Tomato Plants - 2007/2008 Season

This season (2007/2008) I've planted about 30 tomato seedlings. Here's a rough plan of the tomato plants in bed #4 (refer map).

   [South]
[East] [West]
   [North]

      +-----------------------------------------------+
      |                                               |
      |                                               |
Row F |   F1      F2      F3      F4      F5      F6  |
      |                                               |
      |                                               |
Row E |   E1      E2      E3      E4      E5      E6  |
      |                                               |
      |                                               |
Row D |     D1         D2          D3          D4     |
      |                                               |
      |                                               |
Row C |     C1         C2          C3          C4     |
      | C0                                            |
      |                                               |
Row B |     B1       B2       B3       B4      B5     |
      |                                               |
      |                                               |
Row A |     A1       A2       A3       A4             |
      |                                               |
      +-----------------------------------------------+

Legend

Variety	Location(s)
Apollo	E1, E2, E3, E4
Big Cherry	A1, A2, A3, A4, B3, B4, B5
Costoluto di Marmande	E5, E6, F5, F6
Grosse Lisse	B1, B2, C0, C2, C3, C4, D1 D3, D4
Pink	C1, D2
Roma	F1, F2, F3, F4

The Big Cherry (for want of another name) seedlings were grown from seeds saved from last year's fruit. The Grosse Lisse seedlings, apart from D3 and D4, were provided by my uncle (Zio Pasquale). All other seedlings were purchased from nurseries.

The seedlings were planted in three stages: Zio Pasquale put in about nine seedlings on September 29, 2007. I put the bought seedlings in on October 22. The Cherry tomato seedlings were planted in late November/early December.

A few extra seedlings were also planted in bed #3, but we'll see how well they go. I'll be concentrating on looking after the plants in bed #4.

I've been using the same basic techniques as in previous years. For information about soil preparation, staking, pruning, fertilizing and mulching, refer to posts in past seasons.