"swat lies"
Is that "swap lies" or "swat flies"?
Bob R
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From: "LT Don" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 8:40 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OkieQ Dates
We are talking about gathering in my back yard (west-central Iowa) at
harvest time to eat, , partake of beverages, and relax. Was a date
of early June 24 hours ago but we are leaning toward late July or early
August.
Check MapQuest for Jefferson, Iowa.
On 3/29/07, Peter Frederick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I missed the beginning of this conversation, so forgive me it I repeat
something.
Tomatoes love sun, but require regular moisture. Non commercial
varieties are vastly preferable for home growing -- I grow Better Boys
(a VFN resistant version of the old Burpee Big Boy) and some Roma
variety (also VFN, as I have wilt problems). With good rainfall, I am
over-run with tomatoes even in poor years. Oh, and I do grow some
Lemon Boys since I prefer them for fresh eating.
Commercial varieties are breed to remain rock hard so they won't
bruise, and they also do not ripen on the plant, they are picked
slightly pink and gassed with ethylene on the way to the market to turn
them sort of red. Taste like what they are -- cellulose and green
tomato juice. I think cotton balls taste better myself, or that gauze
packing the dentist uses when doing major work.
If you have fresh ground and are not bothered by verticillium or
fusarium wilts and don't have nematode problems, you can grow some of
the "heirloom" types and get wonderful tomatoes. Most aren't
particularly resistant, though.
Peter
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