Estler's Mortgage Lifter with few seeds

SueCT · August 15, 2017

I just cut up my tomatoes and was surprised to find the two ML tomatoes I had were much meatier than normal, and one actually had very few seeds. Is this weather related? We have had a pretty good amount of rain this year but I haven't watered at all. These are the first two fruit of the year, so I will see what later fruits bring. My concern is that I save seeds from the Estler's Mortgage Lifter in order to keep them going from some seeds Carolyn sent me. Because I have a small garden and also plant hearts and 1 paste each year, I am concerned this might not be a true EML but some kind of cross. Not sure I should save the seeds I removed from these two, especially this one. If it was a cross, all fruit from this plant would show this and not just the early fruits, I assume. What do you think? Can I save these and just label them EML or is it likely no longer true to the original? I have saved the ones I was able to get from this.

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August 15, 2017	#1
SueCT Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Connecticut Posts: 1,460	Estler's Mortgage Lifter with few seeds I just cut up my tomatoes and was surprised to find the two ML tomatoes I had were much meatier than normal, and one actually had very few seeds. Is this weather related? We have had a pretty good amount of rain this year but I haven't watered at all. These are the first two fruit of the year, so I will see what later fruits bring. My concern is that I save seeds from the Estler's Mortgage Lifter in order to keep them going from some seeds Carolyn sent me. Because I have a small garden and also plant hearts and 1 paste each year, I am concerned this might not be a true EML but some kind of cross. Not sure I should save the seeds I removed from these two, especially this one. If it was a cross, all fruit from this plant would show this and not just the early fruits, I assume. What do you think? Can I save these and just label them EML or is it likely no longer true to the original? I have saved the ones I was able to get from this. [IMG]IMG_1828 by Susan Albetski, on Flickr[/IMG] IMG_1829 by Susan Albetski, on Flickr