Orange Russian #117... - Page 2

Zenbaas · September 28, 2015

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Originally Posted by Worth1

Guys plant twice as many as you would normally, you wont be sorry.

If you dont you will be kicking yourself for not.
They are that good.

Worth

You're not making it easy at all for me here Worth! VERY roughly how many tomatoes can one expect from one plant..? Does it have very low production like brandywine or.....?

Worth1 · September 28, 2015

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Originally Posted by Zenbaas

You're not making it easy at all for me here Worth! VERY roughly how many tomatoes can one expect from one plant..? Does it have very low production like brandywine or.....?

Well this is sort of a long story but I have to explain it this way in order for you and others to get all of the information.

The first year I planted late and I was not able to be at home all of the time.
It was my first year growing hearts.
Saying this I had very poor luck with the tomatoes all the way around.
Some I didn't get anything from.
But the orange Russian did okay considering the circumstances.
These consisted of late planting being away from home and discovering my slow growth was due to a soil PH of around 8.
But the Orange Russian chugged along and put out a few fruit.
One morning I saw one of my beloved fruit on the driveway.

I was so ticked I just left it there.
That fall in November I saw a tomato plant growing in my dirt pile at the end of my driveway.
So I would park the truck over it to help protect it from the cold.
It made it through cold weather and continued to grow.
With no help from me what so ever.
The only water it got was from rain the ran down the drive and collected at the edge of the dirt pile.
At this time I had no idea what it was.
The position of the plant was in shade under a tree and the only sun it got was in the afternoon.
The plant was doing just as well as any of the other plants.
It loaded up with tomatoes but still yet I had no idea what it was.
All I knew was that it was a heart.
Again with very little help from me it turned into a huge plant and produced Orange Russian tomatoes.
When the heat kicked in it stopped producing but started again when it cooled off.
I might say it made quit a few tomatoes all year.
One might go as far as saying maybe 30 to 40.
Maybe less but it was a lot.
Here it is in I think July going up a 6 foot cage and back down again.
Worth
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Zenbaas · September 28, 2015

Haha excellent story! We have a relatively long growing season so as long as everything else behaves it should be good.

pondgardener · October 6, 2015

Just got back from a week vacation in the mountains, enjoying Colorado's beautiful fall colors. The following pictures were from picking just two plants and as I have told Marsha(Ginger2778), I enjoy slicing each one to see the varying color in each one. The largest one weighed almost 20 ounces. And if there is any interest, I have saved a bunch of seed from these. Or maybe I will send Tormato a bunch when he has his mystery swap.

George

ginger2778 · October 6, 2015

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Originally Posted by pondgardener

Just got back from a week vacation in the mountains, enjoying Colorado's beautiful fall colors. The following pictures were from picking just two plants and as I have told Marsha(Ginger2778), I enjoy slicing each one to see the varying color in each one. The largest one weighed almost 20 ounces. And if there is any interest, I have saved a bunch of seed from these. Or maybe I will send Tormato a bunch when he has his mystery swap.

George

George, those take my breath away. They are stunning!

ginger2778 · October 6, 2015

BTW- I got 5 out of 5 seeds germinated from those George sent me. Thank you again, George, they are starting to get true leaves.

Zenbaas · October 7, 2015

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Originally Posted by ginger2778

BTW- I got 5 out of 5 seeds germinated from those George sent me. Thank you again, George, they are starting to get true leaves.

I am very envious!

mcool61 · October 7, 2015

My favorite tomato also. At least I believe it is. The provenance of my tomato is a bit sketchy. I got the seeds from Roxy who used to work at the restaurant & she said she got them from an old man who used to live next door who called it "that Russian tomato"
The only thing I don't like about them is how attractive they are to critters. As soon as they start getting ripe they get eaten. Unfortunately not by me. I have to pick them right before they ripen & let them finish in the house or I don't get any. I've used several as fried green tomatoes of course, & I made some green tomato relish. I think I'm going to try green tomato salsa also.

mcool61 · October 7, 2015

Here is a pic of one of mine

jillian · October 29, 2015

These just might be the prettiest tomatoes I have ever seen. I am excited to grow these next season, thanks to Cole_Robbie.

Worth, that is one monster plant!

Adriana · October 29, 2015

Wow! Just Wow! Absolutely breathtakingly beautiful tomatoes!

Now can we please dwarf it?

cjp1953 · October 29, 2015

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Originally Posted by pondgardener

I wanted to share a picture of a tomato I grew this year from seeds that I had just sent to Ginger2778. Growing season in Colorado is coming to an end shortly unless we have another late frost like last year, which didn't happen until November.

What a great looking tomato,I'm looking for a yellow tomato like that.Will have to look for some seeds.

jillian · October 29, 2015

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Originally Posted by cjp1953

What a great looking tomato,I'm looking for a yellow tomato like that.Will have to look for some seeds.

Cole_Robbie has these in his seed offer http://www.tomatoville.com/showthrea...+offer&page=5:)

cjp1953 · October 30, 2015

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Originally Posted by jillian

Cole_Robbie has these in his seed offer http://www.tomatoville.com/showthrea...+offer&page=5:)

I don't have anything to trade with.To bad as they are great looking tomatos.I'll look at seed sites

for some for sale.

ginger2778 · October 30, 2015

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Originally Posted by cjp1953

I don't have anything to trade with.To bad as they are great looking tomatos.I'll look at seed sites

for some for sale.

Here you go, and they are always very generous with their seed counts. Germination is excellent on their seeds too.
http://www.tomatogrowers.com/searchprods.asp

October 29, 2015	#26
Adriana Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: North Georgia Posts: 99	Wow! Just Wow! Absolutely breathtakingly beautiful tomatoes! Now can we please dwarf it? __________________ Adriana Gutierrez

September 28, 2015	#18
Zenbaas Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: South Africa Posts: 340	Haha excellent story! We have a relatively long growing season so as long as everything else behaves it should be good.

October 6, 2015	#21
ginger2778 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Plantation, Florida zone 10 Posts: 9,283	BTW- I got 5 out of 5 seeds germinated from those George sent me. Thank you again, George, they are starting to get true leaves.

October 7, 2015	#23
mcool61 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Central Illinois Posts: 40	My favorite tomato also. At least I believe it is. The provenance of my tomato is a bit sketchy. I got the seeds from Roxy who used to work at the restaurant & she said she got them from an old man who used to live next door who called it "that Russian tomato" The only thing I don't like about them is how attractive they are to critters. As soon as they start getting ripe they get eaten. Unfortunately not by me. I have to pick them right before they ripen & let them finish in the house or I don't get any. I've used several as fried green tomatoes of course, & I made some green tomato relish. I think I'm going to try green tomato salsa also.

October 29, 2015	#25
jillian Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: North Carolina Posts: 880	These just might be the prettiest tomatoes I have ever seen. I am excited to grow these next season, thanks to Cole_Robbie. Worth, that is one monster plant!