Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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March 29, 2017 | #1 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: germany
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Marinda F1 - first supermarket tomato with great taste
I'm really surprised, today I invested a small fortune in a few tomatoes - 3,49€ for 4 small tomatoes because these tomatoes had a huge "top flavor" sign on them. So usually, in german supermarkets, you get nothing but red waterballs grown in huge greenhouses in soilless systems in the Netherlands. Beside that, Kumato has found it's place in some supermarkets, but I find it tastes just as bland as the others. Last year, one supmerarket offered a few special looking tomatoes (Pineapple, San Marzano, Green Zebra...) but they had no taste whatsoever.
So I was sceptical when I saw these but I just HAD to try them. Turns out that they are simply amazing. Grown in soil in italy, I think that's what makes the difference. It tastes just as good as my tomatoes in summer... Full tomato flavor, some acidity but not unpleasant. So now I'm sitting here, eating a tomato like an apple and enjoying the taste of summer 1,5 months before plant out dateSadly I'm reacting quite bad to it and my lips are burning like hell, but who cares? |
March 29, 2017 | #2 |
Riding The Crazy Train Again
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: San Marcos, California
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Splash your lips with cold water and keep enjoying! Great find!
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March 30, 2017 | #3 | |
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Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Homestead,Everglades City Fl.
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Du bist was du est?
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Translated to "You are what you eat". As a transplanted Bavarian I know what you mean.I am going full Hugel/No Till after not being happy with the container regimen. My "Omma"and I as a kleiner used to eat maters of the vine but with a salt shaker.She had her garden down next to the community type gardens that were next to the train tracks as you see in Germany often. That brings back memorys. Thanx.
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March 30, 2017 | #4 |
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March 30, 2017 | #5 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Finland, EU
Posts: 2,550
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Wunderbar. I too found some excellent tasting tomatoes, a red cherry with the name 'red Desire'. That might just be the marketing title, but they are just as fine as my won cherry toms...!
I might even take a few seeds! |
March 31, 2017 | #6 | |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: germany
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August 5, 2018 | #7 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Sunol, CA
Posts: 2,723
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Anyone growing Marinda this year?
F1 or F2+ I'm interested in trading seeds, if anyone is. Last edited by Fred Hempel; August 5, 2018 at 12:34 PM. |
August 6, 2018 | #8 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Romania/Germany , z 4-6
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Are these the ones grown in Sicily? With salty water? They do look like them. Usually found in spring in supermarkets. That would pretty much explain the great taste.
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August 6, 2018 | #9 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Germany
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I have hunted these tomatoes high and low and also done a bit of research.
Names vary: Marinda, Merinda, Mirinda. I'm not sure that it is a hybrid, but then I'm also not sure that it is an OP. They do come from Sicily and the main season is in spring. Many people like them green or half red, but do yourselves a favour and let at least one get really ripe: gorgeous stuff. Caveat: not all Marinda/Merinda/Mirinda are created equal. I procured seeds from Manfred Hahm and the one plant I had turned out to be a cross or a mistake. I then bought seeds from another source and this seemed to be the real deal. But I can only grow tomatoes in pots on my balcony and the "Merinda" plant did not like this: the fruit had internal BER and were hollow and the taste was nothing like the store-bought ones. So I've given up on growing the fabled Marinda and just wait for spring every year, invest a fortune in tomatoes and, yes, even mail-order them.... Baba eta: Fred, I'll check if I have seeds left and if I can find out where I got them from Last edited by bschaerger; August 6, 2018 at 07:05 AM. |
August 6, 2018 | #10 |
Tomatovillian™
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Location: Romania/Germany , z 4-6
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They are slow ripening kind (usually off the plant) (like the ramallet, but not sure if it's the same gene involved). I've eaten some very lame looking round red but storage type in Italy on a bruschetta and it was something incredible. Really the trick to get that fantastic flavour is how you grow them, and only a bit related to the variety.
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August 6, 2018 | #11 | |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Sunol, CA
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Thanks for the background!
I do think how/where they are grown is likely significant. But the long-keeping aspect is important and must be genetically based. Quote:
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August 6, 2018 | #12 | |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Sunol, CA
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Makes sense.
Long shelf life genetics is my main interest. Quote:
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