Micro-tomato crosses - Page 26

Andrey_BY · May 10, 2016

Great projects and photoes!
Will be great to try a really prolific micro-dwarf one day

Jeannine Anne · May 20, 2016

ChrisK, I have read the whole pages of this thread a couple of times. I am really keen to try this but....I have never hand pollinated a tomato plant. I have several micros and I do grow them under lights in the winter. I want to do what you are doing and try crossing. The post is wonderful but it gets a bit technical for me.. can you suggest some simple reading that I might get that will show me where to start.

I do by the way have a micro of my own, by complete chance I might add, it was a mutant branch on a tomato from a few years ago, I did put it in the forum when it happened .I have kept the seeds true and am growing it as we speak. It was a Tommy Toe that had 1 odd branch , the rest of the plant was normal but this one branch was different, I let it grow and eventually it produced fruit, the following year I grew seeds from that fruit and also from the regular part of the plant, the small branch seeds produced a very tiny plant , the usual seeds a normal Tommy Toe. It has remained true to size.

Anyway, I am very keen to try all of this but need a foot start..is there a book or something that would get me going.

Hope you have the time to answer

XX Jeannine

korney19 · October 20, 2016

Quote:

Originally Posted by WillysWoodPile

Kozula #14 multi-floral might be a good one to cross to a micro. It puts out more flowers than any other tomato plant I have ever seen. Plus it's mighty tasty for such a small tomato.

Has anybody grown this out for seeds? Please let me know. Thanks.

**carolyn137** · October 20, 2016

Quote:

Originally Posted by korney19

Has anybody grown this out for seeds? Please let me know. Thanks.

A link below to those here at Tville who have grown Kozula #14.

Asking here in Crosstalk is really not the best place to ask IMO.

Perhaps best to ask for seeds in the WANTED seed subforum,or directly PM those in this link to see if they have seeds to share.

http://www.tomatoville.com/search.php?searchid=2480115

Carolyn

korney19 · October 20, 2016

Quote:

Originally Posted by heirloomtomaguy

No no pics. Of the 30 plants i started only 2 of them were micro. The other 28 were full size plants. If you go back to post 267 there is a pic of one tray i had. That tray had 18 plants and of those 18 only 2 were micro. The other tray i had only had 12 plants and none of them turned out micro. I only grew 1 of the full size plants and never really gave it a fare chance. It never left a 4 inch pot. The 2 tomatoes from the 1 full size plant i grew are in the pic above post 296. It only made two and i tossed it. Now the 2 micro plants are setting fruit like little champions but none have ripened yet. These plants are not showing any of the leaf roll like some of the pics above in this thread. Here is a pic of the 2 micros.

What size pots are those 2 plants in?

heirloomtomaguy · October 20, 2016

Quote:

Originally Posted by korney19

What size pots are those 2 plants in?

They are in 1 gallon nursery pots and they did great.

korney19 · October 22, 2016

Quote:

Originally Posted by heirloomtomaguy

They are in 1 gallon nursery pots and they did great.

Thanks! My light setup I'll need to measure clearance...I bought a few 6.5" azalea pots which are a little shorter (4 to 5" I think), they should give me an extra inch clearance....

korney19 · October 25, 2016

Quote:

Originally Posted by carolyn137

A link below to those here at Tville who have grown Kozula #14.

Asking here in Crosstalk is really not the best place to ask IMO.

Perhaps best to ask for seeds in the WANTED seed subforum,or directly PM those in this link to see if they have seeds to share.

http://www.tomatoville.com/search.php?searchid=2480115

Carolyn

Your link does not compute!

**carolyn137** · October 25, 2016

Quote:

Originally Posted by korney19

Your link does not compute!

Correct, I just tried it myself.

The best thing for you to do is go to the WANTED seed subforum and ask if anyone has seeds they can share with you since there were several Tvillians on that link originally who had grown it..

Carolyn

**carolyn137** · October 25, 2016

Quote:

Originally Posted by carolyn137

Correct, I just tried it myself.

The best thing for you to do is go to the WANTED seed subforum and ask if anyone has seeds they can share with you since there were several Tvillians on that link originally who had grown it..

Carolyn

Mark, check out this link which I found by Googling, as to 2015 updates from Tville as to who was growing it.

https://www.google.com/search?q=Kozu..._AUIBygA&dpr=1

Google is your friend.

Carolyn

Nan_PA_6b · November 18, 2017

OK, what ever became of this very promising HM X CC cross? Supposed to be ready in 2017? Apricot flavored? How could this thread possibly just go dark?

Nan

Ann123 · February 17, 2018

Quote:

Originally Posted by heirloomtomaguy

Neither plant has the sungold smell. However i finally got some ripe tomatoes from the micro on the left in the picture. Both my wife and myself came to the conclusion that they taste like nothing we have ever tasted. Up front it tastes like apricot, i know apricot but it actually does. Super sweet with a nice acid finish at the end. If you ask me its way better than sungold and one of the best tomatoes i have ever tasted. Super unique flavor.

This topic pops into my head often.
Did the experiment end? Did the apricot taste show up in the next generation?

Raiquee · February 18, 2018

I just finished reading this thread and I also want to know what happened with the project!

Gerardo · February 19, 2018

I've been growing these for 2 yrs non stop.
I started at F5 and have been "landracing"
them ever since, my gene pool is at F8.

Most plants this small produce weird tasting
fruit, or at least the ones I've tried. HMxCC
is significantly better, I'll go as far as "nice" flavor,
even without the micro qualifier.

On the apricot front, it does have a slight
tart component, although not too pronounced to my taste buds.

This one is from earlier today
Better camera is in order.
hardin mini x choc cherry F8.jpg

This is from last year.

hardinxCCherry.png

Ann123 · February 19, 2018

Thank you!
The comment that it tasted better then Sungold and the apricot comparison made me think we were missing out on something very unique.
You describe them as 'nice'. Makes me want to accept I am growing the 'normal' micros ;-)

May 10, 2016	#376
Andrey_BY Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Minsk, Belarus, Eastern Europe (Zone 4a) Posts: 2,278	Great projects and photoes! Will be great to try a really prolific micro-dwarf one day __________________ 1 kg=2.2 lb , 1 m=39,37 in , 1 oz=28.35 g , 1 ft=30.48 cm , 1 lb= 0,4536 kg , 1 in=2.54 cm , 1 l = 0.26 gallon , 0 C=32 F Andrey a.k.a. TOMATODOR

February 18, 2018	#388
Raiquee Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2011 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 307	I just finished reading this thread and I also want to know what happened with the project! __________________ Desire' Mother of 3, homesteader, canner, gardener, dwarf tomato participant.

February 19, 2018	#389
Gerardo Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: San Diego-Tijuana Posts: 2,598	HMxCC F8 I've been growing these for 2 yrs non stop. I started at F5 and have been "landracing" them ever since, my gene pool is at F8. Most plants this small produce weird tasting fruit, or at least the ones I've tried. HMxCC is significantly better, I'll go as far as "nice" flavor, even without the micro qualifier. On the apricot front, it does have a slight tart component, although not too pronounced to my taste buds. This one is from earlier today Better camera is in order. hardin mini x choc cherry F8.jpg This is from last year. hardinxCCherry.png Last edited by Gerardo; February 19, 2018 at 05:55 PM.

May 20, 2016	#377
Jeannine Anne Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 1,553	ChrisK, I have read the whole pages of this thread a couple of times. I am really keen to try this but....I have never hand pollinated a tomato plant. I have several micros and I do grow them under lights in the winter. I want to do what you are doing and try crossing. The post is wonderful but it gets a bit technical for me.. can you suggest some simple reading that I might get that will show me where to start. I do by the way have a micro of my own, by complete chance I might add, it was a mutant branch on a tomato from a few years ago, I did put it in the forum when it happened .I have kept the seeds true and am growing it as we speak. It was a Tommy Toe that had 1 odd branch , the rest of the plant was normal but this one branch was different, I let it grow and eventually it produced fruit, the following year I grew seeds from that fruit and also from the regular part of the plant, the small branch seeds produced a very tiny plant , the usual seeds a normal Tommy Toe. It has remained true to size. Anyway, I am very keen to try all of this but need a foot start..is there a book or something that would get me going. Hope you have the time to answer XX Jeannine

November 18, 2017	#386
Nan_PA_6b Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2016 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 3,194	OK, what ever became of this very promising HM X CC cross? Supposed to be ready in 2017? Apricot flavored? How could this thread possibly just go dark? Nan

February 19, 2018	#390
Ann123 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2016 Location: Belgium Posts: 240	Thank you! The comment that it tasted better then Sungold and the apricot comparison made me think we were missing out on something very unique. You describe them as 'nice'. Makes me want to accept I am growing the 'normal' micros ;-)