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Tomato Plants 08
I don't have the printable Excel file of our tomato list tomatoes2008 yet.
When ready the file will be made in OpenOffice, but saved in Excel format so should be usable by most anyone. As there are quite a few new varieties, I don't know how I will have the page set-up yet.
Here is last years file as a PDF file for anyone that wants to view it that doesn't have a spreadsheet program. tomatoes2007.pdf
We are running a bit behind on the plants due this year's weather problems. I lost a lot of plants this yearbecause of our neverending winter. I will have a few herb plants and maybe a few tomato plants at the first April Madison markets. I should have more tomato plants by the first weekend in May, but may not have ALL of them until at least the third weekend in May. But they should all be nice sized for the prime planting time in Milwaukee and Madison the second 1/2 of the month.
We are really cramped for greenhouse space this year due to winds destroying one of my greenhouses. Because of that, I'm only planting about 1/2 as many flats / variety of all but a few of the most popular varieties. Because we may run out of some of them, if there is a variety that you just HAVE to have, I recommend that you email me before 8 AM on Friday or call with any special orders. While we will try to bring something of everything to the market, if you get there late, it could be sold out. I also have some that will be very late this year as I had to re-plant them when they died.
Because of having about 20 more varieties and a limited amount of carts and space to vend, I will be bringing only 1/2 flats of some of the less well known varieties. Pre-orders are recommended, especially if you tend to get to the market later in the day.
For those of you closer to Milwaukee or West Bend, we will try to have our driveway stand open about the middle of May. It's a self-serve stand in the front yard. Someone is usually around to help you tho any time EXCEPT on Saturdays until we get home from Madison about 4:30 PM.
If you need any help or more info, please email me at the contact link on the sidebar.
The other bad news of course is the gas/diesel prices. Last year I didn't pay over $3/ gal for diesel until around Labor Day. As of this posting diesel is over $4/ gal. And when the price of gas goes up, the price of plastic also jumps. All the pots and greenhouse film have taken a big price jump.
Because many of my plants are a bit late due to the winter, and to cover my increased costs, I have planted most of the tomatos in 36/flat rather than my usual 24s. They will be priced at $2/ pot or 3 - $5.
I will have a few that were planted in 24s before I decided to go with the smaller pots. They will be $2.50 or 3 - $7. I really don't have very many of the larger pots as most of those early plants died due to the prolonged winter.
Until I have a chance to get the full list up, figure most if not all of last year's plants are still there. Here are some of the new varieties I expect to have available. Most I will only have 1 flat of as they are mostly varieties that are not available in bulk.
Sweet Cluster
Japanese Black Trifele
Juliet
Cisinero's Tomatillo
Rosalita
Bush Goliath
Sugar Snack
Howard German
Black Cherry
Mt. Fresh
Tumbling Tom Red
Tumbling Tom Yellow
Galina's
Black From Tula
Paul Robeson
Black Zebra
Marianna's Peace
Cuban Yellow Grape
Hugh's
Gregori's Altai
Kellog's Breakfast
Rose
Hillbilly Potato Leaf
Hungarian Heart
Nyagous
Speckled Roman
Giant Tree