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March 16, 2006 | #1 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Cypress, TX
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First To Set Fruit In Cypress TX
For the second year in a row its Kimberly. Ahead of SunGold and Silvery Fir Tree. This year Stupice got sidetracked and is just now forming blossoms. Sophie Choice might catch SFT. I'll be saving seed on the Kimberly as some have had problems germinating this one ( I don't think it likes heat when it is seeded.)
Need to get some of that good pepper bacon soon. Michael |
March 16, 2006 | #2 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Zone 7b sw New Mexico,.
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First To Set Fruit In Cypress TX
Mike,
It's 10 years in a row for me for Kimberly having the first fruit here in sw NM. I was one of the first to grow it in the US getting my seed from Stan Zubrowski from Canada in 1995. It has become #1 on my plant list since. A super tomato to start the season off with. The only thing I have found with Kimberly is that the earliest fruits do not contain any viable seeds, most being tiny and immature. Later fruits are OK and contain plenty of good seed. I think it is due to the low night temps for a few weeks, sometimes down to 40F, that makes the pollen sterile thus no viable seeds. Regards, Spud |
March 16, 2006 | #3 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Middle Georgia
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Guys, when did you start germinating seeds?
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March 16, 2006 | #4 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: NJ Bayshore
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wow ~ I'm 3 months away yet !
~ Tom
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March 16, 2006 | #5 |
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Join Date: Jan 2006
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I always thought that to get almost
100% pure seed - you should save seed from the first mater you get ~ Sounds like a myth now ... Tom
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March 17, 2006 | #6 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Cypress, TX
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Tim, I think I planted seed for the Kimberly on Jan 8. Next year I will start this one in December.
Michael |
March 20, 2006 | #7 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Abilene, TX zone 7
Posts: 1,478
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All of you northern folk must realize that Mike can probably plant in ground in Feb. most years.
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March 20, 2006 | #8 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Texas
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I started seed for some of mine in late Dec. Most of the compact/early types got planted in containers last week of Feb. Kimberly set its first fruit just a couple of days after that, then Taxi a day or so later. Took some pics today (click to enlarge):
Taxi -- fruit about the size of a large gumball Kimberly -- largest one is a fused/double fruit and is close to two inches, other two are about dime and quarter sized Here's a side view of the double fruit The other Kimberly I planted has yet to set fruit -- it bloomed slightly later and then the temps weren't right, so they dropped. |
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