Ashleigh

**tomatoaddict** · August 11, 2007

Thanks to Neil G. (Retiree) for this great tomato. One of my favorites.

**carolyn137** · August 11, 2007

I agree it's a great one and wish that more folks would have the opportunity to grow it.

Did Neil tell you that it's originally from Macedonia and he named it after his niece?

I really should remember to send seeds for it to Glenn at Sandhill and Linda at TGS for trial.

dcarch · August 11, 2007

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Originally Posted by carolyn137

-------------I really should remember to send seeds for it to Glenn at Sandhill and Linda at TGS for trial.

I don't see any seeds

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dcarch

**carolyn137** · August 11, 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by dcarch

I don't see any seeds

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dcarch

Hmmmm, what am I missing here?

I said I'd send seeds of Ashleigh to Glenn and Linda, and I get back a tomato explosion and wink.

Please explain yourself dcarch.

elkwc36 · August 11, 2007

Carolyn,
I took it he meant he didn't see any seeds in the sliced photo. Like maybe it don't have many. That was my first thought for sure. I had it planted and one of the varieties I lost to TSWV so will be next year before I know about it. Jay

JerryL · August 11, 2007

I grew Ashleigh in 2005 from seed received from Carolyn – found it to be moderately sweet, few seeds, meaty with a lemon finish. Moist shapely fruit.

I agree more folks should try it.

**tomatoaddict** · August 13, 2007

Yes, very few seeds. Quite meaty...

Tomstrees · August 13, 2007

From Macedonia ??? How cool !

~ Tom

PaulF · August 22, 2007

I am growing Ashleigh and the seeds also came from Carolyn. I must have the plant in the wrong place; 90% of the fruit has had and continues to have BER. It is surrounded by other plants with no BER problem at all. The few tomatoes without the black bottom rot have been as described by everyone else. Can and should I save seeds from fruit with BER? Anything differently I can do to keep Ashleigh from the dreaded BER? Watering has been consistant, soil is the same as 23 other plants, caged just like everything else. This one puzzles me.

tessa · December 22, 2007

wow.
i'm having BER on one of my ashleighs...and so i thought i'd do a search to find out whether or not i can save seed from it. LOL.
what a *perfect* thread this turned out to be!

Rena · December 22, 2007

Well I grow in containers so I will scratch this one off my "will grow list" Thanks for the heads up Tessa.

cdntomato · December 22, 2007

I've grown it in ground and in containers. No BER ever.

Just my experience.

Jennifer

tessa · December 22, 2007

no no, rena...i wouldn't scratch it off just yet. there's only got one fruit on the plant with BER...the rest are fine.
i was just trying to find out if i should remove that one fruit...or keep it for seeds.
i'll keep it for seeds now...and *eat* the rest.

**tomatoaddict** · December 22, 2007

Rena, I would definitely not scratch that one off. It is one great tomato. I grew two plants last year and not one had BER or anything else for that matter. It produced like crazy.It is one fabulous tomato. 9/10 for sure.

Rena · December 22, 2007

Oh and you HAD TO post some more pics LOL

OK OK UNCLE
I will grow it.......

Now to make sure I have seed!!

August 11, 2007	#1
tomatoaddict Moderator Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: zone 5 Posts: 1,459	Ashleigh Thanks to Neil G. (Retiree) for this great tomato. One of my favorites. __________________ Secretseedcartel.com

August 11, 2007	#2
carolyn137 Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Upstate NY, zone 4b/5a Posts: 21,169	I agree it's a great one and wish that more folks would have the opportunity to grow it. Did Neil tell you that it's originally from Macedonia and he named it after his niece? I really should remember to send seeds for it to Glenn at Sandhill and Linda at TGS for trial. __________________ Carolyn

August 11, 2007	#6
JerryL Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: S.W. Ohio z6a Posts: 736	I grew Ashleigh in 2005 from seed received from Carolyn – found it to be moderately sweet, few seeds, meaty with a lemon finish. Moist shapely fruit. I agree more folks should try it. __________________ Jerry

August 13, 2007	#7
tomatoaddict Moderator Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: zone 5 Posts: 1,459	Yes, very few seeds. Quite meaty... __________________ Secretseedcartel.com

August 13, 2007	#8
Tomstrees Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NJ Bayshore Posts: 3,848	From Macedonia ??? How cool ! ~ Tom __________________ My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to see things from the plant's point of view. ~ H. Fred Ale

August 11, 2007	#5
elkwc36 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: SW Kansas Posts: 339	Carolyn, I took it he meant he didn't see any seeds in the sliced photo. Like maybe it don't have many. That was my first thought for sure. I had it planted and one of the varieties I lost to TSWV so will be next year before I know about it. Jay

August 22, 2007	#9
PaulF Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brownville, Ne Posts: 3,296	I am growing Ashleigh and the seeds also came from Carolyn. I must have the plant in the wrong place; 90% of the fruit has had and continues to have BER. It is surrounded by other plants with no BER problem at all. The few tomatoes without the black bottom rot have been as described by everyone else. Can and should I save seeds from fruit with BER? Anything differently I can do to keep Ashleigh from the dreaded BER? Watering has been consistant, soil is the same as 23 other plants, caged just like everything else. This one puzzles me. __________________ there's two things money can't buy; true love and home grown tomatoes.

December 22, 2007	#10
tessa Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: perth, western australia Posts: 1,031	wow. i'm having BER on one of my ashleighs...and so i thought i'd do a search to find out whether or not i can save seed from it. LOL. what a perfect thread this turned out to be!

December 22, 2007	#11
Rena Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Warm Springs, GA Posts: 1,421	Well I grow in containers so I will scratch this one off my "will grow list" Thanks for the heads up Tessa.

December 22, 2007	#12
cdntomato Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Kingston, Ontario Posts: 554	I've grown it in ground and in containers. No BER ever. Just my experience. Jennifer __________________ There is no sincerer love than the love of food. -George Bernard Shaw