On Tue, 13 Aug 2013 15:37:40 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

> On 13/08/2013 3:02 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>
> > No, I haven't tried that. When I used to buy fresh tomatoes it wasn't
> > from a grocery store. There are tomato farms just a few miles down the
> > road. Were I so inclined, I could get really nice fresh tomatoes
> > without driving into town.
> >
> >
>
>
> Can you grow your own there? Tomatoes are almost foolproof. The only
> real tricks involved are to stake them so the fruit does not sit on the
> ground and rot, and to get only a couple plants each of different types
> of tomatoes. Different types of tomatoes have different characteristics
> and ripen at different times. That will give you a crop over a longer
> period of time rather than having a sudden deluge of tomatoes.

Tomatoes need heat and water. I can't grow them, not enough heat to
make produce enough fruit to make it worth the bother.

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