What Would be the Ideal Micro?

[Hatgirl]

Originally Posted by Hatgirl

Learning about the sun dwarf gene explains why my greenhouse Tiny Tims were 1.5ft and the house ones were 4ft

My windowsill Patio Orange is already 4ft. I think it's another sun dwarf!

[MarinaRussian]

Posting pics of my best micros out of 30 plants. Pic #4 shows tomatoes from the tiniest plants. Not all of the fruits are pictured, lots were eaten, some had dropped. I also had lots of blossom drop. All had outstandingly sweet flavor and amazing productivity for such small plants :love:

[NarnianGarden]

Wow, beautiful! I'm hungry now..!

[dfollett]

Originally Posted by MarinaRussian

Posting pics of my best micros out of 30 plants. Pic #4 shows tomatoes from the tiniest plants. Not all of the fruits are pictured, lots were eaten, some had dropped. I also had lots of blossom drop. All had outstandingly sweet flavor and amazing productivity for such small plants

Thanks for posting, Marina. I have a couple of questions for you.

Were any of them good enough that you are going to grow them again this year?

Which were the crosses that you liked best? (I could ask lots of other questions, but....)

[MarinaRussian]

Originally Posted by dfollett

Thanks for posting, Marina. I have a couple of questions for you.

Were any of them good enough that you are going to grow them again this year?

Which were the crosses that you liked best? (I could ask lots of other questions, but....)

Dan, I'm growing again the ones in pics #1,4,6
Which were 13x-F3-6/ 37x-F2-1 / 12x-F3-6
The red and dark striped ones were from 13x-F3-1... I really loved the looks and flavor, but these were on the taller side and not as productive, as the first 3 I've mentioned.

Are there any variegated micros that you're working on?

[dfollett]

Originally Posted by MarinaRussian

Dan, I'm growing again the ones in pics #1,4,6
Which were 13x-F3-6/ 37x-F2-1 / 12x-F3-6
The red and dark striped ones were from 13x-F3-1... I really loved the looks and flavor, but these were on the taller side and not as productive, as the first 3 I've mentioned.

Are there any variegated micros that you're working on?

No micros yet. I've made some crosses and will grow out the F1s this summer.

[akgardengirl]

I kept 3 plants from the 53-F3-2 line which are short, all around 4", and have multi buds in groups of around 6. They are doing real good and are slightly behind the Aztek comparison micro which was started the same time.

I was told this may not be multi flora. I am confused now but it is definitely a micro!

[Cole_Robbie]

Originally Posted by dfollett

No micros yet. I've made some crosses and will grow out the F1s this summer.

I have a few flats of your microdwarf crosses. The plants are all quite vigorous and also very uniform. Thank you for the seeds.

My biggest problem with microdwarfs is that they don't seem very cold-tolerant.. I want to be able to sell them in the very early spring, but the cold weather often does them in.

[dfollett]

Originally Posted by akgardengirl

I kept 3 plants from the 53-F3-2 line which are short, all around 4", and have multi buds in groups of around 6. They are doing real good and are slightly behind the Aztek comparison micro which was started the same time.

I was told this may not be multi flora. I am confused now but it is definitely a micro!

Don't let that worry you, I'm usually confused.

In my experience, sometimes the first inflorescence doesn't show very heavy multiflora and later ones do. Also, some plants seem to be, to use scientific terms, 'kinda' multiflora and others are 'way' multiflora. Instead of being either one extreme or the other, they seem to come in a continuum that ranges from extreme multiflora to those that could be described either way.

If the multiflora trait is actually controlled by a recessive gene, the ones you have should be multiflora. Here is a photo of its mama - 53X-F2-2. I didn't count blossoms or fruits or leaf nodes between inflorescences, but i call this one multiflora. If yours turns out not to be multiflora, I'll have to reexamine my notions about what controls the multiflora trait.

[oakley]

Took a while to find this...thought i would bump it back up.

Rather than compost the good lookin' F4's, i put them out on the deck a month ago in
new gallon pots. Pumping out some good bloom. Started another round now in pots.
I started seed for F5 and have seedlings that look good.

Any thing else you want grown out for hunting or promising F4's i would be happy to
grow out. They have been such a pleasure so far....

[Cole_Robbie]

My plants still look great. I should have ripe fruit soon.

[KarenO]

Mine, planted December 2016 got too big for indoors so got bunted out to the deck to sink or swim several weeks ago... they swam after sulking for a bit in the cold. Repotted now, out in big pots in the garden and loading up again with blooms and fruit. These are not micros but are excellent dwarf rugosa plants and the fruit are sweet and delicious large red-brown cherries.
Dan, I think these are really good although all somewhat different and i will grow the F5 Of the best tasting one with your OK. I sent seeds to your friend as requested. I will send you seed as well if you want it or if you want F6 seed.
KarenO

[dfollett]

Originally Posted by KarenO

Mine, planted December 2016 got too big for indoors so got bunted out to the deck to sink or swim several weeks ago... they swam after sulking for a bit in the cold. Repotted now, out in big pots in the garden and loading up again with blooms and fruit. These are not micros but are excellent dwarf rugosa plants and the fruit are sweet and delicious large red-brown cherries.
Dan, I think these are really good although all somewhat different and i will grow the F5 Of the best tasting one with your OK. I sent seeds to your friend as requested. I will send you seed as well if you want it or if you want F6 seed.
KarenO

Thanks. Send me the F6 if it's worth growing.

[Cole_Robbie]

I lined up everyone for a microdwarf family pic today. Thanks again for the seed, Dan. I will report back on flavor when they ripen.

[dfollett]

Originally Posted by Cole_Robbie

I lined up everyone for a microdwarf family pic today. Thanks again for the seed, Dan. I will report back on flavor when they ripen.

Thanks for posting the photo. They sure look healthy. There's an interesting variety of leaf structures in that mix. All that is missing are the carrot-leaf micros I'm playing with. I think they have a really attractive - almost ornamental - look.

How have they been received? Do you think we'll be able to find some that will give you plants folks will be interested in?