Green Lantern Lights

Boutique Tomatoes · July 1, 2012

Here is another one of Tom Wagners creations, released last year. According to what I've read this one was a fairly early generation with lots of possibilities. I'm not sure if this is a later generation or the original seeds from Tom, as I got it in a trade. It is a pretty one and I'll probably pick the ripening one tomorrow or the next day to see how they taste.

meadowyck · July 2, 2012

marktutt

Those look very good, have to give us a report as to taste.

It sounds like you grow a lot of his varieties, how do you like the blues? those are very interesting to me.

Boutique Tomatoes · July 2, 2012

I haven't gotten a fully ripe blue one to report on yet, my guess is that I'm a few weeks away from having more than a token early fruit or two.

I tend to be drawn towards the unusual and colorful, which describes a lot of Tom's work.

meadowyck · July 2, 2012

I hear ya on the unique fruits.

salix · July 2, 2012

Mark, I do hope the taste is good - I have seeds of Green Lantern's Lights for next year. I understand that they are still segregating, but hope springs eternal. If I remember correctly, The Future in Bermuda grew them and found them very good tasting.

Heritage · July 2, 2012

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Originally Posted by salix

Mark, I do hope the taste is good - I have seeds of Green Lantern's Lights for next year. I understand that they are still segregating, but hope springs eternal. If I remember correctly, The Future in Bermuda grew them and found them very good tasting.

Yes, if it is Tom's original seed it is early in the segregation process. I grew about 30 plants of GLL last year and there was a wide range of flavor. Most (maybe all?) of the fruit was green with varying degrees of stripes, but the flavor ranged from tart to very sweet. I saved 3 or 4 of the tastier variations and am looking forward to when I have the time/space to grow them out again. Good luck with your growouts!

Steve

Boutique Tomatoes · July 2, 2012

I've just got 4 plants of this one growing, it was a last minute addition. Strangely enough it is the first of the larger fruited varieties to be ripening, even though it was started several weeks later than the bulk of my plants.

We'll see what I have, Tom posted that what he sent out was F2 seed, so I think the best I could hope for is F3. I know The Future had identified both a yellow fleshed and a green fleshed line in their grow out

That first ripening fruit is irregularly shaped and the section under the top fruit is still hard and green. I may end up picking it and slicing off the ripe side because I'm desperate for something bigger than a cherry tomato. I'm to the stage of finding one ripe cherry tomato a day, which never makes it out of the garden...

Boutique Tomatoes · July 5, 2012

The taste was excellent, however with my wife and daughter standing by for a slice (the boys don't like tomatoes!) I didn't get a picture. It was sweet with a backbone of acidity that I really liked, however this was the first slicer of the season so I don't have much to compare it too.

It was extremely pretty, golden skin with green and some red striping, green fleshed with faint red marbling throughout. If the heat breaks Friday evening like it's supposed to I'll be bagging the plant and hitting it with the greenhouse pollinator until the next few trusses set fruit for seed.

The Future · September 3, 2012

Great stuff.

Here is a photo of my segregations. I am readying to plant the F3s now.

Boutique Tomatoes · September 3, 2012

It's been a fun season with so many unknowns in the mix. Pictures of more of mine are at the bottom here.

SteveS · September 5, 2012

I have 2 GLL plants this year. The first is producing small orange cherries with some faint red marbling. The other one is producing a medium size fruit that is slightly elongated like Green Zebra except that it has a few red stripes also. Or maybe I should say I had 2 plants. Disease has fairly decimated them.

Steve

Boutique Tomatoes · September 6, 2012

I got one that put out small/medium sized heart shaped fruits with a bit of red streaking in the flesh under the green striped skin. Is that what yours looks like Steve?

July 1, 2012	#1
Boutique Tomatoes Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Northeast Wisconsin, Zone 5a Posts: 1,109	Green Lantern Lights Here is another one of Tom Wagners creations, released last year. According to what I've read this one was a fairly early generation with lots of possibilities. I'm not sure if this is a later generation or the original seeds from Tom, as I got it in a trade. It is a pretty one and I'll probably pick the ripening one tomorrow or the next day to see how they taste. Last edited by Boutique Tomatoes; July 1, 2012 at 09:58 PM.

July 2, 2012	#2
meadowyck Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2012 Location: Brooksville, FL Posts: 1,001	marktutt Those look very good, have to give us a report as to taste. It sounds like you grow a lot of his varieties, how do you like the blues? those are very interesting to me. __________________ Jan “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” -Theodore Roosevelt Last edited by meadowyck; July 2, 2012 at 01:46 AM. Reason: I forgot to finish my statement

July 2, 2012	#4
meadowyck Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2012 Location: Brooksville, FL Posts: 1,001	I hear ya on the unique fruits. __________________ Jan “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” -Theodore Roosevelt

September 3, 2012	#9
The Future Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Bermuda Posts: 364	Great stuff. Here is a photo of my segregations. I am readying to plant the F3s now. __________________ Wise selfishness is taking care of everyone else so that they don't bring harm to you.

July 2, 2012	#5
salix Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: north central B.C. Posts: 2,310	Mark, I do hope the taste is good - I have seeds of Green Lantern's Lights for next year. I understand that they are still segregating, but hope springs eternal. If I remember correctly, The Future in Bermuda grew them and found them very good tasting.

July 5, 2012	#8
Boutique Tomatoes Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Northeast Wisconsin, Zone 5a Posts: 1,109	The taste was excellent, however with my wife and daughter standing by for a slice (the boys don't like tomatoes!) I didn't get a picture. It was sweet with a backbone of acidity that I really liked, however this was the first slicer of the season so I don't have much to compare it too. It was extremely pretty, golden skin with green and some red striping, green fleshed with faint red marbling throughout. If the heat breaks Friday evening like it's supposed to I'll be bagging the plant and hitting it with the greenhouse pollinator until the next few trusses set fruit for seed.

September 5, 2012	#11
SteveS Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Bloomington, IN Posts: 123	I have 2 GLL plants this year. The first is producing small orange cherries with some faint red marbling. The other one is producing a medium size fruit that is slightly elongated like Green Zebra except that it has a few red stripes also. Or maybe I should say I had 2 plants. Disease has fairly decimated them. Steve

September 6, 2012	#12
Boutique Tomatoes Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Northeast Wisconsin, Zone 5a Posts: 1,109	I got one that put out small/medium sized heart shaped fruits with a bit of red streaking in the flesh under the green striped skin. Is that what yours looks like Steve?