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Originally Posted by Minnesota Mato
I grew out three different garden plots this year with about 120 tomatoes total. I had 30 plants of the (f2)between my Pimpinellifolium x Old Sea Man. That was my only garden that didn't do well. It had deer, high winds and you name it. I was looking for just the darkest black tomato out of the group. I got a very poor sampling and was lucky to pick out anything at all.
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My new place has deer wandering through all the time. (The recent snow has emphasized this for me very well.) We've been talking about installing electric deer-fences so we can have a chance of getting anything at all!
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Originally Posted by Minnesota Mato
If I can get my cutting to flourish during the winter I should have plenty seed to share with you.
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That would be very nice of you. I keep being surprised by the collaborations I've seen (or been involved with) that arise here on the Tomatoville forums. ;-)
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Originally Posted by Minnesota Mato
Do you think the bi - color from the Old Sea Man has something to do with it? Do you think there is any modifier genes involved?
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I really like the theory that the bi-color trait of OSM is being expressed differently due to a modifier, as it appeals to my peculiar sense of algorithmic simplicity. This is such a new trait to be examined, however, so it could be an entirely disconnected trait. We have to do the cross to find out.