2015 Surprises and Mysteries - Page 4

Tormato · August 31, 2015

There was likely little bagging of blossoms of peppers for the MMMM swap. If people don't mind, maybe it will stay that way. If they do mind, I'll address requesting only bagged/isolated seeds.

Gary

ginger2778 · August 31, 2015

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Originally Posted by Cole_Robbie

My Grightmire's Pride is not a medium red heart like it is supposed to be. Mine is a big pink tomato that looks like Brandywine.

My Copia is not the bicolor slicer that it should be. Mine looks like Yellow Oxheart.

One of my Bosque Blue Bumble Bee plants is some kind of mutant. I'm getting red tomatoes of several different shapes and colors, all with green shoulders. It doesn't look like anything worth saving.

And my Esmerelda Golosina is making saladette-sized fruit instead of the slicer that it is supposed to be.

Grightmire's pride is pink, can be large or medium, but is definitely heart shaped. Never red.

ginger2778 · August 31, 2015

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Originally Posted by RobinB

Cole Robbie,

I think Esmeralda Golosina is supposed to be a large cherry/small saladette. J & L Gardens has it listed under their cherry category. I got my seeds from Marsha here on Tville. I'm growing it for the first time this year and my two plants are just beginning to set fruit. It'll be a while...

And I got mine right from JandL. Many of mine were off types from JandL, but not Esmeralda G.

ginger2778 · August 31, 2015

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Originally Posted by Cole_Robbie

I just picked several of the fruit, and they are really excellent! It's my sweetest tomato of the year so far, a definite keeper.

Yep! It's making a comeback this year for me.

Father'sDaughter · September 1, 2015

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Originally Posted by Tormato

There was likely little bagging of blossoms of peppers for the MMMM swap. If people don't mind, maybe it will stay that way. If they do mind, I'll address requesting only bagged/isolated seeds.

Gary

Personally, I don't mind at all. I'm quite happy with the Peach Habanero. The aroma and flavor are amazing, not to mention the heat! I turned the first three into jars of Habanero Gold Jelly tonight, and I'll be using a few others to make some hot sauce.

Jonnyhat · September 13, 2015

so I was growing a Taxi plant absurdly close to a Brandywine this year, the Taxi set fruit as a normal small 4 to 6 oz round fruits then the Brandywine took over and dominated the grow space... however the taxi refused to die even though it was a determinate variety. It flowered and set fruit fairly late in the season. The next fruit set was different however and although I only got about 6 tomatoes they were all roughly 6 or so oz and had the shape now of a mini brandywine, the meat was also more brandywine shaped and the flavor was significantly different, not Brandywine, not Taxi but awesome.

rxkeith · September 13, 2015

well, i finally got into the garden today after being gone nine days, and then working the next two days. one of my anna russian plants has tresses of elongated red cherry tomatoes on it. i double checked my garden log to make sure i hadn't missed something.
this was from my saved seeds from several years ago. i don't know if i am going to be able to determine what the cross is. i may have tossed the empty seed packet. the plant had one ripe fruit which i ate. flavor seemed alright, but i had been munching on some sun golds beforehand, so i probably couldn't judge the true flavor of the tomato. i will be saving seeds for future grow outs to see what i have here.

keith

MissS · September 13, 2015

Growing Taxi next to Brandywine could not have had any effect on the flavor or shape of this years fruit, except for the fact that perhaps your plant then received less light. If it had less light, then that could have influenced the flavor of your fruit. But if you are implying that the plants cross pollinated which then caused the change in fruit for you, well that can not happen until the seed from the cross is grown out in another plant. The plant that you have has all of its genes and that is the only type of fruit that it can bear this year. The cross happens to the seed in the fruit, not the fruit itself.

Labradors2 · September 14, 2015

My Not Mexico Midget has been pumping out small red cherries for ages. I only kept it for give-aways and to toss to my dogs as the flavor is ok (and better than the Yellow Pear growing next to it), but nothing spectacular. Yesterday, it rained hard all day long. Today, I picked a load of these little red cherries to give to my neighbor and was very surprised to see that none had cracked!

Linda

Tormato · September 14, 2015

My NOT Gajo de Melon, a PL that I named Gato de Melon, grew much larger tomatoes this year. Unfortunately, the flavor was like that of a hairball.

September 13, 2015	#53
MissS Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Pewaukee, Wisconsin Posts: 3,150	Growing Taxi next to Brandywine could not have had any effect on the flavor or shape of this years fruit, except for the fact that perhaps your plant then received less light. If it had less light, then that could have influenced the flavor of your fruit. But if you are implying that the plants cross pollinated which then caused the change in fruit for you, well that can not happen until the seed from the cross is grown out in another plant. The plant that you have has all of its genes and that is the only type of fruit that it can bear this year. The cross happens to the seed in the fruit, not the fruit itself. __________________ ~ Patti ~

August 31, 2015	#46
Tormato Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: MA Posts: 4,971	There was likely little bagging of blossoms of peppers for the MMMM swap. If people don't mind, maybe it will stay that way. If they do mind, I'll address requesting only bagged/isolated seeds. Gary

September 13, 2015	#51
Jonnyhat Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2015 Location: Downingtown, PA Posts: 337	so I was growing a Taxi plant absurdly close to a Brandywine this year, the Taxi set fruit as a normal small 4 to 6 oz round fruits then the Brandywine took over and dominated the grow space... however the taxi refused to die even though it was a determinate variety. It flowered and set fruit fairly late in the season. The next fruit set was different however and although I only got about 6 tomatoes they were all roughly 6 or so oz and had the shape now of a mini brandywine, the meat was also more brandywine shaped and the flavor was significantly different, not Brandywine, not Taxi but awesome.

September 13, 2015	#52
rxkeith Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Back in da U.P. Posts: 1,848	well, i finally got into the garden today after being gone nine days, and then working the next two days. one of my anna russian plants has tresses of elongated red cherry tomatoes on it. i double checked my garden log to make sure i hadn't missed something. this was from my saved seeds from several years ago. i don't know if i am going to be able to determine what the cross is. i may have tossed the empty seed packet. the plant had one ripe fruit which i ate. flavor seemed alright, but i had been munching on some sun golds beforehand, so i probably couldn't judge the true flavor of the tomato. i will be saving seeds for future grow outs to see what i have here. keith

September 14, 2015	#54
Labradors2 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Ontario Posts: 3,896	My Not Mexico Midget has been pumping out small red cherries for ages. I only kept it for give-aways and to toss to my dogs as the flavor is ok (and better than the Yellow Pear growing next to it), but nothing spectacular. Yesterday, it rained hard all day long. Today, I picked a load of these little red cherries to give to my neighbor and was very surprised to see that none had cracked! Linda