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June 3, 2013
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Tomatovillian™
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Micro-tomato crosses
Seem to be a few folks working independently on these. I'll post my crosses and the current filial generation below with pictures as available.
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June 4, 2013
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Tomatovillian™
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Here are my 2012 micro crosses. I'm at F3 plants on some, F1 plants on others. Some are going to be more like the dwarfs, not micros.
Chibikko x Sungold F1 Chibikko x Green Zebra Chibikko x Dr. Carolyn (Chibikko x Green Zebra) F1 x (Chibikko x Sungold F1) F1 Hardin's Miniature x Carbon Hardin's Miniature x Dr. Carolyn Hardin's Miniature x Chocolate Cherry Red Robin x Rose Quartz (?) Red Robin x Dr. Carolyn Red Robin x Orange Santa F1 Red Robin x Chocolate Cherry Red Robin x Sungold F1 Red Robin x Green Zebra Yellow Dwf x Sungold F1 Yellow Dwf x Orange Santa F1
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June 5, 2013
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Tomatovillian™
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Ok mine will all be f1's. Maybe I could grow some of the f1's out this fall in the greenhouse.
Tiny Tim and Red Robin crossed with the following: Green Giant Kosovo Desters Jd's c tex Purple and Pink BB Blush Green doctors mystery cross f3 (GWR cherry beefsteaks) Damon Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk 2 |
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June 5, 2013
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Tomatovillian™
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This year I am doing Mohamed x
Sungold F1 Lemon Drop Gru Vee Blue Pitts Pink BumbleBee Blush Some of the initial crosses did not take, so I have to recross, but I am excited about some of the f2 possibilities. As the year progresses, I might do a few others. I also have a dwarf husky cherry to do some dwarf indeterminate crosses, but I haven't got around to them yet. I am more interested in getting to the f2s of the Mohamed crosses by later this season so that I might find a few micro plants to grow inside this winter.
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June 5, 2013
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Tomatoville® Moderator
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Hmmm...Red Robin X Green Giant. I really would love to see the specimen that has the one pound fruit on the 6 inch tall plant!
Damon, if you need any help microdwarf hunting, let me know!
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June 5, 2013
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Tomatovillian™
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I had the same mental picture when I crossed Hardin's Miniature with Carbon!
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June 7, 2013
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Tomatovillian™
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One of the crosses with Green Zebra. Pretty little red and yellow striped cherry. Better pictures tomorrow of the rest of the lines.
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June 8, 2013
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Tomatovillian™
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Great thread, love the sound of some of these crosses and can't wait for updates
 Hope this is not out of place here, my pictures are a bit random I'm afraid but here's a link to some I'm growing. http://s1193.photobucket.com/user/ja...Micro%20Dwarfs |
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June 8, 2013
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Tomatovillian™
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Your crosses? Mydwfa looks particularly nice! I'm also using NSL187009 this year for the variegation.
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June 8, 2013
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Tomatovillian™
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Yes, my crosses. Thanks, some of the earlier fruit with those ones was seedless which is disappointing, the GWR taste is great though. I've got several lines of siblings, mostly F3 and F4's. I think I crossed Chibikko x Mydwfa (F2), I'm possibly growing an F1? Soon as I catch up with stuff I'll try and get organised and do a list of crosses.
I found NSL187099 not the easiest to grow and it set only a few fruit last year, perhaps not suited to UK summers and last was particularly cool and wet. |
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June 8, 2013
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Tomatovillian™
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Here are the F2 fruits of Chibikko x Green Zebra. Still waiting for a couple more.
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June 9, 2013
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Tomatovillian™
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Wow nice looking stuff guys! Jay those blues look visually stunning!
I've slowed down the last few days with all the crosses I've done. Now looking around the plants to see which crosses have taken. Looks good so far but still waiting on some flowers to fruit. Damon Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk 2 |
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June 9, 2013
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Tomatovillian™
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That striped cherry is lovely! How does it taste?
If anyone needs a grower-outer, send me a PM. I have a bunch of pots too small for regular plants that I need to fill! Tl |
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June 9, 2013
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Tomatovillian™
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The flavor of the striped one is pretty good, not too sweet! The skin is a bit thicker than I'd like but they dont crack. That one is definitely going forward as is the darker colored F2-10.
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