Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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April 20, 2008 | #1 |
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Sara's Galapagos- leaf shape
How would you describe the leaf shape of this variety?
I have googled images of it and it seems to be PL. I thought my seedlings were crosses because they all came up PL- I guess I was expecting RL. Jeff |
April 20, 2008 | #2 |
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My Sara's Galapagos leaves did not look PL the last two years. They looked more like my Red Currant leaves.
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April 20, 2008 | #3 |
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I was given the seeds as brought back from the Galapagos Islands, actually the fruits were given to me and I've grown it almost every year since then b'c I love it. And I listed it in the SSE Yearbook ASAP.
It is not PL, nowhere's near close. When I contacted Dr. Roger Chatelet at the UC Davis site, b'c they're the experts in wild species, he said that knowing the island it came from, and I did, it was no doubt a stable interspecies cross. The foliage looks closest to a currant type, as noted above, but not entirely, and it's clearly RL. Hope that helps.
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April 20, 2008 | #4 |
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Hi Carolyn and john,
My foliage looks similar to what is found on Dave's garden site- Sara's Galapagos Is this what they call "arrowhead" shaped RL. Jeff |
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But I certainly see how you could tag it as a PL. But the tiny leaves and other traits I mentioned above are very typical of a currant variety, but not quite the same b'c currants are far fuzzier. Aha, I forgot to mention that the foliage is normally a much lighter green than is shown in the picture. And much lighter green than almost any other I've ever grown except for Lutescent which is one weird variety anyway.
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April 22, 2008 | #6 |
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And I must add: extremely disease resistant. In fact, the hardiest tomato - albeit a currant - I have ever grown. Still going strong. Virtually no EB. And not too phased by cold. Slow to set fruit but then they come on. Really interesting plant to grow. And a lot more compact that Matt's Wild, which I grew last season.
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