Zapotec

[AlittleSalt]

I planted a Zapotec plant from seed I got in a trade or from the MMMM. The bag is a clear plastic one with "Zapotec 2014" written on it with a fine black marker. That plant is growing some tomatoes that look like Zapotec and a whole lot more that do not. I looked through Tomatoville all the way back to 2007. Going by what I read it is not supposed to look like the second and third picture. The tomatoes have a whole lot of seeds and tastes unbelievably good. The flesh is firm and the skin isn't thick like a hybrid.

I want to save enough seeds to send to everyone who wants them, but I need to figure out if it is a Zapotec or something else.

[Worth1]

I have never had Zapotec look like the other ones.
It might be a cross of some sort.

Worth

[carolyn137]

No, Pictures 2 and 3 are not Zapotec.

http://tomatoville.com/showthread.ph...Zapotec+Ribbed

Above is the thread to read here with comments about Zapotec and you even posted in this thread.

If you go to Tania's website you'll see that most folks refer to Zapotec Ribbed or Pleated as being hollow, and that's what I got when I grew it.Same kind of comments in the SSE Yearbooks.

Carolyn

[AlittleSalt]

Originally Posted by carolyn137

No, Pictures 2 and 3 are not Zapotec.

http://tomatoville.com/showthread.ph...Zapotec+Ribbed

Above is the thread to read here with comments about Zapotec and you even posted in this thread.

If you go to Tania's website you'll see that most folks refer to Zapotec Ribbed or Pleated as being hollow, and that's what I got when I grew it.Same kind of comments in the SSE Yearbooks.

Carolyn

Carolyn, I thought of that thread too. I kept looking at the tomatoes on my plant thinking they might start growing like Zapotec is supposed to, but instead, they got ripe and didn't change size or shape.

Worth, I didn't think about the plant being a cross. I'll have to look up Mexico. I have seeds of Mexico Midget.

Whatever the cross is - it tastes great. So I'm guessing when I save seeds I should call it, "Zapotec Cross"?

[Worth1]

Not to get off subject Salt but since you are determined to grow all kinds of tomatoes you might as well try Mexico.

Worth

[Worth1]

Salt if it were me I wouldn't save seeds from it but that is just me because I dont have the space right now to waste time in a maybe plant.

Here is a link to Mexico.
They aren't bad.

Do you think you are ready to wake up some really old seeds?

http://www.tomatogrowers.com/MEXICO/productinfo/5645/

[Tracydr]

Originally Posted by Worth1

Salt if it were me I wouldn't save seeds from it but that is just me because I dont have the space right now to waste time in a maybe plant.

Here is a link to Mexico.
They aren't bad.

Do you think you are ready to wake up some really old seeds?

http://www.tomatogrowers.com/MEXICO/productinfo/5645/

I have a Mexico plant, if I didn't give it away. I started it from Free seeds sent in 2005 from Tomatofest and never grown.

[pmcgrady]

Grown Zapotecs for 5 years...
Not Zapotecs

[pmcgrady]

Mexico tomatoes are my favorite around here...lots of tomatoes that taste pretty gosh darnoodley good!

[peebee]

I grew Zapotec one year and they were really flute-y. You would recognize one in an instant when you see it again. So yours are not, definitely. Too round. But hey, the taste is good right? That's all that matters.

[AlittleSalt]

I saw that link worth. A heavy producer of 1 lb. + that lasts through the growing season. Sure, I would like to try to wake up some old seeds.

[Worth1]

Originally Posted by AlittleSalt

I saw that link worth. A heavy producer of 1 lb. + that lasts through the growing season. Sure, I would like to try to wake up some old seeds.

Well okay then.

[Delerium]

I'm growing Zapotecs and they are pretty big tomatoes that sorta looks pear shaped with ribs.