Too many Tomato plants in my garden

After giving up on tomatoes in my former home, I decided to start all over again with new soil and a raised bed.  I planted 14 plants, in a small space because Tom in my office started them from seeds and gave them to me.

Of course, I wanted to try every kind he had to offer.

Now, 3 months later, I know I planted too many plants and waited too long to add calcium to the soil.  I thought the manure would supply all the needed nutrition.

We have sufficient amount of cherry tomatoes, however most of the other tomatoes had bottom end rot.  We had to pick lots of tomatoes early and after we removed the damage we used the green tomatoes in sauce, pickling and even tried fried green tomatoes.  I would rather not use them green in the future.

Next year, I will follow the advice to plant at the most 6 tomato plants in a 4 x 4 raised bed and will use the MiracleGro with calcium.  I will interplant with the Borage and Basil and will reuse the red liner that is working well now to reflect light and conserve water.

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