Heirloomtomaguy's 2016 Grow List - Page 3

heirloomtomaguy · February 8, 2016

And here is a picture of the seedling coming right along in their new pots. I still need to pot up the micros growing in coco coir.

Gerardo · February 8, 2016

looking awesome. Those trays are mighty convenient.

Labradors2 · February 9, 2016

I hope you don't actually USE that dryer! It might just shake those lovely looking seedlings onto the ground

. Then you would end up with a lot of un-labelled mystery tomato plants

.

Linda

heirloomtomaguy · February 9, 2016

They were just there for the picture. Their home is under the grow lights on a wire rack dedicated to them. However i have dropped a flat of 18 seedling in years past. Talk about upsetting.

Karrr_Luda · February 9, 2016

Hi, i remember sending some muchacha seeds for you, that was before my plants had any fruit on them. The description sounded nice...
You have original seed from here http://jandlgardens.com/catalog/inde...roducts_id=213
What i got from this seed was two completely different varieties of red cherry. Not one plant gave me large salad type fruit. One was a largish red cherry, quite prolific- two plants, another had angular (5 points) flattish turban shaped pretty little cherries with little points at blossom end - i had two plants that gave me fruit like this. That's the best I can describe it. The flavor in my NJ garden wasn't that high brix as described either. It was good, OK, nothing to brag about. The description says it was bred from a wild stock, i am guessing not completely stable.

lyuda

heirloomtomaguy · February 9, 2016

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Originally Posted by Karrr_Luda

Hi, i remember sending some muchacha seeds for you, that was before my plants had any fruit on them. The description sounded nice...
You have original seed from here http://jandlgardens.com/catalog/inde...roducts_id=213
What i got from this seed was two completely different varieties of red cherry. Not one plant gave me large salad type fruit. One was a largish red cherry, quite prolific- two plants, another had angular (5 points) flattish turban shaped pretty little cherries with little points at blossom end - i had two plants that gave me fruit like this. That's the best I can describe it. The flavor in my NJ garden wasn't that high brix as described either. It was good, OK, nothing to brag about. The description says it was bred from a wild stock, i am guessing not completely stable.

lyuda

Ahhh interesting. I have at least 2 plants started maybe more i will have to double check. I like mystery so it will be fun to see what comes of these plants. With my experience many J and L varieties do not grow completely true. Most the time they tell you whether or not it is experimental or not but if i remember correctly Muchahcha did not come with that labeling. Only time will tell with my couple little plants. Did the dwarf habit stay true or did the plant sizes vary also?

Karrr_Luda · February 9, 2016

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Originally Posted by heirloomtomaguy

Ahhh interesting. I have at least 2 plants started maybe more i will have to double check. I like mystery so it will be fun to see what comes of these plants. With my experience many J and L varieties do not grow completely true. Most the time they tell you whether or not it is experimental or not but if i remember correctly Muchahcha did not come with that labeling. Only time will tell with my couple little plants. Did the dwarf habit stay true or did the plant sizes vary also?

I did not observe any dwarf habit, regular size plants for me ( may be cause i donno what i am doing ) don't see it in the description either. I am guessing, you are judging by the seedling size you have right now? I did grow most of these in containers, cause I ran out of space in ground. I let one climb up clematis vines and some of the ends got completely lost in it. ouch
I would love to know what you get eventually!

heirloomtomaguy · February 9, 2016

The Muchacha seedlings are the same size as my dwarf seedlings. I was also going from J and L's website calling it a "stout little plant". I sure hope it stays small but only time will tell. I recieved Muchacha from you and as a gift from J and L from another purchase as well as in a swap. I will check which ones i planted and let you know. Off the top of my head i think i planted the seeds you sent.I will keep you posted.

Tormato · February 9, 2016

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Originally Posted by heirloomtomaguy

Here is a belated pic of my babies. The micros went into coco coir and the rest went into Root Riot peat cubes. I am going to stick with the Root Riot cubes because the germination was better and i had not a one helmet head in the bunch.

The third pic looks like they're walking down the runway at Paris Fashion Week.

Karrr_Luda · February 9, 2016

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Originally Posted by heirloomtomaguy

The Muchacha seedlings are the same size as my dwarf seedlings. I was also going from J and L's website calling it a "stout little plant". I sure hope it stays small but only time will tell. I recieved Muchacha from you and as a gift from J and L from another purchase as well as in a swap. I will check which ones i planted and let you know. Off the top of my head i think i planted the seeds you sent.I will keep you posted.

I ordered my muchacha seeds and got Sweet White Cherry as gift from J and L, can't even see it on their website anymore, could've been renamed to Snow Cherry. I really missed my "White Cherry" a lot last year. Sorry, off topic.

ginger2778 · February 9, 2016

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Originally Posted by Karrr_Luda

Hi, i remember sending some muchacha seeds for you, that was before my plants had any fruit on them. The description sounded nice...
You have original seed from here http://jandlgardens.com/catalog/inde...roducts_id=213
What i got from this seed was two completely different varieties of red cherry. Not one plant gave me large salad type fruit. One was a largish red cherry, quite prolific- two plants, another had angular (5 points) flattish turban shaped pretty little cherries with little points at blossom end - i had two plants that gave me fruit like this. That's the best I can describe it. The flavor in my NJ garden wasn't that high brix as described either. It was good, OK, nothing to brag about. The description says it was bred from a wild stock, i am guessing not completely stable.

lyuda

What?!!! Not stable?!!? From JandL Gardens?!!! Shocking!

**carolyn137** · February 9, 2016

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Originally Posted by ginger2778

What?!!! Not stable?!!? From JandL Gardens?!!! Shocking!

Now Marsha, Valentines day is coming up and supposedly all about love, as in love thy neighbor,love the seed vendors, and for me,love thy stash of dark bittersweet chocolate.

Carolyn

heirloomtomaguy · February 9, 2016

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Originally Posted by Karrr_Luda

I ordered my muchacha seeds and got Sweet White Cherry as gift from J and L, can't even see it on their website anymore, could've been renamed to Snow Cherry. I really missed my "White Cherry" a lot last year. Sorry, off topic.

I got that one too. It was called Iva's Sweet White Cherry. The Iva's part of it was penciled on before the printed Sweet White Cherry. Like you i love this one and now that you mention it i need to start a couple more plants.

Karrr_Luda · February 9, 2016

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Originally Posted by heirloomtomaguy

I got that one too. It was called Iva's Sweet White Cherry. The Iva's part of it was penciled on before the printed Sweet White Cherry. Like you i love this one and now that you mention it i need to start a couple more plants.

I meant a different variety entirely the good old "white cherry" with unbeatable delicious balanced sweet with a zing taste, sorry for confusion

The "Sweet White" was exactly sweet and white, which is perfectly fine for sweet tomato lovers, but made me think of the other white cherry every time i had one.

Karrr_Luda · February 9, 2016

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Originally Posted by ginger2778

What?!!! Not stable?!!? From JandL Gardens?!!! Shocking!

Marsha, you are too funny

I didn't mind the off type as long as they taste good.

February 9, 2016	#34
heirloomtomaguy Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2013 Location: glendora ca Posts: 2,560	They were just there for the picture. Their home is under the grow lights on a wire rack dedicated to them. However i have dropped a flat of 18 seedling in years past. Talk about upsetting. __________________ “Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it."

February 9, 2016	#35
Karrr_Luda Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: USA NJ zone 6B Posts: 228	Hi, i remember sending some muchacha seeds for you, that was before my plants had any fruit on them. The description sounded nice... You have original seed from here http://jandlgardens.com/catalog/inde...roducts_id=213 What i got from this seed was two completely different varieties of red cherry. Not one plant gave me large salad type fruit. One was a largish red cherry, quite prolific- two plants, another had angular (5 points) flattish turban shaped pretty little cherries with little points at blossom end - i had two plants that gave me fruit like this. That's the best I can describe it. The flavor in my NJ garden wasn't that high brix as described either. It was good, OK, nothing to brag about. The description says it was bred from a wild stock, i am guessing not completely stable. lyuda __________________ (:>=

February 9, 2016	#38
heirloomtomaguy Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2013 Location: glendora ca Posts: 2,560	The Muchacha seedlings are the same size as my dwarf seedlings. I was also going from J and L's website calling it a "stout little plant". I sure hope it stays small but only time will tell. I recieved Muchacha from you and as a gift from J and L from another purchase as well as in a swap. I will check which ones i planted and let you know. Off the top of my head i think i planted the seeds you sent.I will keep you posted. __________________ “Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it."

February 8, 2016	#32
Gerardo Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: San Diego-Tijuana Posts: 2,594	looking awesome. Those trays are mighty convenient.

February 9, 2016	#33
Labradors2 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Ontario Posts: 3,887	I hope you don't actually USE that dryer! It might just shake those lovely looking seedlings onto the ground . Then you would end up with a lot of un-labelled mystery tomato plants . Linda