Leaf Thread

[AlittleSalt]

I walked around this morning correcting my list of tomatoes planted and growing well. Here is my updated list:

Tomatoes Grown Spring 2015

Amethyst Cream (2)
Amish Gold
Banana Legs
Black Cherry
Black Krim (3)
Black Plum (2)
Blush (2)
Bosque Blue Bumblebee
Bradley (2)
Celebrity F1
Chang Li
Costoluto Genovese
Coyote (3)
Dancing with Smurfs
Early Girl F1
Esmeralda Golosino
Golden Jubilee (2)
Green Zebra
Helsing ★★★★★★★★ Blue (2)
Hssiao His Hung Shih
Ildi (3)
Indian Stripe (2)
Jan’s
Japanese Black Trifile PL
Japanese Black Trifile Regular Leaf
Juliet F1 (2)
Large Red Cherry
Lemon Drop
Litchi (5)
Malakhitovaya Shkatulka
Matt’s Wild Cherry (2)
Mayo’s Delight
Medovaya Kaplya (2)
Oranje Van Goeijenbier
Peacevine
Piennolo Del Vesuvio (2)
Pink Bumblebee (2)
Pink Ping Pong (2)
Pinky Blast (3)
Plum Lemon
Porter (2)
Porter’s Pride (6)
Purple Bumblebee (2)
Red Ambrosia
Riesentraube (3)
Russian Cossack
Russian Mini Yellow
Seed Tray Mystery
Sioux (2)
Snow White (2)
Spike (2)
Starfire Isis
Sungold F1 (3)
Super Sweet Cherry 100
Valencia
Volunteer (3)
Work Release
Yellow Pear
Yellow Riesentraube (3)
Zapotec

I just noticed, I have none starting with F, K, N, Q, T, U, or X. Gotta work on that

[AlittleSalt]

Luigiwu, I took these pictures this morning. They are growing at the same rate as bush Zucchini, and are the biggest squash plants we have so far. That's dirt I tilled on that leaf - lol

[AlittleSalt]

Three weeks of almost everyday heavy rain later... The fence is 2' tall. I'm guessing the plants are 18" now. After an inch and two tenths rain yesterday morning - it has been dry and sunny. The plants have taken off growing. The last picture shows brown areas on a leaf - it was mud that splashed up on it.

[whistech]

AlittleSalt, please keep us updated with the Porter and Improved Porter tomatoes. I am very curious as to the size differences when ripe. I am growing two Improved Porter plants and so far the tomatoes look like the regular Porter tomatoes. If your Improved Porter tomatoes get any bigger than your Porter tomatoes please post some pictures. Thank You, whistech.

[AlittleSalt]

whistech, I'll take some pictures tomorrow. The improved Porters are growing larger tomatoes. They are all still green. I'll try to find an object the same size as a regular porter to compare size differences. I will post results on this Leaf Thread. As long as they grow and produce ripe tomatoes, I will be saving seeds to share/trade/swap.

Porter is a drought resistant variety. So far, in this rainy year, they are producing very thick leafy plants. I want to grow Porter's Dark Cherry. I've read in Tomatoville that it is exactly like what I know as Porter. But. what I've read and seen in pictures online of Porter's Dark Cherry is more of a grape sized tomato. I'm adding it to my wish list.

[pauldavid]

Looks good, Salt

[AlittleSalt]

Originally Posted by whistech

AlittleSalt, please keep us updated with the Porter and Improved Porter tomatoes. I am very curious as to the size differences when ripe. I am growing two Improved Porter plants and so far the tomatoes look like the regular Porter tomatoes. If your Improved Porter tomatoes get any bigger than your Porter tomatoes please post some pictures. Thank You, whistech.

Here it is Not a lot of difference.

[pauldavid]

Originally Posted by AlittleSalt

Here it is Not a lot of difference.

Is the Porter darker red or is that just the lighting?

[AlittleSalt]

Lighting and the Porter is more ripe

[Worth1]

Originally Posted by AlittleSalt

Lighting and the Porter is more ripe

I disagree I think the Porters Pride is less ripe.

Worth

[AlittleSalt]

Tomato/Tomahto

I just weighed them.
Porter is 1.0 oz.
Porter's Pride is 1.2 oz.

[pauldavid]

Are Porter's Pride and Improved Porter the same? I have found conflicting statements about them(it) online. Some people think they are one and the same, others think they are different.

[AlittleSalt]

They are the same thing. A marketing strategy is my guess on why it is called by two names.

[pauldavid]

Originally Posted by AlittleSalt

They are the same thing. A marketing strategy is my guess on why it is called by two names.

Thanks for clearing that up Salt

[AlittleSalt]

Luigiwu, we're going to get some seeds.

First picture is a Pink Bumblebee........

Pictures of Gialle squash and flowers - last one must be a male?

Corn's growin'

Last picture, the kitten is saying, "It's too @#$%^& wet out here!"