Did you have bad luck with your (Wal-Mart) tomato plants this year?

We usually plant 10 -12 tomato plants every spring. Every year I can 20-25 quarts of salsa and few quarts of regular tomatoes and have enough to give tons away to friends and family. This year I purchased plants from Wal-mart garden center and they just sucked. Although they grew nicely, they hardly produced enough tomatos to enjoy fresh. Did any one else have this problem? Was it the plants or just the year. (Midwest USA)

Did you have bad luck with your (Wal-Mart) tomato plants this year?
WalMart is totally unethical when it comes to wholesale growers. They want small and cheap and will renig on contracts. It's not the grower's fault, they're forced to follow the specs WM gives them and what you get is inferior plants. I'll say no more 'cause I don't wanna be sued. Local greenhouses have taken to potting starts in much larger 6-packs, just to differentiate themselves from WM. Support a local family greenhouse and get quality plants that the grower stands behind!
Reply:I have made a solemn vow never to buy any kind of plant from wal-mart. Every plant I have ever bought from there has died about a week later!
Reply:all my store bought plants tanked. Luckily I had wild romas that are still fruiting.
Reply:Here in Ohio it was a bad year for tomatos. There were periods of way too much rain with long dry spells between.



I would not buy my starts from Wal Mart regardless.
Reply:I have bad luck with Walmart's tomato and other vegetable plants all the time and that is why I do not buy such plants from them.
Reply:Here in Kentucky it was a bad year for tomato's. All of mine that I bought from a family owned nursery ended up with black end rot. Their was too much rain in the spring and long dry spells in the summer months. By the way I don't like wal-mart plants either.

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