Last year, Chris and I grew 34 tomato plants. One of 'em never fruited, but 33 did, producing around 11,000 tomatoes. No joke.
Chris (my wife) thought this too much and wanted around 25 or so this year.
So, our maid of honor, Karin, grew some from seed. Only about a half dozen made it. We had bought and planted several as well.
We volunteered at the Tomatomania event (http://www.tomatomania.com) earlier this month. As part of volunteering, both Chris and I got 16 tomato plants. Once we started planting them, Karin came back with another tomato seed batch!
As opposed to 25 or so, we've got 43 in the ground so far (though one or two may not make it) and we're going to plant at least five of Karin's latest batch.
One thing led to another led to another led to another...
If 11,000 sounded silly, that may be low compared to this year. We'll see.
The two documents are fairly, but not entirely, complete. I'll update them as time permits and when we plant the rest.
Bill Anderson
2008 Front Yard Tomatoes
http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dhmdr5w4_2gqh827hn&invite=nj9fdz
2008 Back Yard Tomatoes
http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dhmdr5w4_1fh78g9f3&invite=d97g47
Tomatoes - and what you need to know to grow them in Southern California:
http://socaltomatoes.blogspot.com/
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