Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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February 3, 2016 | #1 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2012
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PINK TOMATO
What is a good pink slicer tomato? Looking to grow a pink tomato, 8-12 oz. Size in a 5 gal. Container. What do you suggest?
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February 3, 2016 | #2 |
Tomatovillian™
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Location: copperas cove TEXAS
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brimmer, prudens purple, limbaughs
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February 3, 2016 | #3 |
Tomatovillian™
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Location: Abilene, TX zone 7
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Earls Faux, Grosse Cotelee and Mortgage Lifter are some other good ones. You could also try Kosovo or German Head. Many good choices are out there.
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February 3, 2016 | #4 |
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This is the one for me.
I cant count how many I am going to grow this year. New Big Dwarf. http://tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=16066 Last edited by Worth1; February 3, 2016 at 11:10 PM. |
February 3, 2016 | #5 |
BANNED FOR LIFE
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If I lived in the northern US, I would have to try Brandywine Pink just by all I've read about it.
I haven't found a pink tomato I don't like so far. |
February 3, 2016 | #6 |
Tomatovillian™
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Worth, you read my mind, because after my first post, I thought, NBD, great for a bucket.
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February 3, 2016 | #7 |
Tomatovillian™
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NBD is a great tasting tomato!
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February 3, 2016 | #8 |
Tomatovillian™
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New Big Dwarf has been around since 1915 and is one heck of a plant and tomato.
It is also the inspiration for the Dwarf project. Worth |
February 4, 2016 | #9 |
Tomatovillian™
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Location: Wasilla Alaska
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8-12 0z. Momotaro, or Eva Purple Ball, very similar to each other in looks and taste, Momotaro is a hybrid, EPB is open pollinated. I grow both. They look pink to me anyway, not purple as the name EPB may suggest. LOL
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February 4, 2016 | #10 |
Tomatovillian™
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I have done quite a bit of search/study on NBD in the past 8 months and have decided to grow it in pots this year. It seems to me that it is a good choice for container/pot growing. It is short compact and productive. I will grow 2 or 3 NBD myself . I have already sowed seeds 3 weeks ahead of the rest of varieties . it grows at a slower rate.
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February 4, 2016 | #11 |
Tomatovillian™
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Why not try some of the dwarfs, though you won't be disappointed with NBD. I have grown Rosella Crimson, Dwarf Arctic Rose, Yukon Quest, and Sweet Adelaide, and like them all.
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February 4, 2016 | #12 |
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A slight caveat about New Big Dwarf: i have a note that Craig LeHoullier says it seems to be quite disease prone. Of course, that's in NC.
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February 4, 2016 | #13 |
Tomatovillian™
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I'm doing a couple of New Big Dwarfs this year. Is a 5 or 7 gallon pot good? I was on the fence with Momotaro, now I need it too.
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