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Old June 8, 2016   #1
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This year I am growing Betimes Macbeth. There isn't much information on it. From the little bit there is I learned it is supposed to be very small dwarf like determinate and about the size of a micro dwarf. Has anyone else grown it or currently growing it?

Here is Tatiana's page for it.
http://tatianastomatobase.com/wiki/Betimes_Macbeth

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I had bad luck with it. The first four seeds didn't germinate. I sowed more which were very slow growing. It flowered in mid-September, but I don't think I got any fruit.
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I grew it last year and the spider mites got to enjoy it more than I did. I got a few small red fruits from it and they were reasonably tasty. That plant was indeed small, but the environment it was in was very harsh so I wouldn't pass judgement on it based on what I experienced.
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This year I am growing Betimes Macbeth. There isn't much information on it. From the little bit there is I learned it is supposed to be very small dwarf like determinate and about the size of a micro dwarf. Has anyone else grown it or currently growing it?

Here is Tatiana's page for it.
http://tatianastomatobase.com/wiki/Betimes_Macbeth

And a few pics



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Kind of over-kill on the stake and fencing? I'm thinking that plant could be supported with a Ticonderoga #2.
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Kind of over-kill on the stake and fencing? I'm thinking that plant could be supported with a Ticonderoga #2.


Lol I know I was expecting it to 2-3 feet tall. I missed the micro part on Tatiana's site.


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no need to prune a micro much.. if you would like some tomatoes I would put it in a pot and let it be for the most part. I think they are too small to fend for themselves out in the real garden. micro dwarf and determinate both.
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That's a bit too micro. Where are the leaves? As it looks now, there doesn't seem to be any growing tip. Maybe someone ate it. Hopefully it will start new tips from some nodes.
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no need to prune a micro much.. if you would like some tomatoes I would put it in a pot and let it be for the most part. I think they are too small to fend for themselves out in the real garden. micro dwarf and determinate both.
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That's what I was thinking of doing. If not a pot at least an area that has less space.

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That's a bit too micro. Where are the leaves? As it looks now, there doesn't seem to be any growing tip. Maybe someone ate it. Hopefully it will start new tips from some nodes.

That's what I was thinking. I don't see a growing tip either. As far as I know nothing has ate it. I don't see any damage as well.



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Determinates end with a flower, so there shouldn't be a growing tip.
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Determinates end with a flower, so there shouldn't be a growing tip.


That explains it. Thanks Tormato


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