My 2015 Grow List - Page 2

Al@NC · May 29, 2015

I see you have Zachary down as PL and RL, do you know which one it is and who the seed source is?

Heckuva list btw!

Thanks,
Allen

gdaddybill · May 29, 2015

Here's my list. Plants look great in spite of the rain--standing water between rows again this morning but plants are in 12 inches of mushroom compost.

Tomato Varieties-WDA 2015

Flamme

Perfect Flamme

Sweet Chelsea

Gregori’s Altai

Bush Champion

Champion

Persimmon

Royal Hillbilly

Aunt Gertie’s Gold

Cherokee Purple

Italian Ponderosa

Caiman F1

Chef’s Choice

Sungold

Pony Express

Matina

Italian Pomona F1

Scarlet Red

Big Yummy

Carmello

Mint Julep

Corleone

Indigo Kumquat

Heirloom Green

Bumble Bee Sunrise

Beauty King

Grandma’s Pick

Sun Peach

Orange Zinger

Red Mountain

Tycoon

Big Beef

Fantastico

Amish Gold

Rosella

Kewalo

Phoenix

German Johnson

Granadero

Mortgage Lifter

Momotaro

**carolyn137** · May 29, 2015

Quote:

Originally Posted by gdaddybill

Here's my list. Plants look great in spite of the rain--standing water between rows again this morning but plants are in 12 inches of mushroom compost.

Tomato Varieties-WDA 2015

Flamme

Perfect Flamme

Sweet Chelsea

Gregori’s Altai

Bush Champion

Champion

Persimmon

Royal Hillbilly

Aunt Gertie’s Gold

Cherokee Purple

Italian Ponderosa

Caiman F1

Chef’s Choice

Sungold

Pony Express

Matina

Italian Pomona F1

Scarlet Red

Big Yummy

Carmello

Mint Julep

Corleone

Indigo Kumquat

Heirloom Green

Bumble Bee Sunrise

Beauty King

Grandma’s Pick

Sun Peach

Orange Zinger

Red Mountain

Tycoon

Big Beef

Fantastico

Amish Gold

Rosella

Kewalo

Phoenix

German Johnson

Granadero

Mortgage Lifter

Momotaro

Great list but let me speak to the first two on your list.

The first one is really Jaune Flammee which I know well since back in 1992 several of us traded seeds with Norbert in France and this is one of the ones we got.

I sent seeds to Linda at Tomato Growers Supply for trial and accidentally left off the Jaune part so for a while she just listed it as Flammee.

Flame is a totally different variety ,but I won't go into that unless you want me to.

http://tatianastomatobase.com/wiki/Jaune_Flamm%C3%A9e

Perfect Flame? Had to Google that one and when I did I recognized what it was:

https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q...t+flame+tomato

Deliberately bred variety between Peron, which is a small round red and what they called Flamme, misspelled which I assume is Jaune Flammee.

Hopethat helps,

Carolyn

gdaddybill · May 29, 2015

Hi Carolyn--
I confess to shortening the difficult to pronounce name. Also need to add Jolly, Mint Julep and Mountain Fresh.

Tamayo R tomatillo is looking good--large and relatively productive.

Louisiana Oval Green eggplants starting to flower.

Bill

kygreg · May 30, 2015

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Originally Posted by rhines81

I am guessing you are retired or are a career farmer. Wow, that is a very long list! Are you only planting one of each? I am finding that 30-40 tomato plants is taxing enough to care for (mixed with other items in the garden). I started over 250 plants this year - tomato (8 varieties) and pepper (11 varieties) and will only grow out about 120 total of those for myself, mostly peppers ... the rest are to be given away, half of the remainder already have been, thankfully.

You are correct about the retired part. I have done a little farm labor in my youth but was never a full time farmer. We do own 2 farms but both are in Illinois about 5 hours away so I grow tomatoes in the back yard. I have 112 plants. I start about 500 plants and give away all the seedling that I don't grow to friends, acquaintances, and some community garden groups. We do not sell or can so what fruits we don't eat and use for seed are given away.

kygreg · May 30, 2015

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Originally Posted by Gardeneer

Impressive grow list, Greg .
I read a lot of names that have never heard before
Are you a market grower ?

No I am not a market grower; I don't want to make a business out something I enjoy. I grow 112 plants and about 100 different varieties so mostly one of each variety. I guess I assume that to meet customer wants I would have to grow several of each variety in order to have stock every week or day.

kygreg · May 30, 2015

Quote:

Originally Posted by Al@NC

I see you have Zachary down as PL and RL, do you know which one it is and who the seed source is?

Heckuva list btw!

Thanks,
Allen

Allen,

It is a PL; see pics. I had a master list of all 2015 varieties and then separated out the PL's and apparently forgot to delete Zachary from the original list. I received the seeds from Andrea's 2014 swap. If you don't already have it, I should have plenty this fall if you want to try it.

kygreg · May 30, 2015

A pic of my garden

Al@NC · May 31, 2015

Kygreg,
Heirloomtomaguy just sent me some seeds, I do appreciate your kindness though! I wish I knew more about the tomatoe's history and didn't know if it was pl or rl so thanks, your plant looks great, as well as your whole garden

...

You don't by chance have pics of the Zachary fruit do you?

Al

**carolyn137** · May 31, 2015

Quote:

Originally Posted by Al@NC

Kygreg,
Heirloomtomaguy just sent me some seeds, I do appreciate your kindness though! I wish I knew more about the tomatoe's history and didn't know if it was pl or rl so thanks, your plant looks great, as well as your whole garden

...

You don't by chance have pics of the Zachary fruit do you?

Al

I listed seeds for Zachary in my 2014 seed offer, seeds from Steve at Heritage Seeds and this is what he said as I noted on my listing for it:

(Zachary, F9 growout of Purple Haze F1, PL ( save seeds only from PL plants))

So Zachary was still not stable and was throwing both RL and PL plants.

Hope that helps,

Carolyn

kygreg · May 31, 2015

Quote:

Originally Posted by Al@NC

Kygreg,
Heirloomtomaguy just sent me some seeds, I do appreciate your kindness though! I wish I knew more about the tomatoe's history and didn't know if it was pl or rl so thanks, your plant looks great, as well as your whole garden

...

You don't by chance have pics of the Zachary fruit do you?

Al

Sorry, I do not. This is the first year I have grown it. Will try to remember to post pics this summer or fall.

Al@NC · May 31, 2015

Thanks Carolyn, kygreg, the pics of the plant and the other info is helpful. Hope you have a great season!

BigVanVader · February 18, 2016

Bump to ask how you liked Idaho Hillbilly? I am trying to decide if I should grow it this year.

kygreg · February 19, 2016

Quote:

Originally Posted by BigVanVader

Bump to ask how you liked Idaho Hillbilly? I am trying to decide if I should grow it this year.

I was surprised that the fruits were elongated. I had little information about it and did not expect with a name like "hillbilly" that it would be elongated. It was pretty much in line with other elongated varieties -good taste, not great; I think I prefer South American Banana a little better.

Gary

Father'sDaughter · February 19, 2016

Quote:

Originally Posted by kygreg

I was surprised that the fruits were elongated. I had little information about it and did not expect with a name like "hillbilly" that it would be elongated. It was pretty much in line with other elongated varieties -good taste, not great; I think I prefer South American Banana a little better.

Gary

I received seeds for it in this year's MMMM and this was all I could find on it - http://www.secret-seedcartel.com/car...daho-hillbilly

I too was surprised to see it was an elongated paste given the name.

May 29, 2015	#17
gdaddybill Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Burton, TX Posts: 294	2015 Varieties in SC TX Here's my list. Plants look great in spite of the rain--standing water between rows again this morning but plants are in 12 inches of mushroom compost. Tomato Varieties-WDA 2015 Flamme Perfect Flamme Sweet Chelsea Gregori’s Altai Bush Champion Champion Persimmon Royal Hillbilly Aunt Gertie’s Gold Cherokee Purple Italian Ponderosa Caiman F1 Chef’s Choice Sungold Pony Express Matina Italian Pomona F1 Scarlet Red Big Yummy Carmello Mint Julep Corleone Indigo Kumquat Heirloom Green Bumble Bee Sunrise Beauty King Grandma’s Pick Sun Peach Orange Zinger Red Mountain Tycoon Big Beef Fantastico Amish Gold Rosella Kewalo Phoenix German Johnson Granadero Mortgage Lifter Momotaro

May 29, 2015	#19
gdaddybill Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Burton, TX Posts: 294	Flamme is Juane Flammee Hi Carolyn-- I confess to shortening the difficult to pronounce name. Also need to add Jolly, Mint Julep and Mountain Fresh. Tamayo R tomatillo is looking good--large and relatively productive. Louisiana Oval Green eggplants starting to flower. Bill Last edited by gdaddybill; May 29, 2015 at 04:26 PM.

May 31, 2015	#24
Al@NC Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Vernon, BC Posts: 720	Kygreg, Heirloomtomaguy just sent me some seeds, I do appreciate your kindness though! I wish I knew more about the tomatoe's history and didn't know if it was pl or rl so thanks, your plant looks great, as well as your whole garden ... You don't by chance have pics of the Zachary fruit do you? Al Last edited by Al@NC; May 31, 2015 at 03:30 AM.

May 30, 2015	#23
kygreg Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: kentucky Posts: 1,019	A pic of my garden

February 18, 2016	#28
BigVanVader Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Greenville, South Carolina Posts: 3,099	Bump to ask how you liked Idaho Hillbilly? I am trying to decide if I should grow it this year.