Berkeley Tye Dye Pink

gflynn · March 24, 2015

Tomato folk,

My Berkeley Tye Dye Pink taste wonderful but seem to die very fast. Is that normal for the variaty or is this a dieseased bunch of seed?

Thanks,
Greg

ginger2778 · March 24, 2015

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Originally Posted by gflynn

Tomato folk,

My Berkeley Tye Dye Pink taste wonderful but seem to die very fast. Is that normal for the variaty or is this a dieseased bunch of seed?

Thanks,
Greg

Not sure it is normal, mine are still going strong at 7 months. I did religious every 7-10 day preventive spraying with a bactericide/ fungicide with BT added , until the 10 week phase, and I stull do a thorough spray every time it rains. Seems to be the magic bullet.

tam91 · March 24, 2015

Mine lasted all season.

berkeleyluddite · March 25, 2015

Mine PBTD was done a little earlier than Black Krim which is right next to it last year.... But it was barely hanging there and not very productive for the last 2 months of its cycle.

Having said that, I'm growing two more this year... the taste and the coloring of PBTD is only second to Captain Lucky!

Longlake · March 25, 2015

PBTD goes all season for me, productive until the very end of the season and not prone to disease. It's earned a permanent place in my garden...And I've gotta remember to bag/save seed this year!

PaulF · March 25, 2015

The flavor was fine, my plants also exhibited more disease earlier than other tomatoes and I did not get as much internal color as some photos. Interesting but not good enough to continue.

lrussillo · May 1, 2015

I am near your area--. My PBTDs had a rough time of it until I did a soil test and found I was low on potassium--they perked up after that--we'll see how they do this year--I don't think they like the heat and humidity combo. I love them and so am willing to coddle them through the season. They did not die until the frost killed them.

b54red · May 1, 2015

Like many of the black tomatoes they can be quite susceptible to gray mold and if it is allowed to go unchecked it will kill them fairly quickly. Other than that they tend to fall prey to fusarium wilt and RKN like most heirlooms; but if you avoid those three they should last a long season. I graft mine onto a good resistant rootstock and only have to worry about the usual foliage diseases and gray mold. It is one of my favorite fall tomatoes because it ripens so well even as the temperatures get a bit low.

Bill

March 24, 2015	#1
gflynn MAGTAG™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Gaithersburg, MD Posts: 437	Berkeley Tye Dye Pink Tomato folk, My Berkeley Tye Dye Pink taste wonderful but seem to die very fast. Is that normal for the variaty or is this a dieseased bunch of seed? Thanks, Greg

March 24, 2015	#3
tam91 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Crystal Lake IL Posts: 2,484	Mine lasted all season. __________________ Tracy

March 25, 2015	#5
Longlake Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: MN Posts: 142	PBTD goes all season for me, productive until the very end of the season and not prone to disease. It's earned a permanent place in my garden...And I've gotta remember to bag/save seed this year! __________________ My garden is like a teenager - One minute I'm basking in it's glow and the next I'm cursing it's attitude and headstrong independence.

March 25, 2015	#6
PaulF Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brownville, Ne Posts: 3,296	The flavor was fine, my plants also exhibited more disease earlier than other tomatoes and I did not get as much internal color as some photos. Interesting but not good enough to continue. __________________ there's two things money can't buy; true love and home grown tomatoes.

March 25, 2015	#4
berkeleyluddite Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: CA Posts: 21	Mine PBTD was done a little earlier than Black Krim which is right next to it last year.... But it was barely hanging there and not very productive for the last 2 months of its cycle. Having said that, I'm growing two more this year... the taste and the coloring of PBTD is only second to Captain Lucky!

May 1, 2015	#7
lrussillo Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: virginia Posts: 57	I am near your area--. My PBTDs had a rough time of it until I did a soil test and found I was low on potassium--they perked up after that--we'll see how they do this year--I don't think they like the heat and humidity combo. I love them and so am willing to coddle them through the season. They did not die until the frost killed them.

May 1, 2015	#8
b54red Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Alabama Posts: 7,068	Like many of the black tomatoes they can be quite susceptible to gray mold and if it is allowed to go unchecked it will kill them fairly quickly. Other than that they tend to fall prey to fusarium wilt and RKN like most heirlooms; but if you avoid those three they should last a long season. I graft mine onto a good resistant rootstock and only have to worry about the usual foliage diseases and gray mold. It is one of my favorite fall tomatoes because it ripens so well even as the temperatures get a bit low. Bill