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Originally Posted by Ahava
This year other than the roma's I don't know what I want to do. I need to figure out what to do with these darn gophers first.  |
Here are two outstanding Romas:
Striped Roman from
Underwood Gardens-Heirloom seeds, open pollinated and rare seeds.
San Marzano Redorta from
Grow Italian
The strain of Striped Roman they have at Underwood Gardens is unique.
Gophers.
The most effective way is to hire an agricultural service to pump flamable gas down all the holes in the neighborhood and ignite it, then you and your neighbors put strychnine down any new holes (sorry).
The alternative is to build an 18 inch high raised bed about 3 feet wide and with 3 feet of length for every tomato or equivalent plant. Line the bottom and the sides with 1/2 inch metal chicken wire so that the mesh extends 2 feet out of the ground all the way around to become a fence.