A glossary of commonly used tomato culture abbreviations

tomatoguy · May 26, 2007

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

**Mischka** · May 26, 2007

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.

I think I also have it tucked away in an email somewhere...I promise I will look for it and post it ASAP, if I find it.

Thawley · May 28, 2007

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®

the999bbq · May 28, 2007

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

Suze · May 29, 2007

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

dcarch · May 29, 2007

TV = Tomatoville

dcarch

tomatoguy · May 29, 2007

SOL - when your garden is attacked by blister beetles and hornworms and you have a major hailstorm all in the same day.

mater

Bryan24 · May 29, 2007

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

pooklette · May 29, 2007

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...

Ruth_10 · June 2, 2007

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

Worth1 · June 2, 2007

WMT/SF
Worths mystery tomato small fruited.

Worth

COgarden · June 2, 2007

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

Thawley · June 3, 2007

NICE! Thanks for the post.

I've seen a variation on "DW Dear Wife"...

SWMBO: She Who Must Be Obeyed

Thawley

huntsman · December 27, 2009

Now we're cookin'!

Thanks!

habitat_gardener · December 27, 2009

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)

May 26, 2007	#1
tomatoguy Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Rockvale, TN Zone 7A Posts: 526	A glossary of commonly used tomato culture abbreviations 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

May 26, 2007	#2
Mischka Tomatoville® Administrator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: The Bay State Posts: 3,207	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. I think I also have it tucked away in an email somewhere...I promise I will look for it and post it ASAP, if I find it. __________________ Mischka One last word of farewell, Dear Master and Mistress. Whenever you visit my grave, say to yourselves with regret but also with happiness in your hearts at the remembrance of my long happy life with you: "Here lies one who loved us and whom we loved." No matter how deep my sleep I shall hear you, and not all the power of death can keep my spirit from wagging a grateful tail.

May 28, 2007	#3
Thawley Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2007 Location: SoCal - Zone 10 Posts: 106	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 11:58 AM. Reason: Added to the list...

May 29, 2007	#6
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June 2, 2007	#10
Ruth_10 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: MO z6a near St. Louis Posts: 1,349	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 __________________ --Ruth Some say the glass half-full. Others say the glass is half-empty. To an engineer, it’s twice as big as it needs to be.

May 28, 2007	#4
the999bbq Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2007 Location: Belgium Posts: 191	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

May 29, 2007	#5
Suze Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 3,027	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

May 29, 2007	#8
Bryan24 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 176	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

May 29, 2007	#9
pooklette Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Zone 5 Posts: 262	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...

June 2, 2007	#11
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	WMT/SF Worths mystery tomato small fruited. Worth

June 2, 2007	#12
COgarden Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: CO Zone 5 Posts: 97	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

June 3, 2007	#13
Thawley Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2007 Location: SoCal - Zone 10 Posts: 106	NICE! Thanks for the post. I've seen a variation on "DW Dear Wife"... SWMBO: She Who Must Be Obeyed Thawley

December 27, 2009	#14
huntsman Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Johannesburg, South Africa - GrowZone 9 Posts: 595	Now we're cookin'! Thanks!

December 27, 2009	#15
habitat_gardener Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: California Central Valley Posts: 2,543	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)