2014 Mostly Mystery 'Mater Mailing

[Tormato]

Originally Posted by MissS

LOL Gary you do this to me every year. A man with a plan. You announce the swap before I even have had one ripe tomato. Then I feel that I have to rush to save the seed from each tomato so that I will have enough to send in.

Well I have so many wonderful varieties now that I will enjoy eating my first tomatoes. I really do not need any more seeds. If after enjoying my fill and I have enough tomatoes to save seed from, I just may decide to join the swap after all.

[Cole_Robbie]

I just put my list up of available seeds:
http://www.tomatoville.com/showthrea...546#post496546

[Tormato]

Originally Posted by MissS

LOL Gary you do this to me every year. A man with a plan. You announce the swap before I even have had one ripe tomato. Then I feel that I have to rush to save the seed from each tomato so that I will have enough to send in.

Well I have so many wonderful varieties now that I will enjoy eating my first tomatoes. I really do not need any more seeds. If after enjoying my fill and I have enough tomatoes to save seed from, I just may decide to join the swap after all.

It's really just a pre-announcement.

The new swap will be listed in early September. Seeds usually get sent to me from October 1st to November 10th, so there's no rush. Having a wish list is the first deadline, about October 1st. Even that's not a deadline. But, if people start sending in their packages before your wish list gets posted, that list has a tougher time of getting filled.

[Tormato]

A list of very common varieties to the swap in the past few years...

Amish Paste
Aunt Ruby's German Green
Berkeley Tie Dye
Black Cherry
Black From Tula
Black Krim
Brandywine Cowlick's
Brandywine Sudduth/Pink Brandywine
Carbon
Caspian Pink
Chapman
Cherokee Purple
Costoluto Genovese
Dancing With Smurfs
Delicious
Dester
Earl's Faux
Green Zebra
Japanese Black Trifele
Kellogg's Breakfast
Mortgage Lifter (Radiator Charlie's)
Opalka
Pink Berkeley Tie Dye
Principe Borghese
Riesentraube
Roma
Rutgers
San Marzano
Siberian
Stump of the World
Terhune
Yellow Pear

Also, varieties that were sent in bulk last year, and I still have 100's to 1,000's of them...

Barlow Jap
Black Brandywine
Elgin Pink
German Johnson
Margaret Curtain
Rebel Yell
Rumi Banjan
Sioux

[NarnianGarden]

Ooooh, good, I was going to put Rebel Yell on my wishlist!

[FLRedHeart]

Originally Posted by Tormato

I'm now about a month away from starting a thread on this years swap. It will be titled "2015 Mostly Mystery 'Mater Mailing".

I'll have to look through the 496 PSTS in this thread to see what worked and didn't work so well, from last year.

I'll also be posting a list of the very common varieties that have been sent in to the past swaps. Also, the varieties that I have in bulk from last years donations.

As in past years, it's your swap. I'm just the host (chief enabler). So, any suggestions for improvements, new categories, etc... are welcome.

Gary

Thanks Tormato! Drum roll, time flies, and on it goes!



Cheers

[Tormato]

Originally Posted by FLRedHeart

Thanks Tormato! Drum roll, time flies, and on it goes!



Cheers

WOW!!!

Drum Roll

That pic reminds me that I never got around to building a tomato cage out of them. (slightly )

Gary

P.S. Time Flies = Tempus Fugit (Drama)

[Tormato]

Wish lists from the 2013 swap, for those looking for ideas for varieties to try, or maybe long forgotten varieties they'd still like to try...

www.tomatoville.com/showpost.php?p=381040&postcount=104

http://www.tomatoville.com/showpost....&postcount=108

www.tomatoville.com/showpost.php?p=381184&postcount=111


Next is the hunt for the 2014 wish lists.

[NarnianGarden]

I am very happy that Rumi Banjan was popular in last year's swap. It was a very productive little tomato for me, and should be more widely known and appreciated. I hope that many will get a bag of RB this year and fall in love with it next season.

[Tormato]

Wish lists from 2014...

http://www.tomatoville.com/showpost....&postcount=169

the above has my mailing address (deeply encrypted

http://www.tomatoville.com/showpost....&postcount=206

http://www.tomatoville.com/showpost....&postcount=211

http://www.tomatoville.com/showpost....&postcount=251

peppers...

http://www.tomatoville.com/showpost....&postcount=252

back to tomatoes...

http://www.tomatoville.com/showpost....&postcount=253

http://www.tomatoville.com/showpost....&postcount=257

http://www.tomatoville.com/showpost....&postcount=258

[Tormato]

I have no access to the new Houzz/Gardenweb, which was the one other site that I've posted at about the swap.

So, if any of you have friends over there (American & Canadian), hopefully you can direct them to here.

Gary

[NarnianGarden]

What about other vegetable seeds? Is there a wishlist or are they just extras? I have some stuff (small seeds!!) I would happily send...

[Tormato]

Other veggie/flower seeds (non-tomato/pepper) that come in will be listed in the swap thread, like last year, after all packages arrive. Somewhere, in this or another thread, there might be "rules" on how it works.

I'd prefer those seed packs to be in quantities of more than one (maybe ~10 packs of a variety if possible). This way, if 10 people want a variety, I don't have any hard decisions to make, unlike with a single pack of seeds.

[patty_b]

We all have to love your (Tormato) giving spirit and willingness to endure stress!
BTW... I am needing fresh seeds for Middle TN... mine did not come true.
And always interested in anyone's very favorite flowers and will include some flower seeds in my "sent". Patty

[Tormato]

Originally Posted by NarnianGarden

What about other vegetable seeds? Is there a wishlist or are they just extras? I have some stuff (small seeds!!) I would happily send...

Vegetable and flower seed wish lists are welcome. But, because the swap is mostly tomatoes (with some peppers), filling such wish lists might not be easy. Perhaps requesting a type of veggie/flower may work, if one is not looking for only a specific variety of that type.