Anyone want to try a Mystery Green?? Sort of..... - Page 2

Medbury Gardens · November 3, 2012

Ive been reading up more on this Grubs Mystery Green which i'm finding most interesting given by the sounds of it its not a 100% stable line yet,i wished now i had grown more than one plant,but here's how my single plant is looking as of today

Looking forward to seeing what colour shows up when ripe

dice · November 7, 2012

Grub's Mystery Green seems fairly stable to me. I always get
the same plant and fruit from my saved seeds.

I have grown an RL Grub's Mystery Green, but it came from
someone else's seeds. It was about two weeks later to first
ripe fruit and not as tasty, in my opinion. So I would say that
the mid-early PL version is stable, but there are still unstable
seeds in circulation with that name from when Grub first sent
some across the pond for people over here to try.

(My GMG plants and fruit look just like the plant and fruit in
Medbury Gardens picture above.)

Medbury Gardens · November 7, 2012

What impresses me about GMG is how every flower seems to produce a tomato.

roper2008 · November 7, 2012

I picked mine when they were this color.

Medbury Gardens · November 8, 2012

looks yummy,cant wait

b54red · November 8, 2012

I had a mystery green two years ago that sounds similar. Mine popped up in a seed flat where peppers were planted and I decided to grow it out. It is definitely not Grubs Mystery Green. I have grown GMG several years and the plant is much smaller and the tomatoes much smaller. The fruit is also less muddy colored when ripe. The plant I grew out was one of the largest indeterminates that year with vines at about 3 times the size of the ones I get with GMG. The fruit were larger and looked more like a large beefsteak and extremely juicy with a bit milder flavor than Grubs. It also did not set fruit anywhere near as prolifically as Grubs does. I only got about 8 or 9 off a huge plant and they took far longer to make. I would class it as a 90 day tomato more like Lucky Cross.

Carolyn, maybe there is another PL green that has not been named yet or maybe it is some kind of crazy genetic freak from Grubs. It bore no similarity to Green Giant at all. I called the one I grew out Pepper Seed Green. I think I saved some seed but since it was such a late tomato I didn't grow it again. Grubs is much more suited to growing here where I have so much trouble keeping plants alive for a long time.

Bill

November 3, 2012	#16
Medbury Gardens Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Medbury, New Zealand Posts: 1,881	Ive been reading up more on this Grubs Mystery Green which i'm finding most interesting given by the sounds of it its not a 100% stable line yet,i wished now i had grown more than one plant,but here's how my single plant is looking as of today Looking forward to seeing what colour shows up when ripe __________________ Richard

November 7, 2012	#17
dice Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: PNW Posts: 4,743	Grub's Mystery Green seems fairly stable to me. I always get the same plant and fruit from my saved seeds. I have grown an RL Grub's Mystery Green, but it came from someone else's seeds. It was about two weeks later to first ripe fruit and not as tasty, in my opinion. So I would say that the mid-early PL version is stable, but there are still unstable seeds in circulation with that name from when Grub first sent some across the pond for people over here to try. (My GMG plants and fruit look just like the plant and fruit in Medbury Gardens picture above.) __________________ -- alias

November 7, 2012	#18
Medbury Gardens Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Medbury, New Zealand Posts: 1,881	What impresses me about GMG is how every flower seems to produce a tomato. __________________ Richard

November 8, 2012	#20
Medbury Gardens Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Medbury, New Zealand Posts: 1,881	looks yummy,cant wait __________________ Richard

November 7, 2012	#19
roper2008 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Virginia Bch, VA (7b) Posts: 1,337	I picked mine when they were this color.

November 8, 2012	#21
b54red Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Alabama Posts: 7,068	I had a mystery green two years ago that sounds similar. Mine popped up in a seed flat where peppers were planted and I decided to grow it out. It is definitely not Grubs Mystery Green. I have grown GMG several years and the plant is much smaller and the tomatoes much smaller. The fruit is also less muddy colored when ripe. The plant I grew out was one of the largest indeterminates that year with vines at about 3 times the size of the ones I get with GMG. The fruit were larger and looked more like a large beefsteak and extremely juicy with a bit milder flavor than Grubs. It also did not set fruit anywhere near as prolifically as Grubs does. I only got about 8 or 9 off a huge plant and they took far longer to make. I would class it as a 90 day tomato more like Lucky Cross. Carolyn, maybe there is another PL green that has not been named yet or maybe it is some kind of crazy genetic freak from Grubs. It bore no similarity to Green Giant at all. I called the one I grew out Pepper Seed Green. I think I saved some seed but since it was such a late tomato I didn't grow it again. Grubs is much more suited to growing here where I have so much trouble keeping plants alive for a long time. Bill