Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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March 20, 2019 | #1 |
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Some Older Varieties
I wrote this part on another thread tonight - "I took back most of a bag of Pennington Professional Potting Mix. The bag I bought wasn't ready to be sold - It wasn't decomposed enough, and I used it for potting up my tomato plants... bad idea."
There's a chance the tomato plants I potted up will make it, but Jan and I bought 6 varieties today. Two of them are varieties grown in the 1800s - maybe before? Red Pear - https://www.victoryseeds.com/tomato_red-pear.html Red Cherry - http://www.southernexposure.com/red-...8-g-p-297.html Indigo Ruby F1 - https://www.burpeehomegardensbrand.c...62006887004796 Cupid F1- https://www.totallytomato.com/P/0020...+Hybrid+Tomato Black Cherry - http://www.tomatogrowers.com/BLACK-C...ductinfo/6148/ Rainbow Mix - The tag says it's an heirloom. Last edited by AlittleSalt; March 20, 2019 at 11:57 PM. |
March 21, 2019 | #2 |
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I loved Red Pear, it stayed relatively small while producing lots of juicy and tasty little pear-shaped bits.
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March 21, 2019 | #3 |
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Red pear is a nice tomato.
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March 22, 2019 | #4 |
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Red Pear is one that I have wanted to grow. Looking up history on the Internet makes me wonder if Red Pear is the oldest variety of tomato still being grown today? I know, take internet sites with a grain of salt, but still.
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March 22, 2019 | #5 |
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Red Pear for me had tough skins. But I think it is my weather. I'll have to try it again. I think my seed was from SSE.
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March 22, 2019 | #6 |
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Red pear splits terribly for me.
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March 22, 2019 | #7 |
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I adore black cherry, but, almost every year it gets mold and is a battle to keep alive. This year, I skipped it. Hope that sungold will scratch my cherry tomato itch!
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Barb recommended Tokita's other hybrids, so I'm trying SunChocola. Maybe Sunpeach later. |
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March 22, 2019 | #9 |
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Is red pair just the red version of yellow pear?
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March 22, 2019 | #10 |
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That Rainbow Mix is not the name of one variety, probably. Sounds like a bunch of heirlooms of different colors? Is this one plant you bought, or a set of plants you bought, or seeds?
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March 22, 2019 | #11 |
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Nan, it is just one plant. I'm thinking it will produce tomatoes that weigh less than a pound - but who knows what color? Jan chose it, so I have to grow it.
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March 23, 2019 | #12 |
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Spousal requests are the most important plants in the garden. If you like it, save seeds! Let us know how it turns out.
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March 26, 2019 | #13 |
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Last edited by asmx91; March 26, 2019 at 04:37 AM. |
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