Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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March 27, 2016 | #16 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Zone 6a Denver North Metro
Posts: 1,910
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What Frank said.
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March 27, 2016 | #17 | |
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Upstate NY, zone 4b/5a
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BUT, now that I'm housebound and can 't fix my own meals either,at least Mon thru Fri I get meals on wheels and they often have a fresh green salad and normally TWO grape tomatoes,but when they switched to ONE,I asked Ed,who delivers if I made a donation would that help. He just laughed and so did I. Carolyn
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September 25, 2016 | #18 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Sunnyvale, CA
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I have grown out an Intense Tomato. It was an experiment, I'm not a tomato breeder as I do not know how to pollinate without damaging the flower. Last year and a half ago, I planted the seeds from the biggest Intense tomato. The tomato itself was not that great tasting but I did so anyway. I grew two plants that I felt were healthy enough to keep. One made tomatoes as big as what I grown from, and the other was cherry in size.
I planted the seeds from the biggest one and gave them to my friend who wanted them. He abandoned them as he traveled all over the world. When he returned months latter, he had a really good harvest. He said some plants were sickly bit some were good. He gave me tomatoes from the healthy plants. And wow, they are very good tasting. Sweet and tomatoey. Maybe because he didn't water them, or maybe because of genetics... I'm not sure. But they're all juiceless. If somebody wants a few seeds from the f3 generation, I can provide. Granted that you give me some of the f4 generation afterwards... There's no gaurantee that they cross pollinated in my friends garden. |
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