Dwarf Type Plants For My Winter Indoor Garden

[Wi-sunflower]

I think you will like the Stakeless. I've grown it for years and it always does well for me.

I would like to add Pixie and Orange Pixie to your list.

They are both true ISI dwarves. Both are old Burpee hybrids I've grown out and they seem to breed true enough for me. They are bigger than cherries but only about golf ball size. The Orange Pixie is one of my personal favs as it's flavor is as close to Sun Gold as any other tomato gets in my opinion. They aren't as crack prone as the Sun Golds for me which is a big plus.

I also have a good amount of Kangaroo Paw Brown seed that I will be sending back to Craig later. It's more red on the outside than brown, tho that may have been my awful summer this year. The inside is reddish-brown and it's tasty. It's not a big tomato but in the 3 oz range. A bit bigger than the Pixies. I would recommend it's release soon if not this year as it seemed very uniform in my 20 plant grow-out.

Carol

[rnewste]

Thanks for the inputs folks.

I'll be dropping Pervaya Lyubov, and replacing it with Iditarod Red as soon as I receive the seeds from Tania.

I will still need to drop one more variety from my set of seedlings, and I am leaning toward eliminating Polish Dwarf, as I've not seen any positive comments about this variety.

Going to be an interesting Winter grow-out this year!

Raybo

[delltraveller]

I hate to leave poor Polish Dwarf out there with no positive comments. I grew it this year and gave a plant to my aunt. It was the first to produce tomatoes for her, and the second for me. I grew it next to the new dwarves. It was about as tall as the Rosella Purple and Tasmanian Chocolate, but less spreading and bushy. It produced until it got frosted last week. My mom loved to eat them as pop in your mouth snacks. By the end of August, my aunt was already checking to make sure I was going to grow her some plants for next year. It had a more "old-fashioned" flavor and made a nice addition to our mix of flavors.

[POAJoan]

I grew 3 Polish Dwarf this summer, hoop house, SWC, and hay bale and none of them did very well. Mediocre production and nothing great to talk about taste wise. Victorian dwarf did much better with one producing as much as three polish dwarf. We have snow and a high of 38°today with intermittent sunshine but the new green house without heat is 65°- so excited. Joan

[cloz]

Sophie's Choice. Just be sure the seed you have is for the real Sophie's Choice. I grew 3 this year with seed from Tomatofest and they finished the year out at 5' to 7' tall. Obviously the wrong seed. I will try it again next year with seed acquired here on T-ville.

[rnewste]

My Sophie's Choice came from Remy's Sample Seed Shop - - so I assume they are the real deal.

Raybo

[coloken]

Originally Posted by cloz

Sophie's Choice. Just be sure the seed you have is for the real Sophie's Choice. I grew 3 this year with seed from Tomatofest and they finished the year out at 5' to 7' tall. Obviously the wrong seed. I will try it again
next year with seed acquired here on T-ville.

Same thing happened to me 3 years ago
definitely indeterminate From the same place, TF. Lot HB8C7. I waisted 2 years trying to grow it inside. I am still mad at that company I had another I doubted too.

[tgplp]

I second the vote for Orange Pixie. It grew to about 2 feet last year (outside) and was a very stocky plant. It had tasty fruit, but for me they didnt' get to the size of a golf ball, more like a large cherry.

Taryn