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Out of the plants my sister and I grew from your seed 2 years ago about half showed variegation (1 of mine and 3 of my sister's) I saved seeds from all 4 of my plants and grew 35 seedlings up to the 4-5 leaf stage and about 10 of those showed some variegation. I also saved bagged seeds from my one original variegated plant, and somewhere in your seed collection you should have a packet of GZC seed containing seed from only that plant. Thanks for the history of GZC - very interesting ![]() Steve |
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Thanks for the history: having variegata in a tomato plant will make a beautiful plant. Turning the suject on the The Green Zabra plant: Why do it grows like and Heirloom and preforms like an Heirloom. I know it'the Green Zebar's histor, but it's like's an Heirloom in many ways.
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I also saved bagged seeds from my one original variegated plant, and somewhere in your seed collection you should have a packet of GZC seed containing seed from only that plant.
****** I agree it's in my back room which I call my tomato seed packing room but where it is at this time I have no idea.And yes, it was the person from Wales who also got some variegation with GZ Cherry. I'll find it those seeds sometime, never fear. ![]()
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I don't really understand what you mean when you say that GZ grows like an heirloom in many ways. There's no difference in the growth of heirlooms and non-heirloom OP's that I know of. Both can be either det, semi-det or indeterminate and both can grow at different rates which is controlled primaily by the genes a variety has and then all the variables that go into vegetative growth of tomatoes such as soil, amendements used, weather in any given season, how the tomatoes are grown, etc..
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Green Zebra transplants needs the same special treatment anod extra organic soil to make sure the roots are unrestricted. If clay is not removed 1 feet or morre in their growing area plant will die or develop growing problems just like an Heirloom. They only produce heavy yields all through the summer in pure organic soil only. If yellowing leaf is not cut from the plants immediately: will consume the plants like an Heirlooms. Green Zebra is the only "Heirloom Type" of tomato that will store longer in the summer and winter months. It should be specially classified as an Heirloom.
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Hi Steve,
As a commercial nursery grower, I was concerned when I saw that a few varieties listed on your site may not be as stabilized as they let on. I love what Wild Boar Farms is doing but am afraid to grow many of those varieties in case one of our customers gets a dud. Are there any that you recommend that are very stable? Cindy The Tasteful Garden |
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Which tomatoes varieties from Wild Boar Farms are you referring to? The only two tomato varieties I list on my site (and where I questioned the stability) are "Amazon Chocolate" and "JD's Special C-Tex". ("Amazon Chocolate" because it was released unstable and "JD's Special C-Tex" because I found a plant growing red fruit in my row of JD's a few years ago - it should be stable now) I've never seen any stability problems at all with any Wild Boar Farm varieties. Cheers, Steve Last edited by Heritage; August 24, 2012 at 07:48 PM. |
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Great, glad to hear it as we have grown the Pink Berkeley Tie Dye with great success and we may be growing the Brad's Black Heart this next season. I am always concerned that "New" heirlooms come into the market too quickly which happened with Copia and we had some duds in the bunch the first season. Another good example is the Indigo Rose tomato that I thought was completely awful tasting. We had a great season in 2012 and are looking forward to our 2013 selections already! Thanks Steve
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Noticed the 2013 catalog is now open. Nice layout/selection/prices again this year. Already placed order while the "git'en was good"!
Way to go Steve and Marla, well done! TimothyT |
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I think I can speak for my sister when I say it's an honor to have the opportunity to release one of the four new 2013 dwarfs from the Dwarf Tomato Project. The variety we are introducing is "Dwarf Sweet Sue" and, as of today, it is available on our website:
http://heritagetomatoseed.com/heirlo...arf-sweet-sue/ I'm positive, since Craig named this tomato after his wife, it will be a great tomato! ![]() Thanks to all of the project members who spent their time and effort getting this to market and thank you to Ted Maiden (ContainerTed) for growing the seeds we are selling. Steve |
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Steve,
it will be hard to wait until March until I could start with Dwarf Sweet Sue and the other great new tomatoes i ordered from you. ![]() I`am just hoping that it will - no i will say it in another way - it MUST be a better season than this year, cause my greenhouses were a playground for russet mites and spider mites. They had much more fun with the tomatoes than i did. Especially the dwarfs; it seems to me that the spider mites and the russet mites were arguing with each other about who of them might kill the tomatoes first. I started with 60 dwarfs, and at the end of the season i had only 4 - and they were looking like hell. Greetings, Simone |
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Steve and Marla, congrats on your new catalog. What a wonderful selection! I loved it.
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The mites (two-spotted and russet) loved my plants this year too. Hopefully, your mites will all freeze this winter and decide to move south! ![]() Thanks again! Steve |
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