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Originally Posted by Stu from NYC
Wanted to try growing tomatoes but everyone I spoke to said soil and conditions not conducive so have not tried it yet
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I have had good luck with tomatoes. There is a nursery off the main street in Leesburg that sells a rectangular plastic container, a stand for it to sit in that raises it up to non-backbreaking level, and knows how much soil, etc. I had lovely tomatoes one winter and just took it up again this year with seeds my friend started in January, harvested a month or so ago, and have started a second crop with plants bought at Lowe's. They are called Sun Boy or something like that, and are supposed to tolerate the extreme heat. But I do have them positioned so that they are in shade during the afternoon.
I also have herbs--basil, parsley, rosemary, thyme, oregano, lemongrass & mint. If we can't get back to the EU next summer, I may turn much of that side of the CYV into a container truck garden. I'd like to try eggplant and baby squash.