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September 2, 2015 | #47 |
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* grew first time this year
Carbon Copy* (12 pounds) different taste than BC Black Cherry (few plants) favorite cherry for years Snow White* (14 pounds) great for pickling Grightmire's Pride* (heart, pink) very good taste, 10.5 pounds Claude Brown’s Y. Giant (y, RL) big meaty beefsteaks, picked 7 pounds and more green on Biyskaya Roza* (p, RL) very good taste, 8.5 pounds Grandfather Ashlock (p, PL) 10 pounds, tasty pink Fred Limbaugh* (p, PL) good taste, 11 pounds Black Master (bl, RL) early black, good taste, 10 pounds Blackberry* (bl, RL) sweetest black this year no matter what, 11 pounds Indian Stripe (bl, RL) and JD's Special C-Tex (bl, RL) both at 12.5 pounds Barlow Jap (p, PL) after last year hiccup gave big juicy maters, 13 pounds Cowlick Brandywine (p, PL) late starting variety already gave 14 pounds and keep going Amazon chocolate (bl, RL) tasty black, big maters (got new better seeds) Girl Girl's Weird Thing* (bl) good taste, nice looking too, 7 pounds Elgin Pink* (p, PL) good taste, more than 20 pounds Brandywine Sudduth (p, PL) nice taste, 14 pounds there are more but I do not want to get you bored
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September 2, 2015 | #48 |
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I feel rather depressed. So many tomatoes I want to return but I have nearly full season worth of new tomato seeds already. Bummer really.
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September 2, 2015 | #49 |
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Lindalana, vertical graft is great for that. Last year I did 3 varieties together, this year decided to go for two only.
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September 2, 2015 | #50 |
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Definitely getting rid of the Patio Princess (too hard when ripe and not very flavorful) and Brandywine Pink (ugly PL variety and not very productive - haven't tasted yet though). Going to try the Garden Gem (from University of FL) and already have the seeds. Also going to grow 1 or 2 less Supersweet 100 cherry plant... they have started to ripen and I am about to be totally overrun by them! I'll probably also ditch the Big Boy and add a couple more San Marzanos and maybe try one Giant.
I have 8 pickling cucumber and 8 Marketmore cucumber plants, going to change that to 3 pickling cucumber and 6 Marketmore for 2016 and grow more beans and peas. I am currently up to my arse in cucumbers ... way too many! Going to have to change up my sweet corn back to what I grew 2 years ago. This year they are very sweet, but VERY small and only 2 cobs per stalk. Peppers ... I have a bountiful crop, still waiting to ripen but I will grow fewer Leutschauer Paprika and more Cubanelles. The rest of the balance is good but will probably skip the Red Pepper Poppers and add another sweet variety maybe a New Mex variety. Jalapeños (TAMs and Biker Billys) are prolific. Anaheims, Poblanos, Serranos, Habaneros and Cayennes are doing well too. The Northern Bells are doing OK too, will probably keep the same amount. Will probably add some strawberries and spinach next year as well. Over all a good year - late start, slow ripening, but pest free and bountiful! |
September 2, 2015 | #51 |
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I forgot, this was the first year I grew lettuce (Black Seeded Simpson and Little Caesar) I am going to double up next near and stagger plantings ... This stuff was (is) delicious, better than any salads I have ever had. Radishes were plentiful and about to pick my 2nd planting. Beets and carrots I am still waiting on, but will probably plant the same quantities of those as well, but earlier next year. The beet tops are also a delicious addition to my salads.
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September 2, 2015 | #52 | |
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September 3, 2015 | #53 |
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I'm impressed with Momotaro. Sweet almost perfectly shaped fruit. Margaret curtain most likely. Cherokee green, Indian stripe NAR, black from Tula, and a bunch of new ones I want to try like George D. Italian, rebel yell, and a few more yet to be decided.
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I am also tempted to try a half a dozen or so new varieties that I have read rave reviews on them like Cuostralie, Indian Stripe, Stumps of The World, AGG, Old German, Carmella, Sakharnyi Zheltyi (?), .. and few more. But the I have to cut back on the ones that have done well for me. 15 total varieties: My final answer. |
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Just curious what you planted before and what you planted this year. I am also wondering how many ears you normally expect on a stalk of corn. I am always delighted if we hit fertilizing just right along with rain and pollination and get two ears per stalk, but that is an anomaly, I think.
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September 3, 2015 | #56 |
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For me, Indian Stripe is definitely making a return. Tough plant with good production and disease tolerance in my garden.
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September 3, 2015 | #57 |
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Carbon Copy Spudakee Porter One of the Cherokees I will leave the rest open for now. Would like a large,meaty,productive paste. A heart. And something smooth and productive for making into stewed tomatoes/juice and salsa. Will try to stay at 15 varieties or less. 1-3 of each variety,max. |
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September 3, 2015 | #60 |
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Ella, thanks for graft idea! I will investigate it. Although it does seems to work best for getting fresher seeds of multiple varieties but does not allow to learn habits of new plant, right?
Tomatoes that will be returning to my garden. Tormato, thanks for encouragement LOL Beef Biyskaya Rosa-early, productive, tasty Sakharnyi pudovichok- early productive, still hoping to discover real one Russian 117 does well even under not so good conditions Grightmire pride- great heart Dana Dusky Rose- yummy dark Malakhitovaya Shkatulka- one of very few GWR I like Rozovyi Gigant- large, productive Orange strawberry- oh my, what it does to sauces Medvezhia Lapa- one of those ole USSR beefs Mikado Rozovyi- seriously good Nicolas Doochov- your typical old fashioned tomato, round red with deep taste. Probably gets bigger in the better year. Mikhalych- must have for most gardens. Winner Olena Ukrainian- late, but just love taste Nikolaevna- same, bit on a late side but what a taste to look forward to Marianne Peace- one of my very very favorites Muddy Mamba- this year treasure Black Magic- you are going to love this one. Good disease tolerance too Guido- LARGE RED. LOTS. Tasty. Russian Bogatyr- it is midseason and workhorse. One of those people traditionally think as ole Russian tomato Novikov Giant- not a giant for me but very productive with great taste Kukla Portuguese beefsteak- great producer, vigorous, your typical red beef. Gotta have something reliable. George Detsikas- productive early red Terhune- worth for taste alone Shirley S- same, divine taste Orlov Yellow- my few yellow loves, sharper taste, earlier than Brandywine Yellow. Would say AGG for northern growers Yellow Clusters- new tomato, code name. Keeper. Very uniform large yellow beefs Excellent producer, good resistance to leaf diseases " pink"- no name yet- early, lovely pink with childhood memories taste Tsarskiy Lybimets- large midseason beef. Can't have enough of those Sereginy- totally worth growing. Great find from Tania Ukrainka- bit on a late side but LARGE barrel looking or hearts. Excellent taste Gypsy- smaller than I like but great taste Black Yum Yum- excellent dark and lots Missuri Pink Love Apple- does well here and great taste Indian stripe... nuff said Purple 1884- workhorse and tasty black Noire Charbonneuse- seems to be best for me. Forget Black Krim. Crnkovic Yugoslavian- must have. Galina Red- must have- large red and sweet, what else anyone wants? Koroleva- superb taste and productive Breeding efforts from buddy, Jan- code name Jan- I keep thinking it is Brandywine. Well it is that good. Morgage Lifter Estlers- late but worth the wait. Maya and Sion- early and plenty. Goes well into fall too. So planting one early and one bit later gets you covered for whole season. Milka Red Bulgarian- large, red, distinct and good producer Raspberry Giant- has everything- taste, size, productivity- does very well here year from year Stump of the world. Just one of the staples. Earl Faux- again, gotta have. Sakharnyi Slon- Sugary Elephant, it is sugary heart Gloria- sheesh, it is still producing. Superb. Sensay- early delish heart Tsar Kolokol- one of my faves Alice- love hearts Bychye Sertse Rozovoe- there are many of them... aka strains, tomato of my childhood Em Champion- ole USSR gig Mayo delight- it is not late for me- YAY, and superb varieity Kermit- early productive heart, what else do you want? Dagestanskiy- lots of hearts, unusual for heart varieites. Serbian oxheart- same, lots and lots. Excellent taste for both Monomakh hat- yummy heart, does well even in shadier spot Kosovo- one of all times fav hearts. Hungarian Heart- one of all time favs Mama Alla- early heart and plenty, does well even in shadier spot. Keeper. Named by Tania after her mom paste,salad, container, cherry Klein Early- delish early round. Khirkiv- large plums? barrels? Pretty juicy to be paste but what a divine taste. Japanese truffles black- seems do well year after year Purple Russian- love darks Altajskij Urozajnii- am hoping this one gets more popular, taste is superb!!! Pirkstine orange- good for salads and great for sauces. Early and plenty Chernomor- keeper Shedra Slivka Tarasenko- oh my, it is generous indeed, translated Generous Plum from Tarasenko. Great taste to eat and dry enough for cooking Pravda- Truth tranlated. Small but mighty. Productive, excellent distinct taste Hssiao His Hung shin- yellow plum and one plant is PLENTY Lagidniy- container plum Perth Pride- dark and tasty Jaune Flammee- gotta have some sharp taste Kimberley- goes on and on and on... early and tasty Matina- lovely early round tomato Moravskiy Div- early container, winner Burshtyn- less spice than Jaune Flammee but distinct taste. Yum. Beliy Naliv- it is your typical winner- compact, early, productive and goes on for long time. Plenty acidic old fashion taste Blush- just love for eating and salads Kazachka- great for eating and nice touch to juices and sauces Dwarf Wild Fred- one of favs black plum- must have for every garden 0-33- early, tough to kill, fills the spot when you really really want that darn tomato. Acidic Idaho hillibilly- excellent paste. Kiss the sky- larger that Black Cherry and arguably better. Isis candy- love sweet tomatoes Blue P20- maybe it is a strain but year from year bunch of my friends looking forward to it. Russian Queen- have been asked multiple times to grow it again. Workhorse Medovaya Kaplya- one of my favorite yellow pear type VB RUssia- loved loved taste of it. Fiolotoviy Krugliy- did very well, very productive and a bit dark. Winner am sure I have forgotten couple too. Enough reasons to be depressed. And now Tania says that new collection of Russian seeds from Armavir gardener did very well in trial- sign Last edited by Lindalana; September 5, 2015 at 09:44 AM. |
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