Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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January 8, 2009 | #16 |
Tomatovillian™
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You see what we have to work with here Jan. I am with you they need to go to their room and think about what they have done.
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January 8, 2009 | #17 |
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Fairfax, VA Z7
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Depending on what lives this is my grow out indoors and *winter sowing.
Purple/Black
(2) Indain Stripe (2) Cherokee Purple GWR (green when ripe) (2) Spear's Tennessee Green *(2) Cherokee Green Orange/Gold/Yellow *(2) Golden Queen (2) Nebraska Wedding (3) KBX Bi color (1) German Stripe Red/pink (2) Applause (2) Biltmore (2) Momotaro (2) Mule Team (3) Neves Azorean Red *(2) German Queen (2) Jeff's Pink Mistery Oxheart (2) Aunt Ginney's Purple Cherry Tomatoes (2) SunGold *(2) Isis Candy (2) Black Cherry *(2) Tomatoberry (2) Green Grape (2) Tommy Toe |
January 9, 2009 | #18 |
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I will start seeds for the following varieties. Not sure how many I will be able to fit at my place, but the overflow will go to my mothers place in sandiego. Also, Have quite a few greenies still hanging, and hope they would ripen so I could pull the plants. Lots of disease here this fall/winter, so hopefully I can let the yard be free of maters for a month.
OP cultivars: Kosovo NAR Brandy Wine Sudduth (Carolyn Male) Lillian's Yellow Heirloom Spudakee Black and Brown Boar Beauty King Pink Berkely Tie Die (maybe a few more) Hybridssome of which are contingent apon succesfully harvesting maters that are still hanging) Spudakee X Brandy Wine Sudduth (F1) Sungold X Cherokee Purple (F2) Dwarf Wild Fred (F5) Dwarf Wild Fred F4 X Brandy wine Sudduth (F1) Dwarf Wild Fred F3 X Purple Haze F1 (F2) Brad's Black Heart X Dwarf Wild Fred F4 (F1) Spudakee X Dwarf Wild Fred F4 (F1)
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January 9, 2009 | #19 |
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Spudakee X Brandy Wine Sudduth (F1)
That one sounds interesting. |
January 9, 2009 | #20 |
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"Spudakee X Brandy Wine Sudduth (F1)
That one sounds interesting." Since Both are potato leaf indeterminant I will have to wait and see if the fruit turns out pink to see if it worked.
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January 9, 2009 | #21 |
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Up North
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Plan B
Plan B...so far...
Community Garden Orange/Gold/Yellow or Striped Ananas Noire Aunt Gertie’s Gold Beauty King Berkeley Tie Dye Big Rainbow Garden Peach Georgia Streak Jubilee Kentucky Beefsteak Lillian’s Yellow Manyel Marvel Striped Mr. Stripey’s Nebraska Wedding Old German Orange Russian 117 Orange Sunrise Pineapple Plum Lemon Ruby Gold Striped Caverns Sutton’s Vintage Wine Wisconsin 55 Gold Red/Pink 1884 Abe Lincoln Akers West Virginia Andrew Rahart’s Jumbo Red Aussie Brandywine OTV Break O’Day Chapman Danko Double Rich Dr. Lyle Druzba Dutchman Earliana Glacier Martian Giant Matina Millionaire Moskvich Mule Team New Yorker Omar’s Lebanese Pearson Porter Red Zebra Siberian Sioux St. Pierre Stump of the World Stupice Sunset’s Red Horizon Tappy’s Heritage Wisconsin Chief Wisconsin 55 Purple/Black Black Krim Black Pear Black Plum Black Seaman Black Zebra Carbon GWR Green Grape Green Zebra Containers Amish Salad Black Cherry Brownberry Chadwick’s Gardener’s Delight Lollipop Peacevine Principe Borghese Riesentraube Grape Sungolds Tiny Tim Yellow Perfection |
January 9, 2009 | #22 |
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Join Date: Jan 2008
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Let us know what the results are on the plant and taste if it the cross took.
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January 9, 2009 | #23 |
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Den of Drunken Fools
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So far I have planted these varieties.
Tray 1 Kellogg's Breakfast,15 medium production Black Cherry,15 great production Jubilee,15 It sprouted in 3 days.good production puts out in the heat. Red pear,15 Never grown it but should do just fine. Sungold,15 great production Tray 2 Mexico,15 medium production Black Plum,15 great production Azoychka,15 never grown it Gregori's Altai,15 good production Yellow Pear,15 fantastic production puts out all year, Tray3 Ceylon,15 good production, Yellow Riesentruobe,15 never grown it Cherokee Purple,15 great production Costoluto Genovese,15 good production Purple Calabash,15 good production tray4 Grape Tomato,15 good production Wes,15 never grown it Emerald Evergreen,15 great production Red Rocket,15 great production. Lime Green Salad,15 good production I might plant a few more reds/pinks this weekend. Along with Yellow Submarine My list looks a little glum compared to some I have seen but with any luck any at all I will get tomatoes. Also if you will notice I have planted totally different varieties next to each other so if one jumps the fence I can tell what it is later on. Out of all of the many seeds I had to pick from I chose these because I like to eat tomatoes in salads. I just put on a little Extra Virgin Olive oil with some fancy olives Fresh black pepper, Onion, Garlic, Fresh peppers a GOOD bottle of balsamic vinegar and that's about it. With some good cheese Ciabatta (SP) bread and a good bottle of Australian wine and I'm fit to be tied. ((The big ones are for BLTs and burgers.) Worth |
January 9, 2009 | #24 |
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I sowed seeds yesterday and ended up planting
Indian Stripe Cherokee Purple Gary O'Sena Pink Berkeley Tie Die Hege German Pink Marianna's Peace (smallest seeds of any I planted) Chapman Stump of the World Green Giant Goose Creek Break O'Day Summer Cider Jet Star Summertime Improved Purple Haze Last edited by duajones; January 11, 2009 at 02:13 PM. |
January 9, 2009 | #25 |
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Location: Abilene, TX zone 7
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I will start seeds at the begining of Feb. Here is the list
Pinks Jeff Davis Arborgast Novikov's Giant-10 Aunt Ginny's Purple Earl's Faux Crnkovick Yugoslavian Marianna's Peace Stump of the World Eva Purple Ball Pale Purple Perfect Arkansas Traveler Dora Gary 'O Sena Reds Mule Team Box Car Willie Lillian's Red Kansas Paste Break O' Day Bulgarian #7 Akers West Virginia Brandywine Red Sioux NAR Coustralee Choice of : German Red Strawberry, Wes, Berwick German, Russian Bogytar, or Druzba. I must choose one. Yellow/Gold Brandywine Yellow Aunt Gertie's Gold Tom's Yellow Wonder KBX Golden Queen -USDA Yoder's German Yellow Container Plants Azoychka Cherokee Purple JD's Special Dwarf Stone New Big Dwarf Dwarf Champion Improved Czech's Bush Tricot Czech Mountain Princess Patio King Extreme Bush I am trying to limit myself to just that, sure is hard. |
January 9, 2009 | #26 |
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Choice of : German Red Strawberry, Wes, Berwick German, Russian Bogytar, or Druzba. I must choose one.
***** You don't list a heart shaped variety with the reds so if it were me I'd chose either GRS or Wes. Russian Bogatryr is a beefsteak and you already have a couple of those listed and Druzba is darn good, but... and Berwick German which I intrduced in the 1994 SSE Yearbook is more of a paste variety, I'd still go with either Wes or GRS.
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January 9, 2009 | #27 |
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I forgot to mention Anna Russian with the pinks.
Carolyn, you must be reading my mind, as GRS is about 95 percent on the list. I have heard nothing but good about it, and want to give it a try. Of course I would grow the others if time, space will allow. |
January 11, 2009 | #28 | |
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11 Bush Big Boy 3 First Prize 2 Beauty 2 Lemon Boy 2 Dakota Gold 2 Basinga 2 Yoder's German Yellow 2 Earl of Edgecombe IN BAGS 2 Black Cherry Yellow Cherry Red Star Green Grape Sun Sugar Hybrid Sweet Quartz ON LATTICE 2 Sweet Baby Girl IN CAGE Red Pear I am cutting back in 2009, from 64 plants in the main garden to 26 plants. My work schedule has changed and it is way to hard to tend to so many plants. I will also have 10 in the yard (all cherry types) CECIL
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January 11, 2009 | #29 |
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I got 16 varieties on my to grow list, but only enough sunny space to plant 10-12 of them and I still have not decided on a early variety yet.
I tried Stupica last year, but it tasted a little bland to me, but so did some others that I grew. I'm thinking that I might have over watered. I like just a little more acid taste in a tomato than sweet. The Brandywine tasted really good to me, but I wished it had just a tad more acid bite to it. I don't really care that much for the Carbon, but everyone else that I have given them to really likes them alot. If there are some varieties on my list that you don't think fit my need, PLEASE let me know, since my growing space is so limited. I ordered these, but have never grown or tasted them: Box Car Willie Creole Sioux Marianna Peace Stump of the World Mortgage Lifter Cherokee Purple Super Sioux Homestead Beefsteak TN Britches Big Beef These are on my to grow list that I have grown: Brandywine (pink/tomato leaf) Carbon Gerald |
January 11, 2009 | #30 |
Tomatovillian™
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Gerald,
I have tasted Box Car Willie, Marianna's Peace, and Cherokee Purple from your list. If you like a tomato with a bite to it (acid), I think you'll be pleased with those 3 selections. I grew the M. Peace last year in my garden and it was one of my favs. Big pink maters that covered an entire slice of bread. It's back on my list to grow for this year and will probably stay there.....unless I find something I like better.
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