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Old 09-17-2017, 01:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Henryk View Post
Thanks for the suggestion. I'll give them a try.

I grew tomatoes in Massachusetts and they were awesome. I, too, figured that here it must be the soil. So on my first attempt, I sliced open ten of the 40 (?) pound bags of Miracle Gro Moisture Control potting soil. I planted ten plants seven varieties in the bags, puncturing the bottom for drrainage. They grew like crazy to five or six feet tall. And yielded a grand total of three tomatoes. Maybe insufficient pollination. And the three weren't that great. Go figure...
We bought a tomato container growing system from a garden store in Leesburg (the old town). It came with soil and fertilizer and a "shower cap" to cover the soil. Also, we bought a stand for the container so we wouldn't break our backs. The container was self-watering and held a lot of water.

I think we planted it in the late fall, with two plants (they were called Betsy or something like that--recommended by the garden store).
We got a ton of medium-sized tomatoes all winter long. They weren't PA tomatoes, but they were better than any we got at the farmers market.

I found that we experienced less waste due to spoilage with the medium size.
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