The Rusted Garden Journal : May 2014

Creating a Tomato Disease Splash Barrier: Stop the Soil Born Spores!

Many areas have their own diseases that tend to attack tomato plants. It might be Leaf Spot or a form of Blight but whatever the disease, they tend to come with regularity.

The best way to manage diseases is through prevention. Prevention is a practice of reducing the elements that may lead to the diseases taking hold on your vegetable plants in the garden.

One form of prevention for tomatoes is creating a disease splash barrier. Simply put hard rain or hose water can splash garden soil onto your tomato plants. Mixed with the mud are disease spores. If the spores can't land on your tomato... they can't establish themselves on the plant. You are reducing the chances of disease on your tomato by preventing soil splash.

You can use any viable material to create about a 2 inch layer of mulch in your garden beds. The video talks about a few types of materials you can use and how to basically mulch under around your tomatoes.

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Over 40 Varieties of Tomatoes Planted &

Flea Market Sale of $1 Tomato Plants

Well I got my tomatoes in. I am excited to be growing over 40 varieties. I seed start more tomatoes than I need and do a yearly flea market where I sell my tomato plants for $1. I also have other vegetable plants, herbs and flowers. If you are in the local Maryland area the address is

Giant Food Inc

ROUTE 108

CLARKSVILLE, MD 21029

It is in the Giant parking lot and it is Sunday May 18th from 10-1 pm. If you are local and need some plants I will have most of the varieties listed below. I sell out fast so this would be for the more local gardeners. I wouldn't travel too far. If it rains they do cancel it but it looks to be a sunny day.

I will also be selling these seeds next year.

Over Forty Tomato Varieties Planted (More Seeds Started)

Abraham Lincoln

Indeterminate. 75 days. 6-10 ounces. Round red fruit. Low acid with a sweet tomato taste. Good producer.

Arkansas Traveler

Indeterminate. 85 days. 6-8 ounces. Produces well in hot weather. Pink red fruit. Full of flavor.

Aunt Ruby’s German Green

Indeterminate. 80 days. 12-16 ounces. Large yellow and green beefsteak with slight pink blushing. Sweet flavor with a hint of tomato tanginess.

Aussie

Indeterminate. 80 days. Red tomato. From Australia. This plant regularly produces 1-2 pound fruit. Large plants with good tomato production. It has a great tomato taste that matches the fruit size.

Baxter’s Early Bush

Determinate. 70 Days. Cherry. Early cherry that is very prolific. Resistant to splitting and really doesn’t need much in the way of staking.

Black Cherry

Indeterminate. 65 days. Cherry. Sweet complex flavor. Classic black tomato with deep purples, mahogany and deep reds.

Black Krim

Indeterminate. 75-85 days. 10-12 ounces. From Russia. Dark purple with mahogany and reds Green shouldering. Fruit is sweet with a hint of salt. Prone to cracking but worth the flavor.

Black Plum

Indeterminate. 80 days. Cherry type elongate fruits resemble large grapes. Sweet fruity taste with mahogany colors.

Box Car Willie

Indeterminate. 80 days. 5-10 ounces. Red fruit. Two varieties with this name. One is perfectly round and the other is round with some slight ribbing. This is the later. Produces a lot of medium sized fruit.

Blush

Brandywine Red

Indeterminate. 80 days. 10-16 ounces. Heirloom from 1880’s. Potato leaf. A red fruit with the classic Brandywine taste. People love the flavor.

Brandywine Yellow

Indeterminate. 90 days. 12-24 ounces. Potato leaf. A uniformly yellow beefsteak with great flavor

Brandywine Suddath’s Strain

Cherokee Purple

Indeterminate. 80 days. 10-12 ounces. Heirloom from Tennessee. Extremely productive. Sweet rich flavor. Deep purple rose colors with red.

Delicious

Indeterminate. 80 days. 2 pounds and more. Grown for large pound tomatoes. This variety hold the record for largest tomato. Red fruit. Good flavor.

Flamme

Indeterminate. 70 days. 2-3 ounces. Heirloom from France. Orange salad tomatoes. Great sweet fruity taste. Very productive.

Fireworks

Indeterminate. 60 days. 6-8 ounce. An early red slicing tomato. Fruits are round with a pointed tip. Bright red color. Heavy producer.

Glacier

Determinate. 55 days. Cherry type. 2-3 ounce red tomatoes. They set will in the cold. Potato leaf foliage. Large harvest.

Grape

Indeterminate. 60 days. Grape shape that come in grape like clusters. Brilliant red. A very sweet complex flavor that has brought them to the supermarkets. You see these in pint containers. Good heat tolerance.

Heinz

Determinate. 70 days. 6 ounces. Red round fruit that produces heavy yields. Great for canning because so many uniform fruits come at once. Crack resistance. Create in the 50’s for the purpose of canning. It is now an heirloom.

Homestead

Determinate. 80 days. 8-10 ounces. Red fruit. It is a more heat tolerant variety. Large vines with medium sized very round fruit. Produce more like an indeterminate plant.

Indigo Apple

Indeterminate. 70 days. 2-4 ounce. Extremely dark fruit caused by the sun. High level of anthocyanin. Dark purple to almost black starting from the top down.

Indigo Blue Berries

Indeterminate. 75 days. Cherry. Extremely dark fruit caused by the sun. High level of anthocyanin. Dark purple to almost black starting from the top down. Unripe fruit has amethyst color.

Isis

Indeterminate. 65 days. Cherry type. Yellow cherry with gold and red marbling. Streak on the outside and inside with red. Sweet, rich and fruity. Not a perfectly round shape.

Japanese Black Trifele

Indeterminate. 75 days. 4-6 ounces. Russian Heirloom. A very unusual shape. Pear shaped. Deep mahogany colors with green shoulders. Potato leaf. Productive plants. Reported to have a superior tomato flavor.

Kimberly

Kentucky Orange

Indeterminate. 90 days. 12-16 ounces. Heirloom. Yellow to orange color. Tomato color can vary from plant. A sweet mild flavor. Great color for dishes. Mid range production.

Matina

Indeterminate. 55 days. 2-4 ounce. From Germany. Potato leaf. A red fruit with terrific flavor. Produces a month earlier than beefsteaks.

Matt’s Wild Cherry

Neves Azorean Red

Indeterminate. 75 days. 1-3 pounds. Large red beefsteak with outstanding flavor. Breed selectively by Anthony Neves. The ultimate tomato for sandwiches.

New Big Dwarf

Determinate. 60 days. 8-12 ounces. It is an heirloom that was created in 1915. 2 feet tall. Deep pink tomatoes that can reach 1 pound. A small plant with big fruit.

Orange Banana

Indeterminate. 80 days. 3-4 inch long paste tomato. Orange tomato that is long. Very productive. Great for sauces, salsa and salads.

Orange Russian Bicolor Oxheart

Indeterminate. 85 days. 8-12 ounces. From Russia. Heart shaped A yellow gold flesh marble with red. Very sweet. Absolutely delicious. Very meaty with few seeds.

Principe Borghese

Determinate. 75 days. Plum shape. Small fruit. Great sauce tomato. Outstanding for oven drying and using in dishes. Very very prolific.

Purple Bumble Bee

Indeterminate. 70 days. Cherry type. 1 ½ inch round fruit with green streaks on dark purple fruits. Great color for salads and salsas.

Red Pear

Indeterminate. 80 days. Bright red pear shape about 2 inches long. Great sweet flavor.

Riesenstraube

Sioux

Indeterminate. 70 days. 6 ounces. Red fruit. A sweet tangy tomato with rich flavors that people love. Grown for the taste.

Sweet Pea Currant

Indeterminate. 75 days. A very very small red round currant tomato. Very sweet flavor. Pea sized. 20-25 can fit in your hand. Very prolific.

Todd County Amish

Indeterminate. 75 days. 12+ ounces. Large dark pink tomato. Heirloom handed down by Amish in Minnesota. Very meaty tomato with great flavor. Very productive.

Virginia Sweets

Indeterminate. 80 days. 1 pound. Gold red bicolor mix. Heirloom. One of the best tasting tomatoes around. It is a gold yellow beefsteak with red streaking. Abundant production.

Yellow Currant

Indeterminate. 70 days. From South America. About 1/3 of inch across. Fruits in long grape like clusters. Sweet with an intense tomato flavor.

Zapotic Pink Ribbed

Indeterminate. 80 days. From the Zapotic Indians of Mexico. It is a heavily ribbed dark pink fruit that looks distinctively different. A sweet mild fruit. The plant is a good producer.

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