Here in wet, western Washington, where fusarium, verticillium, and blight diseases rule the air waves, growing tomatoes outdoors is a battle against overpowering odds.
Greenhouse growing, on the other hand, is delightful. From May-October, the temp in my attached ghouse ranges from 60-88F. The greenhouse has an exhaust fan and midday on a warm week, the fan will run from 10am to 4pm, keeping the temp at 88F max. It seems that this temp range is pretty ideal for tomatoes.
I’ve cycled through the classic varieties, the heirlooms, and those bred for greenhouse production and have found Big Dena (Johnny’s Selected Seeds), pruned to 2 central leaders, to be the absolute best tasting (sweet/acid) and productive variety. I still have tomatoes on the vine now, at the end of January, with a low of 41F in the greenhouse.
I’m interested in your best ghouse varieties!
Hi Christine;
In our greenhouse we grow Sun Gold and Sweet 100 both are very small tomatoes on vines. Unfortunately for the bigger varieties we grow the names, commercial or other are unknown which is a pity. Marc
@cdamarjian and @MuddyMess_8a
Visited greenhouse near Youngstown June 19. Big denas. Long rows, spaced abt 24" apart. Supported by string and tomato clips
Loaded, and I mean loaded with tomatoes.
About 9’ high. One leader only.
Is there a reason why they may be greenhouse favorites, if they are?
I noticed they’re resistant to a lot of typical diseases. Seems like a great outdoor tomato as well
