my day ending up with the purchase of more tomato plants

[RobinB]

I'm so glad I found you guys. Tee hee. I found my own kind. I feel so... NORMAL.

[Deborah]

Stacy, LOLOLOLOLLL !

[danielnc84]

well i went ahead and planted some tomatoes in the front flowerbeds to see if she will notice them! I dont think she will have a clue... I still have over 50 plants in the greenhouse. some greatwhites, Aunt Rubys German Green, Sophies choice, Pineapple, hillbilly, Bobbie, and some cherry varieties i think its coyote yellow cherry... I called my dad to see if there was any room in his garden for a few maters and so ill be planting 2 or 3 pineapples over there! my brother inlaw has 175 plants out and he has saved me a 20 x 20 to plant some other maters. this is the biggest mater production ill have ever had. I got a nice pressure cooker so we will have plenty of the frozen maters and spaghetti sauces.

[Father'sDaughter]

Originally Posted by JLJ_

If you plan to do that you may want to invest some time chatting with the people who have the stand, in hopes that they are the growers, and find out whether they grow their own saved seed, whether they isolate the different types, or bag fruits for seed, etc -- or you may grow something from the fruit you buy that is totally unlike what you expected. Which is OK, of course, if your purpose is to experiment, but not if your purpose is to say "YUM! Let's grow some tomatoes like this!"

I do know they grow their own--the farm is huge and stand is by the road in front of their fields. And since I grow from my saved seeds, I don't isolate, and I don't bag, I'm personally not too concerned about whether or not they do. I know I'm risking a cross at some point, but not too worried about it.

[camochef]

danielnc,
For years I suffered from a similar affliction. The most I had ever planted was 830 tomatoes one season. I've been working very hard to reduce that number the past 10 years or so. When I got down to less than 400/year, I thought it was wonderful. Less than 300 the next year and I was so proud of myself.
Year after year I kept improving by growing only the best of my favorites and maybe just a few, new to me varieties that came highly recommended.
Last year I got down to just 23 tomato plants and I was delighted! This year I have 16 varieties started, which is still more than I had planned on. I haven't gotten over to Dana's yet to see what she has in grafted plants. Last year she gave me a grafted German Johnson-Benton Strain which really stood out over my German Johnson-Benton strain from seed as well as my Purple Dog Creek which I raved about the year before, as well as all my Brandywines and Brandywine crosses.
As I get older, I'm finding I just can't do what I used too, and its become much more enjoyable growing just a small amount of favorites. Since I stopped growing Sun-gold's everything has been heirlooms, (open-pollinated), slicers. My only regret is I can't send out the large amounts of seeds like I used to, but the many thousands that were sent over the years made many people happy.
Enjoy and perhaps someday you'll be able to reduce the amount your planting too.
Camo

[JLJ_]

Originally Posted by bughunter99

Yeah.
If only I was just a tomato addict.
This morning I hit the local crack house, er I mean "the Growing Place"
My mission was a couple of borage plants since the birds ripped out my seedlings.
$136 later I left with:

A funky thick fleshed oregano that I don't even no if it is edible.
4 leeks
4 4" pots french vanilla marigolds (3 to a pot)
2 six packs of weird cosmos, that I bought because they were weird.
3 different alocasia that I planted even though it is probably a little early.
2 begonia
A sedum that I bought because it looked cool.
A zucchini plant that makes softball instead of elongated fruits (oh and I hate zucchini)

Did I get the borage? No I did not. I forgot.
Which means I have to go back.
Curses?

Stacy

ROFL! I suspect everyone here knows that experience!

Do you hate zucchini because you never encountered it cooked in a way that isn't slimy and tasteless, or have you had it fixed many ways others think are good and just don't like any of them?

[Dak]

Stacy, you're going to love those softball sized zucchini, they're my absolute favorite.

This board has me spoiled. Things on my wish list now, that I would buy on impulse are varieties like KBX, Neves Azorean Red, things I don't have a chance in heck to find locally.