http://www.amarosia.com/blog/200805/169 know your farmers, know your food Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:59:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://www.amarosia.com/blog/200805/169#comment-1257 rowena Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:38:34 +0000 http://www.amarosia.com/blog/200805/169#comment-1257 The best plum tomatoes for our climate seem to be 'Mountain Roma', 'Black Plum' and 'San Marzano' all of which ripened in the field in our short season. Something you might try is using red plastic underneath the plants. This reflects the appropriate wavelengths of sunlight back to the fruits and encourages early ripening. The earliest tomatoes we grew this year were Latah and Bloody Butcher, which are small red slicing or salad tomatoes. I hope this helps:-) Rowena The best plum tomatoes for our climate seem to be ‘Mountain Roma’, ‘Black Plum’ and ‘San Marzano’ all of which ripened in the field in our short season.
Something you might try is using red plastic underneath the plants. This reflects the appropriate wavelengths of sunlight back to the fruits and encourages early ripening.
The earliest tomatoes we grew this year were Latah and Bloody Butcher, which are small red slicing or salad tomatoes.
I hope this helps:-)
Rowena

]]> http://www.amarosia.com/blog/200805/169#comment-1121 keith wheeler Sat, 15 Nov 2008 19:36:56 +0000 http://www.amarosia.com/blog/200805/169#comment-1121 Anyone, Help! re: Keith Wheeler's comment. Anyone,
Help! re: Keith Wheeler’s comment.

]]> http://www.amarosia.com/blog/200805/169#comment-1120 keith wheeler Sat, 15 Nov 2008 19:34:45 +0000 http://www.amarosia.com/blog/200805/169#comment-1120 Hi, Can you help? My growing season for tomatoes is long enough but I am stuck with a narrow strip of garden that is surrounded by trees. The garden gets maybe 5-6 hrs of direct sun a day which results in small crops. Are there any tomatoes, especially of the Italian plum variety, that can do well with limited sun? Thx! Keith Wheeler Hi,
Can you help? My growing season for tomatoes is long enough but I am stuck with a narrow strip of garden that is surrounded by trees. The garden gets maybe 5-6 hrs of direct sun a day which results in small crops. Are there any tomatoes, especially of the Italian plum variety, that can do well with limited sun? Thx! Keith Wheeler

]]> http://www.amarosia.com/blog/200805/169#comment-91 Jamie Friendly Sat, 07 Jun 2008 05:45:09 +0000 http://www.amarosia.com/blog/200805/169#comment-91 That is fantastic! That is fantastic!

]]> http://www.amarosia.com/blog/200805/169#comment-61 Mary Vibert Sun, 11 May 2008 22:58:27 +0000 http://www.amarosia.com/blog/200805/169#comment-61 Hello, I would to order tomato plants to be picked up at Dieppe Market.... 1Tribes tobique, 1 Mennonite orange, 1 sungold, 1 black plum, 1 purple russian, and 1 taxi. Thanks, Mary. Hello, I would to order tomato plants to be picked up at Dieppe Market….
1Tribes tobique, 1 Mennonite orange, 1 sungold, 1 black plum, 1 purple russian, and 1 taxi. Thanks, Mary.

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