Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Differences in Tomato Plants


For the observant ones, there are some differences in the tomato plants.

White Bush, Black Cherry and Yellow Brandywine, Platfoot Strain are all tall and thin. Here's a link to the images for White Bush and Yellow Brandywine, Platfoot Strain. Take note that you can see through the tomato plant.

Most all of the other tomato plants are mini-jungles. For instance, here's links to Polish Pastel and Red Currant. You're not going to see through those tomato plants.

Why?

The area where White Bush, Black Cherry and Yellow Brandywine, Platfoot Strain is dominated by our ponderosa pine tree. These plants don't get sun until about noon or later. In the afternoon, there's other foliage that blocks the sun and later on in the evening, the house itself blocks the sun. These plants get heat all right, but the lack of direct sun compared to the other tomato plants makes them more attractive plants to look at, but I suspect their crop yield will be small. Anthropomorphically, they're like runway models.

The other plants get plenty of sun. In fact, it's possible they get too much sun. Usually these plants have a bit of leaf curl, as if the plants are saying “Enough already!”. They'll produce well, I believe.


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