Tomato Growers Supply Co.
 

Just would like to give the folks at Tomato Growers Supply An ATTA-Boy or Girl for the fine service given on my order for 2007 (Got it right this time). Initially I tried to order online but on their dropdown for country listings they didn't have Germany. Gave them a call and they said "No Problem" put your address in the remarks section and the rest is history. Received my order in 5 days. Super Service. Amideutch

I love TGS. Beautiful catalog, great selection, excellent customer service -- I liked everything I ordered, and planning another order soon... more hot peppers this time.

i have ordered from tgs for many years and think they are top notch.

2 or 3 years ago i wanted to try just 1 new variety and this was before i found gw or tville so a trade was not possible. s&h was as much or more than the 1 packet of tomato seeds. i sent tgs an email asking if i could just send them a sase to eliminate the s&h charge. they gladly accpeted my request. now that's a company i will always support and sing their praises every chance i get.

tom

And any further support any of you can give to TGS will be deeply appreciated.

I posted here that Linda lost her husband Vince earlier this summer; quite unexpected.

Vince was a lawyer as well as a CPA and was integral to the TGS operation re tomatoes. He would have wanted Linda to go on, she knows it, and she is, and we've chatted several times lately. It's hard, that's for sure.

I help where I can and try to give her all the support that I can. She is a gracious, honest, wonderful woman.

I will most definately place an order with TGS this December or January. I've looked at the 2006 catalog about 1000 times.

I placed my first order with TGS on Sunday, had the seeds in my mailbox Friday. Truly excellent service. :D

Looking forward to an indoor tomato fest with Red Robin, Yellow Canary, Micro-Tom & Tiny Tim to get me through the winter doldrums [1st hard freeze came last night to finish off the garden].

Carolyn, when you mentionned here that Linda lost her husband I had just placed an order with TGS a few days prior to your post. I was pretty sure that she had MUCH more important things to do than to look after my seed order. I didn't think I was going to receive them and didn't even want to bother her with a refund or question about my order. I figured my lost was very insignificant, really.

Before I had time to re-order with another company the order from TGS arrived in Australia. I think it was 6-7 days after I placed it. Everything was there, instructions, little thank you note even a free packet of seeds. Knowing what had just happened to this woman I felt very humbled and inspired by her courage and determination to go on.

[quote=carolyn137]And any further support any of you can give to TGS will be deeply appreciated.[/quote]

Carolyn, I got an order from this company earlier this fall for next year. Rapidly filled and all correct. I am still new to growing from seed, only at it for a few years now, and don't know the suppliers very well, so keen insight from seasoned gardeners is so very helpful!

I will fill my garden out with more from her catalogue in late December.

Hope all is going well with you!

Jaime

My recent order from TGS arrived today. A few days later than the others I ordered the same day but had an extra package of seeds and nice note thanking me for the business. And still was only a day over a week arriving. Was impressed and will probably do business again in the future. I will know more about all the vendors I ordered seed from after I plant the seeds and grow them next year. Jay

TGS 2008 catalog just came online.

[url]http://www.tomatogrowers.com/index.html[/url]

Lots of new ones in there.

[quote=bcday;81455]TGS 2008 catalog just came online.

[URL]http://www.tomatogrowers.com/index.html[/URL]

Lots of new ones in there.[/quote]


Yes, and I'm glad to see that your Mama Leone is there from seeds I sent to Linda.

I need to contact her about changing the info for Kosovo to I got my seeds from Glenn Parker, and I think I'll take the time to read through some of the other blurbs as well. For now I just scanned quickly.

I know that Mule Team was described as an heirloom but Box Car Willie was not, and neither are.

I also was pleased to see Todd County Amish being listed. I got those seeds from Doug in MN who is a member here as well as one called Amish Potato Leaf.

Bah! I submitted an order YESTERDAY! :(

Good to see New Big Dwarf and Kosovo getting more attention. I will have to give Church another taste in 2008 as it has gotten high reviews from several people.


New Red/Pink for 2008:[LIST][*][B]Applause VFFA[/B][*][B]New Big Dwarf[/B][*][B]Royesta FFNT[/B][*][B]Kosovo[/B][*][B]Beauty[/B][*][B]Church[/B][*][B]Todd County Amish[/B][/LIST]Paste:[LIST][*][B]Mama Leone[/B][/LIST]Bicolor:[LIST][*][B]Ananas Noir[/B][*][B]Oaxacan Jewel[/B][/LIST]Purple/Black:[LIST][*][B]Black Zebra[/B][/LIST]Orange:[LIST][*][B]Aunt Gertie's Gold[/B][/LIST]I also count one new sweet pepper:[LIST][*][B]Pritavit Hybrid[/B][/LIST]and 3 new hot peppers:[LIST][*][B]Big Bomb Hybrid - small pickling/stuffing pepper
[/B][*][B]Explosive Ember - ornamental purple[/B][*][B]Sahuaro hybrid - new version of Big Chile II[/B][/LIST]

Great! Thanks, bcday!

They have a couple of new hybrid eggplants, as well.

Well they don't have Yamamoto Tomato, Great Wall "worths strain" or Tesla Tomato yet.:evil: :P

Both bcday and I have found some errors and I called Linda today to let her know about them. She laughed a lot when I told her that the price of Todd County Amish seeds were $30.

So in reading thru if you find any errors please post them here and if they've already been noted I'll say so and for any new ones I'll pass on the info to Linda who will pass on the info to her Webmaster.

She said that folks should soon be getting their catalogs b'c they're sent third class so it does take a while. And she said any errors of course can't be fixed re the print catalog until next year.

Thanks.

I noticed they listed New Big Dwarf as a determinate variety. I was under the impression it produced all season.

[quote=shelleybean;81494]I noticed they listed New Big Dwarf as a determinate variety. I was under the impression it produced all season.[/quote]

It is a determinate.

There's not a perfect correlation between a variety being determinate and having a concentrated set of fruits vs those determinates that produce most of the season.:)

Hmm. Well then I'm glad I didn't put NBD on my list for 2008 then because I though it behaved as an indeterminate in a dwarf body. :bummer: Something here made me think that but I guess that's not really the case.

Is anyone but me having trouble using the "search" feature in the new TGS on line catalog? I've tried several ways and it can't locate varieties that I know are there. It doesn't seem to show up results on any search I do. Or maybe it is just me.

Don

Above the box where you type in what you want to search for, does it say catalog #? If you are trying to look for a name, click on the little blue square and select name or all fields from the drop-down menu. Not sure what you mean by tried several ways, but this turned out to be why the search feature didn't work for me.

That worked! Thanks!

Don

[quote=don06;81520]Is anyone but me having trouble using the "search" feature in the new TGS on line catalog? I've tried several ways and it can't locate varieties that I know are there. It doesn't seem to show up results on any search I do. Or maybe it is just me.

Don[/quote]

Linda also said that not everything is done at the website and gave large quantity seed amounts as one example.

So maybe the search feature is another example.

As I've said many times here and elsewhere, give me a catalog to curl up with b'c sitting and looking at a screen just doesn't do it for me.

If the search feature doesn't shape up in the next week and if others are also having problems with it I'd be glad to tell Linda about that as well.

Carolyn, the search feature works. It's just that it defaults to search by catalog #, and people don't notice that. Once you change the menu selection to search by name, you can type in Kosovo and it will find it.

I think TGS should change the default search to 'name' or 'all fields', or get rid of the menu altogether to make the search feature easier for people to use. Who searches by catalog # anyway? We don't post comments saying this or that catalog # is a great tomato, LOL.

Just noticed they spell Cuostralee as Coustralee......

[quote=shelleybean;81517]Hmm. Well then I'm glad I didn't put NBD on my list for 2008 then because I though it behaved as an indeterminate in a dwarf body. :bummer: Something here made me think that but I guess that's not really the case.[/quote]
Just means you start a second set of seeds in June. ;) Or swap in a pepper plant or something.

That sort of happens anyway Feldon because once my plants get TSWV, I pull them out and pop new ones in their place. :lol: I'll just stick with the indeterminates. Thanks, guys!

TGS print catalog arrived in the mailbox today. :)

[QUOTE=bcday;82016]TGS print catalog arrived in the mailbox today. :)[/QUOTE]

Got mine today too!
Shiny--Oooooooooo :-))

CECIL

Got my TGS catalog too....yesterday.

Jay