In search of.... Better disease resistance

[jmsieglaff]

Lorelei is growing vigorously, flowering and will branch like no other. I have removed 4-5 suckers already, planning 4-5 main stems.

[jmsieglaff]

Update 6/16/2021:
Lorelei continues to be the biggest plant in the garden and is flowering prolifically. So far I have pruned lower leaves and thinned a bit but not too much. Interesting data point is we had a night over Memorial Day weekend that got unexpectedly cold—35F. I wasn’t awake at sunrise so I do not know if we had any very light frost. But the growth tips of Lorelei were damaged due to cold. You can see the effects on the circled areas if you look closely. Above and below foliage is normal. Not a surprise since this parentage comes from Peru, but definitely the most cold sensitive of any tomato in my garden. Others had very minor damage on existing leaves but no growth tips damaged. Wanted to share. Excited for fruit on this!

[Labradors2]

Thanks for sharing jmsieglaff.

Lorelei is also very hearty here, and I too am excited to taste the fruit on this one. Sorry about the cold spell you had.

Linda

[jmsieglaff]

Thanks Linda. The cold night was 1-2F above being bad, so no worries. Otherwise spring and now into summer has been hot and dry. I've been watering a lot, but the tomatoes have loved the weather, I've never had larger plants or more greenies at this point in June ever in my garden.

[jmsieglaff]

As advertised, Lorelei is a beast of a plant. It is extremely vigorous with dense, healthy leaf cover and suckers like you wouldn't believe. I have been fairly aggressive with pruning lower leaves, for central air flow and trying to have a large, yet somewhat manageable number of fruiting vines. Plenty of tomatoes will be had from this, excited for first blush!

[MrBig46]

My plants from seeds from Darrell vypadajítakto. Nothing matures yet, but expectations are high.
Vladimír

[jmsieglaff]

Well Ms Lorelei has thrown a surprise. My fruit are yellow. Maybe with a very subtle pink blush at bottom. See pictures below. I’ll let them ripen a day or so yet before trying. What do you think produced yellow fruits Darrel? Remaining instability of crosses back in the day in Peru? Cross in your garden two generations ago? Mutation? PS-Sorry for the turned pictures, I didn’t resize but they serve the purpose still.

[MrBig46]

At me it looks like this today:
Hibor- I tasted the first fruit of the Hibor tomato 40 days (DTM) after the flowering of the flower from which it grew (10.6.). He was really sweet. Fruity taste, indistinct.
The other three varieties so far bear fruit only in the green state, Cherokee Purple and Lorelei will probably be really very fertile.
Vladimír

[Labradors2]

What fun to have a yellow Lorelei! Mine is a monster, and has been producing lots of deep red cherries. I have to keep picking them because of all the rain and I'm waiting for them to soften a little before tasting them.

Hibor is also growing well with lots of fruit that are easy to see as it isn't overwhelmed with leaves like it's neighbour one of the tigers. Again, I have to pick at first blush because of the rain, and they are taking forever to turn orange. I tasted one prematurely, and it was nice and sweet .

Linda

[Fusion_power]

I thought at first it might be a mixed up seed from another variety but the foliage is consistent with Lorelei. It is probably from a bee made cross a couple of generations ago in my garden. The alternative would be a mutation affecting lycopene production. Lets wait and see if anyone else has yellow fruit.


I would love to hear what you think of the flavor.

[jmsieglaff]

Just tried the three, it is a superb tomato. Plenty of sweetness, good amount of tang, rich, nice fruity undertones. I’d put it at 8.5, will let more ripen further as well to see how it changes with varying ripeness. The color is interesting. It is yellow with a pinkish blush. It almost looks like the skin is pinkish, but I always thought skin was yellow or clear only? I hope these pictures look decent.

[Labradors2]

Lorelei, almost ready to taste. I notice that they are not perfectly spherical which makes them easy to distinguish from other varieties.

This monster plant is doing very well resisting the Septoria which is quite rampant in my garden now. Apart from a few yellowed leaves that were inside the plant where I had not been diligent in allowing for air flow, it's extremely healthy .

Linda

[jmsieglaff]

Linda our fruits look similarly shaped. I know pictures are hard to get color our eyes see, curious if yours are red or pink? They look pink in the pictures but know how pictures don’t always reflect what our eyes see.

[Labradors2]

jmsieglaff, glad you asked. They are a very deep red! I thought yours looked perfectly spherical which is why I mentioned that mine are not. Pictures sure can be deceptive!

Linda

[MrBig46]

Linda, thanks for the photos. Only now did I realize that what I considered to be Lorelei was Ramallet Pequeñito Mallorquin multiflora. I had a problem with Lorelei's germination, so I sowed the rest of the seeds again after a fortnight. For sowing, I used a substrate in which unsprouted seeds from the first sowing remained. Two plants grew up, I was very happy and enjoyed them. Unfortunately, it wasn't Lorelei. Damage. I am sad from this.
Vladimír