Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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April 5, 2016 | #316 | |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: NC - zone 8a - heat zone 7
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There are several root stocks sold. Some are very expensive some are not. The cheapest one is Big Beef. Gardeneer |
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April 5, 2016 | #317 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: NJ, zone 7
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It was hardy for me last year. I am growing it again this year. It tasted better consistently, even during a rainy spells.
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April 5, 2016 | #318 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Michigan
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I'm totally late this year. Not for starting the seeds, but for planning them! I need to start them, but I lost all my trays and cells in the move. No idea what the heck happened to them. So I have to buy new ones before I can get them going. Anywho, here's my cut for this year.
Pastes/Hearts Chico III Rio Grande San Marzano Lungo 2 Big Mama F1 Striped Roman Santa Maria Antique Roman Japanese Plum Cow's Tit Hienz 2653 Meaty Russian Linnie's Oxheart Rozovyi Myod Work Release Monkey ★★★ Fish Lake Oxheart Slicers/Beefsteaks Big Boy F1 Better Boy F1 Rutger's Select KBX Ball's Beefsteak F1 Big Beef F1 Rozovyi Velikan Thessaloniki GGWT Golden Queen USDA Indian Stripe "Amish Market" (a very good tomato my dad got from an Amish farmer at the farmer's market about four years ago, I saved a few seeds) Moonglow Boxcar Willie Neves Azorean Red Captain Lucky Hoskins-Barger Cherries/Saladette Coyote Ildi Sungold F1 Bosque Blue Bumblebee Pink Bumblebee Purple Bumblebee Blush Tumbling Tom Japanese Pink Cherry Dwarfs Uluru Ochre Arctic Rose Pink Passion Purple Heart Iditarod Others Zapotec Striped Cavern White Furry Boar Fuzzy Wuzzy |
April 6, 2016 | #319 |
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Join Date: May 2015
Location: Downingtown, PA
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i know you guys are a lot better at this than me, can someone take a quick look at my list and let me know which are Det. ? It would really help in my garden layout
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April 6, 2016 | #320 | |
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Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: NJ, zone 7
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Sophie's Choice is determinate, I never grew it. The rest look like indeterminate.
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April 7, 2016 | #321 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Illinois, zone 6
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Maglia Rosa is determinate.
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April 7, 2016 | #322 |
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Maglia Rosa
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April 8, 2016 | #323 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Madison, OH, zone 6
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2016 Grow list
Just planted my seeds a few days ago and they are starting to germinate. So I'm looking forward to the 2016 season and especially to the 6 "new to me" varieties this year.
Odoriko Stump of the World Sweet Ozark Orange Riesentraube Brandywine Cowlicks Momotaro Dr. Lyle Orange Russian 117 Sungold F1 Sweet Scarlet Dwarf Dwarf Orange Cream First time trying grow bags for my 2 new dwarf varieties Hope we have decent weather this season. |
April 9, 2016 | #324 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Illinois, zone 6
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We can ask Fred about Maglia Rosa. It's his variety. Mine were very determinate.
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April 10, 2016 | #325 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 444
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All my tomatoes this year will be repeat plantings wxcept for my f1 Rode de Berne X Prudence Purple cross
Eva Purple Ball Prudence Purple Rose'De Berne Rose De'Berne X Prudence Purple F1 Stump of the World Gregori's Altai Dester My own Cherry called Big Stella Rosa My own Cherry called Luna Rosa Black cherry Viva Italia Paste Russian Big Roma Paste Speckled Roman Unknown variety I've been calling "Small Red Early" Siletz Beaver Lodge |
April 10, 2016 | #326 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Sunol, CA
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April 10, 2016 | #327 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Newfoundland, Canada
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The name of this thread is good for me... everything very tentative in 2016. Space is the final frontier, but maybe time will be a contender too. In spite of the unresolved ??? I finally started seeds anyway. I kept back a few seeds at least of every variety, to try again next year in case this lot get abandoned and or hucked into the great outdoors in bad weather. Many of my F3's are destined for outdoors anyway, because there is no room at the inn! I'm actually thankful that my friend had a damping off problem while out of town, because the perished sungolds have made room for some of my random cherries and small fruit.
So here is what I have up: PINK Mazarini - new to me VB Russia - new to me Pervaya Lyubov - repeat, so early! Kitten Paws Pink F3 - half dozen, looking for saladette sizes RED Altajsij Urozajnij - repeat, so sweet! Rodney X A.U. F1 - will be red, size/shape variable, hopefully early - 3 plants Hope's Early F3 - 3. extra early, soft red hearts Hope's Early X Winter Sky F1 - exploring genetics of texture (firmness) 2 three F1 crosses with Black Nipper (2 plants each) expect indet red cherries, long shapes. YELLOW/ORANGE/BICOLOR Oaxacan Jewel PL - back by popular demand Orange Minsk - new to me, don't know if tangerine or beta V. Desjatku - yellow, determinate, new to me Warbler Yellow F2 - expecting segregation for size etc... 7 plants Winter Sky F3 - looking for the Beta/Beta determinate.. 7 BLACK Owen's Purple... new! Royal Purple... new! Beist B1-15 F3 - 2 plants. Friend is growing more F2's, selecting more early ones Skipper F2: mini and bigger beefs... 6 will be happy with a medium small size Rodney F2: radish/heart/plum? just 4 this time Sundog F3: gotta see the Beta/Beta gf/gf... 6 plants Black Nipper F4 - nearly forgot. 4 of these semi-determinate cherries, must see how growth habit continues to segregate or ?? stable Blackest Cherry F3 - half dozen indeterminates - not for me but sungold replacements Peppers are up too... keeping it simple and only keeping a few.. if I may Jimmy Nardello - back again Italian Pepperoncini - back Mini Bells - new Zolotoy Telets - new Piment D'Esplette - new Early Jalapeno - back, amazingly from 5 year old seeds Last edited by bower; April 10, 2016 at 10:13 AM. Reason: forgot one :D and another one! |
April 14, 2016 | #328 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: MD Suburbs of DC, Zone 7a
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Looks like the following are going in the garden this year:
1. Brandywine Sudduths 2. Burpee's Supersteak 3. Cherokee Purple 4. JD's Special C-Tex 5. Pink Bumble Bee 6. San Marzano 7. Sun Gold 8. Thessanonika I will be starting them from seed today or tomorrow. I need to time them so they don't germinate before my new grow lamp arrives next Monday. Dan
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April 14, 2016 | #329 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Florence KY
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Wow! I'm in 4a and I started my seeds on 3/20/2016. I've actually started hardening off some of mine. You should be almost a month ahead of me down there.
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April 14, 2016 | #330 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Montreal
Posts: 1,140
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Today I potted up into 4" pots:
ISPL - Repeat but first time as a PL Daniel Burson - 1st time GGWT - 1st time Cherokee Carbon - 1st time Spudatula - first time growing the PL variety Carbon Copy - 1st time NAR - repeat Rebel Yell - 1st time Biyskaya Roza - 1st time Moravsky Div - 1st time Cherokee Green - repeat Aunt Gertie's Gold - my third and last attempt Sun Sugar - repeat Green Tiger - repeat Maglia Rosa - new Rosella - new Bulgarian Triumph - new George Detsikas Italian Red Orange Minsk And I started seeds for Sun Gold, Captain Lucky and Orange Caprese which haven't germinated yet. |
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