Hello From Pa
- GrowingFun
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Hello From Pa
Hi everyone,
I enjoy gardening (especially tomatoes). Last year canned over 50 quarts of tomatoes and over 50 pints of tomato sauce.
Thank you for letting me join the forum.
Have a good day everyone!!!!!
I enjoy gardening (especially tomatoes). Last year canned over 50 quarts of tomatoes and over 50 pints of tomato sauce.
Thank you for letting me join the forum.
Have a good day everyone!!!!!
Pa Zone 5b
- worth1
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Re: Hello From Pa
You're more than welcome and howdy from Central Texas.
Worth
25 miles southeast of Waterloo Texas.
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You might as well be arguing with a cat.
25 miles southeast of Waterloo Texas.
You can't argue with a closed mind.
You might as well be arguing with a cat.
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Re: Hello From Pa
Welcome to the Junction from Down Under @GrowingFun
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Re: Hello From Pa
Welcome from Northern Illinois. I also love preserving our harvests.
~Sam
~Sam
Tomato and pepper collector
Zone 6a, Northern Illinois.

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Re: Hello From Pa
Welcome to the Junction @GrowingFun. Isn't it great to have a fun hobby that puts food on the table too!
~ Patti ~
AKA ~ Hooper
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Welcome to the Junction from down here in Georgia!
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Welcome to TJ, @GrowingFun! Pull up a keyboard and stay a while. 

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Re: Hello From Pa
Welcome from NE Pa! You obviously had a great tomato season last summer! I am from 6A-B. What are your favorite varieties?
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Re: Hello From Pa
Hello Gardadore,
Because I can a lot my main crop is Amish Paste. Planted 20 plants staked and pruned to a single trunk. Also working on an experiment. I purchased a hybrid tomato from a local produce stand called Primo red,
then saved seed and I’m on my 3 year of growing them. So far it remains true to the original tomato. It’s determinate and bears heavy amounts of medium size round red fruits that a very meaty. One negative is it is not very disease resistant. Mid to late season the vines start to die back.
Other tomatoes I like are Green Giant , Paul Robeson and Brandywine.
Because I can a lot my main crop is Amish Paste. Planted 20 plants staked and pruned to a single trunk. Also working on an experiment. I purchased a hybrid tomato from a local produce stand called Primo red,
then saved seed and I’m on my 3 year of growing them. So far it remains true to the original tomato. It’s determinate and bears heavy amounts of medium size round red fruits that a very meaty. One negative is it is not very disease resistant. Mid to late season the vines start to die back.
Other tomatoes I like are Green Giant , Paul Robeson and Brandywine.
Pa Zone 5b
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Re: Hello From Pa
Welcome from America's Dairyland!
The Gotch
A WESconsin variety!GrowingFun wrote: ↑Wed Feb 19, 2025 10:55 am Because I can a lot my main crop is AMISH PASTE.(bolds/caps/italics mine)
The Gotch
Madison WESconsin/Growing Zone 5-A/Raised beds above the Midvale Heights spade-caking clay in the 77 Square Miles surrounded by A Sea Of Reality
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@GrowingFun
Welcome! It's always great to have more people who like to can.
Welcome! It's always great to have more people who like to can.

Location: SW Idaho, USA
Climate: BSk
USDA hardiness zone: 6
Elevation: 2,260 feet
Climate: BSk
USDA hardiness zone: 6
Elevation: 2,260 feet
- Harry Cabluck
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Re: Hello From Pa
Welcome from another part of central Texas...Austin. Experienced great success growing tomatoes for a few years while living in Pittsburgh.
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