What has changed in three years?

linzelu100 · February 21, 2018

Hello, I have been gone awhile. My garden was ravaged by raccoons for three years, so I didn't have any garden for awhile. They even ate the tomato plants. We saved up, bought a house in the mountains of Virginia on 10 acres. We are starting over! So excited! Looking through the forum it looks like a lot of tomato changes. What have I missed? I see Brad Gates has been breeding lots of new tomatoes. I'm not sure what these creme tomatoes are, but look they look cool. Can you fill me in? Thanks

Lindsey

Nan_PA_6b · February 21, 2018

Well, there are a passel of new dwarfs from the Dwarf Project.

Nan

TomNJ · February 21, 2018

Welcome to the Blue Ridge Mountains! We live in Floyd. Haven't had much of a raccoon problem here, just groundhogs and deer.

Tom

linzelu100 · February 21, 2018

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Originally Posted by Nan_PA_6b

Well, there are a passel of new dwarfs from the Dwarf Project.

Nan

I was hoping to hear some updates on the dwarf tomatoes. Overwhelmed looking at the posts, like boy I have missed a lot. Any high light varieties come to mind?

linzelu100 · February 21, 2018

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Originally Posted by TomNJ

Welcome to the Blue Ridge Mountains! We live in Floyd. Haven't had much of a raccoon problem here, just groundhogs and deer.

Tom

We were out by SML lake. Now we are in the Roanoke mountain area. We love going to Floyd. Beautiful out there. Ground hogs are real bad where I am now. We are probably going to put chicken wire underneath the whole raised bed garden to keep them out. Putting a high fence up to keep deer out.

shelleybean · February 21, 2018

Wow, 10 acres! Congratulations! That sounds fabulous!

linzelu100 · February 21, 2018

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Originally Posted by shelleybean

Wow, 10 acres! Congratulations! That sounds fabulous!

Thank you! We are excited but not sure how different it will be to grow on the top of a mountain. Sun and wind and all that. We've always been in valleys before this.

kath · February 21, 2018

Welcome back, Lindsey, and wishing you lots of luck with gardening at your new place!

kath

linzelu100 · February 21, 2018

Thank you!

Al@NC · February 22, 2018

Welcome back!

I'm not sure how long Marsha (Ginger2778) has been doing her seed offers but they have been great the last 3 years, so you may want to participate

. Gardenboy and others have had great offers as well:

http://tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=46557

Multiflora varieties have become more and more popular within the last couple of seasons with one of them (Rebel Alliance) being offered in Marsha's offer! Here's some decent threads regarding multiflora's:

http://tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=34658

http://tomatoville.com/showthread.ph...ighlight=flora

http://tomatoville.com/showthread.ph...ighlight=flora

If my links don't work for you just include the "www." in front of the "tomatoville.com.... part..

Dwarf Metallica seems to have gained alot of attention due to it's taste grade (my impression) but I don't think it's been released yet..

http://tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=45928&highlight=METALLICA

Craig just posted about the Beauty line of the Dwarf Project which looks interesting and might could have been a large project all by itself outside of the enormous Dwarf Project!

http://tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=46580

There's a micro-dwarf project going on that is being led by "dfollet" or Dan, and there are several members who are growing indoor micro's year round which I find interesting and there's even multiflora micro-dwarfs now!

http://tomatoville.com/showthread.ph...ighlight=flora

There are a couple of members from Spain that are sharing Spanish varieties, some of which are multiflora and so several people are growing varieties from Spain:

http://tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=33133

http://tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=34658&page=8

KarenO has been developing along with Marsha's help her own "KARMA" line of tomatoes which are mostly (or all) potato leafed tomatoes that grow well in the PNW:

http://tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=38529&highlight=karma

New Varieties include George Detsikas Italian Red, Sweet Ozark Orange (SOO), Girl Girl's Weird Thing (GGWT), Not Purple Strawberry, Not Chocolate Stripes or I mean Mocha Splash, Rebell Yell, Elgin Pink, Garnet and Dotson's Lebanese Heart which was found while growing out Omar's Lebanese. And many more I'm sure, most of these are in Marsha's offer (or were in the past).

And I'm sure that there's lots of other stuff that's happened but I'm either forgetting or leaving out..

Al

linzelu100 · February 22, 2018

Al that is awesome! Great cliff notes thanks.

Tormato · February 23, 2018

I can sum up what you've missed in 3 years, in 4 words...

Girl Girl's Weird Thing

KarenO · February 23, 2018

GGWT, such a fun tomato.
Jessica Hughes the person who discovered it and shared seeds.

KarenO

FarmerShawn · February 23, 2018

Carolyn's latest offer just went up last night, with lots of tomatoes offered, many of which are mostly unknown this side of the pond. I'm helping her this year with the dirty work of stuffing envelopes.
http://206.214.211.133/~tomatovl/showthread.php?t=46788
It's in the "Available for Trade" forum.
Shawn

linzelu100 · February 23, 2018

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Originally Posted by Tormato

I can sum up what you've missed in 3 years, in 4 words...

Girl Girl's Weird Thing

Wow! I knew I'd get the low down. I hadn't heard of that one. I'll need to grow it for sure. I like weird.

February 21, 2018	#1
linzelu100 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Virginia Posts: 447	What has changed in three years? Hello, I have been gone awhile. My garden was ravaged by raccoons for three years, so I didn't have any garden for awhile. They even ate the tomato plants. We saved up, bought a house in the mountains of Virginia on 10 acres. We are starting over! So excited! Looking through the forum it looks like a lot of tomato changes. What have I missed? I see Brad Gates has been breeding lots of new tomatoes. I'm not sure what these creme tomatoes are, but look they look cool. Can you fill me in? Thanks Lindsey __________________ Lindsey

February 21, 2018	#6
shelleybean Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Virginia Beach Posts: 2,648	Wow, 10 acres! Congratulations! That sounds fabulous! __________________ Michele

February 21, 2018	#9
linzelu100 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Virginia Posts: 447	Thank you! __________________ Lindsey

February 22, 2018	#10
Al@NC Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Vernon, BC Posts: 720	Welcome back! I'm not sure how long Marsha (Ginger2778) has been doing her seed offers but they have been great the last 3 years, so you may want to participate . Gardenboy and others have had great offers as well: http://tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=46557 Multiflora varieties have become more and more popular within the last couple of seasons with one of them (Rebel Alliance) being offered in Marsha's offer! Here's some decent threads regarding multiflora's: http://tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=34658 http://tomatoville.com/showthread.ph...ighlight=flora http://tomatoville.com/showthread.ph...ighlight=flora If my links don't work for you just include the "www." in front of the "tomatoville.com.... part.. Dwarf Metallica seems to have gained alot of attention due to it's taste grade (my impression) but I don't think it's been released yet.. http://tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=45928&highlight=METALLICA Craig just posted about the Beauty line of the Dwarf Project which looks interesting and might could have been a large project all by itself outside of the enormous Dwarf Project! http://tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=46580 There's a micro-dwarf project going on that is being led by "dfollet" or Dan, and there are several members who are growing indoor micro's year round which I find interesting and there's even multiflora micro-dwarfs now! http://tomatoville.com/showthread.ph...ighlight=flora There are a couple of members from Spain that are sharing Spanish varieties, some of which are multiflora and so several people are growing varieties from Spain: http://tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=33133 http://tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=34658&page=8 KarenO has been developing along with Marsha's help her own "KARMA" line of tomatoes which are mostly (or all) potato leafed tomatoes that grow well in the PNW: http://tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=38529&highlight=karma New Varieties include George Detsikas Italian Red, Sweet Ozark Orange (SOO), Girl Girl's Weird Thing (GGWT), Not Purple Strawberry, Not Chocolate Stripes or I mean Mocha Splash, Rebell Yell, Elgin Pink, Garnet and Dotson's Lebanese Heart which was found while growing out Omar's Lebanese. And many more I'm sure, most of these are in Marsha's offer (or were in the past). And I'm sure that there's lots of other stuff that's happened but I'm either forgetting or leaving out.. Al Last edited by Al@NC; February 22, 2018 at 04:02 AM.

February 22, 2018	#11
linzelu100 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Virginia Posts: 447	Al that is awesome! Great cliff notes thanks. __________________ Lindsey

February 21, 2018	#2
Nan_PA_6b Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2016 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 3,194	Well, there are a passel of new dwarfs from the Dwarf Project. Nan

February 21, 2018	#3
TomNJ Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2009 Location: Floyd VA Posts: 767	Welcome to the Blue Ridge Mountains! We live in Floyd. Haven't had much of a raccoon problem here, just groundhogs and deer. Tom

February 21, 2018	#8
kath Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: zone 6b, PA Posts: 5,664	Welcome back, Lindsey, and wishing you lots of luck with gardening at your new place! kath

February 23, 2018	#12
Tormato Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: MA Posts: 4,959	I can sum up what you've missed in 3 years, in 4 words... Girl Girl's Weird Thing

February 23, 2018	#13
KarenO Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Vancouver Island Posts: 5,922	GGWT, such a fun tomato. Jessica Hughes the person who discovered it and shared seeds. KarenO Last edited by KarenO; February 23, 2018 at 03:11 PM.

February 23, 2018	#14
FarmerShawn Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Vermont Posts: 1,001	Carolyn's latest offer just went up last night, with lots of tomatoes offered, many of which are mostly unknown this side of the pond. I'm helping her this year with the dirty work of stuffing envelopes. http://206.214.211.133/~tomatovl/showthread.php?t=46788 It's in the "Available for Trade" forum. Shawn __________________ "Red meat is NOT bad for you. Now blue-green meat, THAT'S bad for you!" -- Tommy Smothers