January 28, 2015 | #46 | |
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Although it looks like I should have bought them here: https://www.kitchengardenseeds.com/c...&_category=172 I had seen them here: http://www.evergreenseeds.com/tohysu1.html and saw how expensive they were, so I was expecting to pay a lot. I should make all my seed costs back on the first day I have tomatoes to sell. I'm hoping the Sungreen will be a good conversation piece in the mix. Hardly anybody knows that a tomato that green can be that sweet. |
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January 29, 2015 | #47 |
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Ain't that the truth about people not knowing about GWR? I once gave my neighbor a container of yellow, red, and black cherries. She asked me if the black ones were BAD ?!?!? She isn't a peasant but a professional woman!!!!
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January 29, 2015 | #48 |
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Hybrids I like in order
1. Moreton 2. Ramapo 3. Big Beef/Jetstar 4. Supersonic 5. Goliath/Superfantastic All are pretty close for production, listed more for flavor. I do like Sungold, it is my favorite cherry, but I don't grow cherries much anymore. |
January 29, 2015 | #49 |
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Worth...do you think the influence of the Texas heat intensifies the flavor and develops more sweetness in tomatoes? My summer highs usually range 75-85F. This is great for certain growing...but I am much more experienced with tree fruits....to be honest. As an example...certain citrus trees really need heat to obtain sweetness (ie grapefruit and some oranges). I am just not that knowledgeable yet on my maters.
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January 29, 2015 | #50 |
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I know... Whenever my parents gave any tomatoes to their neighbors, they remembered to emphasize the fact that all colors were edible, ripe, and ready to be enjoyed
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January 29, 2015 | #51 |
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Another good hybrid I have grown is Champion II. Someone earlier in this thread mentioned "Champion". Champs II is similar to Big Beef and Celebrity. The plant size is somewhere between those two and the production and quality of fruit is about the same as Big Beef. I grew it two different years and it was very productive both years.
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January 29, 2015 | #52 |
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January 29, 2015 | #53 |
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I liked and grew Celebrity when I was in Missouri, but that's 10 years ago now, haven't grown since then, too bad if it's gone downhill...
Also a Sungold fan! And, Mountain Magic -- really good flavor, we planted it in our trials patch and I'd find myself going out of my way to cruise by to snack on it... has great vigor too. |
January 30, 2015 | #54 |
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January 30, 2015 | #55 | |
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You would open the door to go outside and they would hit you in the face. I dont miss that place one bit. Worth |
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January 30, 2015 | #56 | |
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January 30, 2015 | #57 |
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Mountain Pride (NC 7984) - Breeder and vendor: North Carolina State University, Fletcher. Parentage: Cherokee x NC 50-7. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, fresh market, large, determinate, late season, medium-large, flat-round fruit. Resistance: fusarium wilt races 1 and 2, verticillium wilt race 1. Adaptation: southeastern United States. HortScience 17:92-93, 1982. 1981.
Mountain Pride is actually a very good tomato and it does indeed have exceptional flavor. This was the first line released by Randy Gardner. I've had local reports that this variety is not producing large fruit in recent years like it did when released. I called Randy Gardner a few weeks ago and asked him to check about the seed stock they have to see if I can get hold of the original lines and perhaps make a manual cross to see if genetic drift is taking a toll. As for hybrids I grow, Ramapo, Big Beef, Sungold, Mountain Merit, Amelia, and Mountain Pride are pretty much my standards. |
January 30, 2015 | #58 |
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I was wrong. The seeds just arrived. The actual cost was $14.59. The higher amount of $23 was the pre-auth on my card, then it was reduced for the actual shipping charge.
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January 30, 2015 | #59 |
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Now, that's a bonus. Good for you, though. I was popping my eyeballs out on that one.... I don't order form some sites due to the extreme cost of shipping and handling no matter how bad I want something.
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January 30, 2015 | #60 | |
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I simply cannot express to you how much better one of those late season tomatoes taste grown in the summer heat. Worth |
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