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Old November 30, 2012   #26
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Actually there are a plenty Russian amateur and commercial tomato varieties to survive at -7C (19,4F) and even lower at -14C (7F).

The most popular (in Russia) extreme cold tolerant amateur tomato varieties were bred by Saraev P. from Russian town Orenburg: Stepnyak, О-33, I-3 or Iyunskiy-3, Gruntovyi, Limonchik, Sibiryak, Orenburzhets, Kemerovets, Spiridonovskiy etc.

I've tried Spiridonovskiy, Kemerovets and I-3. They were really cold tolerant at least at about 0C.

More reading for Russian speaking enthusiasts abour Saraev tomato varieites: http://sadoved.com/3798-saraevskie-t...-nasledie.html
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