Re: Tomato variety for northern climate
[Re: Dean Chapel]
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11/28/20 10:48 PM
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In Montana with low humidity, it will get quite cool at night throughout the summer. That really stunts tomato production. I could grow tomatoes in eastern ND easily, whereas rarely could get ripe tomatoes in western montana. Yes this is the problem most years just don't seem to have enough heat to ripen them. Thanks again for all the suggestions and I have been collecting the varieties and will test some of these out.
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Re: Tomato variety for northern climate
[Re: snowy]
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11/29/20 10:50 AM
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One variety that I have grown successfully and ripens early is Stupice. It is from Czech Republic and has excellent flavor. You will have to shop for seeds to start.
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Re: Tomato variety for northern climate
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11/29/20 11:14 AM
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One variety that I have grown successfully and ripens early is Stupice. It is from Czech Republic and has excellent flavor. You will have to shop for seeds to start. That one came to mind but I haven't had much success with it. But I haven't been to successful with most of the early cold climate varieties. I suspect it mighy be how fast things heat up down here. We can go from last frost to eighties in a matter of hours some years.
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Re: Tomato variety for northern climate
[Re: Zim]
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11/29/20 11:14 AM
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Here in Wisconsin you plant the darn things in early May. Then they freeze off and you plant them again around Memorial Day. Then you fret, fertilize, water, and pace back and forth and wonder why the little green sob's will not get ripe. Then around mid August you wonder why in God's name did you plant so many? 6 weeks or so and they are going to freeze, can't hardly give them away and if ya eat another BLT you are gonna bust your belt.
Flash ahead to late November, first seed catalogs arrive, begin planning for next year....
Zim Glad to know I am not the only one who goes through this. In fact I am thinking about making the garden just a little bigger this year haha.
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Re: Tomato variety for northern climate
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11/29/20 11:19 AM
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Last spring, I put my tomatoes out and had to cover them with blankets for about 7 of the first 20 days. They were snowed on twice and had lows in the teens a couple of nights. But, it was worth it in the end, I guess.
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Re: Tomato variety for northern climate
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My dad used to grow lots of tomatoes in western Washington, I remember his favorite were Early Girl. An important thing to consider when growing tomatoes is night time temperatures. Western Washington has cool to cold night temperatures during the summer with average late July night temps in the mid to low 50's. He always did something to help increase the temperature where he grew his tomatoes such as planting them along the south side of a building, or next to a concrete slab which soaked up heat during the day. One particular variety that I remember always frustrated him were Beef Steak.
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Re: Tomato variety for northern climate
[Re: Zim]
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12/04/20 04:47 AM
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Here in Wisconsin you plant the darn things in early May. Then they freeze off and you plant them again around Memorial Day. Then you fret, fertilize, water, and pace back and forth and wonder why the little green sob's will not get ripe. Then around mid August you wonder why in God's name did you plant so many? 6 weeks or so and they are going to freeze, can't hardly give them away and if ya eat another BLT you are gonna bust your belt.
Flash ahead to late November, first seed catalogs arrive, begin planning for next year....
Zim Yup. That's the way of it.
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