Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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August 25, 2018 | #31 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Plantation, Florida zone 10
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September 3, 2018 | #32 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 307
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Awesome Marsha!! I always follow your growing threads to see how you rank them. Plus they are perfect timing for the northern folks to help shape their lists for that year coming up (in this case, 2019!)
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September 3, 2018 | #33 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Saylorsburg, PA
Posts: 261
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Marsha,
What is New Cheef as opposed to Big Cheef? |
September 3, 2018 | #34 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Plantation, Florida zone 10
Posts: 9,283
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September 3, 2018 | #35 |
Tomatovillian™
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September 4, 2018 | #36 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2014
Location: illinois
Posts: 281
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Firebird Sweet makes a tasty 12-14 oz. pink with yellow to gold stripes. It and Summer Sunrise are the largest of the many dwarfes I've grown. I will grow again because it's a producer.
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November 18, 2018 | #37 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: NJ, zone 7
Posts: 3,162
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Looking forward to your comments on some new varieties, Marsha. What a great list. Hope they give you many tasty fruits. As always, lots of work has to be done. Nature, please be nice to Marsha's crop.
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November 18, 2018 | #38 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Plantation, Florida zone 10
Posts: 9,283
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Thanks Ella, they are mostly all forming fruit now. It just finally cooled off enough about 3 nights ago. Shorts are still comfortable.
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November 18, 2018 | #39 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2016
Location: Williamsburg VA Zone 7b
Posts: 1,110
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Thank you for a lovely memory walk down your list! There were a number of tomatoes I thought, "Oh THAT was a great tomato - I should comment on it." Then, I remembered I got the seed from you. Thank you!
A second, hard frost here last night so I am down to watching the kale thrive in its pine needle bed, restringing my tomahooks, and bleaching everything. Jeff |
November 18, 2018 | #40 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Anchorage, AK zone 3/4
Posts: 1,410
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Great ambitious list as usual! Looking forward to hearing what's doing what and when!
Sue |
November 18, 2018 | #41 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Plantation, Florida zone 10
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November 23, 2018 | #42 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: El Lago, Texas
Posts: 1,100
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I feel so inadequate....
I have room for only 8 or 9 plants.
Donna, Texas Gulf Coast |
November 23, 2018 | #43 |
Tomatovillian™
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Location: Plantation, Florida zone 10
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November 27, 2018 | #44 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: California
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I grew KBX and Kelloggs Breakfast side by side this summer, and KBX outperformed and outproduced the original by miles. It also lived longest and stayed healthiest.
That was in EBs here in the "cooler" SF Bay. Would love to hear how it does in your EB. |
November 27, 2018 | #45 | |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Plantation, Florida zone 10
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KBX is my favorite for BLTs. I love it. Kellogg's Breakfast was not nearly as strong and succumbed to disease early. I got 1 fruit, an it rotted. |
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