Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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October 18, 2017 | #1 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: New York
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Winter grow
Had a pretty lousy year for tomato's this year due to rain and blight. I was wondering if anyone can recommend a micro tomato to grow under lights indoors for a winter project.
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October 18, 2017 | #2 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: NC - zone 8a - heat zone 7
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You might find some in Multiflora Dwarfs thread.
The smallest tomato plant that I have grown is : HAHMS GELBE TOPFTOMATE. It is yellow/gold cherry. It won't get more than 18" tall. Plus it is early too.
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October 19, 2017 | #3 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: NewYork 5a
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Heritage has a good list...
https://heritageseedmarket.com/index...warf-tomatoes/ Do start minimum a dozen seeds if you want 2-3 plants to grow out. Aprox. You can cull and continue with the most compact. Obvious at about 6-8 weeks. It is a good Winter project. I grew a few dozen plants last season, 6 varieties, and at about 8 weeks now this year. Selected 12 and just started another tray. 18" is pretty tall for a micro but still manageable. I will cull if one jumps in height above 12-14". |
October 19, 2017 | #4 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Newfoundland, Canada
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I've only grown Red Dwarf in the micros. Really impressed with the sturdy little growth habit, not affected by low light levels in a winter window, foliage stayed perky and healthy and set lots of little red cherries that were sweet when fully ripe.
So whether you go for the excitement of selecting new varieties in dfollett's micro lines or simply choose an OP, I think growing a microdwarf in the winter is a project you will likely enjoy. |
October 19, 2017 | #5 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: New York
Posts: 156
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Thanks for the information and suggestions it's greatly appreciated. I will give those maters a closer look.
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October 19, 2017 | #6 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Ontario
Posts: 3,886
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Check out Red Robin, which can grow in a one-gallon container. I think they taste great for a winter tomato!
Linda |
October 20, 2017 | #7 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Posts: 3,194
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Hardin's Miniature from Garden Hoard. It gets 6-12" tall. I grow it in 1 gallon trade pots (about 2/3 gallon of soil). They are GREAT! Strong tangy tomato flavor, about 1"+, oval tomato with a point. Determinate growth but indefatigable continuous production. BTW, the picture at
Garden Hoard doesn't do this plant justice. They're bushy and loaded with fruit. Nan |
October 26, 2017 | #8 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: fortville,IN 46040
Posts: 140
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We had the same cool wet nights and blights. July 15 I put in some Celebrity plants. We had our 1st major frost 31deg. last night. This is the only way I have been able to have nice plants with tomatoes till frost.
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October 26, 2017 | #9 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Illinois, zone 6
Posts: 8,407
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dfollet aka Dan, is the micro dwarf breeding champ. Look for his threads. I have a few of his seeds that he was kind enough to share. I have grown a lot of commercially available microdwarfs, and his crosses are far superior, especially in regard to flavor.
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October 27, 2017 | #10 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: Wales
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I'd recommend Maskotka, it's a small determinant cherry that produces a very high crop of sweet toms. I've moved a cutting in my hoop house a couple of weeks ago and considering it's nearly November it's doing very well.
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November 3, 2017 | #11 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Ireland
Posts: 211
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I've been growing indoors on a windowsill or under lights for a while now. Some of these are true micros, some are very compact tumblers or very short determinates. But they are all under 18inches.
506 Dwarf Bush Early Bajaja Little Sun Mega Bite / Megabyte Red Profusion Red Robin Snow Fairy Sweet N Neat Scarlet Improved Tumbling Tom Jnr Yellow |
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