Campari

duajones · January 2, 2007

I remember someone mentioning saving seeds to plant, but couldnt find anything with a search. Just wondering if anyone has indeed grown them and what the results were. I recently saved seeds and am pondering giving them a try.

feldon30 · January 2, 2007

Here's another topic about it:
http://www.tomatoville.com/viewtopic.php?t=1091

As much as people like adventure and experimenting here, I'm sure some people have saved seeds. Of course the big question is, after sorting out the seeds and growing for several years (see below dehybridization), will it taste better than any of dozens of tomato varieties?

Campari was chosen because it does well in greenhouses and has some taste after you torture it to death with refrigeration.

Since I am not greenhouse growing or refrigerating, it may fall flat when compared to other similar varieties that were selected for flavor.

If Campari is a hybrid, then saved seeds would be F2. If you then grew some of those seeds into several tomato plants (which, if the hybrid was between two VERY different parents, then you will get wide variation between these tomato plants) and saved seeds from the one tomato plant that most resembled what you liked about Campari, that would be F3. Repeat with 10-20 tomato plants per year of each F-series so you get lots of examples to choose from and by F4 or F5, you should have something "stable" that would then be ok to send seeds out to people.

Of course if Campari is OP (open pollinated), then someone has already done all this work for you and seeds you save (assuming no cross-pollination) can be given out to anyone and get Campari.

January 2, 2007	#1
duajones Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Corpus Christi,Texas Z9 Posts: 1,996	Campari I remember someone mentioning saving seeds to plant, but couldnt find anything with a search. Just wondering if anyone has indeed grown them and what the results were. I recently saved seeds and am pondering giving them a try.

January 2, 2007	#2
feldon30 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 5,346	Here's another topic about it: http://www.tomatoville.com/viewtopic.php?t=1091 As much as people like adventure and experimenting here, I'm sure some people have saved seeds. Of course the big question is, after sorting out the seeds and growing for several years (see below dehybridization), will it taste better than any of dozens of tomato varieties? Campari was chosen because it does well in greenhouses and has some taste after you torture it to death with refrigeration. Since I am not greenhouse growing or refrigerating, it may fall flat when compared to other similar varieties that were selected for flavor. If Campari is a hybrid, then saved seeds would be F2. If you then grew some of those seeds into several tomato plants (which, if the hybrid was between two VERY different parents, then you will get wide variation between these tomato plants) and saved seeds from the one tomato plant that most resembled what you liked about Campari, that would be F3. Repeat with 10-20 tomato plants per year of each F-series so you get lots of examples to choose from and by F4 or F5, you should have something "stable" that would then be ok to send seeds out to people. Of course if Campari is OP (open pollinated), then someone has already done all this work for you and seeds you save (assuming no cross-pollination) can be given out to anyone and get Campari. __________________ [SIZE="3"]I've relaunched my gardening website -- [B]TheUnconventionalTomato.com[/B][/SIZE] * [I][SIZE="1"]*I'm not allowed to post weblinks so you'll have to copy-paste it manually.[/SIZE][/I]