old seeds

EscazuMike · March 24, 2020

Well, having extra time on my hands due to the Wuhan Chinese flu shut down, I decided to dig through some old seeds in the freezer and see what might germinate after many years. I found some old cherry tomato seeds from 2008 and some Japanese Black Trifele seeds from the same year. Also some Neves Azorean Red, Orange Persimmon and a black salad tomato.

Planted a week ago Saturday, today i got take off from both the red cherry and the Trifele seeds. Amazing what survives 12 years in the freezer

Planted around 50 seeds each and seems like I got a high % of success.

Lotte · March 25, 2020

Wow, yes that is great.

What is a black salad tomato?Never heard about such a thing.

lubadub · March 26, 2020

Interesting. I have some old seeds to but they were just sitting in a drawer in vials and envelopes. I may try some of them but not yet.

kath · March 26, 2020

Congrats! That's a lot of seedlings!

kath

Nan_PA_6b · March 26, 2020

A black salad tomato would be larger than a cherry tomato, but not very big, maybe 5 cm or less. It would have dark green, brown or "black" shoulders, with maroon colored bottom, and be a dark green, brown or dark maroon inside.

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lubadub Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: PA Posts: 169	Interesting. I have some old seeds to but they were just sitting in a drawer in vials and envelopes. I may try some of them but not yet. __________________ Bigger is Better!

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Lotte Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Denmark Posts: 158	Wow, yes that is great. What is a black salad tomato?Never heard about such a thing.

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kath Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: zone 6b, PA Posts: 5,664	Congrats! That's a lot of seedlings! kath

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Nan_PA_6b Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2016 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 3,194	A black salad tomato would be larger than a cherry tomato, but not very big, maybe 5 cm or less. It would have dark green, brown or "black" shoulders, with maroon colored bottom, and be a dark green, brown or dark maroon inside.