Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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March 2, 2006 | #1 |
Tomatovillian™
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Schelkovsky Early, or what a couple of days can do...
Schelkovsky Early, seeds originally from Andrey -
Feb 25, flower cluster: Today (Mar 2), same cluster:
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March 3, 2006 | #2 |
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Nice pictures, Tania. I'm very jealous because I will have the same plants only at the end of April
By the way, last year I've corrected its name according to the standart rule: Russian "Щ" = Shch in English. So better to name it Shchelkovsly Early (Щелковский ранний) tomato :wink: I wish good luck with early tomato crop.
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March 3, 2006 | #3 |
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Tania, I'm so envious! I haven't even started seeds yet and there you are with one of my favorites!
Remember my crop from last year? This is a variety I can't say enough about so I know you're going to enjoy it. |
March 3, 2006 | #4 |
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Barb, is your Schelkovsky (=Shchelkovsky) potato leaf??? What leaf should it be?
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March 3, 2006 | #5 |
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Barb, and your clusters look very different too...
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March 3, 2006 | #6 | |
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Crickey! It was a PL. Here's what Andrey's list said
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Here's what it looked like ripe. |
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March 3, 2006 | #7 |
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It is listed as regular leaf in current SSE handbook. I have a seedling that looks like Barb's, but then she was the source for my seeds.
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March 3, 2006 | #8 |
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My plants looked like Tania's, regular leaf and with the same kind of blossom clusters, and my seeds came from Andrey too.
The fruits on mine were oblate like small beefsteaks, mostly 3-4 oz. with a few over 5 oz., and they weren't in the ladderlike trusses that I see in Barb's pic. The fruits on Barb's look more globular, almost like large cherry tomatoes. The color does look similar, with the orange tones. Mine went through deepening shades of orange before they finally turned reddish-orange. |
March 3, 2006 | #9 |
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Yes, my seeds came from Andrey in 2005. Not all the fruit were round.
Another mystery in progress. |
March 3, 2006 | #10 |
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Hmmm -- none of mine were globular, and your fruit pictured on the gray wood looks sort of like the double fruit I get from a fused Stupice blossom, rather than the beefsteak types my Schelkovski Early produced...interesting...
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March 3, 2006 | #11 |
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I guess I have Faux Schelkovsky then.
You'll like it, Jeanne, even if we have no idea what it is. Barb |
March 3, 2006 | #12 |
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I trust your judgement Barb....besides I already transplanted it to a nice large container.
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March 3, 2006 | #13 |
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Out of the 30 or so varieties I grew out last year, the Faux Schel was in the top 5. IIRC it was the earliest as well.
I'm starting to feel so left out with so many starting seeds and nurturing seedlings already when I have weeks left to wait. |
March 3, 2006 | #14 |
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Hard to know who has the faux Schel at this point, maybe Andrey will enlighten us. But it sounds like Barb's came out on top in the taste department. Mine had very good flavor for an early, but it's nowhere near the top 5 when the later ones start giving it some real competition.
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March 3, 2006 | #15 |
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All this chosing and rating. My disclaimer follows: I can hardly tell the difference between tomatoes.
So if it's not like biting into a lemon, it's pretty, it's jolly and it produces well, I'm happy. Did I like it overall better than Pruden's Purple for instance? Yeah. But because of its non-hassle-to-me size more than whether or not when I bit into it I went into paroxysms of delight. That was the Black Krim and Black Prince. Like 1 tomato each over the season--mega-sweet. The Faux Schel was next to a Russian Bogatyr (no, the determinate not the indeterminate Carolyn got) Glasnost and the Belie Nochi. None of those will I grow this year--just unremarkable red tomatoes. They didn't exhibit any enthusiasm. The Faux Schel, Praleska and Persey were all standouts among the determinates and they'll be back. But I'll grow the Siberia again because it was cute. I'm not here to cajole anything, they should be cajoling me. Barb |
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