15 year old seed - Page 7

Spartanburg123 · July 6, 2017

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Originally Posted by KarenO

you saw the pictures... business in front, party in the back...on my Northern Gardener Page
KO

I know, I was LOL'ing. As a proud former member of the Flock of Seagulls mullet cut, I can certainly recognize that phrase.

All that matters is the taste! Save plenty of seed!

D.

KarenO · July 12, 2017

Starting to really get going. This has always been a productive variety for me and these photos show some big greenies coming along. The interesting almost pleated shoulder ridges are distinctive and I believe unusual as seen here.
KarenO

Spartanburg123 · July 12, 2017

Wow, those are some gorgeous tomatoes!

KarenO · July 19, 2017

Thanks Darin

It is capable of making pretty large fruit. this one looks like a pumpkin
https://www.facebook.com/NorthernGar...type=3&theater

Salsacharley · July 19, 2017

Hi Karen, I just went through this thread for the first time, and I am very impressed with your procedures. If I am following your posts correctly it looks like you sowed the seeds around Feb 10, got sprouts Feb 14 (happy Valentines day), moved the sprouts to their own pots around Mar 23, then into containers around Apr 15, and then into beds around May 18. Now you have big unripe fruit. Of course you probably didn't post pictures the exact day you made your transplants, but it looks like you moved you plants up to a larger medium about each month of growth. I look forward to pics of blushing fruit. Do you use this procedure for all your tomatoes? Thanks for sharing.
Charley

KarenO · July 19, 2017

Hi SalsaCharlie,
These were special pets started earlier than usual and potted up twice due to starting early. They went from a gallon container to the garden about May 20. Ate the first (deformed) ripe fruit about two weeks ago. and a couple of other seedless and imperfect others since. I am waiting for a really typical ripe one to show, have some mature green and should turn in the next week or so. I will post photo's of interior as well at that time, I just want to show a nice one that is typical of they way they should look not the catfaced earlies although there are photo's elsewhere in the ugliest tomato thread of one of those

normally I sow seed first day of spring (March21) and pot up once then plant out sometime in the last two weeks of May dependant on weather, pretty standard for my usual procedure.
These were treated differently because of the old seed and because I made a little project of them because they are special to me.
KarenO

KarenO · July 26, 2017

Biggies.

ddsack · August 2, 2017

Almost there, Karen! Have you sliced into that blusher yet?

KarenO · August 2, 2017

Meaty and Solid few seeds especially in the earlier fruits of thevs season
KarenO

ddsack · August 2, 2017

Looks like the solid meatiness of a heart, how cool to find it in a different shape. Looks like seeds will be at a premium, though!

KarenO · August 2, 2017

They are super round blunt hearts
The Shape is unusual and unique among all the tomatoes I have grown. Not a beefsteak or a globe, they are blunt oxhearts with ridged shoulders. Later fruit will have more seeds but still few in comparison to the size and seeds are not all that easy to save as a result.
KarenO

KarenO

**carolyn137** · August 2, 2017

Quote:

Originally Posted by KarenO

They are super round blunt hearts
The Shape is unusual and unique among all the tomatoes I have grown. Not a beefsteak or a globe, they are blunt oxhearts with ridged shoulders. Later fruit will have more seeds but still few in comparison to the size and seeds are not all that easy to save as a result.
KarenO

KarenO

Karen, I call these two blunt hearts,so something like these two?

http://tatianastomatobase.com/wiki/Wes

http://tatianastomatobase.com/wiki/Russian_117

Carolyn

KarenO · August 2, 2017

Look at photos in the thread above. Some views from the side.
KarenO

KarenO · August 4, 2017

The plants still doing well, ripening some big fruits well over a pound. The plants themselves are healthy, no signs of any serious foliage issues. It's been hot and dry conditions, forest fire smoke from the mainland for a few days. No rain in Ladysmith for 50+ days, daily water has become quite a chore and carefully so they don't split.
KarenO

ddsack · August 5, 2017

Is that just one plant? Great production! I think it's liking your unusually hot summer.

July 19, 2017	#94
KarenO Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Vancouver Island Posts: 5,932	Thanks Darin It is capable of making pretty large fruit. this one looks like a pumpkin https://www.facebook.com/NorthernGar...type=3&theater Last edited by KarenO; July 19, 2017 at 01:53 PM.

July 19, 2017	#96
KarenO Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Vancouver Island Posts: 5,932	Hi SalsaCharlie, These were special pets started earlier than usual and potted up twice due to starting early. They went from a gallon container to the garden about May 20. Ate the first (deformed) ripe fruit about two weeks ago. and a couple of other seedless and imperfect others since. I am waiting for a really typical ripe one to show, have some mature green and should turn in the next week or so. I will post photo's of interior as well at that time, I just want to show a nice one that is typical of they way they should look not the catfaced earlies although there are photo's elsewhere in the ugliest tomato thread of one of those normally I sow seed first day of spring (March21) and pot up once then plant out sometime in the last two weeks of May dependant on weather, pretty standard for my usual procedure. These were treated differently because of the old seed and because I made a little project of them because they are special to me. KarenO Last edited by KarenO; July 19, 2017 at 02:44 PM.

August 2, 2017	#98
ddsack Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Northern Minnesota - zone 3 Posts: 3,231	Almost there, Karen! Have you sliced into that blusher yet? __________________ Dee **************

August 2, 2017	#100
ddsack Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Northern Minnesota - zone 3 Posts: 3,231	Looks like the solid meatiness of a heart, how cool to find it in a different shape. Looks like seeds will be at a premium, though! __________________ Dee **************

August 5, 2017	#105
ddsack Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Northern Minnesota - zone 3 Posts: 3,231	Is that just one plant? Great production! I think it's liking your unusually hot summer. __________________ Dee **************

July 12, 2017	#93
Spartanburg123 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Spartanburg, SC Posts: 1,262	Wow, those are some gorgeous tomatoes!

July 19, 2017	#95
Salsacharley Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2013 Location: New Mexico Posts: 2,052	Hi Karen, I just went through this thread for the first time, and I am very impressed with your procedures. If I am following your posts correctly it looks like you sowed the seeds around Feb 10, got sprouts Feb 14 (happy Valentines day), moved the sprouts to their own pots around Mar 23, then into containers around Apr 15, and then into beds around May 18. Now you have big unripe fruit. Of course you probably didn't post pictures the exact day you made your transplants, but it looks like you moved you plants up to a larger medium about each month of growth. I look forward to pics of blushing fruit. Do you use this procedure for all your tomatoes? Thanks for sharing. Charley

August 2, 2017	#101
KarenO Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Vancouver Island Posts: 5,932	They are super round blunt hearts The Shape is unusual and unique among all the tomatoes I have grown. Not a beefsteak or a globe, they are blunt oxhearts with ridged shoulders. Later fruit will have more seeds but still few in comparison to the size and seeds are not all that easy to save as a result. KarenO KarenO

August 2, 2017	#103
KarenO Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Vancouver Island Posts: 5,932	Look at photos in the thread above. Some views from the side. KarenO