Marsha's 2017-2018 Grow List

[tryno12]

What's a "Baker" ?

[upcountrygirl]

Lol...darn it! The more tomatoes y'all introduce me to the more I want to try! Definitely some unique names on this list....Bacon, Lettuce, and this F5, Blood Gulch, Couer de Surpriz, etc...

[Labradors2]

A baker is somebody who bakes bread, buns, muffins, cakes etc. In the old days, when they would bake a dozen of something, they would make an extra one in case of accident, so the number 13 became known as a "baker's dozen"

Linda

[sirtanon]

Originally Posted by ginger2778

Funny how that work's, right?

LOL yeah.. with my limited space, I originally told myself "okay, only 3 or 4 varieties this year, but maybe 1 or 2 plants of each. Don't overdo it"

.. cut to lastnight, with me prepping seed for 10 varieties, and then once I realized I had 3 cells unused, grabbing an 11th.. Now my seed is pretty old, on average, but I'm pretty sure with the numbers I sowed, I'll have at least 2 or 3 plants come up per variety, on average. Somehow, I went from 5-7 plants to potentially 20-30. I think I'll be giving away a bunch of plants.. or at least I hope I will.

With over 300 varieties in my stash to choose from, it almost becomes paralyzing trying to figure out what to put in my very small list each season.

[ginger2778]

Originally Posted by sirtanon

LOL yeah.. with my limited space, I originally told myself "okay, only 3 or 4 varieties this year, but maybe 1 or 2 plants of each. Don't overdo it"

.. cut to lastnight, with me prepping seed for 10 varieties, and then once I realized I had 3 cells unused, grabbing an 11th.. Now my seed is pretty old, on average, but I'm pretty sure with the numbers I sowed, I'll have at least 2 or 3 plants come up per variety, on average. Somehow, I went from 5-7 plants to potentially 20-30. I think I'll be giving away a bunch of plants.. or at least I hope I will.

With over 300 varieties in my stash to choose from, it almost becomes paralyzing trying to figure out what to put in my very small list each season.

Only 300? Amateur!

[sirtanon]

Originally Posted by ginger2778

Only 300? Amateur!

LOL yeah.. I know.. there's so many more out there.. but at some point, I had to tell myself that getting more and more would eventually become pointless, as I only have so much space to grow in, and can thus only grow so many of the varieties each year.. as it stands, my average seed age is somewhere around 10 years old..

Now, my wife and I are really hoping to be able to move at some point in the next 5 years or so, to a much larger plot of land in an area with a better growing climate. If/when this happens, I'm hoping to be able to grow more like 50 or more plants per year, instead of 7 or 8. If this works out, It would still take me 6 years to work through all the varieties I have. Granted, I'd most likely end up finding varieties I was no longer interested in growing, and just give those seeds away.. but I'd most likely still end up with over 200, and of course, probably collect even more varieties in the meantime.

In a perfect world, I would be able to grow out each and every variety every year..

[tryno12]

see, i thought that a "baker" was what i do with them(like 400+#'s so far) see attached pic i bake 'em then eat 1/2 juice 1/2 and after 3 days what is left in fridge freeze repeat!

Pete

[ginger2778]

Wow Pete!

[tryno12]

Thank You Marsha, most are due to your seeds! Probably have cooked 400#'s or more so far this year. The mix of all the varieties makes for superb flavor!!

[jmsieglaff]

How's the 2017-18 season starting out for you Marsha?

[efisakov]

Marsha, are there any pictures?
What is Not Chocolate Stripes looks like?

Hi Ella, I hope this link works but if not, just go to the Photo Gallery section and look for "Marsha's 2017/18 Photo Thread". There's a lot of great stuff there!

I can't wait to read her taste and production notes!

http://www.tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=46022