True North Tomatoes - Page 15

efisakov · October 20, 2015

Quote:

Originally Posted by ginger2778

Karen, congratulations on your season of wonders. Those fruit are spectacularly beautiful. Looking forward to news of True North Tomatoes 2016 when it comes.

second that

salix · October 21, 2015

Thirders! That last picture looks like a plate of summer sunshine...

Zenbaas · October 21, 2015

Love this thread.!

bower · October 21, 2015

Sweet!

sjamesNorway · October 21, 2015

I'm still following your thread. Those are True North Beauties!

Steve

jmsieglaff · October 27, 2015

Glad to see your season went so well Karen! Those are some great looking tomatoes, I look forward to watching 2016 and one day hopefully getting to try your Tundra tomatoes in my southern WI garden.

BlackBear · October 27, 2015

Great Work !

What an inspiration to us all !

Allisa · November 7, 2015

Amazing story and pictures!!! I really hope that some day I'll be able to get some seeds of these early hearts (bi-color, GWR tri-color, and black heart). 44 days 'till first big ripe fruit is outstanding!!! My dream is to have first ripe tomato by July 4th in Oregon, usually my first heart shaped tomatoes are ready by end of July or first decade of August. I've tried many different varieties with no success, they're all later than I want them to be.

You're doing a very good job! Keep it up!

KarenO · November 8, 2015

Thanks guys! I wish I could fast forward time and get these stable so I can send out some seeds! I hope you will think they are worth waiting for.

I have been asked why I don't send out seed to be grown out in winter in the south somewhere to speed up the process. The answer is that I believe that in order for these tomatoes to be "true north tomatoes" and to KNOW that they will do well in a Northern garden like mine, the selections have to come from here, from plants that have done well and produced early fruit here.

I have other crosses that I want to get out sooner, if you are interested for example there is a thread here called the KARMA project which is about breeding a PL cherry and a partnership between myself and a Florida gardener, TV moderator ginger2778. She is growing out the F1 over winter which has been super fun to watch from a distance

KarenO

KarenO · April 30, 2016

F4 seeds of the best 5 potato leaf hearts from last year are underway. They include:
1. a very productive 4 lobed black (purple) heart with clear epidermis from the most productive of the Tundra plants last year.
2. The huge smooth black Blunt purple heart (seed from the fruit in my avatar) almost 2 lbs and the biggest tomato I have personally ever grown
3. The best Polaris which was a beautiful dark pink blunt heart with dark red marbled interior
4. The Best and earliest bicoulour heart with a strong heart shape and lots of pink showing both inside and outside.
5. The bicoulour GWR marbled pink heart that showed up unexpectedly from one of the F4 what should have been a yellow biclour heart.

All will be potato leaf. Happy to get some seeds in and expect a late crop mainly for F5 selection for seed. Hoping to be heading for stable in the next couple of years and then I would love for some of you folks to give them a trial

I'll post pics once I have something to show

KarenO

ginger2778 · April 30, 2016

I am very excited to follow your progress. You go girl!

sjamesNorway · May 1, 2016

Glad to see you're up and running again with what look to be some great varieties. (I just have to wonder if they'll still be "True North", when you're moving from zn. 3 to zn. 8b?)

Steve

ginger2778 · May 1, 2016

I'm in 10b, so they are still north as far as I am concerned.

Dutch · May 1, 2016

Thank you everyone for all the interesting posts in this thread.

This thread continues to be a very enjoyable read.

Again thank you everyone.

Dutch

sjamesNorway · May 1, 2016

Quote:

Originally Posted by ginger2778

I'm in 10b, so they are still north as far as I am concerned.

Well yeah, and geographically it's about on line with the northern border of the US, so I'll just have to go along with you - NORTH. And I agree with Dutch, it will continue to be a very interesting thread.

Steve

October 21, 2015	#212
salix Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: north central B.C. Posts: 2,310	Thirders! That last picture looks like a plate of summer sunshine... __________________ "He who has a library and a garden wants for nothing." -Cicero

October 27, 2015	#217
BlackBear Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2015 Location: Nanaimo , BC Posts: 961	Great Work ! Great Work ! What an inspiration to us all ! __________________ So Many Tomatoes ...So Little Time !

May 1, 2016	#224
Dutch Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: S.E. Wisconsin Zone 5b Posts: 1,831	Thank you everyone for all the interesting posts in this thread. This thread continues to be a very enjoyable read. Again thank you everyone. Dutch __________________ "Discretion is the better part of valor" Charles Churchill The intuitive mind is a gift, and the rational mind is a faithful servant. But we have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift. (paraphrased) Albert Einstein I come from a long line of sod busters, spanning back several centuries. Last edited by Dutch; May 1, 2016 at 01:46 PM. Reason: Grammer

October 21, 2015	#213
Zenbaas Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: South Africa Posts: 340	Love this thread.!

October 21, 2015	#214
bower Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Newfoundland, Canada Posts: 6,794	Sweet!

October 21, 2015	#215
sjamesNorway Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Norway Posts: 1,049	I'm still following your thread. Those are True North Beauties! Steve

October 27, 2015	#216
jmsieglaff Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Southern WI Posts: 2,742	Glad to see your season went so well Karen! Those are some great looking tomatoes, I look forward to watching 2016 and one day hopefully getting to try your Tundra tomatoes in my southern WI garden.

November 7, 2015	#218
Allisa Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Oregon Posts: 176	Amazing story and pictures!!! I really hope that some day I'll be able to get some seeds of these early hearts (bi-color, GWR tri-color, and black heart). 44 days 'till first big ripe fruit is outstanding!!! My dream is to have first ripe tomato by July 4th in Oregon, usually my first heart shaped tomatoes are ready by end of July or first decade of August. I've tried many different varieties with no success, they're all later than I want them to be. You're doing a very good job! Keep it up!

November 8, 2015	#219
KarenO Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Vancouver Island Posts: 5,931	Thanks guys! I wish I could fast forward time and get these stable so I can send out some seeds! I hope you will think they are worth waiting for. I have been asked why I don't send out seed to be grown out in winter in the south somewhere to speed up the process. The answer is that I believe that in order for these tomatoes to be "true north tomatoes" and to KNOW that they will do well in a Northern garden like mine, the selections have to come from here, from plants that have done well and produced early fruit here. I have other crosses that I want to get out sooner, if you are interested for example there is a thread here called the KARMA project which is about breeding a PL cherry and a partnership between myself and a Florida gardener, TV moderator ginger2778. She is growing out the F1 over winter which has been super fun to watch from a distance KarenO

April 30, 2016	#220
KarenO Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Vancouver Island Posts: 5,931	F4 seeds of the best 5 potato leaf hearts from last year are underway. They include: 1. a very productive 4 lobed black (purple) heart with clear epidermis from the most productive of the Tundra plants last year. 2. The huge smooth black Blunt purple heart (seed from the fruit in my avatar) almost 2 lbs and the biggest tomato I have personally ever grown 3. The best Polaris which was a beautiful dark pink blunt heart with dark red marbled interior 4. The Best and earliest bicoulour heart with a strong heart shape and lots of pink showing both inside and outside. 5. The bicoulour GWR marbled pink heart that showed up unexpectedly from one of the F4 what should have been a yellow biclour heart. All will be potato leaf. Happy to get some seeds in and expect a late crop mainly for F5 selection for seed. Hoping to be heading for stable in the next couple of years and then I would love for some of you folks to give them a trial I'll post pics once I have something to show KarenO

April 30, 2016	#221
ginger2778 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Plantation, Florida zone 10 Posts: 9,283	I am very excited to follow your progress. You go girl!

May 1, 2016	#222
sjamesNorway Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Norway Posts: 1,049	Glad to see you're up and running again with what look to be some great varieties. (I just have to wonder if they'll still be "True North", when you're moving from zn. 3 to zn. 8b?) Steve

May 1, 2016	#223
ginger2778 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Plantation, Florida zone 10 Posts: 9,283	I'm in 10b, so they are still north as far as I am concerned.