Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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August 24, 2012 | #1 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Seattle, WA
Posts: 18
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Red Isis Candy?
I'm currently growing Isis Candy from seed, and the fruit is just now ripening. However, instead of the red-orange-gold marbling, it's just plain red. The first several fruit ripening are about 1.5" in diameter, and the first one weighs 1 oz. All the other fruit are about 1" in diameter or smaller, like more typical cherry tomatoes.
What do most people get when they grow Isis Candy? I know it's not common to get the striking colorful marbling shown on most photos for Isis Candy, but I was expecting a bicolor or at least the sunburst pattern on the bottom, not just a plain red cherry tomato (as shown in the photos below). I'm also getting soft, almost rotten bottoms on a handful of the fruit, like blossom end rot (see brownish blossom end on tomato directly below the red one in the first photo below). I didn't think that happened with cherry tomatoes. Almost ripe fruit on Isis Candy One fruit blushing on a truss of Isis Candy The red Isis Candy tomato with Sun Golds for comparison |
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