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Originally Posted by Greatgardens
I made a post this past summer about "Linda" -- a basket tomato from Ukraine. I would call this a near micro -- growing to a max of about 15" (although sprawling a bit). Nevertheless, a very small plant. I put two of these in a 12" hanging basket and they did great, producing a few fruit of nearly 4 oz (most 2-3 oz). I ripped out one plant and cut the other back nearly to the soil, and it regenerated, making a good run for me with some nice "fall tomatoes." I'm also going to plant a couple to grow under lights, but I'll probably have to "top" the plant due to lack of headroom.
http://www.tomatoville.com/showthrea...ighlight=Linda
At least from my experience, that's quite a tomato from a plant so small. Patio F1 produces 3-4 oz fruit in large numbers, but it is much larger plant.
Are there others that produce relatively large fruit from near-micro plants? There is also a pink version of Linda that I'm going to try next season, but whether it will produce large fruit like Linda red remains to be seen.
-Greatgardens |
I'm not aware of any, but I'd like to find some.
I missed your original 'Linda' post. One of the things I am most interested in finding is a micro with 'tomato-size' fruit, rather than 'cherry-size'. I had one that was about 13" in a 6" pot and had fruit that ranged from 3 oz to 6 oz. - real tomato size. The down-side was that there was not a mature seed between all the fruit from that plant - Go figure.
I've got several growing right now that have fruit from mega-blossoms that look like they will be well over 4 oz and and the plant stay under 12". It's the first time I've seen mega-blossoms on micros. Four out of eight F3 plants from a one of the crosses had them. It is too early to know how large the regular single-blossom fruits on those plants will be. I have my fingers crossed.
I keep hoping someone will find a large one.