Toms from a German Balcony 2017
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Hello all,
long time lurker, but as I enjoy your tomato pictures so much, I decided to try this myself. Bear with me if this doesn't work. Pics taken by phone camera, so please excuse quality. Let's start with Boar's Hoof: [URL]http://tomatoville.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=76394&stc=1&d=1503406122[/URL] [URL]http://tomatoville.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=76395&stc=1&d=1503406122[/URL] Medium size plant, grown in a small pot (10l - whatever that is in gallons) on three stems Loads of smallish fruit Mediocre taste, not sweet Seed source: Hahm-Hartmann Was supposed to be tolerant of Fulvia, but is not Will not come again Best, Baba |
Esmeralda Golosina
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Esmeralda Golosina
[URL]http://tomatoville.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=76396&stc=1&d=1503406525[/URL] [URL]http://tomatoville.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=76397&stc=1&d=1503406525[/URL] Huge plant grown in a 10l-pot with 3 stems and did not have the best spot Large internodes, but maybe due to the lack of sun Loads of small fruit Nice and sweet with a tang, which I like Seed source: Charline from France Didn't do badly with fulvia Can come again though I prefer beefsteaks Best, Baba |
Lithium Sunset
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Lithium Sunset
[URL]http://tomatoville.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=76398&stc=1&d=1503406982[/URL] [URL]http://tomatoville.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=76399&stc=1&d=1503406982[/URL] Medium size plant in 10l pot on three leads Good harvest Gorgeous looking fruit Nice fruity taste - probably the best bicolour so far Seems to be a bit sensitive, but held through Seed source: Charline from France Best, Baba |
Malakhitovaya Shkatulka
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Malakhitovaya Shkatulka
[URL]http://tomatoville.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=76400&stc=1&d=1503407502[/URL] [URL]http://tomatoville.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=76401&stc=1&d=1503407502[/URL] This is the best! I had two plants of this Russian Lady and next year I'll have three... And after a suspicious look at the bright green, everyone who's had a taste agrees. Big plant grown in biggish pot (20l) on three stems - prime location for these Loads of big, juicy beefsteaks and early to boot Sweet taste of melons By now plants are succumbing to disease, but then my harvest is almost over Seed source: Hahm-Hartmann Will do again and more Best, Baba |
Orange Strawberry
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Orange Strawberry
[URL]http://tomatoville.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=76402&stc=1&d=1503409626[/URL] [URL]http://tomatoville.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=76403&stc=1&d=1503409626[/URL] Normal high plant grown in 10l pot on two stems Good amount of ruffled boat-shaped fruit in varying size Has to be very ripe and of deep orange colour to taste good Seed source: Hahm-Hartmann Ok, but I'm not crazy about this Best, Baba |
Pink Berkeley Tie Dye
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Pink Berkeley Tie Dye
[URL]http://tomatoville.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=76404&stc=1&d=1503410000[/URL] [URL]http://tomatoville.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=76405&stc=1&d=1503410000[/URL] One of my favourites! Medium height plant grown in a 10l pot on 3 stems Medium amount of medium-sized fruit Very sensible plant Fantastic tangy taste!!! Seed source: Hahm-Hartmann Will come again, maybe two plants as I could eat many more of these Best, Baba |
Nicely done Baba! Thank you for sharing your balcony with us:)
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Baba, I am so glad that you decided to share your balcony tomatoes with us. This is a lovely thread. Your fruits are beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
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Yes, thanks for sharing the pictures and for your descriptions of how they taste. Lovely!
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Great pics and summaries; this is what we come here for, right? PBTD is on my grow list.
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Thanks for sharing. Do so love to look at other's pictures. I have grown several of the varieties you have mentioned. Please consider some of our dwarf releases. There are so many now that you can pretty much get any color, flavor, stripe, bicolor, etc in them and they are so well behaved in containers. We are still working on cherries, though, as well as some other novelties.
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Coeur de Boeuf Sweetheart
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Well, first of all many thanks for all the compliments. Good to hear that you enjoy the pics. My balcony is fairly large (as balconies go) and there are more....
@Nancy: I did try a dwarf at first, together with some bushes, but I discovered that I have not so much a height problem (3 meters, about 10 feet), but a surface problem. Also the dwarf I had (Rosella Purple) was very late and the taste didn't blow me away... But I really do need two or three plants which don't grow too high, so I should maybe reconsider. So for the next: Coeur de Boeuf Sweetheart [URL]http://tomatoville.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=76432&stc=1&d=1503466881[/URL] [URL]http://tomatoville.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=76433&stc=1&d=1503466881[/URL] Sorry for the picture of the mishapen fruit, but I gobbled up the first (huge) one before taking pics and seeds normal high plant grown in a 10l-pot on one stem (I broke off the other) a bit late for me, but earlier for my neighbour who has less sun (go figure) fair amount of light red / pink hearts with a wonderful taste seed source: Hahm-Hartmann will be gown again Best, Baba |
Reinhard's Purple Heart
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Reinhard Kraft bred this variety, together with a green and a chocolate heart and as Manfred Hahm-Hartmann sells seeds for almost all the Kraft varieties, I ordered these to try.
[URL]http://tomatoville.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=76435&stc=1&d=1503467443[/URL] [URL]http://tomatoville.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=76436&stc=1&d=1503467443[/URL] normal high plant grown in a 10l-pot on two or three stems, I forgot. good amount of purple hearts of varying size and not too late the cut-up fruit makes everyone want to try this one, but taste leaves to be desired: You expect a much deeper aroma with that colour seed source: Hahm-Hartmann probably not again - I might try Reinhard's Green Heart instead Best, Baba |
Merinda
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I often buy this Sicilian variety (for a fortune) in spring, but I usually have to order it online. So I tried to find seeds, which seems to be difficult as there are Merinda, Marinda, Mirinda and some say it's a hybrid and people don't agree to which is which. You usually buy these as green fruit and most people eat them green or just turning, but I prefer them fully ripe.
A first attempt with seeds from Hahm-Hartmann yielded small plum-shaped red tomatoes with no taste. This is my second attempt. [URL]http://tomatoville.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=76437&stc=1&d=1503468526[/URL] [URL]http://tomatoville.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=76438&stc=1&d=1503468526[/URL] Huge plant grown in a 20l-pot on three stems Very good amount of ribbed small beefsteaks for me - my neighbour grew in on one stem and had bigger fruit Nice taste with a tang, but not as good as the ones from Sicily which I buy Problems with clusters of tomatoes almost breaking off and then hanging down (I just leave them be and they ripen later) and with internal BER, also partly hollow Seed source: exotic seeds Probably won't grow again, sigh and fork out the money in spring Best, Baba |
Nice pics. PBTD is one of my favourites too, but I think it is one of the most suited for containers, has always been my most healthy plant.
Where are you buying the Merinda tomatoes from? You can always get seeds from the tomato. |
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