Just finished, actually. I've got enough tomatoes for a couple more boil downs. But I'm done. I've got 16 quart containers frozen. Each quart has a pound of ground chuck stirred up in it. I figure one spaghetti night a week all winter long.
Nobody would believe the quantity of tomatoes I've gotten off of 4 plants. Hit the compost mixture right and keep them watered, and 4 plants will bury you in tomatoes.
Bristoe you mentioned the size of your garden with only 4 plants and you’re right it doesn’t take much with the right compost.
A friend does somewhat similar in that he tills as deep as his Troy tiller will go and does it in a 6’ diameter circle. He adds Epsom salts and some lime and some 13-13-13 and tills that In then waters it.
In the center of the circle he digs a hole with his post hole digger about 1. 1/2’ foot deep and fills that hole with more 13-13-13 and waters it heavily.
Covers everything with pine straw. Later when it’s time to plant he places 6 Big Boy tomato plants around the center hole about 2’ out from the center.
What those 6 plants produce is considerable and he’s always giving away tomatoes . He does use Sevin dust sparingly and waters daily.
I’m gonna try his method next year.
