Craig,
Of the Russian (pink) seeds you sent I planted 12 and 2 came up. Carolyn, said that her seeds were rather old and perhaps yours were as well? In any case I needed 2 and I got 2 so this worked out efficiently.
One is for my neighbor that will, possibly, be reunited with her tomato and the other is for me to try and save seed and list.
Fusion sent me seed for Dr. Carolyn Pink and Kimberly. The Kimberly had a 40% germination rate. Mantis also recieved seed from Fusion but got a 0% germination.
Fusion gave me a large amount of Dr. Carolyn pink seeds and from 50 of those 2 germinated.
The thing is that the Dr. Carolyn Pink and the Kimberly came from the same envelope and yet had very different germination rates. I experienced similar things from seed I saved myself.
Dr. Lyle had a 40% germination rate and Cherokee Green required twice as long to germinate as other varieties.
Greg
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