Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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June 29, 2006 | #1 |
Tomatovillian™
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Green Giant
Here's what my Green Giant looks like.
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June 29, 2006 | #2 |
Tomatopalooza™ Moderator
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Very nice Earl!
It looks like you're gonna be feasting in a few weeks! Lee |
June 30, 2006 | #3 |
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Earl, looking good. I set two plants this year, because after all the "Green Giant this and Green Giant that" talk last year, I wanted to make absolutely sure I was able to try it. Talk about some productive plants! I must have picked over 130 or so fruits (I stopped counting at 100) and I'm still getting a few, although the size finally has dropped off a bit.
Plants ended up being real monsters; they were even bigger than Gogosha. |
June 30, 2006 | #4 |
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Suze, I grew Green Giant last year and I'm surprised that you say you have about 130 fruits off two plants, so far.
What size fruits are you talking about? I mean the bulk of the initial fruits.
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June 30, 2006 | #5 |
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Carolyn, I was a bit surprised as well. They were in very large containers too. I didn't actually weigh a lot of fruits, but most of the first fifty fruits or so were probably in the 10-16 oz. range, with a few a bit larger. After that, they went down to about 7-12 oz. Now, the few left are much smaller, maybe 5oz. or so, but still taste good. I had similar results with Aunt Ginny's Purple as well.
A few of my seedlings were started as early as the week before Christmas and have been outside since late Jan-early Feb. Except for a couple of brief and mild freezes (I protected the plants), I basically didn't have a winter here. |
June 30, 2006 | #6 |
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I got my Green Giant from Dave at the CHOPTAG Plant Swap. It’s doing just fine also. No fruit set but plenty of blossoms.
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June 30, 2006 | #7 |
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Green Giant is my FAVORITE tomato (today :wink: ) I am going to grow 10 Green Giants next year. BUT I grew a tomato called Russian Green that is smaller more prolific and earlier that had a similiar taste. It was planted late and recieved not the best space-went on to tomato heaven. I will grow a few of those again!
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June 30, 2006 | #8 |
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Just from memory these are some of the green when ripes that I've grown:
Grandma Oliver's Charlie's Green Green, aka Dorothy's Green Green Grape Lime Green Salad Moldovan Green Aunt Ruby's German Green Humph Green Giant Cherokee Green Evergreen Green Zebra .......and so far the best tasting for me has been Cherokee Green, by a large margin, and plants have been vigorous and very productive.
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