Hoy
 

Seeds sown 26th Sep,plan is to grow one plant in tunnelhouse and to grow a few cuttings outside in late spring.

I will be following this thread, I also was lucky enough to receive some seeds. I usually start my plants about the last week of february . Good luck fellow growers !!!!!!

First of the seedling are now up:D

txs for posting medburygardens. I cant wait to see your results and to grow it myself in the spring.

i'm fighting the urge to grow something inside this winter.

strax

it would be fun to visit them! (My husband is looking at stuff to do in Kaikoura when we get to the South Island)

[quote=garnetmoth;186206]it would be fun to visit them! (My husband is looking at stuff to do in Kaikoura when we get to the South Island)[/quote]

Looking forward to meeting you both:yes:

Thinned out to the strongest plants yesterday,certainly been some extreme variation in type but the ones left are growing well.

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Med

Give us some info on Hoy? Never heard of it.

Here is the original thread that has the background:
[URL]http://www.tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=15889&highlight=hoy[/URL]

Craig

what do you mean by extreme variation in type?

i assume they are all regular leaf plants.

do you mean that some of the seedlings are weak or scrawny?


nice pic there!

strax

[quote=strax;187093]what do you mean by extreme variation in type?

i assume they are all regular leaf plants.

do you mean that some of the seedlings are weak or scrawny?


nice pic there!

strax[/quote]

sorry ," extreme variation in type" not the best way to describe them but more as you say "weak and scrawny",still,got some nice strong plants growing thats the main thing.

Richard

Three plants now outside with flowers,one plant in my fathers garden, all doing well.
Been a warmer than normal spring so far so hoping for a good growing season ;)

[QUOTE=Medbury Gardens;189224]Three plants now outside with flowers,one plant in my fathers garden, all doing well.
Been a warmer than normal spring so far so hoping for a good growing season ;)[/QUOTE]

Thanks for keeping me updated on Hoy, I will be growing them next spring. I'm always looking for the holy grail of tomatoes!!!!
The photo's really let me know what to expect in advance

Fruit now starting to form :yes::yes:

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Beautiful picture! I've got a winter wonderland here, so I am jealous. The plant looks great, very healthy. Cant wait to get your report when the first fruits ripen.

strax

Just had a bit of a tie&tidy up this morning,what do ya recon?coming on well. :yes:

Same bunch as the previous photo below

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How is Hoy doing compared to other tomato's that you're growing? It sure looks healthy

They are all doing as well as each other i think,in fact the whole garden in general is really,its been such a perfect growing season not too hot, max so far 33C-91F and warm nights

Fruit are now ripening and what humongous fruit they are,there's one thats still green and at this stage would be the biggest tomato ive ever seen.I'll leave the first of those ripening fruit on the plant for a few more days yet before picking,then i'll extract seed ready to be sent north.
May be easier and cheaper for me if i bulk send the seed to one who ever in the US and then it can be sent on from there,maybe???,ideas please.

My thoughts on Hoy so far[COLOR=Red] very PRODUCTIVE.[/COLOR] now looking forward to tasting.

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Richard, if no one else steps up and offers to distribute your Hoy seeds here in the US I would consider doing it.

Strax did send me Hoy seeds and it will be grown out this summer and if enough seeds I would plan to offer it in my annual seed offer here sometime in late Dec or early January. And also list it in the 2012 SSE Yearbook.

Another possibility is that I could use your seeds for my seed offer.

Right now I'm kind of recovering from packing 400 plus coin envelopes for my recent seed offer and yesterday the first two SSE requests came, but if you wanted me to do special seed offer this Summer or Fall I could do that.

I do understand the problems with high postage costs to and from you, I really do.

So I'll let those of you in the US, perhaps some of you who have been up close and personal with Hoy from the beginning, including you Richard, decide how you want to proceed with seed distribution.

hoy seed
 

Great picture! Thank you! I didnt know it would be so big. I was told that it is also delicious. how much is a flight to nz, lol.

ireilly (walter) has volunteered to distrubute seed and that sounds good to me. Its great to be able to get seed out for 2011.


strax

[quote=strax;199190]Great picture! Thank you! I didnt know it would be so big. I was told that it is also delicious. how much is a flight to nz, lol.

ireilly (walter) has volunteered to distrubute seed and that sounds good to me. Its great to be able to get seed out for 2011.


strax[/quote]

Thank heavens for Walter.:lol:

If i'd known that he'D already agreed to distribute seed I wouldn't have offered, but after reading Richard's post last night about sending seeds to the US for distribution here, that's when I thought it might be useful to offer to do that in case no one else stepped up to the plate and offered.

Now I can breathe deeply and relax, knowing I won't probably be doing another major seed offer until next dec/jan.:)

hmmm, where is this "Walter" and how do I get on his "good side?";)

Hoy Cow!!! I mean Holy Cow...lol. That is how big? 2-3 Pounds? Could you throw a couple of those seeds in with the TPS seeds you are sending me? Thanks Richard.

Dustin

A Hoy Mate:)), Them lookin pretty darn good.

Check this one out,just starting to ripen ,sorry i dont have a ruler in inches,but i would think its about 5-6 in across

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Medbury, Stop that right now!

Lovely heart...I'd love to add it to my heart growouts for 2011 in MI

Earl

Richard, do you think it's a heart variety? I went back and looked at all the pictures you've shown and do see some that are hearts, but others on the same plant don't look "hearty" to me at all, and some I can't tell b/c of the angle of the photo.

[quote=Full Moon;199277]Medbury, Stop that right now![/quote]

Oh well if you were still in Melbourne you could biting into a lovely big juicy tomato right now,you know the type,the ones were the juice ends up half way down ya T shirt...........or is that just me,a messy eater:lol:

[quote=OneoftheEarls;199278]Lovely heart...I'd love to add it to my heart growouts for 2011 in MI

Earl[/quote]

We'll make sure there's enough seed to go round Earl:yes:

[quote=carolyn137;199280]Richard, do you think it's a heart variety? I went back and looked at all the pictures you've shown and do see some that are hearts, but others on the same plant don't look "hearty" to me at all, and some I can't tell b/c of the angle of the photo.[/quote]

Could be Carolyn,mind you if you look back at some of the earlier photos i posted (4 weeks a go and yesterday)which are the same group,it starts off with a point then losses it,i feel generally looking over both plants i wouldn't say they are a heart type.