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January 5, 2008 | #1 |
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2008 - CHOPTAG PLANT SWAP
Once again it’s time to announce the CHOPTAG Spring Plant Swap get-together.
This year’s event will be held on May 4th from 1 to 4 pm at Paxton Ramsey Park on the East Side of Cincinnati. (See directions below) http://www.miamitwp.org/recreation/parks/paxton/paxton.htm If you’re not familiar with the CHOPTAG Plant Swap, the theory is to bring your extra plants and give away more than you take home. But if you don’t have any plants to trade you’re still invited. You can easily make up for the lack of plants by bringing food! Yes, CHOPTAGers have been known to have a morsel or two at our get-togethers. As we get closer to May 4th and you know what you’ll have extra, post a list here and people can get a sense of what will be available. People have been known to reserve plants so post early and post often. Remember that EVERYONE is welcome. Directions: If you are coming from the North, Down I-75 or I-71 you’ll want to take I275 East to exit 54 (Wards Corner Rd). Using the CENTER lane turn LEFT off the exit. This will put you in the right hand lane on Wards Corner Rd. Turn RIGHT at the 1st street, Loveland-Miamiville Rd. Go about 7/10 of a mile and turn RIGHT on Price Rd. The park is at the top of the hill, about ½ mile, on the right. If your coming from the South up I-71/75 take I-275 North to exit 54 (Wards Corner Rd). Turn Right off the exit. Stay in the right hand lane. Turn RIGHT at the 1st street, Loveland-Miamiville Rd. Go about 7/10 of a mile and turn RIGHT on Price Rd. The park is at the top of the hill, about ½ mile, on the right. For those coming from Indiana on I74 use I-275 through Kentucky continuing to exit 54 (Wards Corner Rd). Turn Right off the exit. Stay in the right hand lane. Turn RIGHT at the 1st street, Loveland-Miamiville Rd. Go about 7/10 of a mile and turn RIGHT on Price Rd. The park is at the top of the hill, about ½ mile, on the right.
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January 7, 2008 | #2 |
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Hi Jerry,
How EXCITING! I've marked my calendar and look forward to the event in Spring.... Hey, I'm just lookin' forward to Spring right now... are we there yet? Lisa
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January 7, 2008 | #3 |
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Lisa,
WHERE do you live? We still have snow on the ground! But, trust me, we are ready for spring, send some to us! Just sent you a PM! Kent & Kathy |
January 7, 2008 | #4 |
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Oh I haven't made my seed list yet. Anybody got any theirs done? Susan
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January 8, 2008 | #5 |
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Susan,
I'm working on it.... but I won't have it finalized until February probably. It's so hard to decide when you have limited space and goals. When it's finished, I'll post here. Lisa
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January 8, 2008 | #6 |
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I’m pretty much in the same boat as Lisa. I have a list, but every time I turn around I spot another variety I want to grow so I revisit the list. When I think the list is final I’ll post it here.
But I’ll know for sure what I’m growing when they are in the ground.
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January 11, 2008 | #7 |
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Jerry, we'll be there but right now we don't have any idea as to what we'll bring. So we're in same boat.
As soon as I figure out what I'm growing this year and what I'll have to share I'll post a list. Have you sent out any emails yet as to the swap date and place? I recently joined a southwest Ohio group called CinciLocavore; they're about eating locally grown food. Do you remember Val and her dad Gordon? I think at the 2006 taste fest. Val's a moderator on the forum [at Yahoo]. Some of these folks may be interested in the plant swap. I'll post the Tomatoville link. If anyone is interested in checking out the forum just do a Google on CinciLocavore and read/join the group.
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February 16, 2008 | #8 |
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I thought I’d go ahead and post my list. It’s still about a month before I sow any seed but here is what I’m planning as of now.
Get your order in early. Amish Paste Aunt Gertie's Gold Aunt Ruby's German Green Black Cherry Box Car Willie Box Car Willie - Impersonator Brandywine, Quisenbury Brandywine, Yellow (Platfoot) Canestringo Carbon Cherokee Sausage Dr. Carolyn Eva Purple Ball Grub's Mystery Green Guido Italian Sweet KBX Kotlas Levino Lillian's Yellow Heirloom Lucky Cross Marianna's Peace Mark Twain Mary Ann Purple Calabash Red Brandywine Rossi Nostr San Marzano Santa Clara Canner Sungold F1 Tiffen Menonite Tom's Yellow Wonder Trophy Wes Opalka Winsall
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February 20, 2008 | #9 |
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Hi, Jerry, Earl, SuTootaloo, and everyone else,
It was such fun meeting you guys and being overwhelmed by all the enthusiasm at the tastetest last fall. We are really looking forward to seeing you guys and swapping with you. While we were taking stock of our seeds we found that somehow we got away without any Berkely Tie-dye seeds, so here is a special request for anybody to please save us a plant if possible. Amy and I are going to post our list soon. We are growing 78 varieties. We learned from our Bacterial spot fiasco last year the importance of sterilizing your seed when swapping. I posted an article I wrote with the help of a very good UK plant pathologist Kenny Seebold at http://tomatoville.com/showthread.ph...near#post72967 which is in We're Here for the Tomatoes/Starting from Seed/Seed Saving Problem. Amy and I have been doing fermentation in the fall, and bleach treating just before we plant, which will cover 99% of diseases. With seeds we have not saved ourselves or bought through catalogs, we are adding the third step of heat treating to prevent diseases which penetrate the seed coat, like Tobacco Mosaic Virus. We have fired up our waterbeds in our greenhouse and have Oregon Spring up. We are shooting for May ripe tomatoes, outside! Wish us luck! Toe |
February 20, 2008 | #10 |
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Here is a link to a UConn article that discusses heat treatment suggestions and trials with germination results. It seem at the temps and times they suggest you get about 20% loss of viability, but it could be worth it not to get TMV.
http://www.hort.uconn.edu/ipm/homegr...s/54sedtrt.htm Toe |
February 20, 2008 | #11 |
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Jerry, could I have a KBX please? I'll mail my list to you as soon as I get it in sending form. All I have so far are handwritten.
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February 21, 2008 | #12 |
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Melissa,
I'll be glad to reserve a KBX for you. Just post your list here for all to see when you have it ready. Jerry
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February 21, 2008 | #13 |
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It's kind of long, sorry, but I can't figure out how to make 2 columns.
These are what I'll have enough to share, of course I know everyone knows anything can happen between now and then, but barring the unforseen. 1884 African Beefsteak Akers Plum Pink Alaskan Fancy Amazon Chocolate Andrew Rahart Aunt Gerties gold Aunt Ruby Aussie Bali Bear Claw Beauty King Beckers Blaue Dolgener Berkley Tie Dye Berwick German Big Black Volunteer Big Rainbow Black Black Aisberg Black and Brown Boar Black Brandywine Black Cherry Black Elephant Black Ethiopian Black From tula Black Mark Black Master Black Moutain Black Mystery Black Star Black Zebra Blue Ridge Mountain Boondocks Bordo Box Car willie Brads Black and Brown Heart Brandywine Sudduths Strain Brazil Brazillian Beauty Bulgarian #7 Burbank Slicing Burgundy Traveler Cabot Carbon Caspian Pink Chapman Cherokee Chocolate Cherokee Purple Cherokee Red Chianti rose Chocolate Stripes Chris Ukranian Church Colossale Colossus Heirloom Cuban Black De Barao Black Deppe’s pink firefly Dolly Parton Egyptienne Explosian (det) First Pick Flame (hillbilly) Flamingo Frank Black Gary O’Sena German Head Glory Hybrid Grandpa Charlie Granny Cantrell’s German Red Green Zebra Guido Haley’s Purple Comet Hank Hazenfield Farm Henderson’s pink ponderosa Hillbilly w VA Honey Huge Black Indian Stripe Indische Fleisch Isis Candy Italian Sweet Juane Flammee Juli’s Pink ( growout for a friend, she bought this tomato at a farmers market, they don't know what it is and can't remember origins, but they've saved seeds from it every year to grow) Kelloggs Breakfast Large Barred Boar Livingston Golden Queen Lumpy Red Mammoth German Gold Manitoba Martian Giant Marzini McClintock’s Big Pink Mexican Beefsteak Morado Mormon Mortgage Lifter Estler strain Moskovich Mule Team New Yorker Noir de Crimee Noire des cosebeuf Olympic Flame (det) Orange Giant Orange Russian Page German Pale Perfect purple Paul Robeson Pero Giante Persimmon Pineapple Pink Giant Pink Grapefruit Pink Russian Ponderosa Red Pork chop Purple hillbilly Purple Price Purple Russian Purple Smudge Ramapo f6 Rasp Large Red Red Penna Red Robin Red Tree Redfield Beauty Redskin Rita’s Black Rouge D Irak Samson Santa Clara canner Sarah Black Saras Galapagos Slovenian Black Southern Night(s) Stick Stump of the world Sugar Beefsteak Tappy’s Finest Tennessee Black Thai Pink egg Top Sirloin Tropic Yates Beefsteak Zigan |
February 21, 2008 | #14 |
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Have ya'll set a date for the tasting yet?? My husband's niece's wedding is on August 16th in Dayton. Depending on the time of the ceremony maybe we could slip on down to Cincinnati afterwards.
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February 22, 2008 | #15 |
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I'm not sure if I can make it. If so I should have a few plants to trade.
Toe, I myself use the oxi-clean method for my seed saving. Many others do also.. Have not had one problem with any of them..Knockon wood Last edited by Thomas; February 22, 2008 at 03:04 PM. |
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