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| Hello I'm a novice Gardner here in the valley this year as tomatoes go I grew your standard that you could find in local big box garden centers specifically I grew early girl hybrids and Roma tomatoes I had good success growing them some of the biggest early girls were 8 to ten ounces but they were few compared to the hord if smaller ones my question is next year I'm starting everything from seed which I ordered last week from burpee I've chosen five different varieties ( yes I have a huge back yard which is 70% reserved for garden space) black krim, Cherokee purple, Mr stripey, brandy wine red and pink. My goal is two have 3 rows of tomatoes that are about 50ft long I plan on doing a Florida weave so the question; is it okay to mix the varieties in the rows ie.... Brandy wine pink in the same row as black krim am I going to have cross pollination issues?? and how far apart would be a reasonable distance to space each plant In the Florida weave . Thanks for any info about my inquiry . |
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| So, You already know what to do and have selected the seeds that you want to grow. Remains very little to have questions: -- yes ! you can plant them in a row in any order you want. -- cross pollination by accident has a slim chance, since tomatoes are self pollinators. This meant that most probably they have been pollinated when the bees get there. But if you want save seeds , here is what you can do: Select an early cluster before blooming. Cover it with nylon tulle, UNTIL it has flowered and has set fruits. Remove the tulle. Keep it tagged. Then save seeds from the ripe fruit of that cluster. THAT SIMPLE |
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| Unless you plan to save seeds from the open pollinated varieties (no point in saving seeds from hybrids) then it makes no difference if you mix them in the rows. As mentioned the odds of them crossing are minimal and it only affects the seeds anyway. Check out the FAQ here on Cross Pollination. However cross pollination isn't really the issue - shading each other is. Some the varieties you list are much larger plants and a couple are smaller. Intermixing the varieties can lead to support difficulties too. So why intermix them? Plant the same variety in a group within each row so you can adjust the FW cords as needed and keep the MS and BWs from shading out the CP and BK.. Normal spacing for plants is 3' but with FW you can plant at 2'. Any closer and IMO you will have to do a great deal of pruning to keep them in control. Dave |
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- Posted by kapt_karrot 9 (My Page) on Sun, Sep 22, 13 at 13:28
| Thanks for the info so are you saying to make solid rows of a variety?? Or can I do 25 ft of BK and 25ft CP?? My rows will be running east to west . So I should plant the CP and BK furthest south due to the fact the sun is predominantly south of my garden the majority of the year and never really gets to be directly over head. Like puting short people in the front and tall in the back when you take a picture the sun being the camera.. Anyhow for seed saving purposes I have two plots could I split them up to help with cross pollination issues or if I want to save seed I should keep clusters of blooms protected from insects?? My plots are as follows the big one is 20x50ft and the small is 25x30ft they are split by my back lawn about 20X20 thanks for any info regarding my questions |
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| Or can I do 25 ft of BK and 25ft CP?? Like puting short people in the front and tall in the back when you take a picture the sun being the camera. Sure you can. Just don't intermix the plants. Like a photo? Exactly. Crossing isn't insects so much as wind so note your prevailing wind direction. But even with plants planted right next to each other the crossing is minimal. Your BK, Brandy Pink, and CP is likely the only ones you'd want to save seeds from anyway. Mr. Stripey and Brandy red have several sub-strains that may or may not breed true and there is no telling which one Burpee is selling. Dave |
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