Tomato 'Marglobe'

Hello everyone I hope I can help you with my limited experiennced for you surely helped me understand a few things,especially the unusual...Read More fruit variations on the same plant! Well I grew Marglobe in my garden in 2017 in Stafford Ct. and mosy of all my tomatos surrounding my Marglobe got hit by early and late blight severly bad but for some miraculous reason the Marglobe was almost entirely untouched and healthy being very resistant to both blights and all the othe tomato diseases,so I kept the seed and will always continue to grow it in my garden!Remember thou I put 2 liter plastic jugs buried in the soil about 4 inches deep by each plant with a few small holes drilled in the bottom and a few holes drill in the sides a few inches up so incase bottom hole get clogged,I never surface water my tomato plants cause it will surely increase the blight disease and other disease problems aswell it is best to have top soil mulched and keep pretty dry but have lower soil very water and wet every few days to a week depending on how dry the weather is plus I always make my own compost tea in two 50 gallon plastic garbage cans near the garden and thats what I water my plants with great results plus side dress with organic fertiolizer every two weeks after the blossoms start to set take it easy on the nitrogen cause it will cause a sickly plants plus to much foliage with not enough blossoms plus lots of blended egg shells in hole I safed all years and once a week ar every two weeks put epsom sats in 1 gallon of wtaer with molasses and water all plants with it! Oh I at times put shredded comfrey in planting holes and also mix in all the soil surrounding the plants!Plus I bought a 50 pound bag of alfalfa pellets for $14 grind some of that up and add to soill in hole and around soil in garden and around the plants!

I planted just one marglobe between 4 early girl plants. Seems to be doing pretty good. Haven't had any ripe tomatoes yet although one ea...Read Morerly girl is starting to go red. I noticed the plant is a deeper green than the early girls, but has the same amount of tomatoes. This is the first time I've planted these varieties. Is marglobe a good variety for Michigan? An earlier post only mentioned southern states.

I've been growing this plant off and on since 1974,It is always in the garden when I have one. I have always enjoyed the variance of siz...Read Moree and taste,and seed saving even gives more variation.The particular batch of seed I have this season is from trade and it had been a few years since I had grown any.The tomatoes are smaller and fewer than usual this season with drought conditions, only the plant is sturdy and green and does not require as much attention as many.I am prejudice about this tomato though as it is one of my long time favorites.A fine old Heirloom.

I was very glad to see the post commenting on the variation in fruit shape/size in Marglobes. I have found the same thing, and didn't kno...Read Morew if it was a problem. Most grow in clusters of two or three, with one large, almost beefsteak tomato, and the other(s) smaller and heart-shaped. Oddly, the second Marglobe plant is pretty consistent in size and shape as far as I can tell. I don't know about the color or taste yet, as none are ripe.
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