Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Oklahoma
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Anyone growing Big SunGold Select have any reports? Did it meet your expectations? I'd like to start some seeds for my fall garden if I can find some. Anyone have a few they can spare?
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: LA (Lower Alabama)
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I am growing 6 BSS plants from the seeds I got from Carolyn. They seem to have a nice fruity taste. Personally, I like them and will plan to grow them in the future. I will be glad to send you some seeds if I'm successful in saving them.
Happy Matering, Paul |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: 5a - NE Iowa
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I am growing them this season as well. If they are anything like Sungold Select II, then they will be good. I really liked Sungold Select II.
Will report back end of season. Dean |
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Upstate NY, zone 4b/5a
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Big Sungold Select is the latest of the four OP versions of Sungold F1 that Reinhard Kraft in Germany has developed and he released this one just last Fall. Since I send out only 5-6 seeds of the 2009 seeds I offered I doubt that anyone here has any seeds to offer you. If you PM me ASAP with your address I can get some seeds out to you on Monday. After that you'd have to wait a bit b'c my brother is coming for a visit and my back room, which I call my tomato room, will be vastly changed so he can have the sofa sleeper and that means moving ALL of my seeds to a safe place, which isn't in the room where he is. ![]() Sorry folks, this is a one time offer. Since so many here at Tville got free seeds from me this past Spring I'm sure that many will save seeds and hopefully reoffer them to others here and I expect to relist them in my own next free seed offer as well.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Oklahoma
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PM sent.
The original SunGold F1 is the only one I've grown. Are all the OP versions as tasty as the F1? |
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Join Date: Jan 2006
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Big Sungold Select is different from the previouis three in being orange from the get go as opposed to the F1 which gradually turns to orange. So you'll just have to see how it tastes for you. I thought it was pretty darn good and better than Sungold I or II and I didn't grow Big Sungold but now I have grown Big Sungold Select and I do like it.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Oklahoma
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Thanks! I'm looking forward to it.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: New York Zone 6
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Am also looking forward to Big Sungold Select. I haven't yet finished planting but two BSS's have been transplanted into my in-the-ground garden thanks to Carolyn's seed offer. I have a SWC with two regular Sungolds (F1 I guess) and will compare the taste hopefully later this growing season.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Huntsville, AL
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BR, I am growing Big Sungold Select this year (Thanks Carolyn). I put the plants in the garden April 9th and yesterday (June 9th) I picked 3 ripe aprrox 3/4" - 1" size cherrys. The color is not the bright orange that you would get from the hybrid it's more of a reddish orange, I was suprised to get these after only 60 days in the ground.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Alaska Zone 3/4
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Bama -- You did very well with these. I'm growing SunGold F1 and also Big SunGold Select. My SunGold have open blossoms now, but not BSS. And those BSS plants sure are tall!
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Oklahoma
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Got the seeds Carolyn.... Thanks!!!
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Anmore, BC, Canada
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I am growing Big Sungold Select this year, seeds from Ami. The first thing I noticed that it has that distinct 'Sungold' smell, but the foliage is a bit different than Sungold F1 foliage. I am growing 6 plants, all are robust and healthy. Hoping to save lots of seeds.
Does anyone remember how tall the plants? Is it as tall as Sungold F1 or more compact? Tania
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: LA (Lower Alabama)
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Tania-My BSS plants are easily going out the top of their 6' Texas Tomato Cages. Plants are healthy. Fruits are a beautiful burnt orange as previously noted.
I am geting two fruit shapes. One is a cherry. the other is twice as large and tapers to a point on the blossom end. Is this to be expected? I will post pictures this evening. Happy Matering, Paul |
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Join Date: Jan 2006
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No, it'snot to be expected unless the weather has been very hot since a month ago in which case some fruits will form a point at the blossom end but as for a larger fruit size, I can only report what I got and what the person who did my seed production for me got and we both got orangy/red cherries of the same size. Are all the cherries the same color? And do both forms appear on the same plant or different plants?
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: LA (Lower Alabama)
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Carolyn-When I posted earlier rgarding BSS, I hadn't noticed the two fruit shapes/sizes, as I had a lot going on with the recent death of my mother and related things.
I have some pictures that may help explain things. First photo shows the two fruits. The real difference is size, as the shape is basically the same, except that the larger fruit has a small taper at the blossom end. I have one plant that has the larger fruit, while the other five have the smaller fruit that is completely round. Wish me luck in posting these pictures. Happy Matering, Paul |
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