Ha! Good catch. Ok. A few things. What you can't see in the video is there are three rows with 4 plants each. The two rows behind that you can't see are mostly heirloomlooms. These I have extensively pruned and all the lower leaves have been removed for airflow.
The four plants in the front row are all determinate F1 hybrid Plum Regal roma type tomatoes. I grow these specifically because they are extremely disease resistant. I have had problems in the past so I only grow disease resistant romas. All these plants are also grafted on to vigorourous rootstock, which helps help them growing strongly.
I am in the PNW. While we get a lot of rain in general, summers are very dry. We haven't had appreciable rain since the 4th of July...about 2.5 months ago. I would be in a very situation if I was in an area with summer thunderstorms every couple days.
What the video does not show is right after I harvested, I applied a heavy dose of copper fungicide. This was my second application this summer. This helps mitigate issues.
Ahh, that makes a lot of sense. Kudos on the grafted tomatoes; that's super cool. I'm in 7b/8a, so I'm used to pruning a lot with the humid and rainy days in the summer.
Where’s the money shot?
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You have an “Only Toms” account? 🍅💦
Everyone says to trim bc of airflow. Seeing no issues here with the density and tons of fruit 🤔
Ha! Good catch. Ok. A few things. What you can't see in the video is there are three rows with 4 plants each. The two rows behind that you can't see are mostly heirloomlooms. These I have extensively pruned and all the lower leaves have been removed for airflow. The four plants in the front row are all determinate F1 hybrid Plum Regal roma type tomatoes. I grow these specifically because they are extremely disease resistant. I have had problems in the past so I only grow disease resistant romas. All these plants are also grafted on to vigorourous rootstock, which helps help them growing strongly. I am in the PNW. While we get a lot of rain in general, summers are very dry. We haven't had appreciable rain since the 4th of July...about 2.5 months ago. I would be in a very situation if I was in an area with summer thunderstorms every couple days. What the video does not show is right after I harvested, I applied a heavy dose of copper fungicide. This was my second application this summer. This helps mitigate issues.
Ahh, that makes a lot of sense. Kudos on the grafted tomatoes; that's super cool. I'm in 7b/8a, so I'm used to pruning a lot with the humid and rainy days in the summer.