Marsha's Grow List Photos 2016/2017 - Page 8

AKmark · January 2, 2017

Thanks for taking the time to post the pics and do a report. We have grown many of the same varieties, I also noticed a bit of variation with a few. Keep us posted on your updates, it is all snow up here, you are the tomato connection for a few more months. LOL

ginger2778 · January 3, 2017

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Originally Posted by jmsieglaff

Great stuff Marsha! I'm starting a NAR this year for my parents--it didn't make my 2017 list, but I'll be tasting and saving seeds from their fruits. Sounds like a tomato they will enjoy quite a bit (as will I).

I like it very much. Huge fruited plants are only medium productive for me.

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Originally Posted by sjamesNorway

I love following your thread, Marsha. Your mouth-watering photos are a great comfort through the cold Nordic winter, reminding me of what I have to look forward to.

Steve

You are very kind Steve. I hope your winter passes quickly. My seed offer this year is shaping up to be spectacular, I know you will want to take advantage again.

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Originally Posted by AKmark

Thanks for taking the time to post the pics and do a report. We have grown many of the same varieties, I also noticed a bit of variation with a few. Keep us posted on your updates, it is all snow up here, you are the tomato connection for a few more months. LOL

I am so happy for your viewing this. Part of the incredible, indeed unbelievable production I am getting this year is because of your thoughtful thread on how to do it. I am getting a bit sick of tomatoes, lol.
Please, what variations?

Gardenboy · January 3, 2017

Hey Marsha...Have any of your Aker's West Virginia ripened yet? I'm up to 247 ripe tomatoes since 11/11/16..not counting any cherry varieties. My neighbors see me coming with tomatoes and run the other direction!!

ginger2778 · January 3, 2017

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Originally Posted by Gardenboy

Hey Marsha...Have any of your Aker's West Virginia ripened yet? I'm up to 247 ripe tomatoes since 11/11/16..not counting any cherry varieties. My neighbors see me coming with tomatoes and run the other direction!!

I am getting loads of Akers WV, Douglas. Huge and ripe. And they have pretty good shelf life too.

ginger2778 · January 3, 2017

A few more

Buckeye State, beautiful perfect pink fruit with a balanced flavor. About 4 inches across, firm flesh, more meaty than juicy. Taste 8/10 Good production, RL indet

Pink Floyd, beautiful fruit that hold up well, taste- Meh! Needs the salt shaker. Not a great producer, and rather late. PL, indet but stays compact.

Zamorano, Gerardo loves this one and gave me the seeds. Huge red ruffled fruit, and little late due to the size, but also took a while to get flowers. Taste is a 7/10 so far, but most of mine taste better as the season goes on. Medium production. RL, indet

Noire De Crimee, I was getting low on seeds so I grew this again. One of the 100 in Carolyn's book. It is an excellent producer of very tasty round mahogany brown fruit with green shoulders. RL, indet, vigorous healthy vines.

ginger2778 · January 3, 2017

Next small group

Spike, beautiful stripes, very prolific producer of 1-1.5 oz fruit in clusters of 6. I think I let it go too ripen as Fred Hempel said it goes soft very quickly. I have to taste it when not so ripe. The foliage is gorgeous and fern like. RL, indet, makes lots of laterals.

Maiden's Gold, great producer of 8-12 oz golden yellow fruit, a bit of cracking at stem end means I have to eat them quickly. Very good flavor 8.5/10. Firm flesh, woukd grow again. From Our iwn Ted Maiden . Strong vigorous RL vines. Hardly any seeds for its size.

Gardenboy · January 3, 2017

Did you like the taste of Aker's W.V? Not sure if u like sweet tomatoes or higher acid like me...sometimes a medium balance is great too like Marianna's Peace or Stump of the World.

AlittleSalt · January 3, 2017

Marsha, the two WOW plants we grew in 2016 were also lanky and 7+ foot tall. It was the first to make this year's grow list. The taste is really good. They also grew out in the RKN garden.

ginger2778 · January 3, 2017

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Originally Posted by Gardenboy

Did you like the taste of Aker's W.V? Not sure if u like sweet tomatoes or higher acid like me...sometimes a medium balance is great too like Marianna's Peace or Stump of the World.

I guess I tend to like high acid with sweetness. These were good, but a bit acidic. Love how meaty, large and long keeping they are.

ginger2778 · January 3, 2017

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Originally Posted by AlittleSalt

Marsha, the two WOW plants we grew in 2016 were also lanky and 7+ foot tall. It was the first to make this year's grow list. The taste is really good. They also grew out in the RKN garden.

Robert, the taste is delicious. Did yours have longitudinal cracking?Mine do.

AlittleSalt · January 3, 2017

There was some cracking after rains. Not as much as Sungold.

ginger2778 · January 3, 2017

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Originally Posted by AlittleSalt

There was some cracking after rains. Not as much as Sungold.

It's so weird. My SunGolds don't crack.

guruofgardens · January 3, 2017

Thanks for sharing such beautiful pictures. Sure makes me drool to see 'real' tomatoes.

I love the black ones, especially. Prime looks yummy, as well as the striped Spike.

AlittleSalt · January 3, 2017

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Originally Posted by ginger2778

It's so weird. My SunGolds don't crack.

For us and Sungold, it's "There's a storm coming - hurry and pick the Sungolds." If we don't, the near ripe ones will crack by the next day.

I thought I had a couple of WOW pictures, and I do, but they are of when the tomatoes are still green. The pictures do show how lanky the vines are though.

MissS · January 3, 2017

Ted's "Maiden's Gold" sure looks like a winner. Good taste and few seeds. How was the texture?

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MissS Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Pewaukee, Wisconsin Posts: 3,150	Ted's "Maiden's Gold" sure looks like a winner. Good taste and few seeds. How was the texture? __________________ ~ Patti ~

January 2, 2017	#106
AKmark Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Wasilla Alaska Posts: 2,010	Thanks for taking the time to post the pics and do a report. We have grown many of the same varieties, I also noticed a bit of variation with a few. Keep us posted on your updates, it is all snow up here, you are the tomato connection for a few more months. LOL

January 3, 2017	#108
Gardenboy Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Fort Lauderdale, FL Posts: 784	Hey Marsha...Have any of your Aker's West Virginia ripened yet? I'm up to 247 ripe tomatoes since 11/11/16..not counting any cherry varieties. My neighbors see me coming with tomatoes and run the other direction!!

January 3, 2017	#112
Gardenboy Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Fort Lauderdale, FL Posts: 784	Did you like the taste of Aker's W.V? Not sure if u like sweet tomatoes or higher acid like me...sometimes a medium balance is great too like Marianna's Peace or Stump of the World.

January 3, 2017	#113
AlittleSalt BANNED FOR LIFE Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 13,333	Marsha, the two WOW plants we grew in 2016 were also lanky and 7+ foot tall. It was the first to make this year's grow list. The taste is really good. They also grew out in the RKN garden.

January 3, 2017	#116
AlittleSalt BANNED FOR LIFE Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 13,333	There was some cracking after rains. Not as much as Sungold.

January 3, 2017	#118
guruofgardens Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2008 Location: zone 5 Colorado Posts: 942	Thanks for sharing such beautiful pictures. Sure makes me drool to see 'real' tomatoes. I love the black ones, especially. Prime looks yummy, as well as the striped Spike.