This page was updated on Tuesday March 27 2007

Download entire newsletter
16 pages
745 kb


Vegetable Notes - Special Edition
Processing Tomatoes in the South San Joaquin Valley
April 2002

UCCE Farm Advisors:

Fresno - Jesus Valencia
Kern County - Joe Nunez
Madera & Merced Counties - Scott Stoddard
Tulare & Kings Counties - Michelle Le Strange

Table of Contents

Introduction

PLANT SPACINGS

 

Direct Seeded Tomatoes

 

Transpalnted Tomatoes

Anti-Crustants and Herbicides

IRRIGATION

 

Early Season Strategy

 

Optimizing Quality & Yield

FERTILIZATION

 

Fertilizer Guidelines

 

Potassium Requirements

 

How Much N to Sidedress

DISEASES

 

Early and Late Blight

 

Fusarium Diseases

 

Curly Top Virus

Extended Field Storage

SOURCES OF INFORMATION