Lesson learned! I won't purchase "great deal" seeds again!

mari.beth · August 2, 2014

Earlier in the season, I posted a thread about my Cherokee Purple plant being very small. I finally have ripe tomatoes on that plant and they are not Cherokee Purple tomatoes! They are small, red, and round. I looked back at my spreadsheet (yes, I am a nerd) to see where I got the seeds and ---yep, this was an ebay purchase from two years ago before I started really reading up on saving seeds. The plants grown from seeds purchased from SSE and other "real" seed sellers grew fruit that I believe to be the tomatoes I intended to grow. Lesson learned and I will not try to save money on seeds from now on!!!

Labradors2 · August 2, 2014

Oh what a shame! Are they edible at least?

There's always next year for Cherokee Purple and they are worth growing!

Linda

amideutch · August 3, 2014

When I got ready to try Cherokee Purple I chose Baker Creek as my seed source. The result was

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They were small, red, and round.

So there are other suppliers out there with the same problem.

Send me a PM with your addy and I will send you some Spudakee Purple (PL version of Cherokee Purple) to try.

http://www.tomatoville.com/showthrea...pudakee+Purple

mari.beth · August 3, 2014

Linda, they are okay. Based on shape and taste, I honestly wonder if they were seeds from a grocery store tomato!

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Ami, that would be fantastic! Thanks, I will PM you!

August 2, 2014	#1
mari.beth Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2013 Location: Knoxville, TN Posts: 54	Lesson learned! I won't purchase "great deal" seeds again! Earlier in the season, I posted a thread about my Cherokee Purple plant being very small. I finally have ripe tomatoes on that plant and they are not Cherokee Purple tomatoes! They are small, red, and round. I looked back at my spreadsheet (yes, I am a nerd) to see where I got the seeds and ---yep, this was an ebay purchase from two years ago before I started really reading up on saving seeds. The plants grown from seeds purchased from SSE and other "real" seed sellers grew fruit that I believe to be the tomatoes I intended to grow. Lesson learned and I will not try to save money on seeds from now on!!!

August 2, 2014	#2
Labradors2 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Ontario Posts: 3,898	Oh what a shame! Are they edible at least? There's always next year for Cherokee Purple and they are worth growing! Linda

August 3, 2014	#4
mari.beth Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2013 Location: Knoxville, TN Posts: 54	Linda, they are okay. Based on shape and taste, I honestly wonder if they were seeds from a grocery store tomato! not cherokee purple.jpg Ami, that would be fantastic! Thanks, I will PM you!