This year we started 1200+ tomato plants from seed, including over 30 different heirloom varieties. And then had to find space for all of them! Back in June, our high tunnel, mid-tunnel, and two low-tunnels were filled with young plants just beginning to blossom. Over the course of two or three days, we set about the meticulous task of stringing them up; each individual plant needed its own string to climb and provide support for its heavy fruit.
They sure are high-maintenance little buggers, but come August, SO worth it: Voila!
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| Clockwise from top left - Virginia Sweet, Mortgage Lifter, Big Beef, Carbon, Italian Heirloom, Stump of the World, Goldie, Hungarian Heart, Paul Robeson, Cosmonaut Volkov, Cherokee Purple. |
Thank you so kindly for placing this picture! I am assuming all of these plants were planted by seed at the same time, so it gives a great idea of which ones are more ready by the same time frame. We planted volkov this year as our new guy. Thanks again for the pictures! I'm here in Sonoma County California so we all have a cult following and plant tons of tomatoes ourselves all over.
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