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Old December 13, 2016   #26
Hatgirl
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I've been growing micros/very short dwarfs for a few years now. I want plants that fit neatly on a windowsill, so I want it to grow in a 1 gallon/8inch pot, stay 18inches or under, require no staking or at most a 1ft 3ring support, and taste "nice". The last part is of course subjective

So far, ones that I have grown that met all of those criteria and I would grow again are:
506 Dwarf Bush Early
Bajaja
Little Sun
Mega Bite / Megabyte
Red Profusion
Red Robin
Sweet N Neat Scarlet Improved


Ones that failed are:
Cherriettes of Fire - too fleshy but small
Heartbreaker Vita F1: Too sprawling
Micro Tom: Too sour
Orangenie: Unpleasant fruit prone to splitting
PickATom: Too sour and tough skin
Red Alert: Tasty but too tall for indoors
Romanian Red: Sprawls 2ft by 3ft and has tiny, mediocre fruit.
Sweet N Neat Cherry: Too sprawling
Sweet N Neat Yellow: Too sprawling
Tiny Tim - Major etiolation (3ft). OK flavour, very fleshy.
Totem: Too mealy and fleshy. And tall.
Venus - very sour

I've more types to try next year!
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