Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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September 28, 2007 | #1 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Victoria. Australia
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Red Cloud Tomatoes
I've been looking for information regarding the plant size when grown of Red Cloud Tomatoes, but I'm not having much success.
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September 28, 2007 | #2 |
Tomatovillian™
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Location: Adelaide Hills, Australia
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It was a semi-determinate plant for me. It needed just a little staking so that the branches didn't flop everywhere. I'm sure you could grow it in a pot without a problem. It produced and produced and produced. Lovely round, red fruit.
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September 28, 2007 | #3 |
Tomatovillian™
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Thanks Spatz, that's what I remember from your notes, but I read on a site last week that it was Indeterminate, so it got me worried as I've already planted a couple out into pots.
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September 28, 2007 | #4 |
Tomatovillian™
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Location: Sydney, Australia
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What about taste?
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August 5, 2008 | #5 |
Tomatovillian™
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We grew Red Cloud this year and enjoyed it as a young potato but found it stayed somewhat "tough". I'm beginning to wonder if it might be a better potato to make hash browns out of.
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August 5, 2008 | #6 |
Tomatovillian™
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Red Cloud
Potato and/or Tomato?
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August 6, 2008 | #7 |
Tomatovillian™
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Hmm, looks like this one has changed somewhat over the years ....... vine dwarf
from 1961: 60 days, early, vine dwarf, fruits are firm, smooth, meaty, medium sized. Burell 1961 catalog http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs...lay.pl?1095276 and the rest of the listings .. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs...ext+Query&si=0 Red Cloud - Breeder: Dept. of Hort., Nebraska Agric. Expt. Sta., University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Parentage: Stokesdale x Allred. Characteristics: very early, determinate vines, large, meaty fruit; dependable fruit set in hot weather; first early maturity. Similar: Victor. Neb. Agric. Expt. Sta. Hort Prog. Rpt. 6. 1944.
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August 6, 2008 | #8 |
Tomatovillian™
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Ooops I was searching for the potato Jim and thought I was posting in the correct thread (serves me right for posting at work) :S
Sorry McSee!
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