Opalka Tomato

Apalka

Appears these are weak tomatoes. We start inside & they came up fine. Then they just seem so much tender & weak compared to other tomatoes we start. Not very happy with these.

Very hard to rate this tomato (3 stars isn't that accurate)

First off, 98% germination rate was fantastic. I used a fairly heavy mix of compost to soil. I have a tremendous amount of organics in my soil. I plant in raised beds. These plants were Magnificent. Because I use only Chicken manure for fertilizer, the Nitrogen count is very high so my plants were 7'-8' tall. I use fly-ash heavily and ag-lime to balance my PH. The ash has a lot of K so the blossom production was incredible. I had perhaps 65 - 80 tomatoes per plant. They grew beautifully, that is until the blossom end rot started. That and pests would devastate these tomatoes. I literally had Olpalkas touching Italian Heirlooms, the Olpalkas would be hit hard, the Italians showed no signs of any trauma, at all. The fruit was beautiful but stayed on the vine and took forever to ripen. big beautiful fruit and almost no yield because of end rot and pests. I started the BT on them early and maintained a regiment, but to no avail. So, with all this being said, the plants were gorgeous, the fruit was gorgeous, the yield was horrible. I was disappointed, but I still feel this was something I was or was not doing right and I will definitely take another crack at the Olpalkas again.

Excellent

Plants are growing great.