Can we talk TOMATOES............PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!

[sarahjune]

I'm getting tomatoes from Good Mind Seeds (goodmindseeds.org), the Sample Seed Shop (sampleseeds.com) and Tatiana's Tomatobase (tatianastomatobase.com).

[charline]

Originally Posted by sarahjune

I'm getting tomatoes from Good Mind Seeds (goodmindseeds.org), the Sample Seed Shop (sampleseeds.com) and Tatiana's Tomatobase (tatianastomatobase.com).

I didnt know goodmindseeds and I am amazed about the varieties they have. Many of them I never heard about.
Which ones did you chose?

[PaulF]

My 2015 list is still waaay too long to start posting the varieties. Many of the 100 I have in mind will not make the cut down to the final 35 depending on whether the seeds are available from my favorite vendors. Most have released their 2015 availability lists but one has not. Does anyone remember the general date when Sand Hill changes from last year to this year? I know Glenn delivers year round and is small and very busy, but some varieties not available last year are on my this year list and before those get the ax......

My pepper list(strictly speaking not tomato talk but close enough not to be in trouble for getting off topic) is still at 32 with the target of 15 varieties. Everything looks too good to do without.

I seem to be in planning mode earlier this year than in past years. I'm even thinking of going down into the basement/grow-out laboratory and getting ready for my usual late February seed starting.

The answer may be in the plans I have for starting a community garden in beautiful downtown Brownville. If there is any room left over I may just plant out several tomato varieties.

[Hermitian]

I'm looking forward to planting out in the ground next Spring. Last season was restricted to #12 pots.

[kath]

Well, I had such great luck with all the varieties I ordered from Terry @ Secret Seed Cartel last season that I couldn't resist looking at what she was offering this year, despite the fact that I had vowed not to acquire any new varieties that weren't going to be part of my paste trial for 2015. Not surprisingly, I submitted an order for more than pastes.The intriguing and stunningly beautiful "had-to-haves" are:

Abbattista Paste
Belle Maurinoise Jaune
Goldman's Italian American
Hippie Zebra
Muddy Mamba
Not Purple Strawberry
Pamplemousse De Grand Pere
Pepe Jose
Rebel Yell

The 2015 list of other paste and other types, many from trades/donations, although exciting, is way too long yet and now may need to be cut back a bit to fit in these new ones. I've been reluctant to look at catalogs because my willpower isn't so good when it comes to seeds- checking out Johnny's beautiful new "heirloom types" and seeing a $20 price tag for a pack of seeds has deterred me a bit for now.

kath

[LindyAdele]

I really want to try the Ambrosia Cherry Tomatoes from J & L. I might have to put an order in soon, but I wanted to see what arrives in my MMM envelope first. Both the Ambrosia red and Ambrosia Gold interest me. I haven't found a great red cherry tomato yet! I will also try a different purple/black or two this year. I have been growing Black Krim for years and love it. But last year my Krim's were clearly a cross (uniform, almost golf-ball sized fruits) and I really missed them! So I'm making room for two different blacks this year, but haven't decided on which.

[Dutch]

I have ordered Tomato Costoluto Fiorentino and Tomato Red Pear (Large Pear) from GrowItalian because postings about them here, perked my interest in them.
Dutch

[Misfit]

I'll be trying out Striped German, some cherries; as well as a few favorites.

-Jimmy

[Labradors2]

I'll be growing a row of dwarfs, a row of cherries, a row of "other" in the veggie garden, and at least 4 early container varieties on the deck. All to be determined after I receive seeds from the swaps.

Linda

[PaulF]

Ambrosia Red is my wife's favorite red cherry. It got left off last year's list and I paid for it and get regular reminders to put it at the top of the list.

[sarahjune]

Originally Posted by charline

I didnt know goodmindseeds and I am amazed about the varieties they have. Many of them I never heard about.
Which ones did you chose?

I have not decided yet, but i think something pear shaped or pumpkin shaped. I like the ones with Native American names. They were actually bred by Native Americans unlike the Cherokee tomatoes.

[crazyoldgooseman]

New ones for me are:

Cowlicks Brandywine
and
KBX

I will still grow some Suddiths BW and some san Marzano Redorta as always.

Spring can't come soon enough.

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by sarahjune

I have not decided yet, but i think something pear shaped or pumpkin shaped. I like the ones with Native American names. They were actually bred by Native Americans unlike the Cherokee tomatoes.

Sarah, which varieties with Native American names and I ask b/c whenI had trouble trying to trace back the variety Manyel, which was said to mean many moons and Indian in origin, I had no luck at all.

http://tatianastomatobase.com/wiki/Manyel

I got the seeds from Joe Bratka in 1992 and SSE listed it and offered it in seed offers many moons ago

I'm also up to date on Cherkee Purple, it being introduced by my tomato friend Craig LeHoullier and the DNA alleles indicate it isn't 100 yo as Craig was told by John Green who gave him the seeds.But the connection to the Cherokee has not been proved or disapproved. I introduced Indian Stripe and there's more evidence to suggest that it might be a version of CP.

And yes I know all about the suggestion that CP was an escapee from a University in the south who had received seeds for Phillipines #2, there's a nice thread about that in the LEgacy Forum/

I dolove a good mystery.

If I put my thinking cap on I bet I could come up with some other Native American varoety names, but I can't, which is why I'm asking you to help me out.

Carolyn

[Hermitian]

carolyn137 and sarahjune:
I believe that tomatoes with "native american names" are a different set (if not distinct) from "named by native north american", "named by native central american", and "named by native south american" tomatoes. True or false?

[Irv Wiseguy]

A TGS catalog just arrived yesterday and Rapunzel caught my eye too. Unfortunately I already bought my seeds for 2015 so maybe next year for Rapunzel.

I'm looking forward to growing Stump of the World, Old German and Black Cherry for the first time next year. I also wanted to try Cow's Tit (because of the name!) and Cowlick Brandywine but had trouble finding a place to buy seeds. I don't do seed swaps so I may never get to grow them. Oh well, there are thousands of other varieties to choose from.

Irv