Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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April 16, 2017 | #226 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Iceland
Posts: 9
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Seedlings for unheated and heated greenhouses in Iceland
Here are the cold tolerant varieties for this year in the evening sun. Sown just under a month ago. 32 varieties. All bush type except for Stupice.They will be planted out in two unheated tunnelhouses (18m long) on May 1.
Also an image of the seedlings for the geothermally heated hothouse,10 days old. Extra good tasting 48 different varieties. Happy easter from Iceland. Tomas |
April 16, 2017 | #227 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Czech republic
Posts: 2,524
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You have a nice seedlings. I am interested in which bush varieties of tomatoes you grow. Can you write their names?
Vladimír |
April 16, 2017 | #228 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Iceland
Posts: 9
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Yes Vladimir,
I first got some 24 cold tolerant varieties in 2013 from Andrey, to start with, and am now growing the following varieties from that selection: Spiridonovskie (Saraev var. The most cold tolerant tomato plant there is!) Utyonok Boney M Arbalet Nikola Skorospelka Zorka Then in 2015 Tatiana sent me 0-33 (a Sarev variety) a great producer and a good control plant. And last year I grew 11 Saraev varieties from Tatiana of which these I am growing again this year: Saraev.Otbor Saraev.Otbor1 Saraev.Bezrassadnyi Saraev.Druzhnyi Saraev.Shtambovyi Saraev.I-2 Saraev.M-22 Then there are three tiny varieties I got originally from Casey's heirloom Venus Rejina red Rejina yellow This year I got some varieties from a friend in Norway that do well there outside: Sub Artic Katja Bujan Zholty Zoloteo Serdce Siberian Korzir Pokusa Norderås Busk Kord Sibir Those are the ones for this year in the unheated tunnel houses. If you need seeds I have them. Also I would welcome suggestion from you for varieties for my environment Here is an image from last year. Tomas. |
April 16, 2017 | #229 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Illinois, zone 6
Posts: 8,407
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Pretty pic. I like your roof vents.
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April 16, 2017 | #230 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Iceland
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I did have heat pumps to open the vents automaticaally but removed them and now the system is manual, since I need to open them as soon as the sun comes up get rid of the moisture. Then no fans are needed. Guess I will automate that in the near future.
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April 17, 2017 | #231 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Southern WI
Posts: 2,742
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I potted up some tomato seedlings today and realized I did something stupid. I label my seeds with abbreviations, but this year I was starting seeds for Bear Creek and Black Cherry--both 'BC'.
I write out my label sticks and plant seeds, one variety at a time. So I did Bear Creek--BC (at least I'm fairly sure) and moved next to the list. Saw BC and thought I was done, so moved to the next, thereby skipping Black Cherry. I started seeds on 4/2--Black Cherry (BKC) got planted today 4/17. We'll see how much of a difference the 2 weeks makes. At least it was early enough to correct the problem. |
April 20, 2017 | #232 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Illinois, zone 6
Posts: 8,407
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One of my New Big Dwarf plants is obviously not a dwarf. Does that make it Pink Ponderosa, I wonder? (NBD was first discovered growing in a field of Pink Ponderosa)
And unless it is a labeling error, one of my Sweet Sues came up RL. I potted that plant up to a 5-gallon bucket and am excited to see what I will get. My other project is my unstable Paul Robeson. I need to grow out the PL plants I keep getting to see what they make. |
April 20, 2017 | #233 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Illinois, zone 6
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Top pic is my Emily Basil.
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April 20, 2017 | #234 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Plantation, Florida zone 10
Posts: 9,283
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Wow Cole!
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April 20, 2017 | #235 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: NC - zone 8a - heat zone 7
Posts: 4,909
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They look impressive, Cole. Must sell like hot cake.
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April 20, 2017 | #236 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Illinois, zone 6
Posts: 8,407
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Thanks. And yeah, I'm hoping. There's about 800 plants in 4" pots in that pic. I have a few hundred more to pot up. I'll need about another 200 or so for my garden, but the rest need to sell soon. It looks like rain for market this Saturday. I think my craigslist ad will go up after it stops raining on about Monday.
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April 21, 2017 | #237 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Indianapolis Area 46112
Posts: 853
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Great looking plants Cole!
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April 21, 2017 | #238 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Den of Drunken Fools
Posts: 38,539
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Every bodies plants look nice.
I wish I had flat land to put up a nice green house. Worth |
April 21, 2017 | #239 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Near Philadelphia, PA
Posts: 1,940
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Great looking greenhouses and plants! Wow!
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April 21, 2017 | #240 | |
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Just as an update, most of my seeds have germinated (still plenty of peppers, most of the watermelons, lots of the muskmelons, and a good number of store-bought/gifted/traded tomatoes, and a few saved-seed tomatoes to go). They just have cotyledons, though, so far. I transplanted five plants like that last night (to see how they do; I have extras in the greenhouse if it turns out I need them). If someone wants to know what sprouted when, you can look at my website from my profile at the 2017 tomato growlist (or what-have-you). Last edited by shule1; April 21, 2017 at 08:52 AM. |
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