Haven't been over on this thread for almost a full month. Well things are shaping up.
Picture #1 sent from a cell phone to show how the tomatoes in Orange, Ca are doing(set out last week of March- Iowa one month later)
Picture #2 set out the Iowa tomatoes at the farm on May 28th & this picture was taken one week later.
Picture #3 just taken on Friday, June 25th at the farm. Most are starting to bloom & some are forming little tomatoes.
In comparing picture #1(CA) to #3(IA) it actually looks like Iowa is ahead of CA. The temperatures in CA have mostly been in the seventies and Iowa is having a hotter summer. Since May 15th it's been consistently in the 80's every day and sometimes up to 90. Once in a while it will drop to a high of 70's for a few days. Couple that with lots of rain and my prediction will be that Iowa will put on tomatoes before CA.
Out there is in-ground city water sprinklers where we get REAL rain in Iowa. Eventually it will be a little hotter in CA so the race is on . . first real tomato wins.
