Tomatoville® Gardening Forums


Notices

Discussion forum for commercial seed, plant and garden supply sources.

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old February 18, 2016   #331
Fred Hempel
Tomatovillian™
 
Fred Hempel's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Sunol, CA
Posts: 2,723
Default

We're having another tomato breeding workshop -- February 28th.

Fred Hempel is offline   Reply With Quote
Old March 11, 2016   #332
heirloomtomaguy
Tomatovillian™
 
heirloomtomaguy's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2013
Location: glendora ca
Posts: 2,560
Default

The Collaboration seeds came today Fred. Thanks again. Oh and i saw this plant in a Home Depot today.
Attached Images
File Type: jpg 20160311_142713-768x1365.jpg (203.1 KB, 262 views)
__________________
“Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it."
heirloomtomaguy is offline   Reply With Quote
Old March 11, 2016   #333
Fred Hempel
Tomatovillian™
 
Fred Hempel's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Sunol, CA
Posts: 2,723
Default

Very interesting. Does grafting give any advantage in Southern California?
Fred Hempel is offline   Reply With Quote
Old March 11, 2016   #334
heirloomtomaguy
Tomatovillian™
 
heirloomtomaguy's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2013
Location: glendora ca
Posts: 2,560
Default

I had a grafted Mighty Mato Lucky Tiger 2 seasons ago and it seemed to do just as good as the rest of my container plants. My then 3 year old son saw it at a Vons grocery store for sale and had to have it. Smart kid even at 3. I think its more of a gimic to sell 9.99 plants than an actual advantage other than possibly a small increase on production.
__________________
“Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it."
heirloomtomaguy is offline   Reply With Quote
Old March 11, 2016   #335
Deborah
Riding The Crazy Train Again
 
Deborah's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: San Marcos, California
Posts: 2,562
Default

How cute and smart that is-that a three year old would know that a grafted plant is a good thing. Now that's just darling!
__________________
"The righteous one cares for the needs of his animal". Proverbs 12:10
Deborah is offline   Reply With Quote
Old March 31, 2016   #336
Dak
Tomatovillian™
 
Dak's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: CA
Posts: 494
Default

Hello Fred,

I'm getting close to putting my squash in the ground, can you say how much space I'm going to need for Terromoto and Papavero, suggested planting distance and how much room to sprawl?

Thanks!!!
Dak is offline   Reply With Quote
Old June 2, 2016   #337
Fred Hempel
Tomatovillian™
 
Fred Hempel's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Sunol, CA
Posts: 2,723
Default

I would give Terremoto and Papavero plenty of room to sprawl. They are two of the largest vined squash we grow (a plant can easily fill a 5 foot by 5 foot square.
Fred Hempel is offline   Reply With Quote
Old June 2, 2016   #338
Fred Hempel
Tomatovillian™
 
Fred Hempel's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Sunol, CA
Posts: 2,723
Default

Our next tomato growing/breeding workshop is June 12th
Fred Hempel is offline   Reply With Quote
Old July 27, 2016   #339
clkingtx
Tomatovillian™
 
clkingtx's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Wichita Falls Texas
Posts: 446
Default

I ordered seeds on Moday, and they arrived today, Wednesday. Not sure what time they arrived, but I am blown away that 48-50 hours after I order them, they are here! Pretty short time to go from California to Texas! I can't wait to try these!
Thanks!
__________________
Carrie
clkingtx is offline   Reply With Quote
Old July 27, 2016   #340
Fred Hempel
Tomatovillian™
 
Fred Hempel's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Sunol, CA
Posts: 2,723
Default

Trust me. You were the exception. While I try to keep up, most of the orders that went out Monday came in earlier (and were not processed as quickly).

But seeing complaints on Tomatoville about delivery times (by other vendors) made me re-commit to doing a better job at turning orders around. I don't want to see a thread titled: "Artisan Seeds -- They are super slow and they suck"

Even if it is the middle of my tomato season!

Quote:
Originally Posted by clkingtx View Post
I ordered seeds on Moday, and they arrived today, Wednesday. Not sure what time they arrived, but I am blown away that 48-50 hours after I order them, they are here! Pretty short time to go from California to Texas! I can't wait to try these!
Thanks!
Fred Hempel is offline   Reply With Quote
Old July 30, 2016   #341
heirloomtomaguy
Tomatovillian™
 
heirloomtomaguy's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2013
Location: glendora ca
Posts: 2,560
Default

I found an Artisan Blend but nowhere does it state which tigers it contains. 15 seeds for 3.49 seems pretty high. I thought it was a mislabeling but it appears to be a triple play pack.
Attached Images
File Type: jpg 20160730_101731-768x1365.jpg (186.8 KB, 112 views)
__________________
“Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it."

Last edited by heirloomtomaguy; July 31, 2016 at 12:00 AM. Reason: Corrected original post
heirloomtomaguy is offline   Reply With Quote
Old July 30, 2016   #342
Salsacharley
Tomatovillian™
 
Salsacharley's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2013
Location: New Mexico
Posts: 2,052
Default

Actually, the package appears to be describing a blend of Tigers, and the picture infers that they are Pink, Lucky and Blush. I could be wrong but that's what it looks like to me. 15 seeds for $3.49 is what gets my goat. Fred sells 100 seeds for not much more.
Salsacharley is offline   Reply With Quote
Old July 30, 2016   #343
heirloomtomaguy
Tomatovillian™
 
heirloomtomaguy's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2013
Location: glendora ca
Posts: 2,560
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Salsacharley View Post
Actually, the package appears to be describing a blend of Tigers, and the picture infers that they are Pink, Lucky and Blush. I could be wrong but that's what it looks like to me. 15 seeds for $3.49 is what gets my goat. Fred sells 100 seeds for not much more.
Yeah i think you are right. On the back it did not explain which tigers it contained.
__________________
“Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it."
heirloomtomaguy is offline   Reply With Quote
Old July 31, 2016   #344
RJGlew
Tomatovillian™
 
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Alberta, Canada
Posts: 645
Default

Hi Fred,

"Our apologies. We are not currently set up to ship products to your country or postal code."

Why won't Artisan ship seeds to Canada? No issues to do this, just a simple form on the envelope - < a minute to fill out.

Thanks.
RJGlew is offline   Reply With Quote
Old July 31, 2016   #345
Fred Hempel
Tomatovillian™
 
Fred Hempel's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Sunol, CA
Posts: 2,723
Default

I have decided to ship to Canada, but one thing that I worry about is having a bunch of Canadian orders for single seed packets where the price really doesn't cover all of the costs (including increased postage and the time to fill out forms at the Post Office).

So, I have added a flat $2 charge for shipping to Canada.

I changed the website (at least I think I did). Please let me know if you have any trouble ordering now.

Cheers,
Fred

Quote:
Originally Posted by RJGlew View Post
Hi Fred,

"Our apologies. We are not currently set up to ship products to your country or postal code."

Why won't Artisan ship seeds to Canada? No issues to do this, just a simple form on the envelope - < a minute to fill out.

Thanks.
Fred Hempel is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply


Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 08:41 PM.


★ Tomatoville® is a registered trademark of Commerce Holdings, LLC ★ All Content ©2022 Commerce Holdings, LLC ★