2012 Winter Greenhouse Tomatoes - Page 4

**mdvpc** · December 9, 2012

Richard-happy to do it! Going to slice them tomorrow, taste them and save seed.

**mdvpc** · December 14, 2012

Tastywine Black F-2 and Sweet Scarlet F-6, just picked today 12/12/12. The Tastywine Black is 12 1/4 ounces, and the Sweet Scarlet is 5 ounces.

**mdvpc** · December 15, 2012

Photo of the Tastywine Black sliced. Sorry its blurry. It was really good-I would score it at least a 7.0 and that is excellent since it was grown in my winter greenhouse. My wife, who has a much more discriminating palate than me, really liked it.

**mdvpc** · December 15, 2012

Photo of Dwarf Blazing Beauty F-7 today today, 12/15/12. They are 6 1/8 and 5 ounces.

ddsack · December 15, 2012

Michael, all your winter dwarfs look delicious! You can't imagine how envious I am with having to be content with store bought tomatoes. Do you manage to get 3 generations a year, growing in the greenhouse? Are you able to grow in the summer with shade cloth?

**mdvpc** · December 15, 2012

Dee-Thanks!

Here is my schedule. In September, I have germinated my winter varieties, and put them in the greenhouse and grow them through the fall/winter up to about Feb/March. In January, I start my spring varieties, and get them potted up and in the greenhouse by February. I start them all in a hydroponic system. About the middle of March, I plant outside from the potted up varieties in the greenhouse. And then it begins all again in September!

So during the Spring/Summer even though I have a shade cloth, its about 120 degrees in the greenhouse, and I am growing outside in containers.

The last two years, the greenhouse varieties have grown well and produced very flavorful tomatoes.

**mdvpc** · December 15, 2012

Some Jade Beauty I just picked also, 12/15/12.

Cole_Robbie · December 15, 2012

So during the Spring/Summer even though I have a shad cloth, its about 120 degrees in the greenhouse, and I am growing outside in containers.

I have been thinking about experimenting with putting a box of foil-faced styrofoam around my buckets to shade the roots. And I don't know if I'd make my money back from the power bill, but I would even be tempted to pop a window ac in the side of the box. Roots hate to be hot, which is what makes container growing so challenging in hot weather.

**mdvpc** · December 16, 2012

Additional photo of sliced fruit.

**mdvpc** · December 16, 2012

Cole-I have a window ac in my greenhouse, and in the desert Southwest, it runs a lot during my winter growout. No way I could use it to cool down my greenhouse during the hot months.

ddsack · December 16, 2012

You're killing me with that sliced platter of tomatoes, Michael!

Is the Jade Beauty group close to being ripe? They sure look like they hang onto the bright green color. What is the flavor like?

**mdvpc** · December 16, 2012

Dee- sorry! The Jade Beauty in the photo are ripe-I will post a photo of the sliced fruit tonight or tomorrow. The flavor on this variety is always good.

maf · December 16, 2012

Thanks for posting, I am enjoying following this thread.

**mdvpc** · December 16, 2012

Maf-Happy to have put this thread up. Glad you are enjoying!

**mdvpc** · December 17, 2012

As promised, photo of Jade Beauty with some other varieties sliced. The Jade were great.

December 9, 2012	#46
mdvpc Tomatoville® Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 4,386	Richard-happy to do it! Going to slice them tomorrow, taste them and save seed. __________________ Michael

December 15, 2012	#50
ddsack Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Northern Minnesota - zone 3 Posts: 3,231	Michael, all your winter dwarfs look delicious! You can't imagine how envious I am with having to be content with store bought tomatoes. Do you manage to get 3 generations a year, growing in the greenhouse? Are you able to grow in the summer with shade cloth? __________________ Dee **************

December 15, 2012	#51
mdvpc Tomatoville® Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 4,386	Dee-Thanks! Here is my schedule. In September, I have germinated my winter varieties, and put them in the greenhouse and grow them through the fall/winter up to about Feb/March. In January, I start my spring varieties, and get them potted up and in the greenhouse by February. I start them all in a hydroponic system. About the middle of March, I plant outside from the potted up varieties in the greenhouse. And then it begins all again in September! So during the Spring/Summer even though I have a shade cloth, its about 120 degrees in the greenhouse, and I am growing outside in containers. The last two years, the greenhouse varieties have grown well and produced very flavorful tomatoes. __________________ Michael

December 16, 2012	#55
mdvpc Tomatoville® Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 4,386	Cole-I have a window ac in my greenhouse, and in the desert Southwest, it runs a lot during my winter growout. No way I could use it to cool down my greenhouse during the hot months. __________________ Michael

December 16, 2012	#56
ddsack Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Northern Minnesota - zone 3 Posts: 3,231	You're killing me with that sliced platter of tomatoes, Michael! Is the Jade Beauty group close to being ripe? They sure look like they hang onto the bright green color. What is the flavor like? __________________ Dee **************

December 15, 2012	#53
Cole_Robbie Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Illinois, zone 6 Posts: 8,407	So during the Spring/Summer even though I have a shad cloth, its about 120 degrees in the greenhouse, and I am growing outside in containers. I have been thinking about experimenting with putting a box of foil-faced styrofoam around my buckets to shade the roots. And I don't know if I'd make my money back from the power bill, but I would even be tempted to pop a window ac in the side of the box. Roots hate to be hot, which is what makes container growing so challenging in hot weather.

December 16, 2012	#58
maf Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: England Posts: 512	Thanks for posting, I am enjoying following this thread.