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Old December 24, 2022   #1
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Default Micro Dwarf Recommendations

I have grown loads of indeterminate tomatoes over the years but I have never grown a micro dwarf.


I'm looking to grow some on my windowsill and I'm looking for suggestions for some good varieties to start off with.


Thanks


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Old December 24, 2022   #2
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I tried several over the last couple of years in hanging baskets over part of our deck. I can't say any were unworthy of the effort, but none really stood out, flavor-wise. My favorite was probably one called "Hahms Gelbe"; a tangy yellow variety.
Ink spot looks beautiful and tastes good, but wasn't all that productive for me.

Red Robin is probably the best known of the type, but I don't think is really any better than what is probably the first commercially-successful tomato of the type: Tiny Tim.

I've been growing TT for many years.

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Old December 25, 2022   #3
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Watch out because a lot of micro's are evil tart-tasting ones!

I'm a big fan of Red Robin and I also like Birdie Jaune.

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Old December 25, 2022   #4
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I like Jochalos, good flavour. This one is it for me and for all small pots I have left
All others I tried, you would call them „The evil ones“ went to Pizza, there they were fine and I liked that addition very much!
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Old December 27, 2022   #5
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Aztek is the best micro I've grown. If you go with a slightly bigger plant (hanging basket, trailing types), you'll get better flavor IMO. Examples: Tumbler, Tumbling Tom Yellow. And this type plant can produce a lot of tasty tomatoes.
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I have some Russian (#1 to 10) and other micro dwarf varieties to try during this and the next year:
1. Voroniy Glaz (antho-red fruit)
2. Gorshochechnyi Orangevyi (orange fruit)
3. Moroshka (yellow fruit)
4. Micron-NK (red fruit)
5. Ampelnyi (tumbling type, red fruit)
6. Rubinovye Busy (tumbling type, red fruit)
7. Orangevaya Knopka (orange fruit)
8. Chyudo Na Okoshke (red fruit)
9. Sinichka (yellow fruit)
10. Yaponskiy Komnatnyi (red fruit)
11. Klyukva V Sakhare (red fruit, grew it before several times)
12. Bansai (red fruit, grew it before several times)
13. Rotkaeppchen (red fruit, German CV)
14. Bajaja (red fruit)
15. Aztek (yellow fruit)
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I have recovered from microdwarfs. I had 13 varieties
Andrina, Aztek, Jochalos, Lille Lise, Nina Neutron, Pinocchio, Red Robin, Tiny Tim, Tom Gold, Tumbling Tom Red, Tumbling Tom Yellow, Venus, Vilma, Window Box Yellow.
They all tasted bland and watery.
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I have recovered from microdwarfs. I had 13 varieties
Andrina, Aztek, Jochalos, Lille Lise, Nina Neutron, Pinocchio, Red Robin, Tiny Tim, Tom Gold, Tumbling Tom Red, Tumbling Tom Yellow, Venus, Vilma, Window Box Yellow.
They all tasted bland and watery.
My experience with micro dwarfs was not so bad. There were more acid than sweet, but not bland.
Grew them on the balcony and potted in greenhouse or outdoor.

Want to try Micro dwarf Multiflora one day.
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You won't convince me to microdwarfs yet

I'm waiting for dwarf multiflora from Karen
http://www.tomatoville.com/showpost....6&postcount=33
but it's only F4
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You won't convince me to microdwarfs yet

I'm waiting for dwarf multiflora from Karen
http://www.tomatoville.com/showpost....6&postcount=33
but it's only F4
I can send you seeds of some our micro dwarfs to try
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Thanks, but now i have no place.
I had a problem what to sow this season
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You may start those seeds later for 2024/25
Usually I have seed trades during the whole year
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I have grown loads of indeterminate tomatoes over the years but I have never grown a micro dwarf.


I'm looking to grow some on my windowsill and I'm looking for suggestions for some good varieties to start off with.


Thanks


Jim
Hello Jim

I have many Customers who want Micro Dwart Tomatoes Plants.

So I added Red Robins that taste great in my window seal last winter.
The Cold Sets from Canada and Gary'o 4th of July are also good.

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Old April 8, 2023   #14
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I grew dwarfs the year before last in an Aerogarden to have tomatoes over the winter. I grew Hahms Gelbe and Red Robin. I have seed for some other varieties. I did not grow this past year but will start up again probably in September. I don't really see the need to grow them during the normal season since I have cherries growing in my garden.
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Old April 8, 2023   #15
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Over the winter, I grew Birdie Jaune, Birdie Rouge, House, Jochalos and Pinocchio under lights. I was not enthused with the taste of any of them (acidic and bland), and I won't grow winter tomatoes ever again as it was a lot of work for a disappointing harvest.
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