My humble edible garden in Istanbul - Page 6

Crandrew · March 4, 2013

thats awesome Levent, you have some interesting plants here. Whats the taste like?

Levent · March 4, 2013

Ah it has a unique sweet taste, no bitterness hard to describe accurately.A personal try is needed.We dip it into our home made cacao/hazelnut sauce and eat promptly.Dolçe Vita!

Crandrew · March 4, 2013

sounds amazing!

Deborah · March 4, 2013

Cocoa and hazelnut sauce-maybe like Nutella?

Levent · March 5, 2013

Deborah, you're right Nutella inspired us.We don't like store bought processed food at all.Home made sauce is a better and safer substitute.

Deborah · March 7, 2013

I'm sure it is !

Levent · March 8, 2013

Flower comparison
Red Robin (left) Micro Tom (right)

Doug9345 · March 8, 2013

Nice picture of the two flowers

Levent · March 8, 2013

Micro Tom flowers

Levent · March 9, 2013

My 1 year old Solanum betaceum 'Tamarillo' in diatomite.I've grown it in subirrigation pots containing diatomite and repotted twice.It's in a 5 lt pot with a side hole at the moment.I expect to taste fruits in summer, mine is yellow/sweeter fruited cultivar.Tamarillos are used to flower and set fruit in their second year.

baileyj · March 9, 2013

Levent,
The photos of your Micro tomato flowers and the Red Robin are just fabulous !!
How were you able to capture every hair on the stems in such detail ?
Is it the lighting ? Do you spray the plant to pick up the light ?
The details are so clean and clear in each picture...
Impressive !

Levent · March 9, 2013

baileyj, it's a nice compliment thank you very much!
It's just magic! OK I confess it wasn't...lol
First of all I must state that I'm no photographer just a macro enthusiast with a compact camera.In this photo I didn't spray over plants, if I did you would see tiny drops on hairs.All I do is to capture my angle of view through the lens, appropriate lighting and a bit post processing.Hope everybody enjoy it

Levent · March 13, 2013

Micro Tom
30 days from transplant to fruit set under lights.

Levent · March 15, 2013

Today I transferred 2 Litchi Tomato plantlets to an 8 lt subirrigation pot into my custom mix.

Levent · March 17, 2013

Micro Tom unripe fruit

March 9, 2013	#86
baileyj Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Annapolis Maryland Zone 7 Posts: 120	What impressive pictures !! Levent, The photos of your Micro tomato flowers and the Red Robin are just fabulous !! How were you able to capture every hair on the stems in such detail ? Is it the lighting ? Do you spray the plant to pick up the light ? The details are so clean and clear in each picture... Impressive !

March 4, 2013	#76
Crandrew Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: asdf Posts: 1,202	thats awesome Levent, you have some interesting plants here. Whats the taste like?

March 4, 2013	#77
Levent Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Turkey Posts: 393	Ah it has a unique sweet taste, no bitterness hard to describe accurately.A personal try is needed.We dip it into our home made cacao/hazelnut sauce and eat promptly.Dolçe Vita!

March 4, 2013	#79
Deborah Riding The Crazy Train Again Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: San Marcos, California Posts: 2,562	Cocoa and hazelnut sauce-maybe like Nutella?

March 5, 2013	#80
Levent Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Turkey Posts: 393	Deborah, you're right Nutella inspired us.We don't like store bought processed food at all.Home made sauce is a better and safer substitute.

March 7, 2013	#81
Deborah Riding The Crazy Train Again Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: San Marcos, California Posts: 2,562	I'm sure it is !

March 8, 2013	#83
Doug9345 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Durhamville,NY Posts: 2,706	Nice picture of the two flowers