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Old December 13, 2014   #186
ChrisK
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Oh boy. Guess I better plant a few more flats.


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Originally Posted by Fusion_power View Post
Chris, Sungold smells just like S. Habrochaites. The smell segregates from the high brix trait at a ratio of 32:1 meaning if you grow 32 plants 1 of them will be very sweet without the typical sungold smell.

Combining high brix with excellent tomato flavor has been a bit difficult. So far, I've seen very sweet fruit in the F2 or F3, but it segregates the next generation indicating some of the genes for high brix are dominant and others are recessive. I got 1 F5 plant out of about 300 grown that exhibits high brix and outstanding tomato flavor.
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