Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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December 16, 2015 | #16 |
Buffalo-Niagara Tomato TasteFest™ Coordinator
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I've received a lot of great feed back. Not much for photos if you google. This is an excellent one from my customer photo contest on FaceBook a couple years ago.
https://www.facebook.com/11208753554...type=3&theater And there is this with the note about KennyJ who's a member here. http://www.michiganheirlooms.com/TomatoPASTE.html
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December 16, 2015 | #17 |
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I grew it this past season, and the descriptions on Remy's site and at Michigan Heirlooms are spot on. Nice balanced flavor, good paste but also tasty fresh, and it was one of the earliest larger tomatoes to ripen for me (although my sample was pretty small). It will be back.
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December 16, 2015 | #18 | |
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http://www.sampleseeds.com/?page_id=4260 Just scroll down until you come to Santa Marie, and Remy was the first to offer it. Carolyn
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December 16, 2015 | #19 |
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Thanks all, with the info provided I now know it will be in my 2016 garden. Remy I noticed you stated you like it better than Romeo on your site, reasons why?
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December 16, 2015 | #20 |
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Romeo, though impressive looking, was much stingier with tomatoes over multiple seasons (who knows, elsewhere it may perform better.) It also doesn't taste good fresh at all to me, blander than many other pastes and mealy.
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"I wake to sleep and take my waking slow" -Theodore Roethke Yes, we have a great party for WNY/Ontario tomato growers every year on Grand Island! Owner of The Sample Seed Shop Last edited by remy; December 16, 2015 at 01:28 PM. Reason: clarification |
December 16, 2015 | #21 |
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Let us all know how it does. I am looking for a more productive large paste than San Marzano Redorta (shown in my avatar). It taste great fresh but not always that productive IMO. Thanks
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December 16, 2015 | #22 | |
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Having ditched Romeo in favor of Santa Maria, I'll second this! Santa Maria was among the most productive pastes I grew this past summer, it laughed at the foliage issues that quickly took down neighboring Costoluto Genovese plants, and I believe was last Lady standing at the end of the season. It has earned three coveted spots in my 2016 garden. Thank you, Remy, for sharing this one with us through your seed shop! |
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December 16, 2015 | #23 | |
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December 16, 2015 | #24 |
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Good to hear Fathersdaughter, I'm going to be trying different paste over the next few years to see what does best here since I mostly use my tomatoes for processing. Wes was a standout for me this year but it was a little to juicy to be a true paste. I will post my results.
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December 17, 2015 | #25 |
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Darn this Tomato h*ll site,
It made me order more seeds. (just ordered some of the Santa Marias from Remy sample seed shop) At least I did not bring home another dog.
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December 17, 2015 | #26 | |
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I am excited to grow this tomato though. Sure looks yummy! |
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December 18, 2015 | #27 |
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too funny!
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December 18, 2015 | #28 |
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Since I am not a paster (?!) I do like them for on the grill , whole, along with what else is on the grill, burger, chicken, steak ..... I usually use Roma. But I have quit growing it because of annoying BER.
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December 18, 2015 | #29 |
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Thread drift B V V, since you'll likely read this. I think I have some SM Saccone seeds coming in.
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December 18, 2015 | #30 |
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Oh dear! I read your comment as "I am not a pastor" and wondered what religion had to do with this variety.
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