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Old February 5, 2019   #20
ddsack
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Dan,


I saved seeds from some of them, but have not grown any out besides that first year. I was hoping they would work for winter windowsill plants for me, but without supplemental artificial lights, the plants that I saved from summer and brought in, grew very lanky with long internodes and eventually developed powdery mildew, which is what happens to any tomato I try to grow inside. Our winters are just too cloudy, and with the short day length, even a large south window alone won't work for me. I'm sure they would do much better with artificial lights added.

I'm thinking of starting a few early ones to be grown on our deck this summer. I will have to go back and look at my notes to see which ones I liked best. I did keep records and have lots of pictures, just never got them finalized for posting.

You sent me seeds the first year you offered them, and this was from my midseason notes:

I am growing out multiple plants of 6 of Dan's F3 crosses:

11X-F3-1 6 plants 4 PL + 2 RL, RL's are taller.
11/12X-F3-1 4 plants all PL
13X-F3–2 5 plants, RL (one bushy w/ a few odd PL growths?)
13X-F3–7 4 plants, RL tallest of all
14X-F3–2 5 plants, RL earliest fruiting
15X-F3-3 4 plants, RL, short, but taller than 14-2, not as early.

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