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Dianne Gregory July 13, 2013 11:16 AM

Iron Lady Tomato for late blight resistance
 
I'm sorry if other people posted about this already, but I'm interested in your thoughts about the Iron Lady tomato from High Mowing Seeds with regard to late blight resistance.

I am currently experimenting with Seyverna Korolneyva AKA Северная королева AKA "Queen of the North" and Tom Wagner's Magic Trick cherry.

I have had good resistance with the Seyverna but the taste is excruciatingly bland to me.

The magic trick is doing wonderfully, I am going out to get pics later today, but it is a cherry. And I don't know how it tastes yet.

And now I dont want to jinx myself but I'm not seeing signs of blight yet...

Anyway I would love to hear anyone else's thoughts and experiences on Iron Lady and any other blight resistant tomatoes they are experimenting with.

jennifer28 July 13, 2013 11:21 AM

Here is a link to the Iron Lady description

[url]http://www.highmowingseeds.com/Organic-Iron-Lady-F1-Hybrid-Tomato-Seeds.html[/url]

Even though it is an F1, this really looks like it may have some decent possibilities.

travis July 13, 2013 12:03 PM

I purchased the 10-seed pack of Iron Lady this past winter intending to use Iron Lady as an input in breeding with a heirloom type tomato for a hopefully Septoria resistant line. I planted all 10 seeds. Unfortunately, the sprouts were very weak, and in the end, neither of the two more healthy seedlings made it into the garden.

I've had this same experience with several other ultra-modern, multi-resistant hybrids from seed. Maybe if I had a fully equipped greenhouse, I might have better luck with these types of seedlings. But as it is, I start seeds in the cab of my pickup truck, and transfer them to the bed of the truck as weather permits. The old standards and crosses I already have made with old standards x modern disease resistant hybrids also respond much better than the modern multi-resistant hybrids themselves to my modified "wintersown" seed starting process.

Dianne Gregory July 13, 2013 12:28 PM

Thank you for sharing your experience with it. I think I'm going to try it because, like you, I think it has potential for breeding... I may have crop failure too, but I want to try it anyway :)

Lee July 13, 2013 12:51 PM

I've got three plants growing.
One in the garden, one in a pot I just haven't planted yet, and a late planter in another garden bed.

Blight or bacterial spec/spot seems to be pretty prevalent in the garden this year, so I'll have to take good notes on its performance.

First reaction though is somewhat disappointing. It's determinate, and
has stopped setting fruit. I'm not sure if the numbers are going to
justify keeping it long term though. At least plum regal was a fruit producing machine with great disease tolerance. (Of course it wasn't very good tasting, but that's for another thread.....)

Lee

travis July 13, 2013 02:14 PM

Since Defiance has both late and early blight tolerance, in addition to a reputation for decent flavor, the only reason I saw to grow Iron Lady was the chance at Septoria resistance to boot. I'd rather not use Plum Regal for breeding inputs as it carries male sterility genetics. The flavor was okay for a plum type tomato, and it has a great high crimson value.

Dianne Gregory July 13, 2013 05:31 PM

I like the idea of defiant.

Mashman July 15, 2013 04:36 PM

This year I grew a few varieties that are supposed to have some resistance to late blight:

Mountain Merit
Iron Lady
Early Sue
Magic Trick
Sky Komish

There have been cases of late blight reported in MA. So far, all varieties are healthy. Iron lady doesn't seem to be producing blossoms (at all).

I've been spraying the plants with Fung-onil which lists "late blight fruit rot" as a disease it is supposed to control. A little confusing because late blight really attacks the whole plant (leaves, stems and fruit).

So far so good....

Michael

efisakov July 16, 2013 06:50 PM

[QUOTE=jennifer28;363423]I'm sorry if other people posted about this already, but I'm interested in your thoughts about the Iron Lady tomato from High Mowing Seeds with regard to late blight resistance.

I am currently experimenting with Seyverna Korolneyva AKA Северная королева AKA "Queen of the North" and Tom Wagner's Magic Trick cherry.

I have had good resistance with the Seyverna but the taste is excruciatingly bland to me.

The magic trick is doing wonderfully, I am going out to get pics later today, but it is a cherry. And I don't know how it tastes yet.

And now I dont want to jinx myself but I'm not seeing signs of blight yet...

Anyway I would love to hear anyone else's thoughts and experiences on Iron Lady and any other blight resistant tomatoes they are experimenting with.[/QUOTE]

In your thread "северная королева northern queen tomato" you spelled it "severnaya koroleva", which was a correct transcription.
Good luck with your project, Jen.:)

jennifer28 July 16, 2013 07:23 PM

LOL thanks Ella. I try to spell, then I forget tee hee... severnaya severnaya severnaya

You should listen to me try to speak Russian. That is even more entertaining.

Seriously, I had a major head injury in December and things are still very scrambled up here:dizzy:

efisakov July 16, 2013 07:32 PM

Do you speak Russian?

Dianne Gregory July 16, 2013 09:26 PM

[QUOTE=Mashman;363941]This year I grew a few varieties that are supposed to have some resistance to late blight:

Mountain Merit
Iron Lady
Early Sue
Magic Trick
Sky Komish

There have been cases of late blight reported in MA. So far, all varieties are healthy. Iron lady doesn't seem to be producing blossoms (at all).

I've been spraying the plants with Fung-onil which lists "late blight fruit rot" as a disease it is supposed to control. A little confusing because late blight really attacks the whole plant (leaves, stems and fruit).

So far so good....

Michael[/QUOTE]

Michael

I'm trying Early Sue next year.

Thank you for the skykomish, I have those growing.

jennifer28 July 16, 2013 09:27 PM

[QUOTE=efisakov;364220]Do you speak Russian?[/QUOTE]

Not really, I started to learn last summer but then I had a head injury so I was busy getting better. I would like to learn.

efisakov July 16, 2013 10:12 PM

I am happy to help, Jen.

swamper July 17, 2013 08:50 PM

I have a few Iron Lady plants growing, too soon to judge much, but they are looking good, growing next to Mountain Merit. I got my seed from High Mowing and had no problem whatsoever with seedling vigor.

The other tomato I got from HMS was Tang, an o.p. which is quite vigorous from the start.


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