Hundreds and Thousands

svalli · March 28, 2010

I got seeds for a variety called Hundreds and Thousands in a trade. I sowed them January 31st. The biggest of the plants has started to bloom indoors. This seems to be really early variety. I will plant it to a hanging basket, but it is still way too cold outside to hang it on the balcony.

travis · March 28, 2010

Looks like a cerasiform type leaf shape or similar.

clara · March 28, 2010

Svalli, you can expect several hundred of pea-size (or slightly bigger) red toms. I had it in a hanging basket last year. It produced like hell till first frost (and was among the earliest). clara

harleysilo · March 30, 2010

Pea sized tomatoes!!!! Any good with cheerios?

svalli · April 4, 2010

If this plant will produce till first frost, it will surely have had 1000s of toms, since it has already set four tiny fruits indoors.

veggie babe · April 5, 2010

It should be a winner!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If it is doing that well inside just wait until it sees the light and feels the sunshine day in and day out.

Get out the canner.

Neva

John3 · April 5, 2010

Do you know where to buy the seeds in the USA. Google only turns up sellers of the seed in England.

svalli · April 5, 2010

I got the seeds in a trade last winter and the original ones have been purchased from UK. The seed selling websites call these as heirlooms, so it should be good to grow from saved seeds. The seeds I got, were saved from a plant grown last summer. I have plants from three seeds, so it should be easy to tell if all of them are alike. It is growing a lot of side shoots and I have cut of and rooted the tops to make them even bushier. We are just lacking sun and warmth to get them really going.

I will be saving seeds from these and send them, if anyone is interested. If I get the seeds from the first toms, there is no risk of cross pollination, since I have no other variety blooming. I have 12 of the original seeds left, so right now there is not much to share in them and it may be too late for many to start tomato seeds.

Qweniden · April 19, 2010

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Originally Posted by John3

Do you know where to buy the seeds in the USA. Google only turns up sellers of the seed in England.

Yeah, I spent a while looking. No one seems to sell them in the USA.

**carolyn137** · April 20, 2010

Why do they call then heirlooms? I ask b/c they look like typical red currants to me and I saw lots of pictures last year when I was researching this variety and at that time seeds were only sold in the UK.

Most of the red currants out there are tiny as in pea sized, and the close to a currant that I like the best is Sara's Galapagos and it's a real bummer harvesting individual fruits so I just clip off, rather, break off, whole trusses of them.

Qweniden · April 20, 2010

Does the small growth match a currant tomato Carolyn? I always thought they were big bushy plants.

svalli · April 20, 2010

I do also wonder why Sutton's website calls this as heirloom, when they had also published news about this being a new variety. Did they rename some other variety or did they receive these seeds from someone who's family heirloom this was? There is no info about origin anywhere.

I found the Sutton's seeds for Hundreds and Thousands at a store near by. Even I have the plants already, I bought a package of 8 seeds for 2.70 euros. If anyone wants the seeds now, I can trade the package for any early variety, which I do not yet have. At fall I will have saved seeds for trading.

frozengirl · April 20, 2010

I too am growing these. I received about a hundred seeds from England and decided to grow some out.
I have been amazed at how and fast they are producing. I am putting the ones I grew out in baskets. I also like the way they look for such a short plant. As for flavor-------have no ides
Rumor is they were a lost variety that they renamed and released from the gartensleben seed bank. They used to be called Cheriette Of Fire, here.

svalli · April 21, 2010

Thanks frozengirl! That is interesting information. I found only couple of places where Cheriette of Fire was mentioned without saying that it is now named Hundreds and Thousands. I wonder why they had to change the name.

I did not find any description of the Cheriette of Fire on the internet. Has anyone seen any old paper catalog with description of it?

I have quite many tiny tomatoes growing on my plants indoors, but none ripe yet. If I had known, that it starts producing so fast, I would not had planted them so early.

frozengirl · April 23, 2010

Me toooooooooooooooooooooooo. I tried pinching some to slow them down.
I bet they changed the name as a marketing ploy, Hundreds and Thousands just makes you want to try it!

March 28, 2010	#1
svalli Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Vaasa, Finland, latitude N 63° Posts: 838	Hundreds and Thousands I got seeds for a variety called Hundreds and Thousands in a trade. I sowed them January 31st. The biggest of the plants has started to bloom indoors. This seems to be really early variety. I will plant it to a hanging basket, but it is still way too cold outside to hang it on the balcony. __________________ "I only want to live in peace, plant potatoes and dream." - Moomin-troll by Tove Jansson

April 4, 2010	#5
svalli Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Vaasa, Finland, latitude N 63° Posts: 838	If this plant will produce till first frost, it will surely have had 1000s of toms, since it has already set four tiny fruits indoors. __________________ "I only want to live in peace, plant potatoes and dream." - Moomin-troll by Tove Jansson

April 5, 2010	#8
svalli Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Vaasa, Finland, latitude N 63° Posts: 838	I got the seeds in a trade last winter and the original ones have been purchased from UK. The seed selling websites call these as heirlooms, so it should be good to grow from saved seeds. The seeds I got, were saved from a plant grown last summer. I have plants from three seeds, so it should be easy to tell if all of them are alike. It is growing a lot of side shoots and I have cut of and rooted the tops to make them even bushier. We are just lacking sun and warmth to get them really going. I will be saving seeds from these and send them, if anyone is interested. If I get the seeds from the first toms, there is no risk of cross pollination, since I have no other variety blooming. I have 12 of the original seeds left, so right now there is not much to share in them and it may be too late for many to start tomato seeds. __________________ "I only want to live in peace, plant potatoes and dream." - Moomin-troll by Tove Jansson

April 20, 2010	#10
carolyn137 Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Upstate NY, zone 4b/5a Posts: 21,169	Why do they call then heirlooms? I ask b/c they look like typical red currants to me and I saw lots of pictures last year when I was researching this variety and at that time seeds were only sold in the UK. Most of the red currants out there are tiny as in pea sized, and the close to a currant that I like the best is Sara's Galapagos and it's a real bummer harvesting individual fruits so I just clip off, rather, break off, whole trusses of them. __________________ Carolyn

April 20, 2010	#12
svalli Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Vaasa, Finland, latitude N 63° Posts: 838	I do also wonder why Sutton's website calls this as heirloom, when they had also published news about this being a new variety. Did they rename some other variety or did they receive these seeds from someone who's family heirloom this was? There is no info about origin anywhere. I found the Sutton's seeds for Hundreds and Thousands at a store near by. Even I have the plants already, I bought a package of 8 seeds for 2.70 euros. If anyone wants the seeds now, I can trade the package for any early variety, which I do not yet have. At fall I will have saved seeds for trading. __________________ "I only want to live in peace, plant potatoes and dream." - Moomin-troll by Tove Jansson

March 28, 2010	#2
travis Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Evansville, IN Posts: 2,984	Looks like a cerasiform type leaf shape or similar.

March 28, 2010	#3
clara Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Germany Posts: 1,351	Svalli, you can expect several hundred of pea-size (or slightly bigger) red toms. I had it in a hanging basket last year. It produced like hell till first frost (and was among the earliest). clara

March 30, 2010	#4
harleysilo Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2007 Location: Woodstock GA Posts: 418	Pea sized tomatoes!!!! Any good with cheerios?

April 5, 2010	#6
veggie babe Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: east texas Posts: 686	It should be a winner!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If it is doing that well inside just wait until it sees the light and feels the sunshine day in and day out. Get out the canner. Neva

April 5, 2010	#7
John3 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Alabama 7.5 or 8 depends on who you ask Posts: 727	Do you know where to buy the seeds in the USA. Google only turns up sellers of the seed in England.

April 20, 2010	#11
Qweniden Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Sacramento, California Posts: 267	Does the small growth match a currant tomato Carolyn? I always thought they were big bushy plants.

April 20, 2010	#13
frozengirl Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Alaska Posts: 194	Hundreds and Thousands cherry tomato I too am growing these. I received about a hundred seeds from England and decided to grow some out. I have been amazed at how and fast they are producing. I am putting the ones I grew out in baskets. I also like the way they look for such a short plant. As for flavor-------have no ides Rumor is they were a lost variety that they renamed and released from the gartensleben seed bank. They used to be called Cheriette Of Fire, here.

April 21, 2010	#14
svalli Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Vaasa, Finland, latitude N 63° Posts: 838	Thanks frozengirl! That is interesting information. I found only couple of places where Cheriette of Fire was mentioned without saying that it is now named Hundreds and Thousands. I wonder why they had to change the name. I did not find any description of the Cheriette of Fire on the internet. Has anyone seen any old paper catalog with description of it? I have quite many tiny tomatoes growing on my plants indoors, but none ripe yet. If I had known, that it starts producing so fast, I would not had planted them so early. __________________ "I only want to live in peace, plant potatoes and dream." - Moomin-troll by Tove Jansson

April 23, 2010	#15
frozengirl Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Alaska Posts: 194	Me toooooooooooooooooooooooo. I tried pinching some to slow them down. I bet they changed the name as a marketing ploy, Hundreds and Thousands just makes you want to try it!