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As I look back to when I grew those tomato plants - I remember that they grew beside Big Beef F1s, and they set fruit and matured very close to the same time. |
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June 4, 2019 | #182 |
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I have seeds if you would like to try one of my favorites, Estler's mortgage lifter. Another favorite of mine is Stump of the World.
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June 4, 2019 | #183 |
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omar's lebanese or mortgage lifter.
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June 4, 2019 | #184 |
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Omar’s Lebanese- now there’s a tomato.
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June 4, 2019 | #185 |
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pink tomato
Stump will make you jump!
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June 13, 2019 | #186 |
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1884 has made it into our garden consistently. Upper left in this photo from last summer. https://photos.app.goo.gl/XN55arJzGKHvG3vq7
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June 14, 2019 | #187 |
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Melissa, those look wonderful.
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June 14, 2019 | #188 |
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Very Nice! What are the gold-orange "saladettes" (lower right)? Those also look very good.
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June 14, 2019 | #189 | |
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Our tomato garden brings much joy to us. Last year, our first ripe tomatoes (other than cherries) were July 14. We have a fair amount of fruit set now, but not sure we will beat that date as the plants got a slow start due to an unusually wet and cool spring. Happy tomato-ing, Melissa |
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June 19, 2019 | #190 |
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My favorite pink beefsteaks for flavor (in approximate order, which could change depending on the moment) are perhaps these:
* Pruden's Purple (dark pink; favorite hamburger tomato; early for a beefsteak; heat-tolerant; hasn't been productive for me) * Black Beauty (had excellent taste, shelf-life, fruit-size and fall production in 2017 in dry probably somewhat salty soil; has anthocyanin on pink skin/flesh; I'm trying two plants from its seeds this year in a different soil) * Pink Cheeks (prolific and decently early for a beefsteak; great sandwich-style taste; tastes like Chapman, but it's a soft tomato, maybe a touch softer than Pruden's Purple) * Missouri Pink Love Apple * Malinovoe Chudo (very sweet for a large tomato; decent production; large fruits; darker pink, but a different color than Pruden's Purple; it's earlier than most beefsteaks) * German Pink (excellent flavor for the meatiest tomato I know; tastes good even in partial shade; it's like slicing ham; I don't think it's heat-tolerant, but maybe it just took a while to set fruit; large light fruits; it's a little late though) * a Brandy Boy cross (the Brandy Boy mother was stabilized; the father is an unknown RL variety; the taste was quite good and sort of acidic; it was early, and not just for a beefsteak; it was heat-tolerant and prolific; I grew the F1 last year; I'm growing a fair amount of F2s this year, each plant from a different fruit; I'm also growing the stabilized Brandy Boy and Brandy Boy F1 this year for comparison, but the latter two are much younger, so it's not a 100% fair trial) * Seek No Further Love Apple (wasn't early, but it seemed like it could be a good, productive tomato with all-around decent characteristics) * Burgundy Traveler (ditto, but earlier than SNFLA) * Giant Belgium (ditto; very similar to Burgundy Traveler) I have seeds I saved for all of those but German Pink, although I'll need to be conservative with Pink Cheeks until I grow it again. My Pruden's Purple seeds got crossed, though. I haven't tried it, but I wonder what you all would think of the pink version of Cuostralee (aside from being a bit late). Last edited by shule1; June 19, 2019 at 04:19 AM. |
June 19, 2019 | #191 |
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This year, I only have Rose to represent the pink tomato segment.
I love pinks in general, large and small. Cherries as Pink Baby Plum F1 and the Japanese cherry from ASalt. For some reason, my quite large pink variety collection took the back burner this year, and I focused heavily on gold, orange, yellow... I probably didn't have my marbles in order when doing the list... the allure of all those Russian orange/yellow ones was too much. Next year, God willing, I will plant some of my fave pinks. Tarasenko Rozovyi, maybe Pink Baby Plum F1 as it was so vigorous, and Soldacki - for the honor of Carolyn, who introduced that variety to the public. |
June 19, 2019 | #192 |
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I hope I didn't already reply here. This is my first year for Caspian pink and I love it and so has everyone that has had it! Big too! 1.33 pounds is biggest so far, but many in the 1 pound range. Worth trying!
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June 20, 2019 | #193 |
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Fall Garden:
Porter - the pink tomato grown that gives you that, "That's a real tomato" taste that can be eaten fresh, juiced, canned, pickled, smoked, dried... Japanese Pink Cherry - A F1 that went OP. Tastes unbelievably good. - This sweet tomato kicks arse. I have written threads about it. Carolyn agreed. All can't be pink. A good friend sent me some seeds of Medovaya Kaplya that are not crosses. I have enough seeds to try it for the fall garden, and still have plenty for next year. It might actually be the best yellow cherry tomato ever. Carolyn agreed with that too. The other is a red if I can come up with containers for it. Big Beef F1. |
June 29, 2019 | #194 |
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Cleota Pink is my favorite
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June 29, 2019 | #195 |
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Cleota Pink is my favorite Pink
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