Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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August 25, 2017 | #16 |
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August 25, 2017 | #17 | |
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August 25, 2017 | #18 |
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Two more things I remember about Bill
When it was still possible to do so he was getting PL varieties from the German seed bank at Gatersleben,Germany. So some of the seed packs I was asked to try and ID as to variety, were in German, which would have been OK,since at the time I was pretty good with my German. However,his handwriting on the packs was not always OK. He also posted a link from Germany that showed FIVE different PL leaf forms,they were line drawings.But the next time I went to get it from my faves to share with others,it was not a working link. Carolyn
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August 26, 2017 | #19 |
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Sorry to hear,
Bill was a very generous man and loved growing PL tomatoes. After growing Spudakee purple which Bill provided me with the seeds there was no turning back. RIP my friend. Ami
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August 27, 2017 | #20 |
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Very sad news. Rest in Peace, Bill.
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August 28, 2017 | #21 |
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In post I think 18 here I had mentioned the wonderful link Bill had to line drawings for 5 different PL forms but the link was no good now, I mean my link to it.
I was searching for something else and came up with this http://thetomatogarden.★★★★★★★★★.com/thread/1382 Whoops,the software took it out but it was in 2011 at the The Tomato Garden. Where Bill did refer to that German article . How I wish it was still available for everyone to see. In the original link not everyone agreed that there were 5 different versions. Carolyn
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