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September 2, 2011 | #106 | |
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Husker nana,
Missed this post somehow- some crazy events here in the past 36 hrs. Glad to hear your tomatoes have come through for you and that you are canning- very time consuming, huh? How do I do it? Not nearly as well as I would like but with the help of DH both in the garden and delivering loads of tomatoes to neighbors, etc. so that I'm not dealing with them all! Keeping the plants to single vines and picking off the "ugly" fruits in August helped limit the total number of fruits. Many are cracking badly and rotting lately, so the season is winding down pretty quickly here. The experience this year and last with large numbers of plants has shown me I definitely don't want to do it again, as I've found enough winners in the two seasons to do regrowing and comparisons next year as well as growing just a few select new additions. It's not good for me to get completely overwhelmed and not be able to keep up with bugs, disease and necessary spraying and to witness the demise of other crops. The goal next year will be to simplify and keep it manageable. I'm glad to hear you enjoyed the posts. Kath Quote:
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September 2, 2011 | #107 |
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September 3, 2011 | #108 |
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Thanks Kath for taking the time to show us all these varieties. I too have mixed feelings about the season winding down.
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September 3, 2011 | #109 | |
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Yesterday I noticed that spotted cucumber beetles have been eating holes in quite a number of fruits and they are down inside of them- I've never noticed this before and had no idea they were a tomato pest. |
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September 5, 2011 | #110 |
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wow, kathy! soooo many tomatoes there and they all look amazing. thanks a lot for posting all of the great pics.
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September 5, 2011 | #111 |
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Thank you, Randall- actually they weren't all amazing but enough of them were good enough overall to get another chance next year. I don't think this was an easy year for growing tomatoes because there were a lot of disease, heat, excessive rainfall and bug problems but the sheer number of plants I had gave me plenty of fruit and I managed to be able to try fruits from all but a couple of varieties. That makes it a good season for me.
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September 8, 2011 | #112 |
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Incredible, that I just found this post! I just read through it twice, and loved every minute. All of your tomatoes looked absolutely beautiful! It really is simply mind boggling, wow, I mean double WOW!
I will go on a hunt for the fertilizer you are using definitely, but for the important question. Out of all those beautiful tomatoes you grew, which ones would you grow again? So far, what I can surmise from your post I have, that you liked. Brave General Hays Matt's Wild Cherry Dooblon-Not/Chocolate Beefsteak Carmen F1 Are there any more? Thank you Kath! |
September 8, 2011 | #113 |
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Thanks, raindrops- glad you enjoyed it. Not sure if the specific fertilizer is important, though, and I didn't grow Matt's Wild Cherry this year.
Next year, I'll be trialing some of the ones from this year again against old favorites and a few new ones. The ones that made the cut from this year because of their taste are: Brave General Chocolate Beefsteak Fish Lake Oxheart Giannini Hays Hawaiian Pineapple Oleyar's German Terhune Work Release Paste So far, these are still possible regrows: Amazon Chocolate PL Bull's Heart Pink Flathead Monster Flathead Monster Pink Brandywine, Heart-Shaped Granny's Heart Prue Tennessee Sweet Tennessee Britches West Virginia Sweet Meat Some that I'll try again because of problems this year with plants or off-types include: Amana Pink Aunt Astrida's Latvian Heart Black Mountain Pink Captain Lucky Indiana Red Italian Sweet Maria Amaziletei's Giant Red Shirley S Top Sirloin Past faves that may be back include: JD's Special C-Tex Kosovo Sandul Moldovan Sungold F1 Watermelon Beefsteak So far, these new ones may happen next year: First Mate Grant County Pink Hunt Family Favorite Orange Banana It's way too early for me to have a final list- now I'm seeing which ones can be picked almost green and still ripen well without rotting on the counter. Last edited by kath; September 18, 2011 at 01:06 AM. |
September 9, 2011 | #114 |
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Oh goodie Kath~
Thanks for the list.. Will have another look of the ones you listed, when I get back in tomorrow evening. Melissa |
September 12, 2011 | #115 |
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Kath you are amazing. All those tomatoes to evaluate and the best are those group pictures, what a brilliant idea. I took a lot of pictures this year but all individual tomatoes. Next year I will follow your footsteps and make a few group photos. I also use the same fertilizer you use with great success. Fertrell Organic Granular Super Lawn & Garden fertilizer. One year I tried the super "N" formula and that was toooo strong for tomatoes and switched back to the "regular" super.
Kath: When you are out in the field taste testing, and you grab a tomato to taste does your gut say, this is good (or) not so good and that's that, its your final decission and maybee only a handfull that need to be re-evaluated? |
September 13, 2011 | #116 | |
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I only taste test in the kitchen where I will also jot down least a brief note after each tomato. Not usually just one taste, though. I'd say I average 3 tries/variety before I give up. I'll vary how ripe I allow the fruit to get, try it at different points in the season, etc. if possible. By the way, I'm glad I planted your "Chocolate Beefsteak" (whatever it may be) because it was really, really good. I'm looking forward to your pictures and reviews. |
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March 5, 2012 | #117 |
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I just found this post. Wow Kath, your on your way to growing every tomato out there!
I'm just growing this year Sandul Moldovan that I received from your seed offer 2010. I think I'm going to like it. I noticed you have grown Val's Red Nibbler, how was it? |
March 6, 2012 | #118 |
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Well, I'm just trying to find my favorites asap! One of the downsides of growing so many plants is that my note-taking is sometimes neglected. I don't have a single note about this one- as a cherry, it means that it wasn't as good for me as Sungold or Matt's Wild Cherry but I can't remember why not. It didn't leave any lasting impressions one way or the other. Hope we both like Sandul Moldovan as much as I did in the 2010 season.
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March 8, 2012 | #119 | |
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