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Mantis -
They def. are a "growing" odd ball !!! ~ Tom
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Yeah, looks like I'll need two stakes for this baby
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lol Mantis ~
Just as a re-reference (so we don't have to keep going back to the first page) here is mine ... Like I'm meantioned, its stayed quite small - Right where that "bubble" is towards the bottom, is where the 4-cots showed up ... weird ~ ![]() ~ Tom
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Whilst selling seedlings at a market last weekend I notice a Tommy Toe plant exactly like the Soldacki above. I put it aside and will grow him out as well. TT's grow like weeds anyway so this one will be interesting.
Need some more TT seeds anyway. |
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is Tommy Toe a hybrid Mantis ?
I would like to try it ~ ~ Tom
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Tommy Toe is a prolific (read here hundreds) red cherry. Its downfall is that the stem pulls out when picking them leaving a raggid hole in the top. So the trick is to pick the stem not the fruit. They are a largish cherry with a tart flavour, not liked by some. Be warned, they can take over your yard.
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tomato-weed eyh ? ~
Yellow Pear (my first heirloom) took over my garden like that ... Tom
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The weed characteristic carries on in the F1 crosses as well. I crossed Nepal with TT and got a plant that pumped out about a hundred golf ball sized fruit all summer.
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Got seed ?
~ Tom
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Sure have. PM me with your address and I'll get some off to you.
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YOU'VE GOT MAIL ~
Tom
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Manits ;
Any updated pics of your mutant ??? ~ Tom
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Yeah Tom, here it is. About 9 fruit set on the first trusses and lots of flowers now as each stem has split in two again. Its going to take a lot of tieing up when the fruit get some weight.
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That Soldacki is an animal.
Nice to see some sun there. Drab rain here for days. I just found a remarkable beer: Knappstein (as in winery) Enterprise Brewery Reserve Lager 5.6%. Top taste. |
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Send some rain down here eh. 2mm of it in October and 1.4mm so far in Nov. None forcast for at least a week. No frosts forcast either which is good.
Soldacki is outgrowing all those around it again this year. Love this baby. |
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