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To: VaRepublican

The real large tomato types won’t do well in containers, but this year I’m trying Bella Rosa and Tasti-lee, regular salad tomatoes but not huge. I use $2. 2 gallon Walmart buckets with holes drilled in the bottom, filled with potting soil. Could use larger, but couldn’t lift them, & these work. Keep the plants fertilized & save up ground eggshells to dig into the soil. I use spray-on blossom set cuz I don’t see many bees any more.


18 posted on 03/25/2017 9:51:44 PM PDT by CatDancer (Praise the Lord for President Trump!)
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To: CatDancer

if there is a McAllister’s Deli near you, ask them to save you some buckets. 5 gal. And theyy are free.


47 posted on 03/26/2017 8:42:54 PM PDT by DaiHuy (May God save the country, for it is evident the people will not! Millard Fillmore)
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To: CatDancer

Hope you don’t take this advise wrong but tomatoes do not need a pollinator, they are self pollinating. They need a slight breeze or a shake to pollinate, greenhouse growers use an electric toothbrush or a vibrator held against the plant to simulate field conditions. Tasti Lee tomatoes are some of the best I have ever eaten, Bella Rosa rate right there with Walmart tomatoes. I grow several thousand tomatoes plants each year to sell at the local farmers market, Tasti Lee is my best seller.


52 posted on 03/28/2017 6:43:32 PM PDT by Arkansas Tider (Army EOD (Ret))
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