Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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October 24, 2016 | #136 | |
Tomatovillian™
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What did you grow? |
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October 24, 2016 | #137 | |
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It would say - "If you ask me or anybody else in the south that grows okra to put up for winter I say 500 seeds but for normal people 100 is good and 50 would work for people to try it." lol I found out why I can no longer grow okra. It seems that RKN prefers okra, but will make due with tomato roots. |
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October 25, 2016 | #139 |
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I'm squeezing a few more packs into the box:
Common Beans 2 Brown Striped Greasy Cut Short 2 Jennings 3 Margaret Best Greasy Cut Short 2 Diamond Eggplant 4 Slow-Bolt Cilantro and maybe some Cracoviensis Lettuce and Webb's Wonderful Lettuce if I can still get the box closed |
October 25, 2016 | #140 | ||
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yeah, I am thinking maybe 15 or so (I have plenty of seed, and since it's common I don't need to send 30 packs). Just for people like me who haven't grown okra before and want to try. If they let a few pods go they will have plenty if they want to go that far. I got some dill from someone in my garden club today, probably enough for 50 packs each with enough seed for a whole neighborhood. I won't send that many though. Save
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October 26, 2016 | #141 |
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Location: Hudson Valley, NY, Zone 6a
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First-time MMMM participant; sent seeds today! I ended up with about a dozen tomato varieties (including 20 packs of Dwarf Adelaide Festival tomatoes, which I loved) and a few bonuses (tomatillos, ground cherries, and some flowers). I saw that some members were interested in pollinator-attracting flowers, so I threw in some Bright Lights mixed Cosmos seeds. Can't wait to see what arrives in my mailbox in a few months...
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October 26, 2016 | #142 |
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Location: Zone 6a Denver North Metro
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You open that mailer and you'll gasp when all those packs pour onto the counter. It took my breath and the wife says, Whoa!
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October 27, 2016 | #143 |
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This is my list for the swap.
Tomatoes: Striped Roma x 10 TamiG x14 Beans: Anasazi x 9 Dedos x10 Jumbo x 7 Missouri Wonder x 5 Purple Pod x 10 Rio Des Belges x 5 Peas: Burpeana Early x 2 Golden Sweet x 5 Green Arrow x 5 Pumpkin: Kakai x 14 Wonder berry x 14 An annual, small bush with currant size fruits that had a unique flavor I've done the tomato/bean swap the last couple of years on the GW forums. I was tessie83856 on there. Will get them in the mail tomorrow. I came across an envelope of Black Jungle Butter Beans that I had drying, so am enclosing 5 packs (6 seeds each) of them. Last edited by BettyC-5; October 28, 2016 at 06:36 PM. |
October 28, 2016 | #144 |
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When I look at this thread, I wonder if Tormato has this huge barn or warehouse or something to keep all the seeds in. I guess he could use binders like I do. I only have 500 or so varieties to keep up with. Tormato must have thousands.
I wanted to send in some Texas 1015Y onion seeds that I saved, but at the time, I didn't know their germination rate, I also thought about them being a short day onion, but since, I've read that they can be planted in intermediate and long day areas. http://sustainableseedco.com/heirloo...nion-seed.html If I had known this beforehand, I would have sent some seeds in. |
October 28, 2016 | #145 |
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Some beans for the swap...variety - year harvested - code for type is p=pole , b=bush, s=snap. d=dry, w=wax, h-r=half runner - the last number is the number of packs (of 5 seeds) or number of seeds less than one pack.
You may request more than one pack of a variety. Varieties with very few seeds should be grown out in 2017, rather than stashed in a collection. Aunt Ada's Italian '15 p/s 4 Aunt Jean's '13 p/? (4 seeds) Aunt Mary's Meat '15 p/s 7 Barnes Mountain '15 p/s (2 seeds) Bill Ellis Footlong '15 p/s 1 Bird Egg #3 '15 p/? (3 seeds) Brita's Foot Long '15 p/? 6 Bumblebee '15 p/? (1 seed) Cades Cove Greasyback '15 p/s 12 Case Knife '15 p/s 3 Clay Bank Fall '15 p/s 3 Emerite '15 p/s 4 Farelle Fliederfarben '15 p/d 1 Flamingo '15 p/w (pink) lots Fortex '14 p/s 3 Frank Barnett Cornfield '15 p/s 12 Frank Barnett Cutshort '15 p/s 14 Garrafal Oro '15 p/s lots Garden of Eden '13 p/s (1 seed) Gold of Bacau '15 p/w 2 Gold Marie '15 p/w 16 Grandpa Hale's '15 p/? (3 seeds) Granny '15 p/s 3 Greasyback '10 p/s (1 seed) Greasy Cutshort '16 p/s 6 Headrick Greasy Cutshort '15 p/s 4 Hopi Pink '15 p/s 4 Jembo Polish'15 p/s (1 seed) Kentucky Blue '11 p/s 7 Kentucky Wonder 191 '13 p/s (2 seeds) Kwintus '16 p/s 10 La Vignerrone '15 p/s 4 Lazy Housewife '13 p/s 1 Lazy Wife Greasy '15 p/s 4 Margaret Best Cutshort '15 p/s (2 seeds) Maria Zeller '14 p/d (2 seeds) McCaslan '15 p/s 2 Menotume '15 p/? 9 Missouri Wonder '14 p/s (3 seeds) Northeaster '13 p/s 4 Pink Tip Greasy '13 p/s 1 Rich Purple Pod '14 p/s 1 Selma Star '15 p/s 1 Snowball Greasy '15 p/s 2 Square House Pole '15 p/s 1 Sultan's Green Crescent '12 p/s (3 seeds) Super Marconi '15 p/s 4 Tennessee Greasy '14 p/s 1 Trionfo Violetto, '13 & '14 p/s 5 Uzice Speckled Wax '15 p/w 1 Valley '15 p/s 9 Zelma Zesta '15 p/s 4 Last edited by Tormato; October 29, 2016 at 01:43 PM. |
October 29, 2016 | #146 | |
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I'm thinking we'll have to include those in 2017 as part of the swap rather than just as bonuses. Meanwhile, I'll dig through my collection to see what I have. |
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October 29, 2016 | #147 |
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Some more from the collection...
Annelino Giallo '15 p/w 4 Blue Coco '15 p/? 8 Blue Shackamaxon '15 p/s 13 Cherokee Trail of Tears '15 p/s lots Golden Lima (a common bean, not a lima) '15 p/? lots Good Mother Stallard '13 & '14 p/d lots Herrenbohli '15 p/d lots Hidatsa Shield Figure '15 p/d 2 Kentucky Wonder '13 to '15 p/s lots Montezuma Red '15 p/d 5 Old Joe Clark/Pink Half Runner/Red Peanut '13 to '15 h-r/s lots Ojo de Cabra '14 p/d 8 Rattlesnake '14 p/s lots Red Eye Fall '15 p/? 6 Russian East German Pea Bean '15 p?h-r?/d lots Sultan's Golden Crescent '15 p/w 4 Tarahumara Dark Purple '15 p/d 8 Tarahumara Purple Ojos '15 p/d 4 Tarbais Pole '14 p/d 4 True Red Cranberry '15 p/d 5 |
October 29, 2016 | #148 |
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I am filling out the wish list and wanting input. I am being sponsored by spacetogrow and am going to get more than enough seeds from my sponsor (http://tomatoville.com/showpost.php?...&postcount=127) but I want to see if there are any tomato, pepper and/or pea recommendations relating to my area, I am in the Atlanta area (zone 7 or 8, varies by calculator) and will be growing in containers or raised beds that will not have contact with the native soil.
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November 1, 2016 | #149 | |
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getting Cuor de Bue packed |
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November 3, 2016 | #150 |
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Location: zone 5 Colorado
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Sent in 10 packs of each: tomatoes
Carbon Cuostralee Dana's German Johnson Benton-Strain Daniel Burson Fleur de Reagir GGWT Grosse Serge Indigo Cherry Drops Margaret Curtain Negrillo de Almoguerra Polish C Sent in: peppers 10 Chimayo 20 Biker Billy jalapeno |
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