Zapotec

AlittleSalt · June 12, 2015

I planted a Zapotec plant from seed I got in a trade or from the MMMM. The bag is a clear plastic one with "Zapotec 2014" written on it with a fine black marker. That plant is growing some tomatoes that look like Zapotec and a whole lot more that do not. I looked through Tomatoville all the way back to 2007. Going by what I read it is not supposed to look like the second and third picture. The tomatoes have a whole lot of seeds and tastes unbelievably good. The flesh is firm and the skin isn't thick like a hybrid.

I want to save enough seeds to send to everyone who wants them, but I need to figure out if it is a Zapotec or something else.

Worth1 · June 12, 2015

I have never had Zapotec look like the other ones.
It might be a cross of some sort.

Worth

**carolyn137** · June 12, 2015

No, Pictures 2 and 3 are not Zapotec.

http://tomatoville.com/showthread.ph...Zapotec+Ribbed

Above is the thread to read here with comments about Zapotec and you even posted in this thread.

If you go to Tania's website you'll see that most folks refer to Zapotec Ribbed or Pleated as being hollow, and that's what I got when I grew it.Same kind of comments in the SSE Yearbooks.

Carolyn

Worth1 · June 12, 2015

Not to get off subject Salt but since you are determined to grow all kinds of tomatoes you might as well try Mexico.

Worth

AlittleSalt · June 12, 2015

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Originally Posted by carolyn137

No, Pictures 2 and 3 are not Zapotec.

http://tomatoville.com/showthread.ph...Zapotec+Ribbed

Above is the thread to read here with comments about Zapotec and you even posted in this thread.

If you go to Tania's website you'll see that most folks refer to Zapotec Ribbed or Pleated as being hollow, and that's what I got when I grew it.Same kind of comments in the SSE Yearbooks.

Carolyn

Carolyn, I thought of that thread too. I kept looking at the tomatoes on my plant thinking they might start growing like Zapotec is supposed to, but instead, they got ripe and didn't change size or shape.

Worth, I didn't think about the plant being a cross. I'll have to look up Mexico. I have seeds of Mexico Midget.

Whatever the cross is - it tastes great. So I'm guessing when I save seeds I should call it, "Zapotec Cross"?

Worth1 · June 12, 2015

Salt if it were me I wouldn't save seeds from it but that is just me because I dont have the space right now to waste time in a maybe plant.

Here is a link to Mexico.
They aren't bad.

Do you think you are ready to wake up some really old seeds?

http://www.tomatogrowers.com/MEXICO/productinfo/5645/

AlittleSalt · June 12, 2015

I saw that link worth. A heavy producer of 1 lb. + that lasts through the growing season. Sure, I would like to try to wake up some old seeds.

Worth1 · June 12, 2015

Quote:

Originally Posted by AlittleSalt

I saw that link worth. A heavy producer of 1 lb. + that lasts through the growing season. Sure, I would like to try to wake up some old seeds.

Well okay then.

Tracydr · June 12, 2015

Quote:

Originally Posted by Worth1

Salt if it were me I wouldn't save seeds from it but that is just me because I dont have the space right now to waste time in a maybe plant.

Here is a link to Mexico.
They aren't bad.

Do you think you are ready to wake up some really old seeds?

http://www.tomatogrowers.com/MEXICO/productinfo/5645/

I have a Mexico plant, if I didn't give it away. I started it from Free seeds sent in 2005 from Tomatofest and never grown.

pmcgrady · June 12, 2015

Grown Zapotecs for 5 years...
Not Zapotecs

pmcgrady · June 12, 2015

Mexico tomatoes are my favorite around here...lots of tomatoes that taste pretty gosh darnoodley good!

peebee · June 13, 2015

I grew Zapotec one year and they were really flute-y. You would recognize one in an instant when you see it again. So yours are not, definitely. Too round. But hey, the taste is good right? That's all that matters.

**carolyn137** · June 13, 2015

How about a little background on the variety Mexico since I was the first to receive it from a reader of the Off The Vine Newsletter and the first to SSE list it back in 1996:

http://t.tatianastomatobase.com:88/wiki/Mexico

We have that family in the midwest who moved from Mexico to thank for that variety, and it's a darn good variety.

Carolyn

AlittleSalt · June 14, 2015

I cut one open this morning and found the hollow part that Carolyn mentioned. I have not read much about crosses. I guess it's time to start learning. Here's the picture

Delerium · June 14, 2015

I'm growing Zapotecs and they are pretty big tomatoes that sorta looks pear shaped with ribs.

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carolyn137 Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Upstate NY, zone 4b/5a Posts: 21,169	No, Pictures 2 and 3 are not Zapotec. http://tomatoville.com/showthread.ph...Zapotec+Ribbed Above is the thread to read here with comments about Zapotec and you even posted in this thread. If you go to Tania's website you'll see that most folks refer to Zapotec Ribbed or Pleated as being hollow, and that's what I got when I grew it.Same kind of comments in the SSE Yearbooks. Carolyn __________________ Carolyn

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carolyn137 Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Upstate NY, zone 4b/5a Posts: 21,169	How about a little background on the variety Mexico since I was the first to receive it from a reader of the Off The Vine Newsletter and the first to SSE list it back in 1996: http://t.tatianastomatobase.com:88/wiki/Mexico We have that family in the midwest who moved from Mexico to thank for that variety, and it's a darn good variety. Carolyn __________________ Carolyn

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Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	I have never had Zapotec look like the other ones. It might be a cross of some sort. Worth

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AlittleSalt BANNED FOR LIFE Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 13,333	I saw that link worth. A heavy producer of 1 lb. + that lasts through the growing season. Sure, I would like to try to wake up some old seeds.

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pmcgrady Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Central Illinois Posts: 1,836	Grown Zapotecs for 5 years... Not Zapotecs

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peebee Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Southern CA Posts: 1,714	I grew Zapotec one year and they were really flute-y. You would recognize one in an instant when you see it again. So yours are not, definitely. Too round. But hey, the taste is good right? That's all that matters.