A few pics

duajones · April 27, 2008

from this morning before the rain.

cukes and squash

cherokee purple

Diva

New Big Dwarf

Green Giant

JD's Special C-Tex

Earl's Faux

robin303 · April 27, 2008

Dangy Dangy, I only live 200 miles from you and your plants look great. I admit I get a handful of green beans everyday and only got about 7 red cherries maters so far. Did pull up my 400 onions and had 1 1/2" rain this morning. Your garden does look mighty fine.

Lilypon · April 27, 2008

:'( Cleaned up our veggie garden today so it's ready for tilling but plant out won't be until June 1st. I won't be showing my little seedlings your pics...they might die of embarrassment.

Congrats Duajones!

feldon30 · April 27, 2008

Duane,

Your plants look fantastic! You're an old pro at this!

3 Olives · April 27, 2008

Beautiful! This may seem like a stupid question and waste of time for you, but I have 3 teenagers and only so many free minutes in a day. Where can I get some JD's Special C-Tex seeds?

feldon30 · April 27, 2008

There is no commercial source for JD's Special C-Tex seeds. It is a variety developed by the late JD Whittaker in Conroe, TX (thus the C-Tex part of the name) to distinguish his tomato plants from others. His greenhouse used to supply plants of JD's Special C-Tex to nurseries all around Houston. I have not seen plants in several years except at Buchanan's Nurseries (who may be growing them themselves from seed). Several people saved seeds from these plants and grew them out in subsequent years.

Suze and I did seed offers here at Tomatoville last fall and the popularity (based largely on productivity and flavor reports) ensured that we don't have many seeds left! I'm growing 3 plants of it this year and Suze is growing 2 plants, so we should be able to restock our seed supplies and do another offer this summer. On 3 plants I've got 20 fruit so far.

3 Olives · April 27, 2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by feldon30

There is no commercial source for JD's Special C-Tex seeds. It is a variety developed by the late JD Whittaker in Conroe, TX (thus the C-Tex part of the name) to distinguish his tomato plants from others. His greenhouse used to supply plants of JD's Special C-Tex to nurseries all around Houston. I have not seen plants in several years except at Buchanan's Nurseries (who may be growing them themselves from seed). Several people saved seeds from these plants and grew them out in subsequent years.

Suze and I did seed offers here at Tomatoville last fall and the popularity (based largely on productivity and flavor reports) ensured that we don't have many seeds left! I'm growing 3 plants of it this year and Suze is growing 2 plants, so we should be able to restock our seed supplies and do another offer this summer. On 3 plants I've got 20 fruit so far.

Sorry if my post was redundant. Thanks for the explanation. Best of luck to you!

feldon30 · April 27, 2008

Check back. I'll probably have seeds for the price of a stamp.

bryanccfshr · April 27, 2008

Looking good and lush there!

Lomatia · April 28, 2008

Wow! Those plants look healthy!

Leroy · April 28, 2008

Looking good. I bet they look even better after the rain.

Worth1 · April 30, 2008

The JD's C Tex looks lighter than mine.

Mine look like they will be real dark when they ripen.

Nice garden.

Worth

April 27, 2008	#1
duajones Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Corpus Christi,Texas Z9 Posts: 1,996	A few pics from this morning before the rain. cukes and squash cherokee purple Diva New Big Dwarf Green Giant JD's Special C-Tex Earl's Faux

April 27, 2008	#3
Lilypon Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Saskatchewan, Canada Posts: 303	:'( Cleaned up our veggie garden today so it's ready for tilling but plant out won't be until June 1st. I won't be showing my little seedlings your pics...they might die of embarrassment. Congrats Duajones! __________________ "At the heart of gardening there is a belief in the miraculous" Mirabel Osler

April 27, 2008	#4
feldon30 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 5,346	Duane, Your plants look fantastic! You're an old pro at this! __________________ [SIZE="3"]I've relaunched my gardening website -- [B]TheUnconventionalTomato.com[/B][/SIZE] * [I][SIZE="1"]*I'm not allowed to post weblinks so you'll have to copy-paste it manually.[/SIZE][/I]

April 27, 2008	#6
feldon30 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 5,346	There is no commercial source for JD's Special C-Tex seeds. It is a variety developed by the late JD Whittaker in Conroe, TX (thus the C-Tex part of the name) to distinguish his tomato plants from others. His greenhouse used to supply plants of JD's Special C-Tex to nurseries all around Houston. I have not seen plants in several years except at Buchanan's Nurseries (who may be growing them themselves from seed). Several people saved seeds from these plants and grew them out in subsequent years. Suze and I did seed offers here at Tomatoville last fall and the popularity (based largely on productivity and flavor reports) ensured that we don't have many seeds left! I'm growing 3 plants of it this year and Suze is growing 2 plants, so we should be able to restock our seed supplies and do another offer this summer. On 3 plants I've got 20 fruit so far. __________________ [SIZE="3"]I've relaunched my gardening website -- [B]TheUnconventionalTomato.com[/B][/SIZE] * [I][SIZE="1"]*I'm not allowed to post weblinks so you'll have to copy-paste it manually.[/SIZE][/I]

April 27, 2008	#8
feldon30 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 5,346	Check back. I'll probably have seeds for the price of a stamp. __________________ [SIZE="3"]I've relaunched my gardening website -- [B]TheUnconventionalTomato.com[/B][/SIZE] * [I][SIZE="1"]*I'm not allowed to post weblinks so you'll have to copy-paste it manually.[/SIZE][/I]

April 27, 2008	#2
robin303 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Austin, TX Zone 8b Posts: 531	Dangy Dangy, I only live 200 miles from you and your plants look great. I admit I get a handful of green beans everyday and only got about 7 red cherries maters so far. Did pull up my 400 onions and had 1 1/2" rain this morning. Your garden does look mighty fine.

April 27, 2008	#5
3 Olives Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Charlotte Posts: 25	Beautiful! This may seem like a stupid question and waste of time for you, but I have 3 teenagers and only so many free minutes in a day. Where can I get some JD's Special C-Tex seeds?

April 27, 2008	#9
bryanccfshr Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2007 Location: Farmington, Nm Posts: 450	Looking good and lush there! __________________ I moved!

April 28, 2008	#10
Lomatia Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 147	Wow! Those plants look healthy!

April 28, 2008	#11
Leroy Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Oklahoma /6 Posts: 78	Looking good. I bet they look even better after the rain.

April 30, 2008	#12
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	The JD's C Tex looks lighter than mine. Mine look like they will be real dark when they ripen. Nice garden. Worth