Originally Posted by Krystyna
I use Roma tomatoes to make sauce, but put everything else in there, too, including cherry tomatoes. I stay away from anything but open pollinated. No GM's for me, thanks. As for how many plants, it depends on how intensely you are going to prune which determines yield. I usually grow about 20 plants in 5 gallon tubs and another ten or so in the ground. By the end of the season, I am wishing canning would be just a memory. You can get by with 10 plants for what you want.
Right, if you purchase heirloom varieties, you can save your own seeds. So you only buy seeds once. There are large Heirloom Grower groups on Yahoo, they are like this board, very generous and trade seeds all the time. Your vegetables will taste better and you won't have to purhcase new seeds every year.