December 12, 2014 | #181 |
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Couldn't help myself. Sowed a flat of F3 Yellow Dwf x Sungold F1 today.
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December 13, 2014 | #182 |
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Update.
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December 13, 2014 | #183 |
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Ok that settles it. I am jealous of these plants and I'm not waiting until after Christmas!! I will sow them today get them started just under a small light and get the big lights out once they are potted up individually.
I want to see some seedlings growing. You sent me seed labelled F4 HMCC F3-14. I presume it to be F3 seed. Do you expect a lot of difference in the plants and I am curious what traits to expect. Looking forward to the scent of tomato foliage and seeing what they do indoors in winter. Thank you for the seed! KarenO |
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haha! Do it!
Those are F4 seeds from F3 plant #14. Same cross as the pic above so they should be very compact plants. You'll get grape/cherries likely with a nipple. F3-14 is the plant in the striped pot posted last year. The biggest question on these is flavor. We don't need any more micro-tom quality micros! The more sun/strong light the better! Quote:
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December 13, 2014 | #185 |
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Chris, Sungold smells just like S. Habrochaites. The smell segregates from the high brix trait at a ratio of 32:1 meaning if you grow 32 plants 1 of them will be very sweet without the typical sungold smell.
Combining high brix with excellent tomato flavor has been a bit difficult. So far, I've seen very sweet fruit in the F2 or F3, but it segregates the next generation indicating some of the genes for high brix are dominant and others are recessive. I got 1 F5 plant out of about 300 grown that exhibits high brix and outstanding tomato flavor. |
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Oh boy. Guess I better plant a few more flats.
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So far i have 9 of 12 seeds a sproutin' in the flat and 7 for 7 seeds a sproutin' in the cup. The rest in the flat are other dwarfs im workin on and test growing. Sorry the poor pic im on vacation. Yes i did bring my babies and the heat mat/controller on vacation. I know i know i have a problem
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These are the HMCC seedlings I planted on 11/24. It looks like are of the plants are going to have the rolled leaf. You can't really tell that from the picture but I can see it in the new leaf growth.
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December 17, 2014 | #190 |
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Yep. they roll even more at night it seems.
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Hi Chris,
Started mine 4 days and and 7/13 are already up with no bottom heat. I expect the rest will come up before long too. fast little guys. And Kay, your seedlings look really great! Chris, does the rolled leaf trait mean any relative advantage or disadvantage or mainly just a different "look" to the plant KO Last edited by KarenO; December 17, 2014 at 09:34 PM. |
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I have no empirical data to support this, but, I would suspect that the rolled leaf would not be good from a disease/pest standpoint. I could imagine that leaves would not dry as well from restricted airflow and control with fungicides or other -cides might be more problematic simply from a mechanical standpoint. But, may not be an issue during the winter on a windowsill in dry indoor conditions and with pathogen inoculum relatively low.
I sure wish I knew what genes are involved in the phenotypes of this one. I thought maybe declinata but the leaves roll the opposite way from the TGRC description. Wilty-2? Quote:
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December 26, 2014 | #193 |
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An F3 micro-multiflora. Has spent its life confined under lights in the garage.
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December 26, 2014 | #194 |
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Your plant sure does have dark green leafs. What are the tomatoes like? I can't wait to see my micros flower.
I am growing mine in the garage under lights too since I don't have windows in the right location. They are growing well and several have flower buds. I first noticed that Christmas morning. When the new leafs form they are curled but they seem to me as if they are changing as the grow. Chris do you do any pruning at all? They sure are putting on a lot of suckers. |
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They look great! You should not need to prune those unless they get out of control (which I doubt they will do, and maybe discard those). The Hardin's miniature phenotype is exactly as you describe, lots of suckers on a bushy plant.
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