Wild Boar Farms : Lucid Gem & Berkeley Tie-Dye Pics - Page 2

Allisa · May 7, 2016

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Originally Posted by MissionGardens

The Lucid Gem is the sweetest tomato I've ever eaten. Its has a light fruity note typical of many orange tomatoes I've tried, and it's not acidic at all. I never thought I'd run into a tomato that was too sweet for my palate. If there is such a thing, this might be it. It reminded me a bit of a cantaloupe.

I'd like to hear what others that have tried Lucid Gem think about it.

-Ethan

Those are BEAUTIES! I love super sweet tomatoes! Thanks for pics, you've made my day!

**coronabarb** · May 8, 2016

BTD is a great tomato. I think the Pink BTD is even better. I grow it every year.

ginger2778 · May 8, 2016

My lucid gem was not a sweet tomato at all. Good but high acid flavor here, and I let it get very bronze orange. I wonder why mine wasn't sweet?

pmcgrady · May 8, 2016

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Originally Posted by Barb_FL

PMCGRADY - What is PP?

MissionGardens - Update the post after you've tried them.

This spring I am growing 5 WBF varieties:

1. Lucid Gem

2. PBTD - First ripe tomato is now on the vine (PBTD is one of my favorite tomatoes)

3. Large Barred Boar (LBB) - Somewhat similar to PBTD but earlier and shorter plant- have been eating them for weeks

4. Black and Brown Boar - Similar to LBB but smaller tomatoes; very productive, early

5. Dragons Eye - This was a bonus pack from a seed purchase. Very productive, tomatoes start green and dark blue; but as they get larger, the color gets very dark and less and less green. Size looks to be about 3 oz. None are ripe but I can't imagine this tomato turning into the red color posted on the WBF site. I have no idea what it is.

Anyone have experience growing Dragon's Eye?

PP is Pineapple Pig

PureHarvest · May 9, 2016

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Originally Posted by ginger2778

My lucid gem was not a sweet tomato at all. Good but high acid flavor here, and I let it get very bronze orange. I wonder why mine wasn't sweet?

Genetics are fully expressed when all of the factors are present. Perhaps her soil had something present that yours did not. Or maybe your soil had something unavailable at the time the plant needed it?
Just for fun, you should send leaf samples to a lab to see what your plant has in real time. It is worth it just to try it one time, a real cool tool.

Fiishergurl · May 9, 2016

PBTD is currently my favorite tomato. I picked these this morning off one plant (mine are in EB's and do better if I pick them before fully ripened and let them finish on the counter). I love PBTD for the flavor, the productivity and the earliness. This is a workhorse in my garden and always the first of the larger tomatoes to ripen.

I'm also growing Brads Black Heart and Brad Gates Small Mix which is an unstable cross between Brown and Black Boar and Trentons Tiger. I have three plants of these growing and they are producing like crazy! All will be striped and will be small but can end up any shape or color. I'm anxiously waiting for the first ones to ripen.

Ginny

Barb_FL · May 9, 2016

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Originally Posted by ginger2778

My lucid gem was not a sweet tomato at all. Good but high acid flavor here, and I let it get very bronze orange. I wonder why mine wasn't sweet?

Did you like it?

ginger2778 · May 9, 2016

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Originally Posted by Barb_FL

Did you like it?

Yes, but not in love with it.

Fiishergurl · May 9, 2016

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Originally Posted by PureHarvest

Genetics are fully expressed when all of the factors are present. Perhaps her soil had something present that yours did not. Or maybe your soil had something unavailable at the time the plant needed it?
Just for fun, you should send leaf samples to a lab to see what your plant has in real time. It is worth it just to try it one time, a real cool tool.

What kind of things can you find out?

Thanks
Ginny

PureHarvest · May 12, 2016

You would find out the percentage of each nutrient that is present in the plant you took the leaf from.
You would then look at the recommended percent that it should have versus what it tested for, and potentially add the elements that are missing or lacking.

Hunt-Grow-Cook · June 29, 2016

Had my first Lucid Gem yesterday. Gorgeous tomato and the flavor was good.

May 8, 2016	#17
coronabarb Tomatoville® Recipe Keeper Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Roseburg, Oregon - zone 7 Posts: 2,821	BTD is a great tomato. I think the Pink BTD is even better. I grow it every year. __________________ Corona~Barb Now an Oregon gal

May 8, 2016	#18
ginger2778 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Plantation, Florida zone 10 Posts: 9,283	My lucid gem was not a sweet tomato at all. Good but high acid flavor here, and I let it get very bronze orange. I wonder why mine wasn't sweet?

May 9, 2016	#21
Fiishergurl Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Oak Hill, Florida Posts: 1,781	PBTD is currently my favorite tomato. I picked these this morning off one plant (mine are in EB's and do better if I pick them before fully ripened and let them finish on the counter). I love PBTD for the flavor, the productivity and the earliness. This is a workhorse in my garden and always the first of the larger tomatoes to ripen. I'm also growing Brads Black Heart and Brad Gates Small Mix which is an unstable cross between Brown and Black Boar and Trentons Tiger. I have three plants of these growing and they are producing like crazy! All will be striped and will be small but can end up any shape or color. I'm anxiously waiting for the first ones to ripen. Ginny

May 12, 2016	#25
PureHarvest Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Mid-Atlantic right on the line of Zone 7a and 7b Posts: 1,369	You would find out the percentage of each nutrient that is present in the plant you took the leaf from. You would then look at the recommended percent that it should have versus what it tested for, and potentially add the elements that are missing or lacking.