Russian Chocolate R.I.P.

travis · June 28, 2006

Andrey,

Some of the others are doing well. Black Elephant is a really pretty little plant. Is it supposed to be short and sort of determinate?

If so, it's doing very well. It has very controlled growth, beautiful potato leaf foliage. Dark green leaves. It has set fruit and I will post a photo soon. I also sent one Elephant to a garden in Chandler, Indiana just for insurance.

Yabuchar also is a strong, pretty, regular leaf plant. Is that a Russian plant? It seems to have a Yugoslavian name. Anyway, it's a great plant that was growing right next to the Russian Chocolate and did not contract the spotted wilt ... yet. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

And I sent Explosion home with my 86-year-old father to his garden in Alexandria, Virginia with a couple of others. Explosion was a great looking seedling, and I hope it's going to do well for dad (he's Estonian/Ukrainian descent, so he needs more Russian tomatoes in his garden).

Thanks a million for all your seeds ... I will start more next year ... and maybe try Russian Chocolate again but put it in a garden away from my house somewhere.

Hope your garden and greenhouse are growing well and producing wonderful things for you and your family to enjoy.

PV

June 28, 2006	#4
travis Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Evansville, IN Posts: 2,984	Andrey, Some of the others are doing well. Black Elephant is a really pretty little plant. Is it supposed to be short and sort of determinate? If so, it's doing very well. It has very controlled growth, beautiful potato leaf foliage. Dark green leaves. It has set fruit and I will post a photo soon. I also sent one Elephant to a garden in Chandler, Indiana just for insurance. Yabuchar also is a strong, pretty, regular leaf plant. Is that a Russian plant? It seems to have a Yugoslavian name. Anyway, it's a great plant that was growing right next to the Russian Chocolate and did not contract the spotted wilt ... yet. I'm keeping my fingers crossed. And I sent Explosion home with my 86-year-old father to his garden in Alexandria, Virginia with a couple of others. Explosion was a great looking seedling, and I hope it's going to do well for dad (he's Estonian/Ukrainian descent, so he needs more Russian tomatoes in his garden). Thanks a million for all your seeds ... I will start more next year ... and maybe try Russian Chocolate again but put it in a garden away from my house somewhere. Hope your garden and greenhouse are growing well and producing wonderful things for you and your family to enjoy. PV