New gene-edited tomato is super short

Iochroma · December 24, 2019

I saw this over at phys.org
https://phys.org/news/2019-12-tomato...ens-outer.html

Father'sDaughter · December 24, 2019

Interesting... but I think I'll stick with dwarfs even if these were to hit the market. I think they would become a great novelty variety, and maybe even introduce a whole new group of people to growing tomatoes.

shatbox · December 24, 2019

I'd give them a shot.

GoDawgs · December 25, 2019

It will be interesting to see what comes of this project. Thanks for posting it.

December 24, 2019	#1
Iochroma Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2011 Location: San Francisco Posts: 49	New gene-edited tomato is super short I saw this over at phys.org https://phys.org/news/2019-12-tomato...ens-outer.html

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December 24, 2019	#2
Father'sDaughter Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: MA/NH Border Posts: 4,919	Interesting... but I think I'll stick with dwarfs even if these were to hit the market. I think they would become a great novelty variety, and maybe even introduce a whole new group of people to growing tomatoes.

December 24, 2019	#3
shatbox Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Los Angeles County, CA Posts: 258	I'd give them a shot.

December 25, 2019	#4
GoDawgs Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2018 Location: Augusta area, Georgia, 8a/7b Posts: 1,685	It will be interesting to see what comes of this project. Thanks for posting it.