Re: [tomato] Cherokee Purple, Big Rainbow
Tantrika (Tomato@GlobalGarden.com)
Tue, 22 Jun 1999 13:55:08 -0700
7 to 8 feet? whoops! Well actually I've been clearing out one last bed of
blackberry vines and volunteer mustard that went to seed which is actually
a pretty big bed. currently a bit exhausted and have been stabbed by nasty
blackberries!
it's an oddly shaped 18" bed, a triangular polygon with 14 x 10 x2 x 12.
I'm not sure how many square feet this is! and not sure how to figure it
out... :(
have a big horseradish growing at the back... not sure what to do with it!
At 01:20 PM 6/22/99 -0600, you wrote:
>At 09:40 AM 6/22/99 -0700, you wrote:
>>Thanks Chuck
>>
>>so Big Rainbow is a big sprawling plant? What about Cherokee Purple? I
>>guess that's what I really needed to know ;)
>>
>>Joy
>>
>It's also an indeterminate, as I recall, and will grow to 7 or 8 feet.
>Chuck took the words out of my mouth when he advised against pruning tomato
>plants. I hate sunburned tomatoes. They're fit only for the compost pile.
>Since tomatoes need moist soil to take up the necessary calcium, I never
>withhold water near the end of the season. The real "end" may surprise you
>and be later than you expected. Margaret L
>