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Old June 27, 2014   #1
beeman
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Default Disappointing Heirlooms?

I am growing a number of heirlooms for the first time. Up to now I've always grown hybrids with limited success due to Corky Root Rot, so I splashed out on a small greenhouse, installed Alaska grow buckets, mixed my own planting mixture. Seed sown in Feb, planted in the greenhouse middle March.
The growth has been tremendous, each plant producing large clusters of fruit which are now ripening. Sounds great? But one huge disappointment, bland tasteless fruit.
There are two which have some flavour, Pink Brandywine, MagiQo, but Paul Robeson, Costaluto Geneverse, Cherokee Purple, just don't register on the taste buds.
I do have another non heirloom, Italian Ciliegia a small red round salad which is quite delightful. Holding out hope that my one and only Big Beef might produce again, once it matures, not in the green house, in a container on my deck.
Any suggestions what would cause these reputed tasty fruits to be so pitiful? I have heard that over watering will cause poor taste, but these are growing well in what are basically SWCs.
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