Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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November 17, 2009 | #16 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Montana
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I have several lists floating around from this summer...
Plourde Millet's Dakota Glick 18 ...if I can find seed Dina Orange Minsk Bolyard Red Petogro Vorlon Black Seaman Monomakh's Hat Cher Purple PL Wagner's Italian San Marzano 2 Eye Sixth Ave Sophie's Choice Burkino Faso Sicilian Plum Chinese Red Striped roman Indiana Red Lazy Man Polish Dwarf ABC Potato Leaf Golden bison Native Sun Pervaya Lyubov Blanche du Quebec Cluj Akers West Va Ludmilla's Red Plum Sierra Leone About a dozen undecided container varieties.... Jeanne |
November 17, 2009 | #17 |
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carolyn.... THANKS for yet another great story to add to the annals of Tomatology!!!!!!!!
Ldd
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November 17, 2009 | #18 |
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Johannesburg, South Africa - GrowZone 9
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Can we add our 2009/2010 gardens?? |
November 17, 2009 | #19 |
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Location: The Bay State
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Sure, if you're a SH (southern hemisphere) grower.
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November 17, 2009 | #20 |
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Stryker, Ohio
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Ya know my grow list for next year is not fully written yet but I have some really cool maters thanks to some good folks here and on a couple other forums. All five I grew this year will return in 2010.
They are Al-Kuffa - still need Cosmonaut Volkov Thessaloniki Cowlicks Brandywine Pink Brandywine returning after a years long absence Abe Lincoln New for 2010 Vorlon Earl's Faux Carbon Stump of The World Costoluto Fiorentino Gigantesque Goose Creek That's just some of them I have some take two maters also( never made it to the garden ). 2010 should prove fun (and exciting in some cases). I can't wait to try these maters. Kevin |
November 17, 2009 | #21 |
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Iowa Zone 5
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re: 2010
For our gardening club plant sale; our theme this year is:
‘Tomatoes from around the World.’ (It was going to be ‘Taste of Brandywine’) - but I am just one shining star above an overcast sky. Nonetheless, we’re featuring- Canada, former Czechoslovakia, Greece, France, Italy, Japan, Russia, Sweden, and U.S. Ace 55 Anna Aasa Belarus Bella Rosa Hybrid Big Beef Bucks County Hybrid Early Cascade Hybrid Goose Creek Kimberley Legend Liz Birt Marion Martino’s Roma Momotaro Orlov Yellow Patio Hybrid St. Pierre Stupice Thessaloniki Tiger-Like
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November 17, 2009 | #22 |
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Denmark
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I will grow these in my greenhouse (and a couple of them outside) in 2010:
*Brandywine, OTV *Brandywine, Cowlick's *Dansk Eksport (Eng. Danish Export. An old danish heirloom, over 100 years old, early) *Søren's Canary *Amana Orange *Amish gold *Amish Red *Fantome du laos *Wapsipinicon peach *Black cherry *Black prince *Mariannas peace *Gary Ibsen's gold *Green Zebra *Dagma's Perfection *Micro Tom *Wild Everglades tomato *Green sausage I will probably add a few more during the cold, dark winter months. I just can't help it when i look in all those new catalogs |
November 17, 2009 | #23 |
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right now it's down to 40 for next year (from this year's 60). will try to stick with old seeds. after this year's disaster (mostly due to herbicide drift from who knows where) i'd be very satisfied with much less as long as they're happy and healthy plants.
Black Cherry Black Pineapple Black Russian Brown Berry Carbon Casey’s Pure Yellow Cencara Chocolate Stripes Flamme Giant Belgium Golden Gem Grahams Good Keeper Green Grape Green Sausage Green Zebra Greenwich Japanese Dwarf Japanese Trifele JD's Special C-Tex Kosovo Lime Green Salad Limmony Momotaro Opalka Orange Russian Pearly Pink Cherry Pink Plum Rosa Piriform Russian Red Russian Rose Sandy's Chocolate Cherry Suncherry Sunsugar Sweet Tumbler Virginia Sweets Vorlon Wapsinicon Peach White Queen White Tomesol might even go further down to 30. which 10 to let go will be difficult to decide. --meg |
November 17, 2009 | #24 |
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Den of Drunken Fools
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My grow list may change but here it is as of today.
German Pancake, A flat red tomato of German origins brought over by immigrants that settled in Texas around 1840. Store bought #61. One of the best of the shippers, this tomato was one of the, if not the first tomato sold in stores. Some say it is very much like Brandywine but holds up to shipping. Perfect Patch, This tomato was famous in the south pacific during the war and grown by Japanese and allied soldiers alike. Story has it that in the battle of the Coral Sea a crate of seeds was found by a destroyer and these seeds were found in it. It is said that allied soldiers would line the runways with these plants to let wayward flyers know they were at the right island. Dust Bowl, This tomato is so hardy that it is the only variety that would grow here in the south west during the dust bowl days. It can really take the heat and keep on growing. Arctic Circle, This tomato can handle temperatures in the 20s with no noticeable damage to the plant. A real must in the northern climates. Texas Tornado, This dark red tomato is so hardy that it is said that the plants can withstand winds like no other tomato can. Story has it that the seeds came from a garden that had tomatoes growing in it this is no big deal but no seeds had been sown and they sprouted about 10 days after a tornado in the area. Whiskers, This tomato is orange and has whiskers about ½ inches long all over the fruit. A cold hardy variety with outstanding flavor, Bristles, This plant has thorns and originated in the desert southwest. To date no critters have ever got to the fruit if this variety due to the thorns. A good flavored tomato with just a hint of cactus taste, Right Wing, This tomato is all the rage this year with the GOP; it is what you might call a conservative plant. As a matter of fact this plant will only produce one tomato per plant and the plant will suck all of the moisture from the rest of the garden for its own needs, Plant this one far away from the garden, Barrister, This tomato costs so much to grow and gives so little back I can’t imagine why anyone would grow it. But as we all know you just can’t do without one. Left Wing. This tomato promises a great deal of production but with the complicated growing habit and lack of a true central structure it just doesn’t put out what you give to it. Anaconda, This variety has long branches that will literally choke out the weeds in the nearby vicinity leaving the rest of the garden to its self. A good producer with a great flavor with just a hint of chicken, Sooner, This tomato was developed in Oklahoma at OU, it is somewhat of a failure due to the fact that it produces so soon that you have to pick the fruit the year before you plant the seeds. Sort of a catch 22, Spring break, This tomato is popular with the collage crowd due to its drinking habits and the fact that it is topless, It is said that if you pour beer on it, its branches will pull back and show you its tomatoes. The list will get longer as I decide what else to grow. Worth |
November 18, 2009 | #25 |
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Join Date: Mar 2009
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Worth your terrible lol.
Kevin |
November 18, 2009 | #26 |
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I think Worth has a case of punsterarium....more than just a tad....lol but I live with that over the winter....lol
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November 18, 2009 | #27 |
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worth........ I am a product of the Dust Bowl in OK and my folks didn't know which variety they were growing during those terrible times since they were just simply trying to survive, according to my mother. What variety is it????? does it have a name????????????? I doubt it.
Ldd
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November 18, 2009 | #28 |
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When will you be offering seeds from the "spring Break"?
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November 18, 2009 | #29 |
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Location: Espanola, New Mexico
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Worth - you are one of a kind. What kind? I'm not sure, but you are certainly full of whatever it is. Have to laugh even though this is a serious business.
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November 18, 2009 | #30 |
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Fairfax, VA Z7
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Well time to finalize my 2010 grow out list.
REDS n PINKS Cowlick BW Limbaugh Legacy Potato Leaf Top Sirloin Goose Creek Mule Team Eds Millenium NAR Cuostralee Chapman German Queen Pink Brandymaster Brandy Boy Momotaro Big Zak Wes Orange KBX Orange Strawberry Yekkiw Brandywine Platfoot Yellow Toms Yellow Wonder Manyel Bi Color Lucky Cross VA Sweet Yellow n Red Green Cherokee Green Spears Tenn Green Darks Indian Stripe Large Barred Boar Black Brandywine Cherokee Purple Pale Perfect Purple Spudkalee Dwarfs Lucky Leprechaun New Big Dwarf Golden Dwarf Champion Citron Compact German Tomato Extreme Dwarf Bush Demidov Cherries/Grapes/ Pastes Sun Gold Supper Sweet 100 Tommy Toes Tomatoberry F3 Santa F3 Millefleur Opalka San Marzano Rodorte |
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