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Hot weather tomatoes & bell peppers ?
Good day, all.
Of the varieties of tomato & bell pepper plants at Home Depot, Lowe's or WallyMart - which varieties will keep producing in the "HEAT" of the summer? We had a couple of tomatoes last year that produced "all" summer - but I can't remember what they we-( BTW - it froze our here last night, but the peach, etc. tree blooms seem intact. Could they have actually survived, or will the fall off shortly? Geesh - two years in a row... THANKS, Gene Briggs, TX -- E-mail: |
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"Gene S" wrote in news:CFDha.7136$Zo.83977
@dfw-read.news.verio.net: Of the varieties of tomato & bell pepper plants at Home Depot, Lowe's or WallyMart - which varieties will keep producing in the "HEAT" of the summer? We had a couple of tomatoes last year that produced "all" summer - but I can't remember what they we-( Write it down next time. (I do the same thing--I finally started keeping a gardening journal, but it's very sporadic.) I thought that any indeterminate tomato would keep producing all summer. The one plant that I had that kept producing through the first few freezes was called Porter, I think. I bought it at Red Barn. Karen |
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Gene,
Merced tomato is recommended by A&M as a good producer during the Texas heat. I've have good success here for the last 4 years or so. I've not seen them offered at the local HD, Lowe's etc. Calloway's and other local garden centers do have them in stock in DFW. dennis booker Arlington, Texas "Gene S" wrote in message ... Good day, all. Of the varieties of tomato & bell pepper plants at Home Depot, Lowe's or WallyMart - which varieties will keep producing in the "HEAT" of the summer? We had a couple of tomatoes last year that produced "all" summer - but I can't remember what they we-( BTW - it froze our here last night, but the peach, etc. tree blooms seem intact. Could they have actually survived, or will the fall off shortly? Geesh - two years in a row... THANKS, Gene Briggs, TX -- E-mail: |
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There is a variety called "Heat Wave". We have had some pretty good success
with that one during the hot months over the last couple of years. Last year, I couldn't find any in the nurserys I checked but a couple volunteers grew up in our yard where the dogs had munched on stolen tomatoes the year before. A transplanted volunteer did very well. Anyway, I bought a couple little Heat Waves this year from Red Barn. Red Barn is on Pond Springs Road just north of where it intersects with Spicewood Springs, near the Spicewood Springs / 183 intersection. Perhaps there is another location; don't know. g. "Gene S" wrote in message ... Thanks, Karen. I did write it down, I gust lost the paper :-) (Someday I'm going to find a really easy to use PC program that lets me enter random text, JPGs, etc. & easily find them later.) BTW, where is the "Red Barn"? Is that the one out N. Mopak, towards RR? (I'm between Austin & Lampasas.) Thanks, Gene -- E-mail: "Karen" wrote in message .150... "Gene S" wrote in news:CFDha.7136$Zo.83977 @dfw-read.news.verio.net: Of the varieties of tomato & bell pepper plants at Home Depot, Lowe's or WallyMart - which varieties will keep producing in the "HEAT" of the summer? We had a couple of tomatoes last year that produced "all" summer - but I can't remember what they we-( Write it down next time. (I do the same thing--I finally started keeping a gardening journal, but it's very sporadic.) I thought that any indeterminate tomato would keep producing all summer. The one plant that I had that kept producing through the first few freezes was called Porter, I think. I bought it at Red Barn. Karen |
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Gene S wrote:
(Someday I'm going to find a really easy to use PC program that lets me enter random text, JPGs, etc. & easily find them later.) There already is: Word. As for the tomatoes, pretty much every single variety we've tried has kept producing through the summer. This last year all our tomatoes died during the july floods, otherwise they would've kept producing. I think it has more to do with how good your soil is to begin with and how healthy your plants are. If you want more tomatoes than what you know what to do with them, try romas and mortgage lifter. Lemon boy also produces out the whazoo, but I don't know if they sell them at the big box stores. -- Victor M. Martinez http://www.che.utexas.edu/~martiv |
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It only went down to 37 degrees last night here in NW Austin (183 & 620).
The tomato they grow commercially down in the Fredericksburg area that will continue to set and produce fruit in the heat of an Austin summer is Sun Master -- my favorite for heartiness, production and flavor, produce abundantly, about 4" fruits, smooth, round red -- it is a refinement of Heat Wave. I use to buy them at the Wolfe's Nursery on north 183 a few miles south of Cedar Park but that store closed. I have found them sporadically at Hill Country Landscape And Garden Center (13561 Pond Springs Road, 258-0093), and Red Barn Garden Center (12881 Pond Springs Road, 335-8093), both are here in far Northwest Austin just off of 183, both carry the popular hybrids and some heirlooms. I think Hill Country Landscape is much cheaper that Red Barn but haven't done price comparisons for awhile. Home Depot and Lowe's (which is owned by Wal-Mart) are sporadic about what varieties they get in but mostly traditional hybrids (hybrids' advantages are that they are usually more disease resistant and hardy and usually produce more heavily, the advantages of some heirlooms are that they may come back next year as "volunteer" plants (hybrids do not produce viable seeds) and heirlooms win on flavor). Determinate tomatoes produce well for a short period then essentially quit (will still get an occasional tomato or two if you don't pull the plant), Indeterminate plants (usually) will grow much taller sprawling and will continue to produce until frost. Typical varieties found at the three places you named: Celebrity (Determinate) Porter (Indeterminate) Mercer (?) Sweet 100 ("Cherry", Indeterminate) Patio (Indeterminate) Early Girl (Indeterminate) Better Boy (Indeterminate) Beefsteak (Indeterminate) Roma ("paste" - good for eating and making sauces, Determinate) The two nurseries on Pond Springs Road (Pond Springs runs off of 183 just south of Lakecreek Blvd intersection dumping back into 183 just before McNeil intersection) will have those plus several other varieties including some of the more popular heirlooms like Brandywine (Indeterminate). I have tried both Porter and Mercer and did not have good luck with either, but taste is a personal preference and differences in soil do make very marked differences in the flavors of tomatoes. This year I've got a couple of heirlooms I started indoors from seed - then from Wal-Mart one each of: "Celebrity" & "Patio", and from Hill Country Landscape And Garden Center ($.79 for a 2" pot): "Ultra Sweet Beefsteak" (Determinate), "Carnival" (Determinate), "Navidad Grape" (this is a very sweet cherry style, Indeterminate), I haven't found any Sun Master yet, and also want an Early Girl because they are always reliable. On Bell peppers -- about everything does well -- last year I got one from Hill Country that produced like mad even after the first freeze (I did cover it). They had six or seven different varieties of Bell peppers to choose from and I don't remember which that one happened to be. -- Marta (if you email me directly you need to remove the X ) |
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THANKS everyone - I have enough data to shopping for tomato
& pepper -plants :-) BTW, I noticed the thermometer at ~ 28 last night here in the Briggs area - but the orchard "seems" to be no worse for it, hope so. I think I'll plant a lot of different tomatoes, seems like a good idea to plant them next to the fruit tree base, as it's irrigated. Never tried it, but seems like a plan, a little shade should not hurt that much. THANKS to all for the kind assistance. Gene -- E-mail: "Wayfarer" wrote in message digy.com... It only went down to 37 degrees last night here in NW Austin (183 & 620). The tomato they grow commercially down in the Fredericksburg area that will continue to set and produce fruit in the heat of an Austin summer is Sun Master -- my favorite for heartiness, production and flavor, produce abundantly, about 4" fruits, smooth, round red -- it is a refinement of Heat Wave. I use to buy them at the Wolfe's Nursery on north 183 a few miles south of Cedar Park but that store closed. I have found them sporadically at Hill Country Landscape And Garden Center (13561 Pond Springs Road, 258-0093), and Red Barn Garden Center (12881 Pond Springs Road, 335-8093), both are here in far Northwest Austin just off of 183, both carry the popular hybrids and some heirlooms. I think Hill Country Landscape is much cheaper that Red Barn but haven't done price comparisons for awhile. Home Depot and Lowe's (which is owned by Wal-Mart) are sporadic about what varieties they get in but mostly traditional hybrids (hybrids' advantages are that they are usually more disease resistant and hardy and usually produce more heavily, the advantages of some heirlooms are that they may come back next year as "volunteer" plants (hybrids do not produce viable seeds) and heirlooms win on flavor). Determinate tomatoes produce well for a short period then essentially quit (will still get an occasional tomato or two if you don't pull the plant), Indeterminate plants (usually) will grow much taller sprawling and will continue to produce until frost. Typical varieties found at the three places you named: Celebrity (Determinate) Porter (Indeterminate) Mercer (?) Sweet 100 ("Cherry", Indeterminate) Patio (Indeterminate) Early Girl (Indeterminate) Better Boy (Indeterminate) Beefsteak (Indeterminate) Roma ("paste" - good for eating and making sauces, Determinate) The two nurseries on Pond Springs Road (Pond Springs runs off of 183 just south of Lakecreek Blvd intersection dumping back into 183 just before McNeil intersection) will have those plus several other varieties including some of the more popular heirlooms like Brandywine (Indeterminate). I have tried both Porter and Mercer and did not have good luck with either, but taste is a personal preference and differences in soil do make very marked differences in the flavors of tomatoes. This year I've got a couple of heirlooms I started indoors from seed - then from Wal-Mart one each of: "Celebrity" & "Patio", and from Hill Country Landscape And Garden Center ($.79 for a 2" pot): "Ultra Sweet Beefsteak" (Determinate), "Carnival" (Determinate), "Navidad Grape" (this is a very sweet cherry style, Indeterminate), I haven't found any Sun Master yet, and also want an Early Girl because they are always reliable. On Bell peppers -- about everything does well -- last year I got one from Hill Country that produced like mad even after the first freeze (I did cover it). They had six or seven different varieties of Bell peppers to choose from and I don't remember which that one happened to be. -- Marta (if you email me directly you need to remove the X ) |
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I personally didn't like the 'Merced' for taste, but I do grow and have produce
all summer, 'Roma' tomatoes. They are not exactly a beefsteak, but I'm Italian and they make great sauce. On Sun, 30 Mar 2003 09:01:06 -0600, "Gene S" wrote: Good day, all. Of the varieties of tomato & bell pepper plants at Home Depot, Lowe's or WallyMart - which varieties will keep producing in the "HEAT" of the summer? We had a couple of tomatoes last year that produced "all" summer - but I can't remember what they we-( BTW - it froze our here last night, but the peach, etc. tree blooms seem intact. Could they have actually survived, or will the fall off shortly? Geesh - two years in a row... THANKS, Gene Briggs, TX |
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Made the rounds (up here in Northwest Austin) to Lowe's, Hill Country, and
Red Barn - Lowe's needs to water theirs pretty desperately!!! However I did find (and bought) my Sun Master there (and no where else yet). A 5" tomato round pot cost me $1.99 (some are $2.78). Not many varieties. Hill Country plants were well watered, cost $0.79 for a 4" pot and $1.98 for a gallon size. Limited varieties also but said they are just getting them in and will have a lot more (and they usually do). Already had the varieties from them I want at this point. Red Barn was disorganized as they had brought theirs in to protect from expected freeze last night, so you really had to search. I didn't price the 6 packs as I never buy those (I don't want 6 of all the same variety). A 4" there was $1.98 and they had the largest variety at this time. They had my Early Girl (which no one else had yet) and a few heirlooms, bought the Early Girl and two I haven't tried before that sounded good: a Bradley Pink and Champion (anybody tried these?). -- Marta (if you email me directly you need to remove the X ) |
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I planted a Mortgage Lifter three weeks ago. Doing very well so far. Still
making payments though?!@&# "Karen" wrote in message I saw some at Home Depot today. There's a tomato called Mortgage Lifter? Karen |
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In article , "WSZsr"
wrote: I planted a Mortgage Lifter three weeks ago. Doing very well so far. Still making payments though?!@&# Did you grow it from seed or find transplants locally? Roland |
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Found plants at Lowes or Home Depot. Can't remember which.
"Joe Doe" wrote in message ... In article , "WSZsr" wrote: I planted a Mortgage Lifter three weeks ago. Doing very well so far. Still making payments though?!@&# Did you grow it from seed or find transplants locally? Roland |
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Found a few good looking tomato & pepper plants at
Home Depot - Lakeline & some more (actually better quality & price) at WallyMart near 183 & 1431 Cedar Park. The strawberries at WallyMart looked especially nice - got a pallet. Question: Assuming a 6" tomato plant, How "DEEP" do I plant it? The instructions said 80% deep. Is there a "rule-of-thumb" for planting tomato plants? I'm thinking that planting a 6" tomato ~ 2" ( 33%) in the ground is enough, but ... That is, place dirt 2" up on the stem. I plan to plant a "diversion" crop of something real cheap (like grocery store beans, peas, etc.) around the small pecan trees to see if the hoppers will be distracted:-) I have no clue if it will work - but better than have the little ^&*%^! eat the pecan leaves, again. Any suggestions as to what to plant? Thanks, Gene -- E-mail: "Gene S" wrote in message ... Good day, all. Of the varieties of tomato & bell pepper plants at Home Depot, Lowe's or WallyMart - which varieties will keep producing in the "HEAT" of the summer? We had a couple of tomatoes last year that produced "all" summer - but I can't remember what they we-( BTW - it froze our here last night, but the peach, etc. tree blooms seem intact. Could they have actually survived, or will the fall off shortly? Geesh - two years in a row... THANKS, Gene Briggs, TX -- E-mail: |
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