I can sit down in the middle of a Tomato patch, on a hot sunny day,with a sack of biscuits, and just tomato's, and have myself a feast.
I have never been too picky about what variety the maters are,
But,
Lately , it seems, that the maters are changing,
I have found , in the last 4-5 years, that they are becoming harder to get a good crop .
They don't thrive like they use to,
They don't have the size they once did,
They don't produce like they use to,
They are not as resistant to disease and weather as they use to be.
And
They don't have the flavor they once did.
I have settled with Better Boy ...
not because of the best flavor, or size,, but, ALL AROUND consideration of all of the above.
Is it that the hybrid varieties are genetically going bad"
I'm not doing anything different,
I have change the location of the garden plots,
I'm about to quit...and just go buy them, but I'm hearing the same complaints from my Amish neighbors.
Jim
I have never been too picky about what variety the maters are,
But,
Lately , it seems, that the maters are changing,
I have found , in the last 4-5 years, that they are becoming harder to get a good crop .
They don't thrive like they use to,
They don't have the size they once did,
They don't produce like they use to,
They are not as resistant to disease and weather as they use to be.
And
They don't have the flavor they once did.
I have settled with Better Boy ...
not because of the best flavor, or size,, but, ALL AROUND consideration of all of the above.
Is it that the hybrid varieties are genetically going bad"
I'm not doing anything different,
I have change the location of the garden plots,
I'm about to quit...and just go buy them, but I'm hearing the same complaints from my Amish neighbors.
Jim