Posted: 11/13/2008 11:41:01 PM EDT
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Long term goals are to design a greenhouse out of an old carport structure or chicken tractor wrapped in high grade plastic. Until then I found the earliest producing tomato I could find.
It's an heirloom called Sub Artic Plenty. It was first developed in the 1940's to provide the US Air Force stationed in Greenland with fresh tomatoes, grown in conditions very different to this variety's native South America. It has a unique ability to set fruit under cool conditions, producing small red fruit ripening very early with plenty of flavor. Those in zone 6 and below should be about to plant this in mid January if you take the care to cover at night, or to put in a cold frame. http://www.tmseeds.com/product/341.html |
| Mrs. Feral and I are batting around the idea of putting in a high tunnel in 2009......this tomato looks like something that would do well there. |