A Day to Decide - Page 2

AlittleSalt · January 14, 2016

That was only 45 varieties and some are ornamentals - so those count as flowers ...right?

The tomatoes will be planted Friday and Saturday. The tomato list is much longer.

Today, I did get to pot-up 3 each of these from 2007 Tomato Growers seeds:

Ceylon
Costoluto Genovese
Purple Calabash

The test planting went great and the plants are big, healthy, and strong.

Gardeneer, growing peppers here is almost like growing weeds. Their growing season is from April through November. The most work involved is picking them.

Worth1 · January 15, 2016

Even though they say ornamental you can still eat the peppers.
I put them in vinegar to put on greens.
Worth

Gardeneer · January 15, 2016

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Originally Posted by Worth1

Even though they say ornamental you can still eat the peppers.
I put them in vinegar to put on greens.
Worth

Exactly.
I had about 5 kinds of them last year. Prettiest one was Chinese 5 color.
Ornamental is just one of their features. You can plant them in flower beds or in pots with flowers.

Gardeneer

Worth1 · January 15, 2016

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Originally Posted by Gardeneer

Exactly.
I had about 5 kinds of them last year. Prettiest one was Chinese 5 color.
Ornamental is just one of their features. You can plant them in flower beds or in pots with flowers.

Gardeneer

If I was a landscape architect I would incorporate more ornamental peppers here for annuals.
As god is my witness I was standing next to a woman that said she wished fresh rosemary wasn't so expensive in the store.
We were standing next to a whole row of rosemary that was used in the landscape next to our office.

I looked at her and said your kidding right you have been buying it?
She said yes and I reached down and pulled off a sprig and said this stuff is free.
She was flabbergasted.

Bay is another way under utilized tree here mine are putting out new leaves as we speak.

One year I had filius blue Bulgarian carrot royal black Bolivian rainbow fish pepper and marbles all crammed into a flower bed it looked great.

Worth

Gerardo · January 15, 2016

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Originally Posted by Worth1

I looked at her and said your kidding right you have been buying it?
She said yes and I reached down and pulled off a sprig and said this stuff is free.
She was flabbergasted.

Worth

If it doesn't come from the store it's not clean.

roper2008 · January 15, 2016

NuMex Twilight is a very pretty ornamental.

AlittleSalt · January 16, 2016

I finally cut the tomato grow list down from 172 to 91. The ones in red are varieties to grow to save seeds for the next MMMM

Large 22

1884
1884 Purple
Belmonte
Big Beef
Big Boy
Big Zac
Bradley
Chapman
Cherokee Chocolate
Cherokee Purple
Chocolate Stripes
De Tiganesti
Gregori’s Altai
Maiden’s Gold
Queen Marbena
Sangeorgiu De Mures
Spudakee
Stump of the World
Sunny Boy
Vorlon
Zapotec
Zogola

Medium 29

Ace 55
Acme
Amethyst Jewel
Azoychka
Bali
Blue Beauty
Break of Day
Ceylon
Costoluto Fiorentino
Costoluto Genovese
Huang Se Chieh
Independence Day
Indigo Apple
Joe Lauerer's German Egg
Livingston’s Favorite
Livingston’s Magnus
Livingston's Paragon Red
Maiden's Fire
Marglobe
Momotaro
Moonglow
New Big Dwarf
Pink Ping Pong
Pink Siberian Tiger
Purple Calabash
Rebel Yell
Rumi Banjan
Siletz
Silvery Fir Tree

Small 40

A Grappoli D’Inverno
A Grappoli Corbarino
Ambrosia Orange UBX
Bing Cherry
Bumblebee, Pink
Bumblebee, Purple
Bumblebee, Sunrise
Bumblebee, Bosque Blue
Carbon Copy F7
Casino Chips
Galina’s
Gardener’s Sweetheart
Honeydrop (Fedco)
Indigo Blue Berries
Indigo Cherry Drops
Isis Candy
Japanese Pink Cherry
Kiss the Sky
Maiden's Fire
Medovaya Kaplya
Megatrusses
Peacevine
Pink Tiger
Porter
Principe Borghese
Punta Banda
Rainbow Cherry
Riesentraube
Submarine Blush
Sungold
Sungold F3
Sweet Carneros Pink
Sweet Million
Sweetie
Texas Wild Cherry
Umberto
VHS Cherry F3
WOW
Yellow Centiflour Hypertress
Zap Cross F3

Gardeneer · January 16, 2016

Salt,
Wow ! Wow... Nice and Big list

I see about 8 or so in there that I will be growing also this year.

Good Luck !

Aerial · January 17, 2016

Great list! Salt, can you please save some seeds from the Sweet Million hybrid? Others have commented success from growing saved seeds.

AlittleSalt · January 17, 2016

Aerial, as long as they grow and produce - I'll save seeds. I added Indian Stripe PL and Chocolate Cherry after getting the seeds from you yesterday.

Worth1 · January 17, 2016

I think you are going to like Costoluto Genovese, I know I do and every one loves them.

Worth

jpop · January 17, 2016

I know it may be a stupid question, but out of curiosity and hoping for some input, when I see this many varieties on a grow list, does this typically mean multiple plants per variety or 1 of each?

AlittleSalt · January 17, 2016

I am planting 3 seeds of each and am wanting 2 plants from each variety.

jpop · January 17, 2016

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Originally Posted by AlittleSalt

I am planting 3 seeds of each and am wanting 2 plants from each variety.

That is impressive, hope your season does well. Getting killed this winter in south Florida. Tomatoes that is, so hope our fellow northerners do not come down hard on me w/ that comment, as brutal winters regardless of plants is enough of a day to day reminder.

Bipetual · January 21, 2016

That's quite a list, Robert. You must be feeling ambitious!

January 14, 2016	#16
AlittleSalt BANNED FOR LIFE Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 13,333	That was only 45 varieties and some are ornamentals - so those count as flowers ...right? The tomatoes will be planted Friday and Saturday. The tomato list is much longer. Today, I did get to pot-up 3 each of these from 2007 Tomato Growers seeds: Ceylon Costoluto Genovese Purple Calabash The test planting went great and the plants are big, healthy, and strong. Gardeneer, growing peppers here is almost like growing weeds. Their growing season is from April through November. The most work involved is picking them. Last edited by AlittleSalt; January 14, 2016 at 11:14 PM.

January 15, 2016	#17
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	Even though they say ornamental you can still eat the peppers. I put them in vinegar to put on greens. Worth

January 15, 2016	#21
roper2008 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Virginia Bch, VA (7b) Posts: 1,337	NuMex Twilight is a very pretty ornamental.

January 16, 2016	#22
AlittleSalt BANNED FOR LIFE Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 13,333	I finally cut the tomato grow list down from 172 to 91. The ones in red are varieties to grow to save seeds for the next MMMM Large 22 1884 1884 Purple Belmonte Big Beef Big Boy Big Zac Bradley Chapman Cherokee Chocolate Cherokee Purple Chocolate Stripes De Tiganesti Gregori’s Altai Maiden’s Gold Queen Marbena Sangeorgiu De Mures Spudakee Stump of the World Sunny Boy Vorlon Zapotec Zogola Medium 29 Ace 55 Acme Amethyst Jewel Azoychka Bali Blue Beauty Break of Day Ceylon Costoluto Fiorentino Costoluto Genovese Huang Se Chieh Independence Day Indigo Apple Joe Lauerer's German Egg Livingston’s Favorite Livingston’s Magnus Livingston's Paragon Red Maiden's Fire Marglobe Momotaro Moonglow New Big Dwarf Pink Ping Pong Pink Siberian Tiger Purple Calabash Rebel Yell Rumi Banjan Siletz Silvery Fir Tree Small 40 A Grappoli D’Inverno A Grappoli Corbarino Ambrosia Orange UBX Bing Cherry Bumblebee, Pink Bumblebee, Purple Bumblebee, Sunrise Bumblebee, Bosque Blue Carbon Copy F7 Casino Chips Galina’s Gardener’s Sweetheart Honeydrop (Fedco) Indigo Blue Berries Indigo Cherry Drops Isis Candy Japanese Pink Cherry Kiss the Sky Maiden's Fire Medovaya Kaplya Megatrusses Peacevine Pink Tiger Porter Principe Borghese Punta Banda Rainbow Cherry Riesentraube Submarine Blush Sungold Sungold F3 Sweet Carneros Pink Sweet Million Sweetie Texas Wild Cherry Umberto VHS Cherry F3 WOW Yellow Centiflour Hypertress Zap Cross F3

January 16, 2016	#23
Gardeneer Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: NC - zone 8a - heat zone 7 Posts: 4,919	Salt, Wow ! Wow... Nice and Big list I see about 8 or so in there that I will be growing also this year. Good Luck !

January 17, 2016	#24
Aerial Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: CA Posts: 410	Great list! Salt, can you please save some seeds from the Sweet Million hybrid? Others have commented success from growing saved seeds.

January 17, 2016	#27
jpop Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: SE Florida Zone 10 Posts: 319	I know it may be a stupid question, but out of curiosity and hoping for some input, when I see this many varieties on a grow list, does this typically mean multiple plants per variety or 1 of each?

January 21, 2016	#30
Bipetual Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Illinois, zone 5a Posts: 579	That's quite a list, Robert. You must be feeling ambitious!