Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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January 6, 2015 | #1 |
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Anybody growing Jaltomata procumbens?
I´ve got seeds of Jaltomata procumbens. Is anyone familiar with this species?
Belongs to family Solanaceae. Growing hints? |
January 6, 2015 | #2 | |
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https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q...ata+procumbens Carolyn
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January 6, 2015 | #3 |
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Well, I´ve done the same googling but a grower that has really grown this plant I haven´t heard any comment yet.
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I posted the link to hopefully help others who had not heard of it. Carolyn
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January 7, 2015 | #5 |
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It might help (from the Czech Web Google translation)
JALTOMATA PROCUMBENS Extremely easy vegetables that grow from spring to autumn on the flower-beds. Plants are předpěstujeme - from sowing plant begins to spawn as early as 2-3 months! A single plant will provide hundreds of black and purple fry with sweet taste. The fruit is delicious jam. In our (in Czech republic) relatively unknown aubergines plant with small, round black fruit flavors reminiscent of peppers and tomatoes from Mexico. Grown much more easily than peppers and tomatoes! The first fruits ripen for 3 months after sowing and mature until the first frosts. From my own experience I can say that it is one of neperspektivnějších brood vegetables, thanks to its modest, god of fertility (actually several hundred fruits per plant) and one of the few vegetables brood does not usually have no pests or diseases! The only "downside" is the collection of the amount of crops. Fruits can eat fresh or made into preparing a series of Mexican dishes, various pickles, we did have and sweet jams that taste reminiscent of strawberry jam. The fruit is not essential flavor, which made them vegetables only applicable "salty". Take care not to be confused with aubergine black, which grows wild in our country. Distinctive features are that it has jaltomata leaves, twigs and berries completely bald, shiny and very tender and juicy, while the black nightshade berries has a particularly dull, hairy branches and whole plant more woody. Jaltomata also has a tmavě- violet pulp ripe fruit, while black nightshade bold light green. Vladimír |
January 7, 2015 | #6 |
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Thank You Vladimir, now I´m a bit wiser.
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January 7, 2015 | #7 |
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http://zoom50.wordpress.com/2011/10/...ta-procumbens/
aka Creeping False Holly It's very similar to Deadly Nightshade, so I wouldn't dare grow it because I have that on my property and wouldn't want to confuse the two! They also say that parts of it are prickly - something I try to stay away from except for some roses..... Linda |
January 18, 2015 | #8 |
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From Czech web Zahrada.cz:
Last year I tried it, but I do not want it, the berries are small with a faint taste like unripe black currant. I do not recommend grow it, pity time. Vladimír |
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