The KARMA Project - Page 8

KarenO · December 12, 2015

!!!!! yay for good taste and thin clear skin on beautiful colours already in the F1. so cool to watch from a distance. now translate those into a PL F2 and we will have what I was looking for already. I am convinced there will also be a bicolour, maybe even a green bicolour in the F2. If not, we can go back to the F1 and grow out a second lot. Save lots of seeds partner, this is going to be fun!
Karen

KarenO · December 12, 2015

do you have an opportunity to se what the other two plants produce? not that it really matters because these are more than I expected but just curious
K

RobinB · December 12, 2015

Hey Marsha, about how much do they weigh? They look to be salad-sized or so perhaps? I'm so glad that they taste good! Wheeeee!

Redbaron · December 12, 2015

Love it.

ginger2778 · December 12, 2015

Robin, I havent weighed them, but my guess would be 1-2 oz.
Karen, I haven't a clue as to who got the other 2 plants, someone did, but it was at my annual plant swap, and many attended.
Karen, I still have all the rest of your F1 seeds, shall I send those back to you when I send the F2s?

KarenO · December 12, 2015

no, keep them in case of disaster. also, please save lots of seeds from these and keep back some of each in case of a mail misdirection tragedy or something. Can always chuck them later

ginger2778 · December 13, 2015

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Originally Posted by KarenO

no, keep them in case of disaster. also, please save lots of seeds from these and keep back some of each in case of a mail misdirection tragedy or something. Can always chuck them later

Yeah, sh.. er.. Stuff happens!

ginger2778 · December 14, 2015

Cut fruit for seed saving today. I Used 3 fruit of the purple, and I notice regular islands of darkness in the pericarp. Locules, one had 4, seeds already removed, and the other two had 3. One fruit not totally ripe but close enough, and I think the seeds will be fine.
Being purple, not brown, I think the clear epi is a given, so I did not peel and scrape.

ginger2778 · December 14, 2015

Pink, first off taste is yummy, tomatoey, sweet, with enough acid to keep it far from bland, thin skin, firm texture but not crunchy. Locules, there are 3. Also took off a pice of skin and scraped it to confirm that indeed the epi is clear.

KarenO · December 14, 2015

they look tasty! I haven't had a real tomato for a while

Karen

ginger2778 · December 17, 2015

Drying seeds.

Fiishergurl · December 17, 2015

So awesome!!

Ginny

Barb_FL · December 17, 2015

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Originally Posted by Fiishergurl

So awesome!!

Ginny

I agree; you definitely have the magic tomato touch.

ginger2778 · December 17, 2015

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Originally Posted by Fiishergurl

So awesome!!

Ginny

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Originally Posted by Barb_FL

I agree; you definitely have the magic tomato touch.

Thank you both!

KC.Sun · December 17, 2015

Love this thread and what you've found.

It's so nice to see you growing tomatos when it's so cold out for everyone else.

Keep up the good work. I look forward to seeing more from this project and hopefully trying some soon

December 12, 2015	#109
Redbaron Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 4,488	Love it. __________________ Scott AKA The Redbaron "Permaculture is a philosophy of working with, rather than against nature; of protracted & thoughtful observation rather than protracted & thoughtless labour; & of looking at plants & animals in all their functions, rather than treating any area as a single-product system." Bill Mollison co-founder of permaculture

December 12, 2015	#106
KarenO Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Vancouver Island Posts: 5,928	!!!!! yay for good taste and thin clear skin on beautiful colours already in the F1. so cool to watch from a distance. now translate those into a PL F2 and we will have what I was looking for already. I am convinced there will also be a bicolour, maybe even a green bicolour in the F2. If not, we can go back to the F1 and grow out a second lot. Save lots of seeds partner, this is going to be fun! Karen

December 12, 2015	#107
KarenO Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Vancouver Island Posts: 5,928	do you have an opportunity to se what the other two plants produce? not that it really matters because these are more than I expected but just curious K

December 12, 2015	#108
RobinB Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Near Reno, NV Posts: 1,621	Hey Marsha, about how much do they weigh? They look to be salad-sized or so perhaps? I'm so glad that they taste good! Wheeeee!

December 12, 2015	#110
ginger2778 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Plantation, Florida zone 10 Posts: 9,283	Robin, I havent weighed them, but my guess would be 1-2 oz. Karen, I haven't a clue as to who got the other 2 plants, someone did, but it was at my annual plant swap, and many attended. Karen, I still have all the rest of your F1 seeds, shall I send those back to you when I send the F2s?

December 12, 2015	#111
KarenO Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Vancouver Island Posts: 5,928	no, keep them in case of disaster. also, please save lots of seeds from these and keep back some of each in case of a mail misdirection tragedy or something. Can always chuck them later

December 14, 2015	#115
KarenO Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Vancouver Island Posts: 5,928	they look tasty! I haven't had a real tomato for a while Karen

December 17, 2015	#117
Fiishergurl Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Oak Hill, Florida Posts: 1,781	So awesome!! Ginny

December 17, 2015	#120
KC.Sun Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: 6a Posts: 322	Love this thread and what you've found. It's so nice to see you growing tomatos when it's so cold out for everyone else. Keep up the good work. I look forward to seeing more from this project and hopefully trying some soon