2011 Garden YEAH!!!
Well it is that time of year again. Ready? Some folks have been asking me why my tomatos grow so large and produce such huge harvest each year. Hummm I don't know. What I do know I will share now. A tomato plant is like a factory, a tropical factory to be sure. It needs only three things. HEAT, FOOD and WATER
The biggest mistake people make when planting tomatoes is they fail to bury the plant deep enough. A tomato plant needs to be buried with at least 2/3 of the plant in the ground. Do not pull the leaves off. This creates a larger root system and assist your tomato factory produce larger plants and more tomatoes. The FOOD I use is Berger BM-7 it contains peat moss, composted pine bark, calcitic & dolomitic limes, perlite and Canadian sphagnum. The peat moss makes up about 65% of the mixture. Berger 1-903-945-5403. I add to this cow manure, about 20 lbs. per pot.
Next HEAT I use 27 1/2 gal. blue plastic barrels. These are 55 gal. plastic barrels cut in half. I use a magic marker and a yard stick and make dots. I then connect the dots and use a circular saw to cut the barrel in half. Black barrels get too hot and you have to water too often and white barrels don't get hot enough. Blue barrels are the ticket.
Lastly, WATER I collect and use rain water. I am not sure how much this helps but I believe the taste is imporved. Maybe not.
Well now you know what I know. Best of luck with your tomatoes. Jerry Beare
The biggest mistake people make when planting tomatoes is they fail to bury the plant deep enough. A tomato plant needs to be buried with at least 2/3 of the plant in the ground. Do not pull the leaves off. This creates a larger root system and assist your tomato factory produce larger plants and more tomatoes. The FOOD I use is Berger BM-7 it contains peat moss, composted pine bark, calcitic & dolomitic limes, perlite and Canadian sphagnum. The peat moss makes up about 65% of the mixture. Berger 1-903-945-5403. I add to this cow manure, about 20 lbs. per pot.
Next HEAT I use 27 1/2 gal. blue plastic barrels. These are 55 gal. plastic barrels cut in half. I use a magic marker and a yard stick and make dots. I then connect the dots and use a circular saw to cut the barrel in half. Black barrels get too hot and you have to water too often and white barrels don't get hot enough. Blue barrels are the ticket.
Lastly, WATER I collect and use rain water. I am not sure how much this helps but I believe the taste is imporved. Maybe not.
Well now you know what I know. Best of luck with your tomatoes. Jerry Beare
posted by Jbeare | 4:46 PM
2 Comments:
Jerry,
I think you just need to come over to my house and show me!! :) I am staying positive about my plants this year.
Clay Johnson
Clay,
I am not opposed to making house calls... smiles.
Jerry
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