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will2farm
True Blue Farmgirl
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 Posted - Apr 21 2013 : 1:18:02 PM
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| Has anyone ever heard of mortgage lifter tomatoes? I've started quite a few this year as I read about them in Grit. Tryin my hand at a farmers market this year and wasn't sure if I should start more. Any advice any of you all can give me on them would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!! |
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Betty J.
True Blue Farmgirl
1403 Posts
Betty
Pasco
WA
USA
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Posted - Apr 21 2013 : 2:14:45 PM
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My understanding of the mortgage lifter tomatoes is that they are prolific, but like other "beefsteak" tomatoes take a little longer to ripen because they are large. I wouldn't give up on them, but also plant a few earlier tomatoes also. My mother used to plant Earliana and they were delicious with a lot of tomato flavor.
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msdoolittle
True Blue Farmgirl
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Amanda
East Texas
USA
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Posted - Apr 22 2013 : 08:47:50 AM
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Yes, I am trying them this year. Not usually a fan of beefsteak-types, but we'll see :0)
FarmGirl #1390
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Jess_Quinn
Farmgirl in Training
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Jessica
Gleason
TN
USA
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Posted - Apr 22 2013 : 6:42:57 PM
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I just bought some of these today!!! Here's to hoping they turn out great!
"He makes the grass to
grow for the cattle, and herb for
the service of man, that he
may bring forth food out
of the earth" Psalms 104:14
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Rosemary
True Blue Farmgirl
1825 Posts
Virginia
USA
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Posted - Apr 23 2013 : 7:48:48 PM
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| I've grown them for years. They produce very well. |
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will2farm
True Blue Farmgirl
57 Posts
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Posted - Apr 24 2013 : 11:38:49 AM
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| Thanks for the advice you guys. I'll be sure and try Earliana. I must say that the mortgage lifters took forever to come up or I was being impatient(probably, the latter:) Now if spring would actually happen in NY I can transplant them out of their lil cells and into the garden. Wishing you all a great garden this year!! |
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Rosemary
True Blue Farmgirl
1825 Posts
Virginia
USA
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Posted - Apr 28 2013 : 6:27:37 PM
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| No tomatoes in the garden until after Memorial Day! Take my word for it. Mortgage Lifter tomatoes are "indeterminate," meaning they'll grow very long, making caging impractical. I let my indeterminate tomatoes spread along the ground, with straw underneath for mulching and to keep the fruit clean. Sometimes I'll prop up a heavy "branch" with 8" overturned clay flower pots. By the way. I set all kinds of tomato plants in the soil horizontally, with just the uppermost leaves above the ground. This way, I get three or more plants from one, with less legginess. |
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