El 6-Grower & Marketer Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 8, 2003
Tomato Luncheon Honors Producers Who Reach Harvest Milestone
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for a 42.7 tons per acre aver
age yield. His average A grade
was 66.6 percent and ranking
value of 28.2.
Peto 696, Heinz 9704, Heinz
9035, Heinz 9706, Heinz 9422,
and Gem 611 were grown in
338 plug trays and the 5 week
old tomato plants were trans
planted from April 27 to May
24, 2002. The tomato trans
plants were planted with a
Lannen carousel transplanter
at a population of 13,500
plants per acre. The tomatoes
were grown on beds that were
66 inches on center and the
double rows were spaced 19
inches apart with 14 inches
between plants in the row.
Tomatoes are rotated in a
3-year program with com,
wheat-vetch, or beans. The ro
tation consists of com-toma
toes-wheat-vetch or com-corn
tomatoes or com-com-beans
tomatoes. There was no lime
or manure applied to the
fields in 2002.
Prior to planting the toma
toes, 80N-100P-200K was
broadcast and incorporated
into the soil. When the tomato
transplants were being placed
in the field, 12 pounds of
10N-54P-4K starter fertilizer
was used in the transplant
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with the industry award at the Tomato Awards Lun
cheon at the recent Mid-Atlantic Fruit and Vegetable
Convention in Hershey.
water. The tomatoes were
sidedressed with 30 gallons
per acre of Nitro Plus with mi
cronutrients three to four
weeks after transplanting the
tomatoes in the field. Several
applications of SN-10P-27K at
5 pounds per acre were made
either as a foliar application
or injected into the drip irriga
tion system.
There was no preplant her
bicide treatment applied prior
to transplanting the tomatoes.
A post application of Matrix
Seed Co., Inc.
at 1 ounce per acre and Sen
cor at 4 ounces per acre was
made 10 days after trans
planting the tomatoes. Some
fields received two applica
tions of Matrix and Sencor
tank mix.
The most difficult weed to
control in 2002 was giant rag
weed. Fungicides were applied
on a 7-10 day spray schedule
throughout the growing sea
son. Champ II plus Dithane,
Bravo, and Quadris were al
ternated throughout the grow-
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plied 3 times at two-week
intervals three weeks after
transplanting the tomatoes.
Both aphids and spider mites
were the most difficult insects
to control in 2002 even with
the application of dimethoate
or Larmate.
Class 111 (45-60 Acres)
Jacob Heisey
Jacob Heisey, Jersey Shore,
won the award for the highest
tomato yield in Class 111 for
growers with 45 to 60 acres.
Heisey Farms harvested
1,786.8 tons of usable fruit for
Furman Foods on 45.3 acres
for a 39.4 tons per acre aver
age yield. His average A grade
was 62.3 percent and ranking
value was 23.3.
Varieties grown included
Heinz 9423 and Heinz 9035.
Heisey used transplants from
Georgia as plugs and New
Jersey as plugs at a popula
tion of 11,800 plants per acre.
The single rows are planted on
a 9-inch plant spacing in the
row and 56 inches between
rows. They were planted from
May 17 through June 1,2002.
Tomatoes are rotated in a
3-year program with com in
year one followed by two years
of soybeans. Lime and fertil
izer were applied according to
soil test recommendations.
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Calcitic lime was applied at
the rate of 2,000 pounds per
acre prior to field preparation.
Muriate of potash was plowed
down at the rate of 300 to 500
pounds per acre depending on
individual field requirements.
N-P-K was supplied with
the application of 60 gallons
per acre banded of a liquid
6-6-12 material. In addition,
the tomatoes were sidedressed
with 20 gallons per acre of 28
percent N. There was no ma
nure applications to any of the
fields.
Weeds were controlled with
tankmix application of Sencor
at 3 ounces per acre, Matrix at
2 ounces per acre, and Kinetic
at 2 pints per 100 gallons of
water as an early post applica
tion. The most difficult weed
to control in 2002 was eastern
black nightshade.
Dithane at 2 pounds per
acre and Bravo at 2-3 pints
per acre were used in rotation
with Quadris at 6 ounces per
acre on a 7- to 10-day sched
ule to control diseases. There
were also several applications
of Nucop liquid at 2 pints per
acre during the growing sea
son.
Insects were controlled with
the following insecticides ap
plied during the growing sea
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