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Old March 1, 2015   #61
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I don't know if Early Wonder Pink is a heirloom, but it appears it is at least an OP (Open Pollinated).
Check it out in the links below to Tataina's most excellent database;
http://t.tatianastomatobase.com:88/w...b=General_Info
http://t.tatianastomatobase.com:88/wiki/Early_Wonder

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This is the Early Wonder that we have grown for the plant sale the last five years or so.
http://www.tomatogrowers.com/EARLY-W...ductinfo/3540/
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This is the Early Wonder that we have grown for the plant sale the last five years or so.
http://www.tomatogrowers.com/EARLY-WONDER/productinfo/3540
Thanks! I grew two of those last year, from the same source as your link. I grew them in five gallon buckets and neither one did very well. To be perfectly honest, I was late getting them in. I did save seeds from one fruit. Do to your post and barkeater’s posts, I will give them another try this year. Thanks for your input!

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Old March 4, 2015   #63
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Thanks for the reply barkeater, Are the Early Wonders that you grow as seedy as Bloody Butcher? And thanks for the description, it was excellent!

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Early Wonder Pink is not seedy at all, and its shaped more like a slicer - wider than it is tall.
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I just finished planting:
http://i.imgur.com/2t0PVxC.jpg

I'm footloose and hybrid-free. I have several of the orange slicer BHN-871 from Johnny's, but that was going to be my only hybrid. I just couldn't do it.

The big winner out of the seed swap seeds I started has been Gribovskiy:
http://t.tatianastomatobase.com:88/wiki/Gribovsky

It's growing so well, I had to plant a lot of them; they were my best plants. I had about 20 or so. I also planted an equal amount of Taxi, my other strongest-growing variety so far.

Other varieties:
Mountain Princess
Titan Red
Ballada
Little Bells
Red Kaki
Oranze
Qinyai Huang (orange Chinese slicer)
Peping Chieh
Huang Se Chieh
Ten Hung Tan Chieh
Cosmonaut Volkov

The last three are indeterminates, but I like them so much, I can't resist giving them a try in the high tunnel. The last two are the first red heirlooms I have grown that beat Big Beef in flavor and rivaled it in production.
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Old April 15, 2015   #65
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Looks great, cole robbie. My dear husband helped me plant our high tunnel last week and I forgot to open it on Sunday. Ummm, All my ready to blossom tomatoes? Well, They are no longer ready to blossom.. They didn't survive the heat test they were subjected to, not even the flys in the tunnel survived it.. I had to start over. I hope you don't make my mistake... ever. I just can't believe I forgot to open it before church.
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Old April 16, 2015   #66
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D'oh. Sorry to hear that.

I never enclosed the areas above the doors with plastic, just out of laziness, and that has turned out to be a great idea. It vents heat really well.

I'm also a fan of the opaque, light-diffusing, IR blocking plastic. It doesn't get solar-cooker hot inside, like with clear plastic.
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Old April 16, 2015   #67
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Ours is a hoop house style structure. We had the sides rolled down with the wire lock in place and the door was shut since it was to get down to the low 30's on Sat. night. They also had a row cover over them to keep the sun off of them until the were established... It was sunny all day long on Sunday, too. I left the mountain fresh in the ground since the stems were still nice so hopefully they will sprout a new "sucker" to use as a main stem. Everything else I had enough extras to replace them... but boy, was I bumming. (We also laid ground cover in the tunnel this year so we weren't fighting weeds all Summer. It was like an oven in there) just bumming!
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Has anybody grown Homeslice for an early market tomato? or Bogus Fructa? any opinions on them?
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I haven't. Maye someone else has and can chime in.

I forgot to include Cole in the list above. I have a few plants of it as well.
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My Early Det. Mkt. varieties are all hybrids except for Bloody Butcher and Early Wonder and are marked with an asterisk. I will be planting all these I've potted up:

79 - Biltmore -
20 - Primo Red*
15 - Scarlet Red*
15 - Ramapo
10 - Pik Red* - These are possibly the last Pik Red's to ever be grown. Should I save seed?
10 - Bobcat*
10 - Early Doll*
9 - Brandywine (Cowlicks) - Mostly for me.
9 - Applause*
6 - Bloody Butcher*
6 - Early Wonder*
6 - Early Cascade F1 - Also discontinued years ago but still have plenty of seeds.
6 - Crimson Sprinter*
6 - Granny's Heart - For Me!
2 - Black Cherry - For Me!
1 - Sarnowski's Polish Plum - For seed.
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209 - total open field tomatoes to plant. Also will be trialing 4 different supposedly early bell peppers totalling 51 plants, plus 63 hot pepper plants for me.
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Old April 21, 2015   #71
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So far, so good:
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They look happy... nice job with the raised bed mulch! It's like a fortress..
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Old April 21, 2015   #73
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Im growing a variety called Neptune, its determinate, and from the fruit set, it looks like it would be a good market variety. Cannot comment on its taste yet though.
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Old April 21, 2015   #74
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Thanks guys. I have finally learned that I need to stretch the plastic so it is tight, or else it flaps up and down in the wind against the plants.

Neptune was developed for heat tolerance, but that might make it a good high tunnel tomato. Let me know what you think. I have infra-red block poly and permanent openings above the doors, which helps a lot, but the temperature will still frequently get higher than optimal...especially when I sleep in too much and don't open the doors until late morning.
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I never installed the extra end rectangles to seal the corners of the tunnel and it seems to provide good cross ventilation.
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