Most informative tomato websites-2013

[chastom]

I agree ,this site is better than new season tomatoes

[BigdaddyJ]

I prefer Google. I don't care for places that have lots of sticky's to scroll through a thousand times.

[Mischka]

At the top of the main page, you can use the View New Posts link, if the stuck threads in each subforum bother you.

[zeroma]

I love Tania's site! I use Google and whatever I happen upon. Thanks for posting the Rutger's site.

What I like about their site is they give a size of the plant. As I'm getting ready to plan out where the new 2013 tomatoes will go, size is a great bit of information. I know that they will grow differently in different locations, but it is nice to know if it is a really huge spreading plant rather than a plant with little foliage, though tall.

That is the only thing I'd love to see more on any of the tomato sites.

[Wi-sunflower]

I just used the NCSU site to find out info about varieties I've tried to find out about for years.

I've grown all 5 of the Husky varieties but was never able to figure out who bred them. According to NCSU, it is Petoseed.

I also used the list to prove to myself that some vendor I never heard of is blowing smoke when they say Early Cascade is the same as Mt Fresh.

I found this site when I was checking Google to see how MY site came up for some varieties I list. Early Cascade is a variety that was discontinued nearly 10 years ago. I find it comical that some seed sites are still offering "F-1" seeds even tho it hasn't been available since about 2003 or 04. I offer F-5 or higher seed and I'm very up-front about that fact.

Early Cascade was bred by Petoseed and Mt Fresh is a NCSU variety grown by Ferry-Morse. Early Cascade is a medium small salad size variety. Mt Fresh is a large tomato. Not the same at all.

I would rather not post the vendor here right now as we had enough drama in another thread recently. This was just to show how the various resource pages can help us find the truth about claims.

Carol

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by Wi-sunflower

I just used the NCSU site to find out info about varieties I've tried to find out about for years.

I've grown all 5 of the Husky varieties but was never able to figure out who bred them. According to NCSU, it is Petoseed.

I also used the list to prove to myself that some vendor I never heard of is blowing smoke when they say Early Cascade is the same as Mt Fresh.

I found this site when I was checking Google to see how MY site came up for some varieties I list. Early Cascade is a variety that was discontinued nearly 10 years ago. I find it comical that some seed sites are still offering "F-1" seeds even tho it hasn't been available since about 2003 or 04. I offer F-5 or higher seed and I'm very up-front about that fact.

Early Cascade was bred by Petoseed and Mt Fresh is a NCSU variety grown by Ferry-Morse. Early Cascade is a medium small salad size variety. Mt Fresh is a large tomato. Not the same at all.

I would rather not post the vendor here right now as we had enough drama in another thread recently. This was just to show how the various resource pages can help us find the truth about claims.

Carol

Carol, at one time I knew one of the majpr folks at Petoseed, and he said that the Husky Series was a huge failure since folks didn't understand the deep green rugose foliage. And that's why there are so few Husky varieties left.

I've used that NCSU resource for at least a couple of decades, I think, but that's not where I learned about the Huskys.

I can't remember why I contacted Petoseed now, but do remember several phone chats I had with that man who was a goldmine o finfo as to the percentage of tomato varieties they bred, both OP and hybrid, and what the breakdown was, home or commercial. All I remember is that his last name started with a W.

Carolyn

[Wi-sunflower]

I think Peto was just ahead of the time with the Huskys as there is a lot of interest in container varieties now.

I sell most of my plants in a college town. A lot of the students don't have "gardens" but have a porch or balcony and want a tomato or 2. The dwarves are ideal for them.

Then there are all the aging baby boomers that have downsized homes and also don't have a garden any more but still want a tomato plant. Again the dwarves are ideal.

Carol

[loulac]

Originally Posted by Carolyn137:
I've had bad luck at Tomodori and almost all the time I'm shunted to Ventmarin

The judgment is a bit severe, though I can perfectly understand Carolyn’s opinion. Tomodori is a meeting place intended for amateur growers only and the administrator grumbles when he thinks professionals are too vocal. We have to pull his ears from time to time and remind him that new and reliable information mostly comes from highly qualified people.
When I post on Tomodori my technical information comes from Tomatoville, where members clearly indicate their sources : universities, qualified professionals in various fields (botany, chemistry, electricity, optics etc.), the best seed growers ... Very few people, if any, posting on Tomodori play in the same league!

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by loulac

The judgment is a bit severe, though I can perfectly understand Carolyn’s opinion. Tomodori is a meeting place intended for amateur growers only and the administrator grumbles when he thinks professionals are too vocal. We have to pull his ears from time to time and remind him that new and reliable information mostly comes from highly qualified people.
When I post on Tomodori my technical information comes from Tomatoville, where members clearly indicate their sources : universities, qualified professionals in various fields (botany, chemistry, electricity, optics etc.), the best seed growers ... Very few people, if any, posting on Tomodori play in the same league!

I've always looked at Tomodori to find background info about a variety, Tomodori and Ventmarin both.

I don't post at Tomodori b/c my French is not good enough to do so.

Carolyn

[loulac]

Originally Posted by Carolyn :

I don't post at Tomodori b/c my French is not good enough to do so.

As you seem to master at least two foreign languages I perfectly understand you feel your French might need some brushing-up.
If one day you feel the urge to post on Tomodori, either to give or to receive information, or correct some awful blunder, you can send your post in English, it does happen from time to time, or you can send it to me and I’ll be happy to translate and post it with your name.