2012 Tomato Plants Journal.

what type of tomatoes are you growing?

Im growing Heirloom tomatoes picked the seeds up at homedepot the other day. There made by the Burpee company there suppose to have very uniform vine growth and high yield of large globe shaped tomatoes. I wish they would hurry up and sprout tho!

Originally Posted by ruffrider

Im growing Heirloom tomatoes picked the seeds up at homedepot the other day. There made by the Burpee company there suppose to have very uniform vine growth and high yield of large globe shaped tomatoes. I wish they would hurry up and sprout tho!

burpee is owned by monsanto. I cant believe they have the right to copyright DNA. But not much you can do about it they are the monopoly of the seed world with that said i have bought some of their seeds too.


good luck with your grow

Originally Posted by RyanTheRhino

burpee is owned by monsanto. I cant believe they have the right to copyright DNA. But not much you can do about it they are the monopoly of the seed world with that said i have bought some of their seeds too.


good luck with your grow

Oh I didn't know that, they really are a monopoly eh. Makes my kind of scared to see what would happen if weed was legalized and marijuana seeds were in the hands of those companys.

What kind of Burpee vegetable seeds did you pick up Rhino?

Update: I have an idea of doing a side by side comparison of the plants. Planting 2 of them directly into the ground and the other 2 I will plant in pots. Each plant will get the same amount of nutrients, light, water etc, to see which yields more, has greater colour etc. Now im left with the 5th odd plant out to this plant I will be experimenting with some kinds of low strength training and/or topping I've never seen it done on a tomato plant so I figure ill give it a whirl.

^^^ My guess is that the ones in the ground will yield more - especially if it's hot where you are. It's so hot here during the summer that a plant in a pot has to be heat and drought tolerant or just get watered all the time to survive. In the ground, it survives better - especially after the roots get established


....But it really depends on what conditions you have

Originally Posted by ruffrider

Oh I didn't know that, they really are a monopoly eh. Makes my kind of scared to see what would happen if weed was legalized and marijuana seeds were in the hands of those companys.

What kind of Burpee vegetable seeds did you pick up Rhino?

I have some Rutgers they are about 1.5- 2 ft tall now about 2 feet wide

Originally Posted by ruffrider

Update: I have an idea of doing a side by side comparison of the plants. Planting 2 of them directly into the ground and the other 2 I will plant in pots. Each plant will get the same amount of nutrients, light, water etc, to see which yields more, has greater colour etc. Now im left with the 5th odd plant out to this plant I will be experimenting with some kinds of low strength training and/or topping I've never seen it done on a tomato plant so I figure ill give it a whirl.

if you have space let the monster sprawl out. tomatoes are very vigorous growers ,and anywhere a stem touches dirt will grow roots. so instead of having 1 tall vine with one root. you will have a huge mat with multiple root spots to take up nutrients. When you train it just keep pulling of the suckers that form on the upper branches to encourage the bottom suckers to branch out. This will give you a wide short bush inestead of 1 tall vine. Plus it will have multiple root spots .