or other yummy cultivar, I grab the packets and stash 'em. I brought back two tomato plants from California this past Monday. Happened to pass a sale at an arboretum and saw some tomatoes I had never noticed here in the east or online in my usual haunts. What the heck...we will see how they do. good luck! I see this in many of the kitchen garden crops, though. It is not unique to tomatoes. Some year I get a lot more of a particular bean variety, or huge broccoli, or more cukes than I can shake a stick at and another year even a tried and true favorite may do poorly. yeah, last year a lot of our crops were eaten by animals and the weather wasn't very sunny. that along with the rot in the tomatoes meant a pretty varied and lower harvest of a lot of things than all of our other years. still, we had enough of some things and more than we could eat of others. As it is almost every year. yeah. life goes on. we're not in danger of starvation so i don't get worried about such things. it's just life. Obviously, one can only "control" for so much in these observations, as my garden is outdoors and subject to the elements, but I still love to try to outsmart the critters, the bugs, the weather and the rain each season. sure, it helps to plant a diversity of crops if you have the space for it. it also helps to have different soils to try things in. I have very little space. Other than asparagus, garlic, blue and blackberries, everything I grow is in tubs up on my deck. Even then, it is hard to keep the groundhogs away. those are indeed the critters. up until last year they had not climbed into the fenced gardens to raid. they are still around, but i did get rid of the den site they'd dug out in one of our drainage ditches so they are not as quite as close. i'm hoping they'll not return as i don't like to get out the airgun. they get two warning shots... i think there are now reasonbly good electric chargers for fences that are solar and i'd be going that ways as soon as i can when i can. the existing fence here is not very good, but it is what you'd call a sunken cost (or more like leaning at the moment ). we have all the other usual suspects too. i try to accept that they do some damage and plant the most sensitive things in the fenced gardens. doesn't always work. the other thing i do is plant some areas a ways away and hope that will decoy the animals away from the closer gardens. not a sure bet, but it takes some of the pressure off. songbird |
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