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Started by "Anthony A."
Tue, 05 Jul 2005 10:22
Tomatoes on Long Island, NY
Author: "Anthony A."
Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2005 10:22
Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2005 10:22
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Greetings from Zone 6! This year is the first year i have lived in a house, rather than an apartment, and so i thought I'd try my hand at gardening. I'm growing a few varieties of tomato - Big Beef, Brandywine, Early Girl..... Anyway, these are all planted in 1 long, narrow bed along the side of my house. This bed gets morning sun, but a large tree blocks some of the light, so that as one travels along the row, the plants get progressively less sun. As you might anticipate, my plants are showing a dose-resposne in growth - the ones on the sunnier side are thriving - the big beef on this end are up to 5 feet, and flowering/fruiting heavily. The plants on the least sunny end are somewhat stunted looking - a foot or 2 in hight, but they are showing some flowers. My question is: will the smaller plants eventually bear much fruit? Are the just lagging behind, and developing more slowly than their sunny counterparts, or will they stay small and produce smaller yields? Thanks in advance for any insight.
Re: Tomatoes on Long Island, NY
Author: "simy1"
Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2005 10:40
Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2005 10:40
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Anthony A. wrote: > > My question is: will the smaller plants eventually bear much fruit? > Are the just lagging behind, and developing more slowly than their > sunny counterparts, or will they stay small and produce smaller yields? > > Thanks in advance for any insight. they will stay smaller, produce later, and yield less. It is probably not a great situation for tomatoes. Try greens next time, or have tomatoes on the sunny side and greens on the other.
Re: Tomatoes on Long Island, NY
Author: Evelyn McHugh
Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2005 22:20
Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2005 22:20
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Anthony A. wrote: > My question is: will the smaller plants eventually bear much fruit? > Are the just lagging behind, and developing more slowly than their > sunny counterparts, or will they stay small and produce smaller yields? > > Thanks in advance for any insight. > Generally, the answer is that they will stay smaller and bear less fruit. However, they may improve if they get more light as the summer progresses and the relative position of the sun changes so that they getless shade. They may also bear fruit for a longer season than the larger plants, even if the fruit is smaller - something Mother Nature seems to do to compensate for the poorer conditions. You might want to see if you can prune the tree to lessen the shade. Here in NJ, I've got tomatoes setting fruit for almost three weeks. Come around August, I'm going to be the Queen of the Frozen 'Maters...
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