Joseph's Tomato Experiments - Page 6

Worth1 · November 25, 2015

The greenhouse looks nice Joseph.
If I ever build one it will be out of painted wood and polycarbonate panels.

Worth

AlittleSalt · November 25, 2015

It looks wonderful Joseph.

ginger2778 · November 26, 2015

Awesome, Joseph, and I really like the slideshow effect too.

Ricky Shaw · November 26, 2015

Slideshow went unnoticed first time thru, it takes a second to load. Glad I went back, thanks ginger.

Nice work joseph, and ahead of the weather.

joseph · November 26, 2015

Yup, just in time:

Worth1 · November 26, 2015

Quote:

Originally Posted by joseph

Yup, just in time:

You get snow and my yard is infested with mosquitoes today.

Worth

joseph · November 26, 2015

I'm pretty sure that I didn't see even one mosquito in my garden during the most recent growing season.

Salsacharley · November 26, 2015

That is indeed very nice! Is it all shored up the way you want it?

joseph · November 26, 2015

I have only done a little bit of the strengthening I intend. I suppose that I'll go to the hardware store tomorrow. Black Friday shopping? Oh no. That might be my first time ever. One nice thing about this build that the previous build was lacking is that the kit included extra hardware that works with the aluminum beams. That will make the shoring-up much easier.

joseph · November 26, 2015

I have F3 seeds ready to share of the cross between Hillbilly (or Virginia Sweets) and Jagodka. Hillbilly is a super-late, bi-color red/yellow, extra large, indeterminate. Jagodka is a super-early, small red determinate. They are part of my promiscuously pollinating tomatoes project.

To obtain seeds, send a self addressed stamped envelope to my PO box.

These are F3 seed with a fair number of dominate traits, so the offspring are likely to be variable. I'm describing the plant that the seeds were collected from, not necessarily what the offspring will be like.

HX-3: Early, determinate, medium sized bi-color fruits. With so many stacked recessive traits, this one is expected to be fairly true to type.

HX-7B: Early, Indeterminate, medium yellow fruits.

HX-13: Very productive indeterminate. Small red fruits. Offspring likely to be highly variable.

HX-14: Late. Large red fruits. Indeterminate. This is being shared only because it had a loose/open flower structure.

HX-15: Late. Red medium fruits. Loose/open flowers. Indeterminate with short inter-nodal length.

HX-16: Extra large red fruits. Best example of compact indeterminate growth habit. Early.

Gerardo · November 26, 2015

Awesome job on the greenhouse!

loulac · November 27, 2015

The suspense is getting unbearable. Do you entend to grow seedlings on shelves inside, in that case additional pictures will be welcome later, or do you intend to grow tomatoes inside, protected from unwelcome pollens in order to improve your hybrids ? It takes 8 years to stabilize a new creation, you certainly have patience and energy.

joseph · November 27, 2015

As of tonight, my intentions for the greenhouse are to grow 3 flats of experimental tomato transplants for my farm, and 1 flat of production tomatoes that I know and trust. Flats of 72. I'm expecting to also start okra, tobacco, peppers, and true potato seeds for my farm. Might try eggplant.

Then I expect to start transplants for market. Mostly tomatoes. They will be tried and true varieties that have worked really well for me in the past.

I have enough wood already to build one bench 12' X 4'. Last year I grew some things in the soil of my other greenhouse. That was nice, but I wished that I would have kept the space available for more flats. I have some strengthening tasks to do, so benches are low priority for a while. It has gotten very cold. It's possible that the ground in the greenhouse will freeze before I get the benches built. I'm intending to plant posts and build the bench on top of them, so won't be able to dig holes if the ground freezes too hard. Plenty of time for that later. Sorry about the suspense.

I aim for promiscuous pollination and instability in everything that I grow.

Salsacharley · November 28, 2015

Joseph, what do you do with tobacco?

joseph · November 28, 2015

Most of the tobacco I grow gets used for animal medicine (deworming goats) and by my local shamanic community for ceremonies. One of my local medicine women makes an oil infusion for use on ear-aches. Tobacco is a gorgeous decorative plant. Oh, and tobacco is one of the best plants ever for conversation starting at the farmer's market.

Tobacco:

November 26, 2015	#82
joseph Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2013 Location: Cache Valley, N/E of The Great Salt Lake Posts: 1,244	I'm pretty sure that I didn't see even one mosquito in my garden during the most recent growing season. Last edited by joseph; November 26, 2015 at 01:17 PM.

November 27, 2015	#88
joseph Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2013 Location: Cache Valley, N/E of The Great Salt Lake Posts: 1,244	As of tonight, my intentions for the greenhouse are to grow 3 flats of experimental tomato transplants for my farm, and 1 flat of production tomatoes that I know and trust. Flats of 72. I'm expecting to also start okra, tobacco, peppers, and true potato seeds for my farm. Might try eggplant. Then I expect to start transplants for market. Mostly tomatoes. They will be tried and true varieties that have worked really well for me in the past. I have enough wood already to build one bench 12' X 4'. Last year I grew some things in the soil of my other greenhouse. That was nice, but I wished that I would have kept the space available for more flats. I have some strengthening tasks to do, so benches are low priority for a while. It has gotten very cold. It's possible that the ground in the greenhouse will freeze before I get the benches built. I'm intending to plant posts and build the bench on top of them, so won't be able to dig holes if the ground freezes too hard. Plenty of time for that later. Sorry about the suspense. I aim for promiscuous pollination and instability in everything that I grow. Last edited by joseph; November 27, 2015 at 10:25 PM.

November 28, 2015	#90
joseph Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2013 Location: Cache Valley, N/E of The Great Salt Lake Posts: 1,244	Most of the tobacco I grow gets used for animal medicine (deworming goats) and by my local shamanic community for ceremonies. One of my local medicine women makes an oil infusion for use on ear-aches. Tobacco is a gorgeous decorative plant. Oh, and tobacco is one of the best plants ever for conversation starting at the farmer's market. Tobacco: Last edited by joseph; November 28, 2015 at 11:35 AM.

November 25, 2015	#76
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	The greenhouse looks nice Joseph. If I ever build one it will be out of painted wood and polycarbonate panels. Worth

November 25, 2015	#77
AlittleSalt BANNED FOR LIFE Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 13,333	It looks wonderful Joseph.

November 26, 2015	#78
ginger2778 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Plantation, Florida zone 10 Posts: 9,283	Awesome, Joseph, and I really like the slideshow effect too.

November 26, 2015	#79
Ricky Shaw Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Zone 6a Denver North Metro Posts: 1,910	Slideshow went unnoticed first time thru, it takes a second to load. Glad I went back, thanks ginger. Nice work joseph, and ahead of the weather.

November 26, 2015	#83
Salsacharley Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2013 Location: New Mexico Posts: 2,052	That is indeed very nice! Is it all shored up the way you want it?

November 26, 2015	#86
Gerardo Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: San Diego-Tijuana Posts: 2,594	Awesome job on the greenhouse!

November 27, 2015	#87
loulac Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: France Posts: 554	The suspense is getting unbearable. Do you entend to grow seedlings on shelves inside, in that case additional pictures will be welcome later, or do you intend to grow tomatoes inside, protected from unwelcome pollens in order to improve your hybrids ? It takes 8 years to stabilize a new creation, you certainly have patience and energy.