Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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May 17, 2008 | #16 | |
Buffalo-Niagara Tomato TasteFest™ Co-Founder
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But all in all, a good lesson was learned hopefully by all, which is "Know what you grow!" |
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May 17, 2008 | #17 |
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Quarter Century is the same as Matchless in Carolyn's book...
***** ....is what you wrote in your post Mark, which to some might be confusing, and that's why I wrote my reply to you. And I also explained in that above post I guess you didn't read that Craig did get the RL true Matchless out of the USDA seeds, there were two different accessions, and it is RL with a small red fruit that was nothing special IMO. Both accessions had mixed seeds of QC and Matchless and it's no wonder that several folks, including Dave Austin was confused, as well as Glenn Drowns and then myself. Never believe what a pack of seeds says unless you know all the basic traits is what I say to everyone, but back in the early 90's that wasn't done by others with these same accessions and wasn't done by me independently when I included it in my book, sadly, I just believed what I got as Matchless was Matchless, and never questioned it, which was wrong. Hope you had some good dreams when you rolled over and went back to sleep. I had a clear and disturbing dream last night where I was asked to teach a Music Appreciation Course, of all things, to replace a teacher who couldn't do it. And it got worse than that and was very complicated. I still remember all of it this morning, which doesn't often happen to me with dreams.
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May 17, 2008 | #18 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: McCalla, Alabama
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here are my 2 QC plants (of course no tomatoes yet, but they were the 1st to produce 1 last year--that was a surprise!)
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May 17, 2008 | #19 | |
Buffalo-Niagara Tomato TasteFest™ Co-Founder
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My Top 2 seed rules are: 1. Always oversow--you'll be less disappointed having to snip extras than having to sow all over again if they didn't germinate. Plus you can often find any rogues then, not 100+ days later. 2. If you trade seeds, the recipient should grow the seeds first to make sure they are what they should be before passing on any extras! I didn't include so many extras for you to trade, but for #1 above! (Daniels is an excellent example.) |
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