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Cornelius_Gotchberg
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Post: # 55284Unread post Cornelius_Gotchberg
Fri Oct 08, 2021 9:51 am

Must say, it took the patience of Job to get registered, here.

Of ~ 50 plants, we have just have three (3) Mountain Magic plant left, but we have
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Looking forward to gleaning some growing, cultivar choice tips.

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Fri Oct 08, 2021 10:24 am

Those are beautiful tomatoes!
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Fri Oct 08, 2021 1:10 pm

Welcome, Cornelius!
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Fri Oct 08, 2021 1:34 pm

welcome @Cornelius_Gotchberg from the uk!
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Fri Oct 08, 2021 1:55 pm

Welcome @Cornelius_Gotchberg! I'm so sorry that you had so much difficulty getting registered to the forum. Normally it is quite easy so it is my guess that you were trying to register while we were updating the website. I'm glad that you stuck with it and have joined us here. BTW I am just down the road from you.

Be sure to check out the MMMM swap (Mostly Mystery Mater Mailing) which is going on now. It is an amazing event that many of us treasure. In case you have not saved any seed to share, I would be happy to sponsor you.

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Post: # 55300Unread post Paquebot
Fri Oct 08, 2021 4:09 pm

"Madison, 68 square miles surrounded by reality." Lived there for 3 years, worked there for about 25 years. Been in Sun Prairie since 1963. Only 69 tomato plants this year/ Isn't nice to still be harvesting a week into October?

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Fri Oct 08, 2021 4:15 pm

Welp, you's folks appear right neighborly, and yes, it seems to have been worth the wait.

The farthest right trays (above) are nearly all Red Sausage Hybrid (with a smattering of San Marzanos). Turned out to be a prolific producer despite being nearly completely shaded by an expansively overwhelming (READ: 8 foot/2.44 meter + tall) Supersweet 100 plant.

The former will be a big part of the rotation in 2022, the latter (alas) will not; the last two years it shaded the equivalent of three other plants, and is the reason the San Marzano yield was down.

Looking forward to hanging with you folks!

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Fri Oct 08, 2021 5:42 pm

Welcome from the great state of Texas.
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25 miles southeast of Waterloo Texas.

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Fri Oct 08, 2021 6:04 pm

Welcome from Down Under @Cornelius_Gotchberg. Nice crop of tomatoes

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Fri Oct 08, 2021 6:29 pm

Welcome to TomatoJunction! :) Those tomatoes are nice.
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Fri Oct 08, 2021 7:12 pm

Welcome from Mississippi!!
I have 2 seasons: Tomato and pepper season, and BAMA Football season!

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Post: # 55319Unread post rxkeith
Fri Oct 08, 2021 11:06 pm

welcome from da U.P.

about five hours north, and two hours east of ya. practically neighbors.
still picking tomatoes. happens about once every twenty years here that
we can still have tomatoes this late in the season.


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Sat Oct 09, 2021 6:05 am

Welcome from Denmark

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Post: # 55333Unread post Cornelius_Gotchberg
Sat Oct 09, 2021 7:59 am

@Rockoe10; yer too kind!
@mikestuff49; pleasure
@Amatuerinawe; we've been having "across the puddle" weather, here.
@MissS; 10-Q! We like it HERE http://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/wp-co ... t-here.jpg!
@Paquebot; it's 77 Square Miles, now.
@worth1; used to live in Houston and have been all over the Lone Star State.
@Whwoz; just getting ready for spring, are you's...?
@Shule; thanks!
@goodloe; just down river, am I right...?
@rxkeith; have a BIL/SIL in a collective/commune on the Keweenaw Peninsula part of Hancock. Spend a good month in Saxon/Anderson TWSPs in Iron County WESconsin on Weber Lake every summer.
@lotte; a former neighbor (a world-class Archeologist) spends half the year in Denmark. Have a pal in Lindås Norway.

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Post: # 55424Unread post AZGardener
Mon Oct 11, 2021 9:01 am

Welcome to the Junction! It's a friendly and helpful group.
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Post: # 55425Unread post Cornelius_Gotchberg
Mon Oct 11, 2021 10:28 am

Thanks AZG; I spent ~ 2.5 months in Lake Havasu City in 1974 and have a pal in Tubac.

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Tue Oct 12, 2021 4:12 am

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Yes @Cornelius_Gotchberg, getting ready for spring, lots of plants in pots starting to harden off, potatoes coming up and the first of the garlic starting to bulb nicely. Looking like a good season if it doesn't get to wet here with La Nina cranking up.

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Post: # 55460Unread post Cornelius_Gotchberg
Tue Oct 12, 2021 7:21 am

We do some SERIOUS garlic in these here parts, and after the best crop EVAH, we're gearing up for 2022. Much needed rain (down ~ 11 inches/27.9 cms for the year) and unseasonably warm weather, has loosened up the soil.

Good Luck!
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Post: # 55594Unread post Gardadore
Thu Oct 14, 2021 8:36 am

Welcome from PA! Beautiful tomatoes!

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Post: # 55599Unread post Cornelius_Gotchberg
Thu Oct 14, 2021 9:35 am

Thanks @Gardadore!

My Dear Brother is developing a farmstead in Neola, PA, which is in your neck of the woods.

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