SFT

angelique · February 15, 2006

Hi All,

I am growing SFT for the first time. I noticed that one of my plants had very different leaves than the other two. Here is a picture of the "odd one."

The others look just like the one below:

Do you think that they could be the same type of tomato?

Thanks for your help.

Cheers.

Angelique

Suze · February 15, 2006

The bottom pic is not proper leaf type for SFT.

The top one looks correct.

angelique · February 15, 2006

Hmm. I wonder what the other tomato could be?

bully · February 27, 2006

some plants just start out weird, then they turn out ok

Take reisentraube looks like some wild clover to start, then grows out of it.
I had plant that had all potato leafs at first and lo and behold it ended up being a reg leaf.

How do the look now?

angelique · February 27, 2006

Hi Bully,

Here is a picture with both "SFTs". They look less alike than before.

Cheers,

Angelique

P.S. Is this normal growth for a 12 days?

Miss_Mudcat · February 28, 2006

Here are my SFTs at 6 weeks. Not the greatest pic, but you can see the ferny foliage.

Lisa

Tomstrees · February 28, 2006

thats some crazy leaf type on all of them ~ I can't wait to see how mine come out ~ Tom

ps. everyones plants look great ~

angelique · February 28, 2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by angelique

P.S. Is this normal growth for a 12 days?

Wow. Sorry for the confusion. My pictures were taken 12 days apart. I started SFT on Jan 10th in my kitchen window without any other light or heat source. My picture was taken yesterday.

Miss_Mudcat's plants look great.

How do you grow them?

Miss_Mudcat · February 28, 2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by angelique

Miss_Mudcat's plants look great.

How do you grow them?

Thanks Angelique!

I start them in flats, transplant to small containers when they have their first true leaves, then pot up about every 2 weeks until they go to their final spot. The potting up is a lot of work, but they seem to be healthy. This is the first year I've done it that way. Everything is an experiment with me!

Lisa

**carolyn137** · February 28, 2006

jt, the variety Carrot-Like was known long before Silvery Fir Tree and they are the same. I got seed for Carrot=Like back in the early 80's and when SFT arrived it was clear that CL was renamed.

SSE got SFT and many others from Marie Danilenko in Moscow and it was she who did the naming.

Angelique, did you purchase seeds or are they from a trade? Looks like something crossed somewhere or a stray seed got in the pack.

angelique · February 28, 2006

Hi Carolyn,

I received them as a gift from a GW member. I think that it may be possible that I miss labled the plant on the right (lower picture). Does the plant on the left look okay? This is the only plant of all the varieities that I am growing that has leaves like this. The leaves are most definitely green without a hint of silver.

Thanks for your help.

Angelique

bully · February 28, 2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by carolyn137

jt, the variety Carrot-Like was known long before Silvery Fir Tree and they are the same. I got seed for Carrot=Like back in the early 80's and when SFT arrived it was clear that CL was renamed.

SSE got SFT and many others from Marie Danilenko in Moscow and it was she who did the naming.

Angelique, did you purchase seeds or are they from a trade? Looks like something crossed somewhere or a stray seed got in the pack.

Wow I never heard that before!
I hate when they get renamed..on purpose anyway.
I can see how it could happen by accident.

would you say that it is more widely known as SFT than carrot like?

**carolyn137** · March 1, 2006

Angelique and Bully,

Angelique, it's been many years since I grew SFT but my memory is that it did show the finely dissected foliage and silvery sheen to the leaves very early on.

As many here know, SFT is not one of my favorites, as my several year back and forth chats with Earl has shown.

Bully, only those of us who were getting seeds from Gleckler's and Seeds Blum back in the 80's would know about Carrot-Like although I think it has been listed in SSE Yearbooks from time to time.

And I did offer seeds for Carrot-Like in one of my recent seed offers at GW.

So the variety is known by almost everyone as SFT and not Carrot-Like.

bully · March 3, 2006

This fella was smaller than most but it had BIG tomato taste..pack a real punch

Earl · March 3, 2006

SFT tastes like 'yuck' so why are y'all growing it? :-)

February 15, 2006	#1
angelique Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Rocklin, California Posts: 501	SFT Hi All, I am growing SFT for the first time. I noticed that one of my plants had very different leaves than the other two. Here is a picture of the "odd one." The others look just like the one below: Do you think that they could be the same type of tomato? Thanks for your help. Cheers. Angelique

February 28, 2006	#6
Miss_Mudcat Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Central Georgia Posts: 366	Here are my SFTs at 6 weeks. Not the greatest pic, but you can see the ferny foliage. Lisa __________________ Farmers don't wear watches; they work until the job is done!

February 28, 2006	#7
Tomstrees Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NJ Bayshore Posts: 3,848	thats some crazy leaf type on all of them ~ I can't wait to see how mine come out ~ Tom ps. everyones plants look great ~ __________________ My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to see things from the plant's point of view. ~ H. Fred Ale

February 28, 2006	#10
carolyn137 Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Upstate NY, zone 4b/5a Posts: 21,169	jt, the variety Carrot-Like was known long before Silvery Fir Tree and they are the same. I got seed for Carrot=Like back in the early 80's and when SFT arrived it was clear that CL was renamed. SSE got SFT and many others from Marie Danilenko in Moscow and it was she who did the naming. Angelique, did you purchase seeds or are they from a trade? Looks like something crossed somewhere or a stray seed got in the pack. __________________ Carolyn

March 1, 2006	#13
carolyn137 Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Upstate NY, zone 4b/5a Posts: 21,169	Angelique and Bully, Angelique, it's been many years since I grew SFT but my memory is that it did show the finely dissected foliage and silvery sheen to the leaves very early on. As many here know, SFT is not one of my favorites, as my several year back and forth chats with Earl has shown. Bully, only those of us who were getting seeds from Gleckler's and Seeds Blum back in the 80's would know about Carrot-Like although I think it has been listed in SSE Yearbooks from time to time. And I did offer seeds for Carrot-Like in one of my recent seed offers at GW. So the variety is known by almost everyone as SFT and not Carrot-Like. __________________ Carolyn

February 15, 2006	#2
Suze Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 3,027	The bottom pic is not proper leaf type for SFT. The top one looks correct.

February 27, 2006	#4
bully Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: S.E. MI Posts: 794	some plants just start out weird, then they turn out ok Take reisentraube looks like some wild clover to start, then grows out of it. I had plant that had all potato leafs at first and lo and behold it ended up being a reg leaf. How do the look now?

March 3, 2006	#14
bully Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: S.E. MI Posts: 794	This fella was smaller than most but it had BIG tomato taste..pack a real punch

March 3, 2006	#15
Earl Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: SW Ohio Posts: 1,278	SFT tastes like 'yuck' so why are y'all growing it? :-)