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Phone Surgeon wrote:pugboy wrote:so will there ever be local farmers who specialize in properly ripened tomatoes as well as other varieties other than what the seed sellers tout as the latest and greatest producing pest resistant variety each year ?
granted it’s not easy to put out the capital and risk loss due to pests etc
that makes absolutely no sense on a large scale.
only place you might find that is by looking for some organic farmer in santa cruz green market or plant your own
tomatoes is a incredibly difficult and expensive crop to bring to harvest.
just trying to transport "properly" ripened tomatoes cant realistically be done. you hadda pack it on a single layer of foam?
You may have a point. Vine ripened tomatoes are selling for about US$1.25/lb wholesale in California right now.GRIM wrote:tomato is currently $2 to $3 (maybe $4) a pound wholesale
nobody gonna pay more than that no matter what variety
apole69 wrote:Growing heirloom tomatoes is really a niche market. No commercial farmer will commit his resources for an almost non-existent market. Too much to lose.
NR8 wrote:Try Allied and Bissessar's.
Phone Surgeon wrote:Is there anything that I can use to control grass between pumpkin? That won't harm the pumpkin vines?
X_Factor wrote:I have used caprid and sivanto prime in rotation and didnt get any
shaneelal wrote:Any recommendations to prevent fruit flies from laying eggs in soursop fruit?
bluefete wrote:shaneelal wrote:Any recommendations to prevent fruit flies from laying eggs in soursop fruit?
I take the hose and spray the soursop fruit with water when it is small. t seems to have worked so far but one or two, high up, still get attacked.
I don't use chemicals at all.
shaneelal wrote:bluefete wrote:shaneelal wrote:Any recommendations to prevent fruit flies from laying eggs in soursop fruit?
I take the hose and spray the soursop fruit with water when it is small. t seems to have worked so far but one or two, high up, still get attacked.
I don't use chemicals at all.
Try to avoid chemicals myself, considered using a bag but wanted to know what was normally done. How often do you spray with water?
Have about eight in the tree, the two large ones already attacked by fruit flies and turning black where the eggs were laid.
Because of the rain?pugboy wrote:Tomato price skyrocket these days $20/lb in some places
Sorry for the late reply. I wanted a specific variety so got that pod and harvested the seeds which I set accordingly. Got about 100 plants at the moment.NR8 wrote:Where did you get them from?
Thanks for the suggestion bro.adnj wrote:I would consider a drip irrigation system.
Hinds wrote:Hello I want to level out my yard with some topsoil so I can start to establish some lawn. Will need about 35yards, does anyone have a link?
88sins wrote:Hinds wrote:Hello I want to level out my yard with some topsoil so I can start to establish some lawn. Will need about 35yards, does anyone have a link?
Might be more cost effective to go with backfill for the majority of the filling in, and then a layer of top soil on top that after it settles
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