Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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February 18, 2019 | #1 |
Tomatovillian™
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Dfollett Micro Dwarf 2018 Season
I have been growing out a few of dfollett's micro dwarf crosses.
I am putting my reports in this thread so they are easier to find. First report 60x F3 .I call the family Tiger. The parents are MMF and Striped Balkan Tiger. The plants are under 1 ft tall and were grown in a raised bed. Plant D was the best one with cherry tomatoes that had a blush. These were good tasting. |
February 19, 2019 | #2 |
Tomatovillian™
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Baby family
13X MMF x Sweet Baby Girl F4 I grew several plants. The best plant which was regular leaf had tomatoes that were cherry and good tasting. I don't have a picture. 11/12 MMF f3xBrandywine xMargaret Curtain F1 or MMF F3 xPink Pioneer xMargaret Curtain F1 I grew several plants. The best plant had potato leaf and red brown cherry tomatoes. |
February 19, 2019 | #3 |
Tomatovillian™
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Limey 40x
MMF F4 x(Lithium Sunset x Pink Boar) x Cherokee Lime Stripes F2 I grew out several plants. The best tasting one was regular leaf with striped cherry tomatoes. |
February 19, 2019 | #4 |
Tomatovillian™
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Sounds and looks very nice!
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February 19, 2019 | #5 |
Tomatovillian™
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Brosie F3
MMF4 x Ambrosia Orange I grew out several plants. The best one was 53-C. It was a regular leaf multiflora that produced pink cherry tomatoes. |
February 19, 2019 | #6 |
Tomatovillian™
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Maggy F3 20x
MMF f4 x Maglia Rose I grew lots of plants out and saved seeds from the best. The regular leaf multiflora plant produced at least 23 nippled pink cherry tomatoes. |
February 19, 2019 | #7 |
Tomatovillian™
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64X Finchy F3
MMF f5 x Dwarf Goldfinch I grew out several selections from this family. The tomatoes from the best selection were: A regular leaf plant that produced red tomatoes, about 2 oz. The other a potato leaf plant had yellow tomatoes that were larger than a cherry. |
February 20, 2019 | #8 |
Tomatovillian™
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Thanks for the posts. I'm glad to see the different colors. I've not grown most of those crosses. I hope they're worth following up on. Of the ones I've grown, I've found the most consistently good flavor from the 13X line. That's the cross with an F4 of Sweet Baby Girl.
Were most of the plants dwarf or were some small enough to be called micro? |
February 20, 2019 | #9 |
Tomatovillian™
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All of the plants were less than 12 inchs tall.
I did the dense planting you suggested in the beginning when I received the seeds. After I grew out the f1 in the F2 I grew out a couple of hundred of each variety. I culled hundreds of plants . The multi-flora trait has been the hardest for me to capture. Yes , they are definitely worth following up on. |
February 20, 2019 | #10 |
Tomatovillian™
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The Maglia Rosa one looks so good. Pretty colors, just like the shade / hue I like cherry tomatoes.
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