Ruby's Salad Bar Surprise

PA_Julia · June 23, 2015

Back in February of this year I ate lunch at one of our local Ruby Tuesday restaurant locations.

The main course was absolute garbage but the salad bar was delicious. The tomatoes they had were some of the tastiest that I have ever had from a restaurant salad bar.

As any tomato obsessed individual would do, I took a Saltine Cracker wrapper and saved approx. 15 seeds.

Here is the result of planting one of those seeds.

The tomato shown is approx. the size of a half dollar in diameter which corresponds with what I remember the tomato slices to be.

The plant was transplanted on May 3rd and is somewhat squatty and wide sitting at approx. 4. feet in height.

I'll post more photo's as the season progresses.

Ganado · June 23, 2015

This made me laugh ... sheer genius. I feel like a newby when I read this Julia. Kudos! Looking forward to more pics

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AlittleSalt · June 24, 2015

I remember the thread Julia. I'm glad to see this thread

PA_Julia · June 24, 2015

Well guys, the chance to grow this presented itself right in front of me on my salad plate so I saved the seed.
It could be the same as what I had eaten or it could dehybridize into something a bit different.
All visual indications dictate that it's the same tomato but we will see when it's time for a taste test.

BucksCountyGirl · June 24, 2015

This made me LOL, Julia! Please keep us posted on your progress.

June 23, 2015	#1
PA_Julia Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Princeton, Ky Zone 7A Posts: 2,208	Ruby's Salad Bar Surprise Back in February of this year I ate lunch at one of our local Ruby Tuesday restaurant locations. The main course was absolute garbage but the salad bar was delicious. The tomatoes they had were some of the tastiest that I have ever had from a restaurant salad bar. As any tomato obsessed individual would do, I took a Saltine Cracker wrapper and saved approx. 15 seeds. Here is the result of planting one of those seeds. The tomato shown is approx. the size of a half dollar in diameter which corresponds with what I remember the tomato slices to be. The plant was transplanted on May 3rd and is somewhat squatty and wide sitting at approx. 4. feet in height. I'll post more photo's as the season progresses. __________________ Personal Best- 4.46 LB Big Zac 2013

June 24, 2015	#4
PA_Julia Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Princeton, Ky Zone 7A Posts: 2,208	Well guys, the chance to grow this presented itself right in front of me on my salad plate so I saved the seed. It could be the same as what I had eaten or it could dehybridize into something a bit different. All visual indications dictate that it's the same tomato but we will see when it's time for a taste test. __________________ Personal Best- 4.46 LB Big Zac 2013

June 24, 2015	#5
BucksCountyGirl Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Holland, PA/Zone 7A Posts: 692	This made me LOL, Julia! Please keep us posted on your progress. __________________ - Kelli Life's a climb...but the view is fantastic

June 23, 2015	#2
Ganado Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Phoenix Posts: 47	This made me laugh ... sheer genius. I feel like a newby when I read this Julia. Kudos! Looking forward to more pics Sent from my SM-N910T using Tapatalk

June 24, 2015	#3
AlittleSalt BANNED FOR LIFE Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 13,333	I remember the thread Julia. I'm glad to see this thread