Growing Tomatoes in Fayette Co., GA

Hi yolos,

Your post immediately caught my attention.  Thanks so much for such a comprehensive summary of your class today.  What a wealth of information!

I have most certainly heard of Totally Tomatoes.  I have one of their catalogs.  I have come across a tomato called "Mountain Magic."  These tomatoes are supposed to be resistant to early blight and late blight (yet they are non-GMO).  I purchased mine from Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00EYTHEHU/ref=oh_details_o05_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Right now I have 34 seedlings of all sorts of varieties. 

I am very grateful for you info regarding the copper fungicide.  Last season I was growing black krims.  I used a weak peppermint soap spray to control fungus.  My tomatoes did great, but my cucumbers and zucchini had some awful fungus issues...   I'm going to get some copper fungicide either today or tomorrow. 

I found an offering on Amazon made by Bonide Products:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000UJVDXY/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=1I5LTXFN5N6F8&coliid=I61B87CGGXD4E

I saw a few plant offerings at Swint's the other day, but did not get any.  I'm going to keep Swint's on the back burner in case any of my seedlings fail.  It's good to know that Swint's is so highly recommended.

Thanks again for your awesome post!

Windmere wrote:Hi yolos,

I have most certainly heard of Totally Tomatoes.  I have one of their catalogs.  I have come across a tomato called "Mountain Magic."  These tomatoes are supposed to be resistant to early blight and late blight (yet they are non-GMO).  I purchased mine from Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00EYTHEHU/ref=oh_details_o05_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Windmere.
In the handouts they gave us at the class, they list Mountain Fresh (VF Hybrid Unusually large and tasty tomatoes with a flavor that has been rated superior), Mountain Spring (Beautiful - 8 to 10 oz, bright red throughout, and resistant to cracking and blossom end rot), and Mountain Pride (Disease- resistant, Medium to large deep red, oblate fruits averaging 7 oz).  Nothing about Mountain Magic maybe because it is a large cherry.  I also have notes from the internet that say Mountain Merit is blight resistant - Determinate - Large - Red - 75 days - All American winner.  I don't usually grow determinates but I might try the Mountain Merit on staggered plantings.  I am not a fan of cherry tomatoes so I will pass on the Mountain Magic.  My notes from the internet also say Iron Lady (determinate, Medium size, Red) is Super Resistant to blight so I may try that also.

I better hurry and get seeds started.  Every time I think about starting seeds I remember my diseased tomatoes every year for the last four years and just kind of slack off starting tomatoes.

Yolos,

Thanks very much for the tip regarding Mountain Merit.  I am curious about a determinate tomato.  I've added it to one of my merchant "wish lists" and I might get some seeds later this week.  The problem with these blight resistant tomatoes is that they have a low percent germination rate.  This is a drag because the seeds are pretty expensive.  However, I guess a little money up front to help eliminate tomato decimation from blight is probably a wise investment.

The bulk of my varieties are cherry/pear tomatoes.  Our family really enjoys these strains, so they work best for us.

I'm planting a ton of seeds.  I will probably only keep one of each variety.

Yolos;

"Everyone who grows tomatoes in Fayette County will have either or both early blight and/or late blight so use a preventative fungicide spray."


Did the speaker say, "Why?"  Is it because of high humidity?


Thanks!