My biggest tomato ever! (Plus a few more.)

[RobinB]

Ella, My Sleeping Lady is in the ground, but it's certainly short enough (3' or so) that a container should work well. That's one of the main ideas of the Dwarf Tomato Project I think! This one is stable and released. I'm a big fan of black tomatoes, so I'll be growing it again and again!

Marsha, I would do a seed trade with you for some Submarine Blush (this is not a general offer folks), but since it was bred by J&L Gardens and they are selling it on their website, I would never do a general seed offer on something like this. Send me a PM if you'd like!

[natural]

Originally Posted by RobinB

These are one of my favorites, but I may have to rethink growing it. They don't do well in heat. They suffered terribly in my garden this year (and last year) and just kept dropping blossoms for several weeks. The plant managed to ripen one large cluster, and there are about a dozen more, all rather small at the moment. Mine are never really pink though, more reddish. Seeds were purchased from Wild Boar, so that can't be the problem...

Robin, I'm pretty certain that is not Pink Berkeley Tie-Dye. I grow it every year and should be pink. It looks more like large-barred boar. Or, perhaps it mutated. I have been growing Brad's tomatoes for several years and have had 4 or 5 mutations in either skin or flesh color. I would definitely attempt to grow his true Pink Berkeley Tie-Dye again. It is fantastic!

Bill

[GreenSand117]

My largest so far was a Kentucky Beefsteak weighing in at 34.8 oz.

[RobinB]

Bill,
It is strange... I bought a packet of Pink BTD seeds directly from Wild Boar last year and the plant this year is from that same seed packet. Both years, I got this coloring. I guess I'll have to get some more and try again.

[Tania]

Pink Berkeley Tie-Dye is a purple/black (clear skin) with stripes.
My seeds are from Wild Boar Farms.

http://tatianastomatobase.com/wiki/P...rkeley_Tie-Dye

I have never seen a pink fruit from it.

[natural]

Originally Posted by Tania

Pink Berkeley Tie-Dye is a purple/black (clear skin) with stripes.
My seeds are from Wild Boar Farms.

http://tatianastomatobase.com/wiki/P...rkeley_Tie-Dye

I have never seen a pink fruit from it.

Thanks Tania. The true one is just as you described.

I goofed earlier with my description. I was thinking about a tomato that I harvested two years ago that is a pink background with different color striping. It came from a Beauty King seed that I had saved in the previous year. It is a little rounder and firmer than the original Beauty King. Which reminds me that I need to perform a large grow out next year of all of the variants that have come from Brads original varieties. I don't know the reason why I have had so many variants after growing and saving seed from Brads varieties (compared to all other varieties), but I am happy to have them .

Bill

[Tania]

Bill, perhaps that some of Brad's varieties were released when they were not 100% stable. This explains some variability.

I am growing Amethyst Jewel from Brad Gates this year, and got a plant with pink fruits with absolutely no anthocyanin pigmentation. Brad told me that he also saw the same in a small percentage of his plants. These things happen in the tomato world...

My apologies for getting off topic...

[RobinB]

Picked these yesterday. Last year most were dark green with gold stripes. These five are predominately gold with green stripes, as you can see! My plant has greenies that are mostly light green and some that are mostly dark green this year. I just love the patterns on stripey tomato bottoms...

My son promptly took three of these and ate them.

[Tania]

Robin, they are so lovely! Did you like the taste?

I have not grown it yet.

[RobinB]

The fruit this year are larger than I've gotten in the past, but they are still gorgeous, productive, reasonably early and very tasty! This is on my "grow every year" list.

[Tania]

Thank you Robin. I think I will be putting it on my 2014 grow list.

[RobinB]

Tania,
To me, the GZC is a little bit finicky. If you pick them too early, they will turn gold on your counter, but won't taste right. You have to let them turn gold on the plant... then they are wonderful. Quite a bit of acid but just enough sweet. We really like them!

[Tania]

Robin, I 'met' some other cherries that are similarly 'finicky'. Larger-fruited varieties are more tolerant to early picking

[efisakov]

Originally Posted by RobinB

Picked these yesterday. Last year most were dark green with gold stripes. These five are predominately gold with green stripes, as you can see! My plant has greenies that are mostly light green and some that are mostly dark green this year. I just love the patterns on stripey tomato bottoms...

My son promptly took three of these and ate them.

Robin, they are gorgeous.