Re: Tomato World
Depends a lot on your soil. Areas with greater and longer periods of ground moisture are far more prone to wilt... like mine is.
Early Girl is a bit sweeter. I like the early maturity as well as the resistance. Better Boy is not quite as sweet. Both are well suited for areas prone to wilt, good slicers and can well.
I love indeterminite plants. Like to see how high I can grow them. Typically, 6-7 foot with some going well over 8 ft. Rather than staking, I use concrete reinforcing screen to make round cages about 20" in diameter. I just tuck the branches inside the cage as they grow. Keeps them off the ground, easy to mulch and you can reach right through the cage to pick. Depending on how many are planted, individual cages can be staked so they don't get blown/fall over, or you can drive a fence post about every 4th cage, run some old pipe or rebar lengthwise through the cages and tie the pipe off to the fence posts.
One of my favorites to grow is the Black Krim. Nice large tomatoes, distinctive flavor and definitely not sweet. A great slicer and works OK canning. Unfortunately being an heirloom not resistant to wilt, I lose it about 1/2 to 2/3rd's through the season. I've got the room so I try and grow one each season just the same.
Dave
Last edited by crankydave; 06-21-2008 at 01:48 PM.
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