We do buy a lot of tomatoes from Mexico along with Canada.
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I’ve noticed that the on-the-vine type tomatoes that have become common in recent years are mostly, or maybe exclusively, from Canada. I guess those crafty Canucks perfected the method for growing and packaging them. Canada is so far north I assume they’re grown in greenhouses.
“I guess those crafty Canucks perfected the method for growing and packaging them. Canada is so far north I assume they’re grown in greenhouses.”
They have found them profitable. But their system of growth in interesting. In the spring they receive their transplants. They don’t plant tomatoes from a seed. Their season in Canada is shorter than the largest growing area in the world, which is California.
So the seeds are planted into greenhouses there in mid March through mid April, and then starting in May, they’ll transplant seedlings that are five inches (15 centimetres) in height. They’ve even got automatic or semiautomatic transplanters that plant two rows for each of the beds. There’s actually two rows of tomatoes in there. They will basically take care of them through cultivation. There’ll be some fertilizer that’s put down before they plant so only moisture and insect care from there. They also rotate crops in the off season like wheat and other grains to assist the soil. It quite a process and a lot of the fields have been tomato during their time for years.
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