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Old 06-15-2020, 08:28 AM
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Originally Posted by CFrance View Post
I am about to start my second tomato crop. Lowes has tomatoes that are bred to withstand the Florida sun & heat.


I read a farmer's trick was to put a fish head in each hole when planting. It was suggested to freeze the fish heads first to avoid dealing with yucky heads.


I would imagine Winn-Dixie and Publix get their fish already beheaded. Maybe Lighthouse Seafood? Blue Fin probably uses theirs to make stock for chowder.


I wonder if I put half of a can of sardines packed in water into each hole if that would do the same thing.
I have tried many times in the summer here to grow tomatoes ๐Ÿ… it doesnโ€™t work... to hot and even the bees hibernate in the summer here. Plant in September and March. I get 2 crops a year. Also the small tomatoes ๐Ÿ… do best here , sweet 100 etc. but f