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Old December 28, 2009   #46
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low-acid keeps coming up in descriptions - am I wrong in that all tomatoes have acid of about the same ph but that the difference is the sugar content (brix) may make a tomato bland, sweeter or mask the acid taste - correct me if I am wrong
Dennis
Correct Dennis and I spoke to that in either my red or pink suggested corrections above and also noted that i didn't think one should say low acid without having proof of the actual pH. Some folks are allergic to certain tomato organic compouds and if they see something is said to be low acid and it isn't, that could be a real problem.

That's not to say that other seed companies don't throw around the words low acid, some do, but it's not right to do IMO if one doesn't have proof.

Jet Star F1 and a few others are KNOWN to be low acid by pH documentation.
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