Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Rockvale, TN Zone 7A
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After reading Thawley's post about PL and RL, I figured it wouldn't hurt to have a glossary for the folks who are new to our abbreviated language. I will get the ball rolling. Feel free to add some tomato and gardening terms that appear here on the forum.
DTM - days to maturity - This is the number that you see on seed packs indicating how long (on average) it takes from the time you transplant into the garden until you have ripe fruit. I suppose it is one way of comparing the earliness or lateness of varieties but I have found it pretty much meaningless. I have had tomatoes with a DTM of 85 days come in at 50 and vice versa. mater |
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Tomatoville® Administrator
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: The Bay State
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I had someone here help compile a list of all of the abbreviations/acronyms that we use around here...when I recently resychronized the storage forum here (where I put it to work on further) I accidentally deleted it.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2007
Location: SoCal - Zone 10
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A few more unknowns:
• Dwarf (is this just another name for determatate?) • F1, F2, F3??? More for the list: • BER: Blossom End Rot • Florida weave: trellising method • SSE: Seed Savers Exchange • EB's:Earthboxes • MG: Miracle-Gro® Last edited by Thawley; May 28, 2007 at 10:58 AM. Reason: Added to the list... |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Belgium
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OP : open pollinated
CP : cross pollinated ... DTM from date of transplant to maturity depends on the state of transplanting, I see tomato-lovers transplants tiny seedlings upto plants bearing flowers already so that will influence the time to mature as well... (IN)DET erminate PL : potatoleaf |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Texas
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Here's a few (I may add more later):
LGS - Lime Green Salad NBD - New Big Dwarf BWS (or BW Sud) - Brandywine, Sudduth BW - Brandywine CP (or ChP) - Cherokee Purple CC (or ChC) - Cherokee Chocolate CG (or ChG) - Cherokee Green RL - regular leaf GMGPL (or GMG) - Grub's Mystery Green PL |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: NY
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TV = Tomatoville
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Rockvale, TN Zone 7A
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SOL - when your garden is attacked by blister beetles and hornworms and you have a major hailstorm all in the same day.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: San Antonio, TX
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F1, F2, F3 - refers to the generation of crossed seeds in the process of stabilizing, it can take many generations (7+) to fully stabilize a cross or hybrid
RL- regular leaf All dwarfs are determinate, but not all determinates are dwarfs BTW - What would you call it when a F2 or F3 looks like it wants to be a PL, but still has some serrations? laurel-tx |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Zone 5
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BTD = Berkeley Tie Dye
ARGG = Aunt Ruby's German Green SOTW = Stump of the World TGSC = Tomato Grower's Supply Co. (I've also seen this one listed as TGS) TT = Totally Tomatoes I'm sure I'll think of more later... |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: MO z6a near St. Louis
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DIY EB = Do-it-yourself Earthbox(R). Self-watering plant containers which are homemade versions of the commercial version sold as Earthboxes(R). There is a long thread in the Growing in Containers forum on how to make these.
NAR = Neve's Azorean Red MP = Marianna's Peace
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Den of Drunken Fools
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WMT/SF
Worths mystery tomato small fruited. ![]() Worth |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: CO Zone 5
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Mischka--
Here it is... AGG Aunt Gertie's Gold AKA Also Known As ARJR Andrew Rahart's Jumbo Red ARGG Aunt Ruby's German Green ASAP As Soon As Possible BB Bloody Butcher, BrandyBoy BBH Brad's Black Heart BCW Box Car Willie BER Blossom End Rot BFT Black From Tula BLT AKA RTS (Ruined Tomato Sandwich) BT Bacillus thuringiensis BTD Berkely Tie Dye BTW By The Way BW Brandywine CC Cherokee Chocolate ChChoc Cherokee Chocolate CG Cherokee Green ChGreen - Cherokee Green CP Cherokee Purple ChPur - Cherokee Purple CRM Concrete Reinforcing Mesh same as CRW CRW Concrete Reinforcing Wire same as CRM Det Determinate DH Dear Husband DTM Days To Maturity DW Dear Wife EF Earl's Faux EPA Environmental Protection Agency EPB Eva Purple Ball FWIW For What Its Worth GA Gregori's Altai GDC - Golden Dwarf Champion GG Green Giant GH GreenHouse GJ - German Johnson GMG Grub's Mystery Green GMO Genetically Modified Organism GRS German Red Strawberry GW Garden Web IMHO In My Humble Opinion IMO In My Opinion Indet Indeterminate Ind Indeterminate JF Jaune Flammee KB Kellogg's Breakfast KBX Kellogg's Breakfast, potato leaf KHP Kalman's Hungarian Pink LC Lucky Cross Lucky X - Lucky Cross LL - Little Lucky LGS Lime Green Salad LOL Laugh Out Loud LPB Large Pink Bulgarian LYH Lillian's Yellow Heirloom MG Miracle-Gro ML Mortgage Lifter MP Marianna's Peace NAR Neves Azorean Red NBD New Big Dwarf NCP Natural Cross-Pollination NPK Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potassium NSP Natural Self-pollination OP Open Pollinated OTOH On The Other Hand OTV Off The Vine PL Potato Leaf PM Private Message PNW Pacific North West PPP Pink Ping Pong RL Regular Leaf ROFLMAO Rolling On the Floor Laughing My A** Off SASE Self Addressed Stamped Envelope SESE Southern Exposure Seed Exchange SFG Square Foot Gardening SFT Silvery Fir Tree SH Southern Hemisphere SHP Sand Hill Preservation SO Significant Other SOW Stump Of the World SSE Seed Saver's Exchange TGS(C) Tomato Grower's Supply Company TMV Tobacco Mosaic Virus TSWV Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus TT Totally Tomatoes TYVM Thank You Very Much TYW Tom's Yellow Wonder WOW Wall O' Water Please edit and relocate at will ![]() Kurt edited - I added a few! Craig |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2007
Location: SoCal - Zone 10
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NICE! Thanks for the post.
I've seen a variation on "DW Dear Wife"... SWMBO: She Who Must Be Obeyed Thawley |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Johannesburg, South Africa - GrowZone 9
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Now we're cookin'!
Thanks! |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: California Central Valley
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a few more...
AFAIK as far as I know BSF black soldier fly (its beneficial larvae are common in summer compost) GE genetically engineered GW GardenWeb IIRC if I recall correctly IRL in real life SASBE self-addressed stamped bubble envelope (to prevent seeds from being mangled by post office; alternative is to make the envelope 1/4 inch thick or more and pay extra 20 cents postage for hand canceling) |
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