Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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May 23, 2008 | #1 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: NE Kingdom, VT - Zone 3b
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Fireworks vs. Fireworks II
I'm growing Fireworks II, but need to know how big it will get. I only found one web site and mentions it is compact. I find Fireworks and it is indeterminate.
Is Fireworks II a determinate version of Fireworks? Or are they completely unrelated? |
May 23, 2008 | #2 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: PNW
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I don't know if they are related. Tim Peters bred Fireworks II,
and I don't know the exact parentage. It is a determinate, but it can get 4-5' tall in good growing conditions. Mine varied some last year: a couple of 3' determinates with decent production in good sunlight, another 3' determinate in a shady spot (4 hours of sunlight) with low production, and a 4-5' determinate in an especially sunny spot (sunrise to sunset) that had excellent production. They were all in 3' tomato cages. By the end of the summer, the branches on the taller one had grown out the top and were back down to the ground. Same fruit on all of them.
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May 24, 2008 | #3 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Abilene, TX zone 7
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Dice,
How is the flavor on FW2? |
May 25, 2008 | #4 | |
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were stronger flavored, but it had more zing than I expected (I was only expecting an early, generic red with good production.) Better flavor than Spring King (determinate) or PSR37 (indeterminate) from the same vendor last year, and excellent texture, rather meaty. I have more in the same general class of tomato this year (medium-sized, early, productive reds and pinks, determinate or semi-determinate, like Early Rouge, Clear Pink Early, Sheyenne, Kalinka, New Yorker, etc), plus a few larger, red "main crop" types, so I will have more data on flavor comparisons this year. I grew it last year, and I have two more plants of it growing this year to compare with the new ones of similar type to see if they are worth keeping, so I guess that could be considered a recommendation.
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