Carolyn's Fall 2014 Feedback Reports - Page 5

MikeInCypress · December 2, 2014

I finally found my notes. Here is my report:
Lucinda (2011 seeds) 2/6 used Jiffy 7's Planted 1 (late March) in home made SWC Did not do well, succumbed before it yielded anything. May have been due to salt build up in SWC

Orange Minsk Heart 3/4 used Jiffy 7's Planted 1 in new bed in late March. Plant was healthy. Produces an above average amount of 6-10 oz Blunt Orange Hearts. One of my favorites.

Dixiewine (2013) 4/5 used Jiffy 7's Planted 1 in new bed in late March. Plant was healthy and was one of the stars of the garden. Excellent yield of tasty red beefsteaks. Rivaled Neves Azorean Red. Will grow again.

Saved Orangevyi Velikan, Serendipity & Zachary for 2015.

Just a comment. I grow about 60 varieties each year and about 30 are ones that I first grew from Carolyn's offers. Thank you Carolyn.

MikeInCypress

mrdoitall · January 4, 2015

Sorry it is so late. Due to misplacing my gardening book and not finding it until I cleaned out my garden shed this winter... LOL

Dixiewine 7-1 This seedling died… 2013 Seed 0 planted in the garden…

Dutka's Pink 6-0 Germinated… 2011 Seed 0 planted in the garden…

Eastham Pink 8-0 Germinated… 2011 Seed 0 planted in the garden…

Joe's Pink Heart 7-4 Seed Source (B) 2012 Seed planted the 2 best plants in the garden…
Variety...True...
Yield... Good some large (1 to 1 ½ pound) pink hearts… Early tomatoes were nice and meaty. But when the high temps hit this tomato had some hollow spots and not much juice… Could have been lack of water, I don’t know…
Taste… very good milder flavor… Very few seeds… Would grow again…

Mortgage Lifter (Esters) 7-6 2013 Seed planted the 2 best plants in the garden…
Variety... True...
Yield… Very good some large (10 oz to 1 ½ lb) But when the high temps hit this tomato slowed down some…
Taste…Early tomatoes were good but the midseason tomatoes were excellent flavor... Would grow again

Raspberry Mirical 7-2 2013 Seed planted the 2 best plants in the garden…
Variety...True...
Yield…Good...10-16 oz with dark pink to purple looking tomato… But when the high temps hit this tomato slowed down some…
Taste… Sweet/Acid taste… Would grow again

Pappi · January 4, 2015

Sorry for the late feedback. Been a bad year all around.

Heartbreaker (2013) 2/2 planted ~ Hard to tell true typing as both plants together produced only 5 tomatoes. All 5 were blunted and had BER. Taste was tart/sour and mealy.

Iva’s Red Berry (2013) 6/6 planted ~ WOW! Plants were true as I can tell. Very large and vigorous, producing thousands of smaller but extrememly tasty cherries that everyone enjoyed immensely. All plants ended up over 10 feet in height with most over 12. Definitely a staple in the garden and field from now on.

Medovoe Serdtse (2013) 5/5 planted ~ All of them were destroyed by the neighbors dogs along with hundreds of other plants. Was a complete mess and mixed with others near them so didn't attempt to get some suckers going as I couldn't tell them apart well and they we're dried up badly when I found them.

Sakharnyi Slon (2013) 0/0 ~ Failure to germinate any of the seeds.

Zachary (2013) 7/7 planted ~ Plants were true and extremely strong and productive. Black tomato with amazing flavor that produced tomatoes all season with no regard to environmental conditions. A staple variety that will always have a place. Taste, yield, and vigor is spades.

Benissoinante (2013) 5/5 planted ~ True type, and strong plants. Yield was a tad on the lower side. Taste was good and every tomato looked like a duplicate of the next.

Hope this was a help.

sdzejachok · January 26, 2015

Major problem with damping off due to reusing used potting mix for transplanting.

Podarok Fei (2012) 3 Glowing tangerine orange inside and out; small sized tomatoes; plant 1 oblate, plant 2 oxheart shape (true, looks just like it is supposed to), 1 plant 3 round; earliest and best producer of 2014; many fruit and it kept on going! Taste 8, good but unmemorable

Ted's Pink Currant (2012 B), 3 Wispy but vigorous plants, true, beautiful pink currants all; the potted one was plagued by spider mites, pulled it up after saving seeds, taste 7 good but didn't have the zing expected of a currant tomato and yield wasn't great for the size of the plant but it was very ornamental, set fruit very early but they ripened midseason

Burning Spear (2013) 3 Huge, bent seedlings. All plants with the same taste and the same color bright banana yellow fruit, two were identical bullet shaped plums and the third a small blunt oxheart. Neither type was anything like it was supposed to look which was an orange pointed paste but I'd grow both again. Tasty, prolific and blemish free; delicious roasted. Taste: 8

Sakharnyi Slon (2013) 3 Ruffled beefsteak, only 1 8 oz. fruit which did not get ripe, pathetic puny plants barely made it then got LB; the other two plants bore no fruit. Supposed to be a large pink beef

Durmitor (2012) 0 5 large seedlings and 3 tiny seedlings, all lost
Raspberry Miracle (2013) 0, all lost
Coyote (2013) 0, all lost

December 2, 2014	#61
MikeInCypress Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Cypress, TX Posts: 963	I finally found my notes. Here is my report: Lucinda (2011 seeds) 2/6 used Jiffy 7's Planted 1 (late March) in home made SWC Did not do well, succumbed before it yielded anything. May have been due to salt build up in SWC Orange Minsk Heart 3/4 used Jiffy 7's Planted 1 in new bed in late March. Plant was healthy. Produces an above average amount of 6-10 oz Blunt Orange Hearts. One of my favorites. Dixiewine (2013) 4/5 used Jiffy 7's Planted 1 in new bed in late March. Plant was healthy and was one of the stars of the garden. Excellent yield of tasty red beefsteaks. Rivaled Neves Azorean Red. Will grow again. Saved Orangevyi Velikan, Serendipity & Zachary for 2015. Just a comment. I grow about 60 varieties each year and about 30 are ones that I first grew from Carolyn's offers. Thank you Carolyn. MikeInCypress __________________ "Growing older, not up"

January 26, 2015	#64
sdzejachok Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Ohio Posts: 98	Major problem with damping off due to reusing used potting mix for transplanting. Podarok Fei (2012) 3 Glowing tangerine orange inside and out; small sized tomatoes; plant 1 oblate, plant 2 oxheart shape (true, looks just like it is supposed to), 1 plant 3 round; earliest and best producer of 2014; many fruit and it kept on going! Taste 8, good but unmemorable Ted's Pink Currant (2012 B), 3 Wispy but vigorous plants, true, beautiful pink currants all; the potted one was plagued by spider mites, pulled it up after saving seeds, taste 7 good but didn't have the zing expected of a currant tomato and yield wasn't great for the size of the plant but it was very ornamental, set fruit very early but they ripened midseason Burning Spear (2013) 3 Huge, bent seedlings. All plants with the same taste and the same color bright banana yellow fruit, two were identical bullet shaped plums and the third a small blunt oxheart. Neither type was anything like it was supposed to look which was an orange pointed paste but I'd grow both again. Tasty, prolific and blemish free; delicious roasted. Taste: 8 Sakharnyi Slon (2013) 3 Ruffled beefsteak, only 1 8 oz. fruit which did not get ripe, pathetic puny plants barely made it then got LB; the other two plants bore no fruit. Supposed to be a large pink beef Durmitor (2012) 0 5 large seedlings and 3 tiny seedlings, all lost Raspberry Miracle (2013) 0, all lost Coyote (2013) 0, all lost Last edited by sdzejachok; January 26, 2015 at 02:26 AM.

January 4, 2015	#62
mrdoitall Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Alabama Posts: 185	Sorry it is so late. Due to misplacing my gardening book and not finding it until I cleaned out my garden shed this winter... LOL Dixiewine 7-1 This seedling died… 2013 Seed 0 planted in the garden… Dutka's Pink 6-0 Germinated… 2011 Seed 0 planted in the garden… Eastham Pink 8-0 Germinated… 2011 Seed 0 planted in the garden… Joe's Pink Heart 7-4 Seed Source (B) 2012 Seed planted the 2 best plants in the garden… Variety...True... Yield... Good some large (1 to 1 ½ pound) pink hearts… Early tomatoes were nice and meaty. But when the high temps hit this tomato had some hollow spots and not much juice… Could have been lack of water, I don’t know… Taste… very good milder flavor… Very few seeds… Would grow again… Mortgage Lifter (Esters) 7-6 2013 Seed planted the 2 best plants in the garden… Variety... True... Yield… Very good some large (10 oz to 1 ½ lb) But when the high temps hit this tomato slowed down some… Taste…Early tomatoes were good but the midseason tomatoes were excellent flavor... Would grow again Raspberry Mirical 7-2 2013 Seed planted the 2 best plants in the garden… Variety...True... Yield…Good...10-16 oz with dark pink to purple looking tomato… But when the high temps hit this tomato slowed down some… Taste… Sweet/Acid taste… Would grow again

January 4, 2015	#63
Pappi Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Pineland Posts: 126	Sorry for the late feedback. Been a bad year all around. Heartbreaker (2013) 2/2 planted ~ Hard to tell true typing as both plants together produced only 5 tomatoes. All 5 were blunted and had BER. Taste was tart/sour and mealy. Iva’s Red Berry (2013) 6/6 planted ~ WOW! Plants were true as I can tell. Very large and vigorous, producing thousands of smaller but extrememly tasty cherries that everyone enjoyed immensely. All plants ended up over 10 feet in height with most over 12. Definitely a staple in the garden and field from now on. Medovoe Serdtse (2013) 5/5 planted ~ All of them were destroyed by the neighbors dogs along with hundreds of other plants. Was a complete mess and mixed with others near them so didn't attempt to get some suckers going as I couldn't tell them apart well and they we're dried up badly when I found them. Sakharnyi Slon (2013) 0/0 ~ Failure to germinate any of the seeds. Zachary (2013) 7/7 planted ~ Plants were true and extremely strong and productive. Black tomato with amazing flavor that produced tomatoes all season with no regard to environmental conditions. A staple variety that will always have a place. Taste, yield, and vigor is spades. Benissoinante (2013) 5/5 planted ~ True type, and strong plants. Yield was a tad on the lower side. Taste was good and every tomato looked like a duplicate of the next. Hope this was a help.