Purple Haze F-1 Now Producing Fruit

rnewste · October 12, 2008

Thanks to a kind Forum member, I was sent some of his suckers from plants he got from Laurels, and guess what - - they have taken off like weeds (photo taken today):

The first fruit is now blushing (about golf-ball sized) so it will be interesting to compare taste with my other Purple Haze plants from F-2 seed:

Ray

Gobig_or_Gohome_toms · October 13, 2008

Looking very nice Ray!!! Will be interested to hear the taste comparisons.

captnkirk · October 13, 2008

Yes i agree with go big,thems some healthy looking plants you have Ray.

kirk

rnewste · October 14, 2008

go big and kirk,

Thanks, the Purple Haze is one of my Fall crop where I am trialing a new design EarthTainer II, Water-mizer Edition that now has 20% more potting mix and parses out the water in a more controlled basis. I'll be posting the new design as Freeware later this season, once I am certain that I've got all the design parameters optimized and verified.

Cut open my first F-1 tonight and it was quite good. Lots of green gel and seeds and as I recall in a post Morgan made a while back, this is indicative of a good tasting tomato.

Ray

Raymondo · October 14, 2008

Great looking plants Ray. I have a dwarf that I'm keeping going by propagating cuttings so that I can compare subsequent generations. Maybe that's the way to go with Purple Haze so that you'll always have the original to compare the growouts with. Just a thought.

Medbury Gardens · October 15, 2008

Thats a good idea Ray,i could do that with Dizzy F2 as i`m aiming to get two generations this season.

Vince · October 15, 2008

Ray,

I am glad you are getting fruit off those suckers. I killed the other ten I kept for myself!!! However I saved lots of F2 seed and was able to get one cross from the pollen of the clone mother. I thought about asking you to send me back a cutting, but decided it was to late now. Maybe you should try to keep that clone alive through the winter(role it inside at night). If you succeed in doing that, I will definitely ask you for a cutting in the spring. Cheers.

Best,

rnewste · October 15, 2008

Hi Vince,

I'll be happy to return the favor, and send you some suckers!

These two plants are growing like wildfire, and I am planning in late November to take cuttings and try to over-winter, to preserve the F-1 characteristics for 2009 planting.

Ray

October 12, 2008	#1
rnewste Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Campbell, CA Posts: 4,064	Purple Haze F-1 Now Producing Fruit Thanks to a kind Forum member, I was sent some of his suckers from plants he got from Laurels, and guess what - - they have taken off like weeds (photo taken today): The first fruit is now blushing (about golf-ball sized) so it will be interesting to compare taste with my other Purple Haze plants from F-2 seed: Ray

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Raymondo Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Saumarez Ponds, NSW, Australia Posts: 946	Great looking plants Ray. I have a dwarf that I'm keeping going by propagating cuttings so that I can compare subsequent generations. Maybe that's the way to go with Purple Haze so that you'll always have the original to compare the growouts with. Just a thought. __________________ Ray Last edited by Raymondo; October 16, 2008 at 06:58 AM.

October 15, 2008	#7
Vince Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Riverside, CA Posts: 942	Ray, I am glad you are getting fruit off those suckers. I killed the other ten I kept for myself!!! However I saved lots of F2 seed and was able to get one cross from the pollen of the clone mother. I thought about asking you to send me back a cutting, but decided it was to late now. Maybe you should try to keep that clone alive through the winter(role it inside at night). If you succeed in doing that, I will definitely ask you for a cutting in the spring. Cheers. Best, __________________ Vince

October 13, 2008	#2
Gobig_or_Gohome_toms Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Zone 4 Lake Minnetonka, MN Posts: 967	Looking very nice Ray!!! Will be interested to hear the taste comparisons.

October 13, 2008	#3
captnkirk Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: florida Posts: 126	Yes i agree with go big,thems some healthy looking plants you have Ray. kirk

October 15, 2008	#6
Medbury Gardens Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Medbury, New Zealand Posts: 1,881	Thats a good idea Ray,i could do that with Dizzy F2 as i`m aiming to get two generations this season.