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Old July 21, 2020   #1
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Default Russian Purple or vice verca :)

Plant have gotten to aprox 5' , single stemmed them for hopefully more fruitset which hasnt occured but still have a few fruit stems and think the problem may be too much food im feeding them plus other Tomato plants in their way from the Suns Rays ??.
Attatched another stake to each plant this arvo in good faith of more fruitset as read they arent too bad a taster ??..
Who onboard has grown this Tomato variety and what did yous think of Production and Fruit Taste ??.
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Old July 21, 2020   #2
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One of my favorites. It does have somewhat scant, wispy foliage, so could possibly benefit from more than one stem growth. I aim for two stems on all my tomatoes.
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I just picked a ripe Purple Russian a few minutes ago and brought it in to sample. The fruit is roughly 3.5 inches long oval druplet shape with green shoulders. It tends to form vertical stripes just as the fruit ripens. Fruit is dark red/bronze with excellent flavor. It is not a paste type though it has the typical shape of paste tomatoes.


Here it is in a pic with some cherry tomatoes and a ripe Orange Bell pepper to give size, shape, and color comparison.


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Thank you Kindly Gang and might just let another sucker shoot out if they keep climbing much , said to be interdeminate so will see how that pans out and yes they do have scamp , wispy folliage.
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Forgot to ask , was fruitset plent or just here n there ??. As i said mine between three and five ft tall now with maybe three fruitsets and a new flower set right up top..
Maybe should take a couple of pics and post be best ..
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