Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Czech republic
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Next year I will grow 34 plants determinate tomatoes. I will test them for resistance to cold and frost and watch the DTM. I will also try to hardening of the seeds and seedlings for planting at low temperatures. All the data from this experiment I will write and do picture documentation. I am looking forward to this job.
Around January 20 I want to sow the following varieties: 0-33 I-2 M-22 Saraev Gruntovyi Saraev Druzhnyi Saraev Otbor 1 Saraev Stoikyi Saraev Shtambovyi 42 days Latah Kalinka Jagodka Darinka F1 Vladimír |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: San Diego-Tijuana
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A great experiment. Very interested in your results. Good luck Vladimir.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Illinois, zone 6
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Neat. I have 42 Days. I'm also going to try Klukva v Sahare, Pendulina Orange and Red, Podarok Fei, Polarnij Skorospelyi, Roza Vetrov, Russkaya Dusha, Sladkij Ponchik, Sol Gold, Southern Nights, Taos Trail, and Utyonok. I believe that all of them are early determinates. I would like to find a good variety for an early crop in low tunnels.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: CA
Posts: 410
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Fantastic thread! Please note the taste as well..
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Germany
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Cole Robbie, both Pendulinas are best for hanging baskets - or you use high pots. Otherwise the plants will crawl on the soil, not really good.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Germany
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42 Days, Kljukva W Sahare, Polarnij Skorospelyi, Roza Vetrov, Utyonok will surely do fine in a low tunnel. As to the others I'm not absolutely sure, but of course it depends on how "low" your tunnel is.
Sol Gold, Sladkij Ponchik were about 3 ft or a bit more in my garden. |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Illinois, zone 6
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ok. Thanks. I will grow most of the plants in hanging baskets.
I grow on black plastic mulch stretched over ridges of soil. The smallest of the low tunnel designs I have seen has an 18 inch height. I had the crazy idea that the hanging basket varieties would grow to completion in a space that size. I think the vines can touch the plastic and be ok. If I can find something to grow profitably in the 18" tunnel, I could buy the machine to lay the low tunnel that is pulled behind a tractor, and then grow hanging basket cherry tomatoes by the acre. |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Finland, EU
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Gold Nugget was my earliest last summer. The taste was OK, I'd say good - the growth vigorous but manageable, very resistant to various ailments that attacked my other plants. My fave early cherry from now on.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: Illinois, zone 5a
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Have you ever tried Koralik? I've never tried Gold Nugget, but I've been thinking for a while now that they would complement each other nicely, with the Koralik being a red cherry early determinate. They are soft, but I think they taste great. Very dependable, too.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Alberta, Canada
Posts: 644
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Finland, EU
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No, not yet, Bipetual. I got seeds for it, but could not find any spot for it, so it was off my list ...
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Alberta, Canada
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You may want to consider 0-33, another of Saraev's varieties which Vlad is growing. In 2015 it was earlier, better tasting (for me) and much more productive than my prior go-tos - Kalinka, Arctic Fire & Polbig F1. I found it not quite as productive as Early Doll F1, but definitely earlier.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Illinois, zone 6
Posts: 8,407
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thanks
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Location: MA
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Illinois, zone 6
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sweet
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