tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4859873319068539701.post1552646939364346945..comments2024-03-19T15:39:56.057-04:00Comments on Natural Gardening: Heirloom and hybrid seedsLisa Wagnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08546271182217310594noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4859873319068539701.post-4750740810545427642012-01-13T12:33:31.600-05:002012-01-13T12:33:31.600-05:00CEN, your point is well-taken!
I'm thinking...CEN, your point is well-taken! <br /><br />I'm thinking the popular home gardening varieties like Big Beef & Better Boy may be the best choices for our food bank gardens and smaller tomatoes like Juliet are a great suggestion, too.<br /><br />We've grown transplants at the Garden for using in a community earthbox program, too, and the more standard varieties are best there.<br /><br />I'll have to check with our local food bank folks; my friend with a church garden said that last year, although they had lots of eggplants, the Seneca food bank had a hard time distributing them, so sometimes encouraging new items with recipes might be useful.<br /><br />Let me know what kind of feedback that you hear!Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06657232418012801175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4859873319068539701.post-34759360453797430982012-01-13T09:07:46.497-05:002012-01-13T09:07:46.497-05:00As someone who works regularly in a food pantry, I...As someone who works regularly in a food pantry, I'd caution about Cherokee Purple if that's where your "plant a row" is going. I love them! Great tomato! But they do tend to get soft spots easily so that makes the logistics of storing/displaying them difficult and of transporting them for folks who may be carrying a couple of sacks on public transportation.<br />One recommendation: Big Beef. A hybrid that did well for me in SC and has great flavor unlike so many.<br />And even though they are small, Juliet is a great producer over the season with great flavor and versatile. And kids might be tempted by the size to try them.<br />It would be good to have ways for "plant a row" people to compare and talk about what works w/the agencies they supply and each other.<br />See what works, what clients take, etc. Just occurred to me; I'm sure others already figured that out. But I'm going to check before I plant my row here.CENhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14465646038423049702noreply@blogger.com