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To: greeneyes

Got about 12 inches of snow last week. But, I need to start indoors soon to beat the short growing season. I cannot plant tomatoes outdoors and get a tomato before it freezes. I think the time between freezing temps here is less than 80 days.


4 posted on 03/30/2018 8:12:26 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

We are trying Rebekah Allen this year from Baker’s Creek. 70 DTM. I have had good luck also, at the end of the season, cutting off the branches that still have flowers, pulling off the bottom leaves, and sticking them into a pot of dirt.

I bring that indoors, and most go ahead and form fruit. I also get additional blooms/fruit through out the winter - just in front of the patio door.

You sure have a short growing period. We are more fortunate, but want to get as much harvested before the drought months.


6 posted on 03/30/2018 8:41:02 PM PDT by greeneyes
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To: MtnClimber; greeneyes
Early Tomato varieties:
(source) https://www.gardenguides.com/97574-tomato-plant-varieties.html First Early Red :
'Early Cascade' is a variety that produces fruit in 55 days and is resistant to verticillium wilt... 4 oz. fruits, trailing habit, not bush.

'Sub Arctic Plenty' is a fast-growing, determinate plant, which means it stops growing when flowers develop.
The tomatoes, which are 3 or 4 oz., are harvested at 45 days, making it one of the fastest-producing varieties.
On the down side, this variety is not resistant to any of the common diseases of tomatoes,
hence the possibility of total variety crop failure.

'Early Girl': Indeterminate, early, hybrid, slicing tomato, VF resistant.

Another good source of information for early season varieties can be found at:
http://www.chileplants.com/search.aspx?CategoryID=6&SeasonID=1&SearchButton=Go
Don't let the name fool you, however, they only sell plants, and not seed.
The list of early tomato varieties is, at least, a starting point and a good early variety resource.

40 posted on 03/31/2018 7:20:31 AM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt
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