This is my report for 2017 on the micro-dwarf tomatoes I have been growing .
I have enjoyed growing these tomatoes and will continue in 2018.
I grew several plants of vial 11/12X F4.
I had 2 plants that had good cherry tomatoes on them. These were not multiflora.
I grew out lots of plants from 13X F4 -Baby family
The best one I had was a striped one. It wasn’t multiflora. I also had a good one from Plant A
I grew out lots of plants from these next 5 selections.
These were at F2 and I planted literally hundreds of seeds per Dan’s advice.
I culled and culled until I got the shortest plants. I will select for even smaller plants in 2018.
I grew these out and here are the results.
19X F2 Brosie
I found three plants that had good tasting tomatoes.
These were all regular leaf plants.
Plant C was a multiflora ,which had red tomato that were quite small and tasty.
Plant 13 had small oval tomatoes.
Plant D had small good tasting tomatoes.
20X F2 Maggy
I had 4 plants that I saved seed from.
20X F2 plants A, B and G were regular leaf plants that had good tasting tomatoes that were small
These was not multiflora.
Plant D from 20X f2 Maggy was a tall plant with striped red cherries.
Plant C was not micro was a dwarf with multi flora habit and pink cherries that tasted good.
40X F2 Limey
I had one plant from 40X F2 Limey that I saved seeds from.
It was plant I. It was regular leaf and produced tomatoes in the 1.9 oz range that were beefsteak shaped.
60X F2 Tiger
I saved seeds from two selections. These wer.e 60XF2 Tiger plants B and D.
Plant D had pink tomatoes, one of which weighed 1.3 oz.
Plant B had orange tomatoes with a red blush they were yummy.
64 X Finchy
I planted 22 plants out in my garden bed.
These are the best ones.
Orange tomatoes
64X F2 C, F and Y.
One plant was Potato leaf, one Regular leaf and Y was not noted.
Plant C had cherry sized tomatoes on a small plant. Plant F had orange tomatoes that weighed 1.1-1.6 oz.
Plant Y topped those weights with a 2.3and 2.6 oz. tomato.
Red tomatoes
I had three good potato leaf reds from 64XF2 plants 14,4 and 5.
Plant 14 is less than 2 ft tall.
Plant 4 has small cherries with a good taste.
Plant 5 had an extra large red tomato weighing in at 4.8 oz!
Other cherries from the plant weighed 1.5,1.3 and 1 oz.
Pink tomatoes
64X plant D was a regular leaf plant that had three pink tomatoes.
The weights were in the 1.4,1.9 and 2.9 range.
Susan
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