Terhune: The star of my seed tray

[Spartanburg123]

Out of 36 seeds I sowed just three days ago, three have germinated and already have spread out their cotyledons- seeds from Marianna's called "Competition Terhune". Only these three have shown up this fast- and I have 6 other varieties planted in the tray. Is there any significance at all to germination speed or vigor this early in the life cycle? Amazing that they came up like this, really.

Thanks!

Darin

[Gerardo]

A great tomato, a very generous Tomatovillian set me up with a few seeds and one of those plants kept on truckin' for close to 9 months. Flavor is right there with standard Terhune (an outstanding tomato), so excellent. Healthy plant, puts out some big ones.

[Spartanburg123]

Originally Posted by Gerardo

A great tomato, a very generous Tomatovillian set me up with a few seeds and one of those plants kept on truckin' for close to 9 months. Flavor is right there with standard Terhune (an outstanding tomato), so excellent. Healthy plant, puts out some big ones.

This is potato leaf, right? Did you have the same competition seeds that I have?

Thanks!

[JLJ_]

Originally Posted by Spartanburg123

This is potato leaf, right? . . .

I believe that your potato leaves should be correct for Terhune (original Terhune), maybe not for a cross of Terhune with something else . . . I believe that the person who first found, named and distributed Terhune said 8/10/2008 "They are indeterminate (so far) potato leaf 1-2 pound deeply ribbed deep pink flat INCREDIBLE tomatoes . . .If I offer them up, I am going to call them Terhune . . ."

[Spartanburg123]

Thanks JLJ- yes, I believe that was "Darwinslair", if my memory serves me right.

The sowing height could be the reason, but only the Terhunes came up- all three of them. I since have one Early Girl and a Dotson's Lebanese Heart that has germinated.

Mark- good Lordy, that is a hoss!!! Do you think the seeds I got from Marianna's are from you, or that tomato? The stem on the tomato is as big as most of my vines!!!

Thanks

Darin

[carolyn137]

http://tatianastomatobase.com/wiki/Terhune

..... the original is above and yes, I have grown it many years ago.

But what pray tell is a competition Terhune, since I'm not going to Marianne's website to check.

Should it be any different from the original, and if so,why, or is it just in a list of tomato varieties that usually do grow big ones?

If the latter Dale Thurber at Delectation of Tomatoes has a list like that as well, primarily for those who enter fruits in contests ,which I presume that Marianne's/darth list is as well.

Yes to the purpose of the competition one?

Carolyn

[BigVanVader]

My Esterina were up in 3 days. There are usually a few varieties that seem to be up in 3-4 days every year. My new saved seeds usually or a hybrid variety.

[Gardeneer]

Originally Posted by BigVanVader

My Esterina were up in 3 days. There are usually a few varieties that seem to be up in 3-4 days every year. My new saved seeds usually or a hybrid variety.

My Esterina and Cuostralee popped up in about 3 1/2 days.
50% of varieties germinated within 5 days.
25% of varieties in day 6
25% yet to pop up as of day 6.

[Spartanburg123]

Originally Posted by Gardeneer

My Esterina and Cuostralee popped up in about 3 1/2 days.
50% of varieties germinated within 5 days.
25% of varieties in day 6
25% yet to pop up as of day 6.

Interesting! Here is my tally, after 6 days:

Terhune (competition): 3/3
GGWT: 0/2
Rebel Yell: 1/6
Early Girl: 1/2
DLH: 5/16
Barlow's Best Black (3 d): 0/1
Lithium Sunset (3d): 0/1
Thai Chilis: 0/3


Overall, things are pretty sluggish this year!

[AKmark]

The Terhune competition I got was RL, and the seed out of the 5.42lb tomato I grew from them were all RL so far., I have only grew 4-5 plants from them though, if a PL shows up we will know it was a cross.

[Spartanburg123]

Originally Posted by AKmark

The Terhune competition I got was RL, and the seed out of the 5.42lb tomato I grew from them were all RL so far., I have only grew 4-5 plants from them though, if a PL shows up we will know it was a cross.

AKMark- thanks. Can you describe the growth habit of the plant, productivity, average fruit size, etc. on that biggie you grew?

Thanks!

Darin

[AKmark]

Originally Posted by Spartanburg123

AKMark- thanks. Can you describe the growth habit of the plant, productivity, average fruit size, etc. on that biggie you grew?

Thanks!

Darin

The plant with the 5.42 also had a 4 something and a 2.5 on it at the same time. The fruit was good, sweet tasting to me.

Ted, it it pretty obvious the Terhune I have must be a cross. Like I said I only planted a couple from my seeds and they were also RL, but that does not mean that 25 percent will be PL if I plant enough. Did you get the seed from me? If you did the PL you got would verify my thoughts.
I still have some original seed, I may have to plant a few, along with my saved seed from the large tomatoes.
At any rate, there is some real potential to grow giant tomatoes from the seeds mentioned.
Enjoy

[AKmark]

I found a couple of pics of the tomatoes on the plant and picked from the seed I got from the vendor. They would make a decent BLT. LOL. You can see the RL on the plant, just making sure my memory is intact.

[ContainerTed]

Well, to throw another stick in the spokes, Mark, I got Potato Leaf from the ones I planted. I have it listed for sale at Heritage Seed Market.

[ContainerTed]

Well, Mark, don't jump off the pier just yet. In the first pix above, the foliage shown at the left edge of the pix is what many folks are calling three different things. Some call it "Potato Leaf", some call it "Regular Leaf" because of the serrations, and some are now calling it "Serrated Potato Leaf".

So, the picture doesn't tell me which plant you took that monster from, but if it was that one on the left edge of the picture, then we are all calling the same thing by different names.

I suggest some discussion might be necessary to get us all on the same sheet of music. For a very long time, I lived with Regular and Potato Leaf. Then I had to add Wispy. Some also call it "Fern-like".

I don't have any problem with adding still another type of foliage to our choices. Potato Leaf with those serrations has confused our discussions more than once. The recent exchanges about the stability of Daniel Burson comes immediately to mind. I say let's call it as we see it. Now, that's my thinking. Who's next???