Is it harder to grow heirloom tomatoes than the standard run of the mill tomatoes? I'm talking backyard garden here.
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I tried to raise heirloom tomatoes thie last year. I live in a housing developement. The tomatoes did not seem to want to develope. I don't know if it was because of lack of pollonaters or what. It took a long time for them to get any tomatoes on them and I didn't get very many. I would say from my experience that they are a little hareder to raise than the newer hybreds.
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the reason that heirloom tomatoes don't make it to market is not that they are any harder to grow, but that they do not transport as well. So you should have no problems. One hint: grow marigolds between the tomato plants. it prevents nematodes.
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heirloom tomato plants are more vonaurable to common diseases but still easy to grow you should look for vff vffn resistant plants an excellent choice is radiator charlie, big beef and the sure winner is a plant called legend
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There is great variety among heirloom tomatoes. In general they are less disease resistant than modern hybrids, but I have had a real problem with them. I usually plant about six kinds of heirloom tomatoes, and have never had a disease hit more than one kind. I also plant one or two mainstream modern hybrids, and a modern cherry tomato. I usually grow about 30 plants. They tend to be a little later. Some yield less, but many yield extremely well. Prudens Purple for example has always yielded well for me. I like Pruden's Purple and related varieties like regular and yellow Brandywine, also Cherokee, Striped German, and Cuostralee. I don't usually bother with early varieties, but I have had good results with Moskvitch. For cherry tomatoes, Matt's Wild Cherry is very good. I start my own tomatoes, sharing seeds with my cousin, but all the local greenhouses around here carry two or three heirloom tomatoes, although they may not advertise them as such. Matt's Wild Cherry is widely available. Have fun!
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