Sweet as Linda

[MrBig46]

I'm wondering how you tasted cherry tomato Sweet and Linda. I had some problems with their taste.
Vladimír

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by MrBig46

I'm wondering how you tasted cherry tomato Sweet and Linda. I had some problems with their taste.
Vladimír

But Vladimir, you are the one who submitted all the pictures to Tania's page for this variety.

http://t.tatianastomatobase.com:88/wiki/Sweet_As_Linda

What happened?

Carolyn

[MrBig46]

What happened? That's a good question.
In 2014, I grew Sweet Linda it was really sweet, it liked me and it tasted me. This year it was more Acidic as Linda, the tomato was impossible to eat. I used the original seeds, the weather was perfect.
Why do I ask? I want to know what others have experienced with the variety. Figures are one thing, but I'd have to write something about this variety.
Meanwhile, I have three options:
1.I can delete those pictures
2. I can write there, I had an unstable seed, some tomatoes were sweet and the other acidic.
3. Re-grow. But what do I find?
I want to know the experiences of others.
Vladimír

[Sun City Linda]

I have seed for it but have not grown it yet. Maybe this year.....

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by MrBig46

What happened? That's a good question.
In 2014, I grew Sweet Linda it was really sweet, it liked me and it tasted me. This year it was more Acidic as Linda, the tomato was impossible to eat. I used the original seeds, the weather was perfect.
Why do I ask? I want to know what others have experienced with the variety. Figures are one thing, but I'd have to write something about this variety.
Meanwhile, I have three options:
1.I can delete those pictures
2. I can write there, I had an unstable seed, some tomatoes were sweet and the other acidic.
3. Re-grow. But what do I find?
I want to know the experiences of others.
Vladimír

No, you don't delete the pictures at Tania's b/c what you show is what Sweet As Linda should look like.

No,IMO you can't say that what you had were unstable seeds b'c you don't know that for sure. You say that the weather was perfect, maybe for you, but weather is not always the same. It also depends on which blossoms self pollenized completely which allowed for ALL ovules in the tomato ovary to be fertilized and those blossoms that were not self pollinized completely so that fruits from them might be different/

Yes, if you regrow you could find the same,no way to know that in advance.

But I agree with you completely that it would be nice to know what others had with the same variety.

Two folks list it in the 2015 SSE YEarbook,one is Murdock himself, from NC, stating where it came from and saying good things about it and the other one is Bill Minkey from WI who says excellent taste and good production.

Carolyn

[Labradors2]

I think there are two different varieties.

Sweet As Linda
Sweet Linda

Since it's my namesake, I grew Sweet Linda in 2013. It was ok, but not the most wonderful tasting cherry tomato in the world......

Linda

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by Labradors2

I think there are two different varieties.

Sweet As Linda
Sweet Linda

Since it's my namesake, I grew Sweet Linda in 2013. It was ok, but not the most wonderful tasting cherry tomato in the world......

Linda

Not really two different varieties since Sweet Linda is the PL version of Sweet as Linda which is RL/

http://tatianastomatobase.com/wiki/Sweet_Linda

Carolyn

[Labradors2]

Thanks for explaining Carolyn

Linda

[Tormato]

Originally Posted by Labradors2

I think there are two different varieties.

Sweet As Linda
Sweet Linda

Since it's my namesake, I grew Sweet Linda in 2013. It was ok, but not the most wonderful tasting cherry tomato in the world......

Linda

Now removing this one from your bubble mailer.

[Labradors2]

Gee thanks Gary. As they say, there's no accounting for taste .

Linda

Originally Posted by MrBig46

What happened? That's a good question.
In 2014, I grew Sweet Linda it was really sweet, it liked me and it tasted me. This year it was more Acidic as Linda, the tomato was impossible to eat. I used the original seeds, the weather was perfect.

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Low potassium in the soil might account for higher acidity in the fruit. I've read that higher potassium tends to make fruit less acidic, anyway. It seems to be true, from my experience.

If your plants are breaking or the mature stems are soft/tender, those seem to be signs of low potassium in tomatoes. (Though low calcium and/or silica might be the issues here.)

You can add wood ash for extra potassium and calcium (but it will raise the soil pH; I've found that adding peat moss with it seems to help balance the pH; peat moss has a very low pH). Or you can use potassium sulfate.

[Gardeneer]

you can add wood ash for extra potassium and calcium (but it will raise the soil pH; I've found that adding peat moss with it seems to help balance the pH; peat moss has a very low pH). Or you can use potassium sulfate.

Good info, Shule . I have been adding lots of wood ash to my new garden. It should provide good amount of K and Ca. I can balance pH with leaf mold, pine straw and peat moss. I like my tomatoes sweeter than Linda