2015/2016 MMMM questions

[BigVanVader]

Starlight I saw those pics of WFB but since they are green I can't tell what the ripe fruit look like. Just curious if they were a light yellow or a true white.

[Tormato]

Originally Posted by ddsack

Ummm, no it wasn't me that sent BE x PBTD F2 to the swap. But I checked my stash received and I do have a packet and it is labeled as being one of Dan's - dfollett.

(Dee or Dan, close enuff !! )

So Dan is the one to ask.

Not close enough, as its the 4th time (this swap) that I've mixed you two
(Dee and D.) up.

[Tormato]

Originally Posted by dfollett

I'm the culprit. Black Early X Pink Berkeley Tie-Dye (and it's reverse cross) were the first two crosses I ever made. Neither one was PL. None of my notes for any grow-outs of the subsequent F2s or F3s make any mention of leaf type. (I usually note PL, but not necessarily RL). The list of my seed varieties, characteristics and sources show both BE & PBTD as RL.

If I put a note on the F2 seeds to expect 25% PL, it was done in a moment of senility. (Dee, does your packet from the swap say to expect 25% PL?)

I'm inclined go with the shock of a great tasting black explanation. I'll bet it wasn't PL (or I should say I hope it wasn't)

I'm sticking with my PL note until I get all RL's this year. Beyond the shock of a great tasting black, it was grown under the shade of a fairly young mulberry tree (early in the year it didn't start out that way), the fruit of which were quite prolific, of which I let ripen perhaps too close to fermenting.

[Starlight]

Originally Posted by BigVanVader

Starlight I saw those pics of WFB but since they are green I can't tell what the ripe fruit look like. Just curious if they were a light yellow or a true white.

Have you thought about emailing Brad at Wild Boar Farms? I looked through all his photo albums he had up and didn't see WFB. I did find another pic of it and it was what looked like in green stage. I knew the poster and have asked her for any info she remembers as to far as if final fruit was yellow, cream ( which I call off white), or white. I'll check later tonight to see if she has answered.

Tomatoes!!!!!!! You have to love them. Even though they are all tomatoes, seems each one has it's own personality traits and even seedling to seedling can differ. I've grown lots of plants in my time, but nothing beats the complexity of growing tomatoes. Seems like there is all some new discovery.

Well, I am seeing something new. Pearly Pink Orange. At first I thought I had the wrong seed as they look like miniature tulip flowers. I'm not even sure what this would be called. I have had fused seedlings before, so I know what they look like, and these don't look fused at all.

So far two of the four seeds planted are up. Both came up with 4 cotyledons at once. One of the seedlings had three fully developed cotyledons and one where it has started to develop and stopped. Those leaves were cupped, but not like the other seedling.

The second seedling, all 4 cotyledons fully developed and cupped straight into the air, which is why I thought I had a tulip flower instead of a tomato.

Anybody seen such a thing like this before with this variety? I am wondering will it make some true leaves do you think? You can tell the stem is not fused.

I know the pic is hard to see anything. I took 20 pics and this was the best out of them. Wind outside was blowing the seedlings, so it's hard to tell they all cupped up.

[Starlight]

Originally Posted by BigVanVader

Starlight I saw those pics of WFB but since they are green I can't tell what the ripe fruit look like. Just curious if they were a light yellow or a true white.

I heard back from my friend. This is what she said about WFB

"If I remember correctly White Furry Boar ended up off white with light greenish yellow stripes. "

Hope that helps you.

[Merediana]

Has someone any information on "old yellow candystripe". There seem to be different varieties, some flat and ripped, some completly round, some have a pink blush on the bottom...
Are these different varieties? The shop I orderd the seeds from listed them as one varietie but with different possible fruit types....

This is the picture from the shop I've ordered from:
http://tomatenundanderes.eu/images/s...andystripe.jpg

But this one seems to me much more common when you google it:
http://www.rareseeds.com/assets/1/14...andystripe.jpg

[Starlight]

Originally Posted by Merediana

Has someone any information on "old yellow candystripe". There seem to be different varieties, some flat and ripped, some completly round, some have a pink blush on the bottom...
Are these different varieties? The shop I orderd the seeds from listed them as one varietie but with different possible fruit types....

This is the picture from the shop I've ordered from:
http://tomatenundanderes.eu/images/s...andystripe.jpg

But this one seems to me much more common when you google it:
http://www.rareseeds.com/assets/1/14...andystripe.jpg

Merediana... Here try this :

http://tatianastomatobase.com/wiki/O...w_Candy_Stripe

Lots of info and pics too.

[bower]

Originally Posted by Tormato

I'm sticking with my PL note until I get all RL's this year. Beyond the shock of a great tasting black, it was grown under the shade of a fairly young mulberry tree (early in the year it didn't start out that way), the fruit of which were quite prolific, of which I let ripen perhaps too close to fermenting.

Is this a hint, to swig on mulberry wine between taste samples of black tomatoes?
We used thimbles of beer for the taste panel last year.
Or is it maybe a hint, to write down the leaf type of your tomato before you go munching on fermented berries.

[Tormato]

I'll have to start some seeds now in order to determine leaf type. That'll determine whether I eat berries before or after any note taking, this year.

[dfollett]

Originally Posted by Tormato

I'll have to start some seeds now in order to determine leaf type. That'll determine whether I eat berries before or after any note taking, this year.

I'll start a dozen or so of the original F2s (but I'm sure they'll be RL).

[greenthumbomaha]

I must be mis-spelling this as Google has zilch, Paderno ?? I love mysteries, but all 4 germiinated and I'm too impatient to wait 4 months to find out.

- Lisa

[BigVanVader]

Originally Posted by Starlight

I heard back from my friend. This is what she said about WFB

"If I remember correctly White Furry Boar ended up off white with light greenish yellow stripes. "

Hope that helps you.

Thanks Star, good to know.

[habitat_gardener]

I grew Cherokee Green Grape from last year's swap in a 5-gallon pot on the sunny side of the house under the eaves. I planted late, around mid July, and it took a long time to set any fruit. In fact, I picked the first ones within the last month. They were red and round with an incredible rich intense flavor. Now, it could be that any good tomato would taste great months after the end of tomato season, but these were pretty special. I saved a few seeds, and will grow some more to see if I get the same thing this summer, grown in the ground.

(I also picked some under-the-eaves Zolotoy Serdtse in the past few weeks, which were also pretty good, though they were less than a quarter the size of the ones I grew in the ground last summer.)

[Ricky Shaw]

If the Cosmonaut Volkov's are slow for you, might hang in there a little longer.

The ones in the 2x3 ziplocks were 10 days at 75F , then went 100% on germination.

[Jonnyhat]

got all 34 seed types i am growing from the mmmm into pots under domes under floro tonight. cant wait for first sprout!