Don't sit with me in a car for 6 hours unless...

lakelady · November 9, 2011

you're prepared to listen to me talk about tomatoes

I had a 3 hour drive each way with a co worker today for a meeting. My friend is from upstate NY and I told her all about my little baby tomatoes growing in my house and then proceeded to spend a good long time telling her all about heirlooms (poor thing). Like most people, she admitted she just thought all tomatoes were red, and had no idea what a hybrid or heirloom was. Well, that just opened the door for more conversation ...

She told me they can't grow tomatoes at her NJ house because of all the trees and she isn't at the summer house often enough to care for them. So I asked her if she got sun on her deck, which she does. I promised to totally hook her up with seedlings for containers next summer. Even some colored ones !

I'm such a nerd. I wonder if bug people are like this?

rnewste · November 9, 2011

...Sounds like a candidate for an EarthTainer!!

Raybo

Too Tall Toms · November 9, 2011

Hey.....A Tomato Nerd is a good nerd!

semi_lucid · November 9, 2011

It's ok. We like nerds here.

**Mischka** · November 9, 2011

I'm proud of you for spreading the good word about heirloom tomatoes.

Don't forget that to let her know that are now almost a dozen Cross Hemisphere Dwarf Project varieties available for folks that have limited space to grow tomatoes.

Elizabeth · November 9, 2011

My husband calls me a gardenerd LOL

Too Tall Toms · November 9, 2011

Maybe we should do a movie......

"Revenge of the Tomato Nerds"

tgplp · November 10, 2011

Haha, that sounds exactly like me.

Once I was rambling about tomatoes and how I want to cross breed them and I spent about half an hour explaining to my friend how to cross pollinate, what an F1 is, hybrids, heirlooms, etc. Also most of my friends think all tomatoes are red (They caught me yelling at a seed catalog with red only tomatoes).

It's great to know there's others who are tomato nerds also!!!

Taryn

Father'sDaughter · November 10, 2011

Glad to hear I'm not alone! Last night during our usual bed time conversation, I was going on and on about these new dwarf tomatoes I'd just learned about, and how I could grow some in containers... My husband asked a few questions to be polite

which got me blabbing even more, but I finally got him to the point where he had to turn to me and say, "just give it up Hun, and go to sleep." He knows me so well, and knows he hasn't heard the last about these dwarf tomatoes...

While it's great to have people in your life who share your obsessions, it's also helpful to have those who will tolerate them!

lakelady · November 10, 2011

Well, I'm pretty excited that I have 4 baby tomatoes on my indoor Silvery Fir Tree, they are so cute! I forgot how much I missed watching them grow already and winter has not yet begun...

I had given a few people tomato plants to grow indoors (dwarfs, but older ones) and found out one "gardener" killed hers already, and my friend who has a brown thumb reported tonight that hers are flowering and she can't believe it, so happily at least one other person I know personally will understand my excitement at these little things (I hope)

I once saw a photo of the tomato festival in Spain where they throw tomatoes at each other and almost cried over all those poor tomatoes that no one got to eat.

Too Tall Toms · November 10, 2011

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Originally Posted by lakelady

I once saw a photo of the tomato festival in Spain where they throw tomatoes at each other and almost cried over all those poor tomatoes that no one got to eat.

There's something similar in Pittston, PA. They have a tomato festival every August and one of the activities is that tomato tossing. It actually looks like it could be fun.

mlp2147 · November 11, 2011

I am getting my mom to order a few heirloom varieties this year. My problem is trying to find someone who is "interested" enough to have that tomato conversation with. Not even the folks at our local farmers market are interested in it and they were trying to sell several OP varieties. Ah well.... what do you do?

salix · November 11, 2011

What do you do? Why, come to Tomatoville of course!!

tam91 · November 11, 2011

Well today I succeeded in "corrupting" the plumber. He was amazed at the odd color tomatoes ripening on the counter, so of course I gave them some. He will be back in spring for some plants.

Another one bites the dust!

Jeannine Anne · November 11, 2011

I got to the mail lady last week, she left here after delivering a parcel of seeds from The Uk and told me she was just starting to get intereted in growing veggies..needless to say she left with heirloom tomato seeds, and she was thrilled!!

XX Jeannine

November 9, 2011	#1
lakelady Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: northern NJ zone 6b Posts: 1,862	Don't sit with me in a car for 6 hours unless... you're prepared to listen to me talk about tomatoes I had a 3 hour drive each way with a co worker today for a meeting. My friend is from upstate NY and I told her all about my little baby tomatoes growing in my house and then proceeded to spend a good long time telling her all about heirlooms (poor thing). Like most people, she admitted she just thought all tomatoes were red, and had no idea what a hybrid or heirloom was. Well, that just opened the door for more conversation ... She told me they can't grow tomatoes at her NJ house because of all the trees and she isn't at the summer house often enough to care for them. So I asked her if she got sun on her deck, which she does. I promised to totally hook her up with seedlings for containers next summer. Even some colored ones ! I'm such a nerd. I wonder if bug people are like this? __________________ Antoniette

November 9, 2011	#5
Mischka Tomatoville® Administrator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: The Bay State Posts: 3,207	I'm proud of you for spreading the good word about heirloom tomatoes. Don't forget that to let her know that are now almost a dozen Cross Hemisphere Dwarf Project varieties available for folks that have limited space to grow tomatoes. __________________ 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.

November 9, 2011	#6
Elizabeth Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: San Diego Coastal - Zone 10b Posts: 204	My husband calls me a gardenerd LOL __________________ Elizabeth If I'm going to water and care for a plant it had better give me food, flowers or shade.

November 10, 2011	#8
tgplp Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Pacific North West, zone 8a Posts: 510	d Haha, that sounds exactly like me. Once I was rambling about tomatoes and how I want to cross breed them and I spent about half an hour explaining to my friend how to cross pollinate, what an F1 is, hybrids, heirlooms, etc. Also most of my friends think all tomatoes are red (They caught me yelling at a seed catalog with red only tomatoes). It's great to know there's others who are tomato nerds also!!! Taryn

November 10, 2011	#10
lakelady Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: northern NJ zone 6b Posts: 1,862	Well, I'm pretty excited that I have 4 baby tomatoes on my indoor Silvery Fir Tree, they are so cute! I forgot how much I missed watching them grow already and winter has not yet begun... I had given a few people tomato plants to grow indoors (dwarfs, but older ones) and found out one "gardener" killed hers already, and my friend who has a brown thumb reported tonight that hers are flowering and she can't believe it, so happily at least one other person I know personally will understand my excitement at these little things (I hope) I once saw a photo of the tomato festival in Spain where they throw tomatoes at each other and almost cried over all those poor tomatoes that no one got to eat. __________________ Antoniette

November 9, 2011	#2
rnewste Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Campbell, CA Posts: 4,064	...Sounds like a candidate for an EarthTainer!! Raybo

November 9, 2011	#3
Too Tall Toms Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 116	Hey.....A Tomato Nerd is a good nerd!

November 9, 2011	#4
semi_lucid Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Texas, zone 6b Posts: 100	It's ok. We like nerds here.

November 10, 2011	#9
Father'sDaughter Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: MA/NH Border Posts: 4,919	Glad to hear I'm not alone! Last night during our usual bed time conversation, I was going on and on about these new dwarf tomatoes I'd just learned about, and how I could grow some in containers... My husband asked a few questions to be polite which got me blabbing even more, but I finally got him to the point where he had to turn to me and say, "just give it up Hun, and go to sleep." He knows me so well, and knows he hasn't heard the last about these dwarf tomatoes... While it's great to have people in your life who share your obsessions, it's also helpful to have those who will tolerate them!

November 11, 2011	#12
mlp2147 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Holly Ridge, NC Posts: 8	I am getting my mom to order a few heirloom varieties this year. My problem is trying to find someone who is "interested" enough to have that tomato conversation with. Not even the folks at our local farmers market are interested in it and they were trying to sell several OP varieties. Ah well.... what do you do?

November 11, 2011	#13
salix Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: north central B.C. Posts: 2,310	What do you do? Why, come to Tomatoville of course!!

November 11, 2011	#14
tam91 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Crystal Lake IL Posts: 2,484	Well today I succeeded in "corrupting" the plumber. He was amazed at the odd color tomatoes ripening on the counter, so of course I gave them some. He will be back in spring for some plants. Another one bites the dust! __________________ Tracy

November 11, 2011	#15
Jeannine Anne Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 1,557	I got to the mail lady last week, she left here after delivering a parcel of seeds from The Uk and told me she was just starting to get intereted in growing veggies..needless to say she left with heirloom tomato seeds, and she was thrilled!! XX Jeannine