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I'm in Colorado, and tomatoes grow like weeds here. I've had so many volunteer plants from fallen berries that I almost wouldn't have to replant. In my meager
by nate_meurer 8y ago
I'm in Colorado, and tomatoes grow like weeds here. I've had so many volunteer plants from fallen berries that I almost wouldn't have to replant. In my meager experience, soil is the most important variable. I've grown huge bumper crops one year, and then the next year only spindly pathetic vines with berries that refuse to ripen. I assume it's soil exhaustion, because compost or fertilizer fix it.
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I do have to water. If I don't water then the volunteers die, so "like weeds" isn't totally accurate. But not too far off either.
- sametmax 8y ago> In my meager experience, soil is the most important variable It may very well be the reason most vegetables taste like crap today: we keep exhausting all the soils.
- ip26 8y agoI do have to water Yeah, I was gonna say... What's your soil like? I'm a bit north of you; ours drains pretty darn poorly, which I always hear tomatoes hate
- nate_meurer 8y agoNothing special. Suburban fill, lots of clay. We have a billion tons of clay all around Denver, and a surprising amount ends up on the surface when neighborhoods are developed. I never paid attention to drainage, but maybe I've just been lucky.