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Old May 24, 2017   #50
Zeedman
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Last year I grew litchi tomato from saved seed, to renew my stock. With 9 plants, and an extended Autumn, had a very large crop. They ripen late here... which suits me fine, because as previously mentioned, the flavor is best when the weather cools. Because of this, it may be poorly suited to warmer climes, unless planting is timed so that fruit matures in the cool(er) season. The high frost tolerance should be helpful for that strategy.

There is some genetic variation in my stock. Some have fruit which are sweet & release easily when ripe, but they are fairly small (about 1" or smaller). Other plants have fruit about twice that size (around 2") but they tend not to release as easily, and are less sweet. I have been saving seed from these extremes, in the hope of producing a large berry with sweet flavor... and hopefully, a clean release. Had a lot more large fruit last year, with some improvement in flavor, so the strain is slowly improving.
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