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    Heirloom Tomatoes

    Has anyone had any luck with heirloom tomatoes in the Northeast, if so did you use a particular variety?

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    I live in Korat and we've tried many types of European tomato, runner beans, cucumbers, you name it... and in the end they all get nailed by the humdity and pests.

    Now we just grow the green Thai tomatoes, Thai long beans, etc... which do OK.

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    Growing western tomato's in LOS is not possible because of the heat as once the temps get over 90f the plants tend to drop their blossoms.

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    An Italian restaurant I go to in Korat get their tomatoes from somewhere up near Chang Mai. They are superb, big tomatoes, maybe heirloom. But I believe they are grown in a hydroponic set-up and no doubt in a very controlled environment. I guess if you are going to grow commercially then it is possible but with big initial outlay.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bsnub View Post
    Growing western tomato's in LOS is not possible because of the heat as once the temps get over 90f the plants tend to drop their blossoms.




    Oh dear....

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    Quote Originally Posted by bsnub View Post
    Growing western tomato's in LOS is not possible because of the heat as once the temps get over 90f the plants tend to drop their blossoms.
    It gets much warmer in my greenhouse here.

    New explanation please

    I brought an appletree to Khon Kaen

    Survived a couple of years, then the BIL mistook it for weed

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    ^ I think the main culprit is humidity.

    I've tried to grow Rosemary countless times in Korat... from seed, from sprigs and from young plants smuggled in from both Europe and Australia.

    Seeds will germinate, but the seedlings then turn black and die. The young plants from nurseries always eventually turn black and die... and I've tried umpteen different soil mixes, light conditions, etc.

    Rosemary grows like a weed in Western Australia, and WA easily gets as hot and hotter then Isaan. WA is a dry heat. I reckon the humidity is the problem.

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    Interesting, thanks for all your feedback. I agree, from what I’ve been able to research the culprit is heat and humidity. I was thinking I might give them a try in the Nov-Feb timeframe. I’ll try to find a a few different seeds and see what happens.

    After all this years a great tomato is about all the food I really miss from the states.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mendip View Post
    I think the main culprit is humidity.
    And then again


    Inside a greenhouse it's humid like .......a lot

    You know the smell
    Quote Originally Posted by Mendip View Post
    different soil mixes
    Too much fertilizer ? Tapwater with clorine ?

    Not enough daylight hours ?

    They are so easy to grow here

    I don't know; will ask around

    Thailand is a good place to grow your own.

    Not much control with veggie producers, I guess

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    The problem is well known. Most of Thailand has a bacteria in the soil that causes tomato wilt disease. Local varieties are resistant, most imported varieties are not. Big producers of imported varieties go fully hydroponic to overcome the problem.

    Some areas might be free of the bacteria, for a while, which is why some home growers occassionally have success, but the bacteria gets them in the end.

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    That explains why after many trials my wife's family can never grow tomatoes. Thanks, I now have a plan to fix it

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