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Question by Zech. Keenan: What type of soil should I grow Heirloom Tomatoes in?
I’m interested in growing a garden. But I am more interested in just growing heirloom tomatoes. What kind of soil should I use? Or am I over-thinking it?
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Answer by Denis Mitrowski
Tomatoes do well in “regular” soil that’s been loosened up and a little compost mixed in with it to keep it loose. But they will also thrive in a large well-drained container filled with potting soil. Keep in mind that the Heirlooms don’t have the disease resistance that Hybrids have. I haven’t been impressed with the Heirlooms that I’ve tried. In the hot, humid enviroment of East Texas, the Hybrids grow healthier and therefore produce better. But don’t let that stop you; They might perform much better growing at your location.
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This is excellent! Of course you don’t have to do anything and things will grow but take a few minutes and care for the plant in the right way and the plant will love you for it by producing great fruit…Yeah!
– Yes, you’re right that this doesn’t HAVE to be done! But the idea in removing secondary growth is to concentrate the plant’s energy on producing a limited number of large, well-formed and fully ripened tomatoes within the Canadian West Coast growing season. The plant’s native growth habit favours its reproductive needs; our manipulation of that habit favours our food-producing needs. Either way, you’ll get some tomatoes – it’s just about how many, and how good they are!
this is not really something you have to do ,,,but you come across as if you will not grow tomatoes unless you remove fruit bearing stems. that also help the plant’s growth engine… really odd