It's Red Tomato Day! - Page 2

Sherry_AK · July 22, 2011

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Originally Posted by akgardengirl

Sherry,
Where does the Trust tomato come from? Seems like one of the farmers at the Sat. 15th and Cordova market grew that variety. He passed away this past winter...was from the valley.
Sue B.

Sue -- I don't actually remember where I got the seeds for Trust (doesn't seem like it was TGS though and I'm too lazy to go look at the pkg right now!), but Craig is correct that it's a greenhouse variety (hybrid) and that the seeds are ridiculously expensive. I grew Trust for the first time in 2009 and have cuttings from that original plant. It gets a bit unruly indoors, but I've wintered it over the past two winters and I'm rewarded with a good number of tomatoes with decent, not excellent, taste. Right now I have it in the sunroom tied to the baker's rack for support.

Tania -- I wish I knew what I did right this year. It's been an exceptional tomato season so far. I hope you get ripe ones soon!

amideutch · July 22, 2011

Looking good Sherry. Mine havn't got to the breaker stage yet! Ami

remy · July 22, 2011

Very nice! Lucky you getting tomatoes so early.
Remy

Sherry_AK · July 24, 2011

Ami -- Thanks! Surely yours will ripen soon.

Remy -- Thanks ... I do feel lucky!

Sherry

Andrey_BY · July 25, 2011

Great job, Sherry!

July 22, 2011	#17
amideutch Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Germany 49°26"N 07°36"E Posts: 5,041	Looking good Sherry. Mine havn't got to the breaker stage yet! Ami __________________ Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘...Holy Crap .....What a ride!'

July 22, 2011	#18
remy Buffalo-Niagara Tomato TasteFest™ Coordinator Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Z6 WNY Posts: 2,354	Very nice! Lucky you getting tomatoes so early. Remy __________________ "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

July 25, 2011	#20
Andrey_BY Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Minsk, Belarus, Eastern Europe (Zone 4a) Posts: 2,278	Great job, Sherry! __________________ 1 kg=2.2 lb , 1 m=39,37 in , 1 oz=28.35 g , 1 ft=30.48 cm , 1 lb= 0,4536 kg , 1 in=2.54 cm , 1 l = 0.26 gallon , 0 C=32 F Andrey a.k.a. TOMATODOR

July 24, 2011	#19
Sherry_AK Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Alaska Zone 3/4 Posts: 1,857	Ami -- Thanks! Surely yours will ripen soon. Remy -- Thanks ... I do feel lucky! Sherry