Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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July 13, 2012 | #1 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Costa Rica
Posts: 23
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will saved sun golds' seeds produce more sun golds?
....or are they a hybrid that won't produce good seeds?
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July 13, 2012 | #2 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: NW Wisconsin
Posts: 910
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They are a hybrid so they won't produce more Sungolds exactly like the F1, but they will produce seeds and you will get tomatoes from the seeds. It is a common misconception that hybrid seeds will not produce fruit if saved, but I have grown many for fun and have never found one that did not produce.
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July 13, 2012 | #3 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Den of Drunken Fools
Posts: 38,539
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They wont produce good sun gold seeds.
Given the price of new sun gold seeds and how long they are viable I only see one reason to save seeds. That is if the producer stops selling them as they have other varieties. Folks have already started to try and stabilize sun gold for I would hope this reason. Worth |
July 13, 2012 | #4 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Virginia
Posts: 353
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i grew out some sun gold seed this year with the offspring looking like the parent...ymmv.
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July 14, 2012 | #5 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Costa Rica
Posts: 23
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Thanks Everyone!
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July 14, 2012 | #6 |
Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Upstate NY, zone 4b/5a
Posts: 21,169
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Most of the time saved F2 seeds from a Sungold F1 plant will end up giving both red and gold/orange fruits from different plants if enough plants are set out and that's b'c what's bred into Sungold F1 and all flat truss varieties are genes from a red currant accession.
It took many years for Reinhard Kraft in Germany to come up with two OP versions and even then neither one tastes exactly like the F1, according to almost everyone I've seen post about them.
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