Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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August 7, 2017 | #1 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: NewYork 5a
Posts: 2,303
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Fried Green Tomato F1 hybrid?
Anyone growing this?
I have two plants. Seeds from HolmesSeedCo. Fantastic tomato. Yet to get good ripe fruit from my plants. These are from MasstownMarket in NovaScotia, Canada. I've picked up a couple dozen fruits almost every year when passing through. Always wondered what they were. It is a farm market retailer, not the actual farm where grown. The placard just says 'Fried Green'. Most seed sellers use the same pic. Finally found one sellers pic with cut fruit. From Parks... It's all about hold for Fried Green Tomato -- holding up during cooking, of course, but also holding on the vine. These 6- to 7-ounce fruits outperform just about any other tomato we've ever grown when it comes to staying fresh and whole on the vine without cracking, getting mushy, or degrading. It's the same firmness that keeps them neatly sliced in the pan, not sprawling out all over the place. So you would think all this "hold" strength would translate into a rather dry, rubbery texture, but Fried Green Tomato is a juicy and very succulent tomato. Cooking seems to bring out some of the flavor; we find that although it's great for fresh slicing and eating too, Fried Green Tomato comes into its own when it fulfills its name and begins to heat up! Sums it up for me as well. This was a week ago last Friday, my purchased tomatoes, so going on 12 days. Using them fresh and some started to get the golden color. Long keepers. Also growing GreenBee that has similar 'crisp' apple type firm texture. Just this past weekend I found the information of the University breeder, 2012 I think... no mater what key words I use, even my listed history, I can't find the info.... |
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