[Community_garden] Cage them love apples!

[Jack Hale]

Well....
Yield isn't everything.
For instance, if you have a rat problem in the area, letting your
tomatoes lie on the ground would probably  result in every single one of
them having a nice bite taken out of it.
JH 


Jack N. Hale
Executive Director
Knox Parks Foundation
75 Laurel Street
Hartford, CT 06106
860/951-7694

-----Original Message-----
From: community_garden-bounces at list.communitygarden.org
[mailto:community_garden-bounces at list.communitygarden.org] On Behalf Of
Ken Hargesheimer
Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 8:28 AM
To: Fred Conrad
Cc: Scott Kuzio; community_garden at list.communitygarden.org; Mike McGrath
Subject: Re: [Community_garden] Cage them love apples!

Fred,

Assuming the UM study is correct, why do we have a mindset that rejects
what is better?

 Mike, I remember a study done by the University of Maryland some many
> several (25?) years ago that showed they actually got better yield 
> from tomatoes that ran amok and rooted in all over the place.
>
> I'm not recommending it, I'm just sharing.
> fgc
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