Seeds arrived today Dar - thank you!
I've been scouring the net for information about them. I'm really thrilled to try out the
B. Cinerea tolerant accessions and the powdery mildew tolerant
S. Pimpinellifolium looks wonderful!
L. taurica was a real plague towards the end of last summer.
I found the article you mentioned about PI 120256, it is quite amazing to find L. esculentum from Turkey ranking in the top ten among the other species for cold tolerant growth. They've got some good genes going there.
http://journal.ashspublications.org/...6/679.full.pdf
You might find this interesting as well, looking at lycopene levels and antioxidant activities in different accessions including PI 120256, which describes the fruit "very large". l'm reckoning on a large, vigorous plant from this one.
http://journal.ashspublications.org/...5/704.full.pdf
Also the Pimpinellifoliums have three times the lycopene as regular tomatoes, wow!
I'm wondering how LA4233 and LA4268 are doing in your cold tolerance tests? I'm planning to do several waves of planting this year, starting with the most cold tolerant plants, get one each of them into the greenhouse when day temps are 50 F and keep data on the temperature and their progress. If they're not super cold tolerant, it'd be better to start them with the second wave. (It'll still be cold, don't worry!
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