Thanks for the thoughts on broccoli. I know about how they produce side shoots and it's true, but for us it just has never produced as much as we'd like. Your comment definitely demonstrates that there are lots of different points of view on a subject.
We only grow heirloom tomatoes and don't deal with diseases, but the cherokee purple just simply does not produce as much as we get from other heirlooms. I like a tomato plant to produce dozens and dozens of fruit and the cherokee purple has been the least productive of the at least 100 heirloom tomatoes we've trialed over the years.
