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25 Sep 16, Karl (South Africa - Humid sub-tropical climate)

Best varieties for Mozambique will be HTX 14, HTX 14 Turbo and a Brazilian variety Kilele available from Agrifocus Moz. (All determinate). Kilele gave me incredible results of 150 t/ha. They are processing type and need some staking. Moz market wants processing tomato and not round type. Disease control is your main problem due to very high humidity levels. Hope this helps?

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09 Dec 16, Derek Bennett (South Africa - Humid sub-tropical climate)

Dear Karl. I am an ex Zim farmer, 76 yrs old and need to do something to provide for my wife when I m gone. Tomatoes up north in Moz have very good prices. . Any advice you can give me would be truly appreciated. Best regards Derek Bennett

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26 Oct 16, Derek Bennett (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate)

Hi. We are in Southern Mozambique, near the coast . We are looking for tomato varities to handle our humid condtions, and should have good leaf cover. Regards Derek Bennett

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05 Sep 16, Hazrat (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate)

Hi. I'm looking for indeterminate tomatoes. Thanks.i stay in kwa dukuza.

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19 Mar 16, hazwl (South Africa - Humid sub-tropical climate)

My green peppers an tomatoes doesn't do well tomatoe leaves turn grey and greenpeper leaves don't look so good. I do treat them with insect sprays it helps but I get one or 2 peppers a time .

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01 Jan 16, Derek Bennett (South Africa - Humid sub-tropical climate)

We are in S. Mozambique and would like to plant tomatoes yrear round. Please, advise best varities for this purpose, and, plants should be eelworm resistant.

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02 Jan 16, RayS (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

My son lives in a similar climate. He grows currant tomatoes (Solanum pimpinellifolium) as these seem to be the only ones that produce most of the year. He sows often enough that he has plants developing all year. He doesn't get much in the height of the summer (wet season). Hope this helps.

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05 Oct 14, Kika (South Africa - Humid sub-tropical climate)

I have a few tomato plants, they seem to flower a lot but no fruit comes from the flowers. What am I doing wrong? Too much/little water?

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21 Jul 14, Hester (South Africa - Humid sub-tropical climate)

I live in the Klein Karoo, winter everythig dies with frost and in the summer the birds eats everything the sun don't scorge. I want to put up a hot house. Which variety is best for growing in a hothouse?

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21 Sep 19, Dave Ridley (South Africa - Dry summer sub-tropical climate)

Hothouse is good for winter, summer time I recommend shade netting house constructed with cheap treated wooden poles and at least 40% shade netting to keep sun off a bit and birds out. Grow your own choice of tomatoe variety and any other summer vegetable you wish. PS. Make the structure tall enough to stand up in or you’ll get a pain in the back crouching over.

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