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They are gorgeous, KarenO! Kudos and congrats for all the hard work of getting stable (and so fast! )
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Great work Karen, you brilliantly met the challenge of Russsian experts !
All the best Loulac |
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Have been following developments with interest Karen. Every thing being equal, how many do you expect to release this year?
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True Colours, and Taiga
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Gorgeous!
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Here are some of Andrev’s suggestions. Sorry I can’t give the links, I didn’t paste them in my notes. “Actually there are plenty of Russian amateur and commercial tomato varieties to survive at -7C (19,4F) and even lower at -14C (7F). Gruntovyi, Limonchik, Sibiryak, Orenburzhets, , Spiridonovskiy etc. Spiridonovskaya. survived four frozen to -14 °. Orenburzhets. Endured three consecutive freeze: -5 °, -7 °, -10 °. Kemerovets. Withstood freezing -7 °, -10 °, -13 °. Srednerosloe. When tested survived two freezing and one -9 ° -7 °. Stepniak 50. Went through five freezing to -10 Siberian. Srednerosloe withstood seven frozen to -10 °. Lemon. Through three freeze to -10 °. M-16. Tests: one frost -3 °, two - on -10 °.” All the best Loulac |
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Sibling to Midnight Sun in my true North series this is:
Taiga Large tricolour clear epi hearts on indeterminate potato leaf plants. Sweet tangy rich flavour reminiscent of Its parent Captain lucky. The original cross was Ludmilla pink heart x Captain Lucky by Karen Olivier. This unique tomato can also show prominent fruit striping even when fully ripe and distinctly more visible yellow flesh than its segregation sibling True Colours which has much more pink in the interior. Fairly consistent broad smooth heart shape with a small stem and minimal core 8-16 oz in my garden. |
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Very pretty fruit! Love the shape and color too... awesome.
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Midnight sun by a few days maybe. Around ? 72 DTM
Latest is tundra Clearly only limited experience and further growouts in different conditions will make it easier to judge. I call the bi’s and taiga early midseason tundra midseason. Polaris more variable it seems, depending on weather of course as well. None are late, if that helps ![]() ![]() Clear as mud? K |
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Clear mud, fine by me, I expect no better!
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Congratulations Karen! These look wonderful!
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