Tomatoville® Gardening Forums


Notices

Forum area for discussing hybridizing tomatoes in technical terms and information pertinent to trait/variety specific long-term (1+ years) growout projects.

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old September 30, 2019   #721
KarenO
Tomatovillian™
 
KarenO's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Vancouver Island
Posts: 5,918
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by NarnianGarden View Post
Yep, that is why my first TC didn't have that 'tang' anymore, it had gotten too red :-)

I still have a couple of them ripening in a basket inside...
Exvoting yo hear of the most northerly place it’s ever been grown so far, thank you so much for trying it In Finland. Very exciting for me to hear you got some fruits . I hope with a year or two of you saving seeds it may acclimate a bit more for your garden.
Karen
KarenO is offline   Reply With Quote
Old September 30, 2019   #722
Barb_FL
Tomatovillian™
 
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Indialantic, Florida
Posts: 1,999
Default

Karen,

The picture you posted 4 days ago with all the ripe fruit; I'm speechless. They are exquisite.

Does Marsha grow any of these? I guess what I am asking is how do they do in a hot/humid climate?
Barb_FL is offline   Reply With Quote
Old October 1, 2019   #723
KarenO
Tomatovillian™
 
KarenO's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Vancouver Island
Posts: 5,918
Default

Hi Barb.
Marsha has grown my hearts and Polaris very successfully.
Those f4’s have not been grown outside my own garden yet. They aren’t stable yet
KarenO
KarenO is offline   Reply With Quote
Old October 1, 2019   #724
NarnianGarden
Tomatovillian™
 
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Finland, EU
Posts: 2,550
Default

A pic of TC..
Attached Images
File Type: jpg 862C7622-0CA6-4817-AC06-FCCA4FFF1835.jpg (92.9 KB, 355 views)
NarnianGarden is offline   Reply With Quote
Old October 1, 2019   #725
NarnianGarden
Tomatovillian™
 
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Finland, EU
Posts: 2,550
Default

Yay, it succeeded.. my lunch today and very tasty.
NarnianGarden is offline   Reply With Quote
Old October 12, 2019   #726
Fred Hempel
Tomatovillian™
 
Fred Hempel's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Sunol, CA
Posts: 2,723
Default

As an FYI, I will be listing KARMA Purple, KARMA Pink, Midnight Sun and Taiga in the very near future at www.growartisan.com

Polaris is already available.

Because of the low seed counts, particularly in the Midnight Sun and Taiga, supplies will be limited.
Fred Hempel is offline   Reply With Quote
Old October 12, 2019   #727
KarenO
Tomatovillian™
 
KarenO's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Vancouver Island
Posts: 5,918
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Fred Hempel View Post
As an FYI, I will be listing KARMA Purple, KARMA Pink, Midnight Sun and Taiga in the very near future at www.growartisan.com

Polaris is already available.

Because of the low seed counts, particularly in the Midnight Sun and Taiga, supplies will be limited.
I am so happy that you think highly enough of them to list them on Artisan seeds Fred. It’s been quite a year and It’s so exciting to see my tomatoes making their way out in the big world now. I could not be more proud <3
Thank you so much for taking a chance on growing them, it means a lot to me to have the chance to see them grown and evaluated by a pro I respect very much.
It’s thanksgiving this weekend in Canada and I am grateful for this.
I hope you sell them out and I think you will. For the first time ever I’m wishing they had more seeds
Karen
KarenO is offline   Reply With Quote
Old October 16, 2019   #728
Linda10
Tomatovillian™
 
Linda10's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Brush Prairie, WA
Posts: 925
Default

Well, they sold me some for sure! Excitedly waiting for order to arrive since I am finally getting back to exploring new tomatoes. Thank you Karen, I have been reading your posts since the beginning of your project and appreciate all the work you did in developing these.


PS. I see quick reply doesn't include the original post I am replying to. Ordered these from Secret Seed Cartel last week.


Linda
__________________
Linda10

Last edited by Linda10; October 16, 2019 at 08:42 PM. Reason: Sorry, not used to using quick reply.
Linda10 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old October 17, 2019   #729
Fred Hempel
Tomatovillian™
 
Fred Hempel's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Sunol, CA
Posts: 2,723
Default

These are the True North varieties we have available this year at www.growartisan.com

Polaris, Taiga, Midnight Sun, KARMA Pink, KARMA Purple

They are all on the site now.
Fred Hempel is offline   Reply With Quote
Old October 17, 2019   #730
KarenO
Tomatovillian™
 
KarenO's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Vancouver Island
Posts: 5,918
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Fred Hempel View Post
These are the True North varieties we have available this year at www.growartisan.com

Polaris, Taiga, Midnight Sun, KARMA Pink, KARMA Purple

They are all on the site now.
So fantastic to see them on Artisan Fred! Thank you so much for growing them, I hope you sell out
Karen
KarenO is offline   Reply With Quote
Old October 17, 2019   #731
hl2601
Tomatovillian™
 
hl2601's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Metro Denver
Posts: 757
Default

Karen that is such a huge public recognition of your hard efforts! So many Tville members have loved your tomatoes and now Fred is carrying your seeds. Congrats and I am so happy for you!
Heide
hl2601 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old October 17, 2019   #732
KarenO
Tomatovillian™
 
KarenO's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Vancouver Island
Posts: 5,918
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by hl2601 View Post
Karen that is such a huge public recognition of your hard efforts! So many Tville members have loved your tomatoes and now Fred is carrying your seeds. Congrats and I am so happy for you!
Heide
Thank you so much Heide, I agree, having someone I admire and have learned from like Fred think my tomatoes are good enough to list for sale on his website is a huge compliment and a real dream for me. I’ve put a lot of love into these tomatoes and I am very excited about their first year out in the world.
There’s more to come too which is the best part of all. I will keep working through my next ones in the same slow and careful fashion and I hope to have more in the next few years.
I hope if people like these they will like my next ones too because If they aren’t as good they won’t leave my garden.
Karen
KarenO is offline   Reply With Quote
Old December 12, 2019   #733
KarenO
Tomatovillian™
 
KarenO's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Vancouver Island
Posts: 5,918
Default

Hello everyone, I hope to stay in touch with the good people of tomatoville!
As always, I can be found @NorthernGardenerCanada on Facebook or Instagram, please feel free to contact me there or via my email address
K.olivier@shaw.ca

Thank you so much for everyone’s friendship, advice and support through the years. I hope that some of the valuable information, especially in the crosstalk section can be kept somehow. I have my own information of course as I have always kept it elsewhere for myself but I think there is so much wisdom here that I have valued in my own learning.
I became a tomato breeder here. How about that?! I will miss it.
Thank you for Tomatoville and all it has been Craig.
Best wishes to everyone, swing by NG anytime
KarenO
KarenO is offline   Reply With Quote
Old December 12, 2019   #734
KarenO
Tomatovillian™
 
KarenO's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Vancouver Island
Posts: 5,918
Default

By the way, for SSE members, all of my released tomatoes as well as Zena’s gift are listed. They will be in the new book in January.
Happy holidays!
KO
KarenO is offline   Reply With Quote
Old February 2, 2020   #735
davidj
Tomatovillian™
 
Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: Québec
Posts: 27
Default

Hi Karen, I can't wait to try your tomato varieties ! I bought seeds of:
- Polaris (I'll compare it to Black Sea Man, which works well for me)
- Midnight Sun
- Taiga
- True Colors
- Zena's Gift

I like all purpose meaty not-too-juicy tomato that I can use for sandwich and also for sauce, so it seems I should like them all ! I'll report my results !

Are you breeding any orange tomato ?
davidj is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 06:54 PM.


★ Tomatoville® is a registered trademark of Commerce Holdings, LLC ★ All Content ©2022 Commerce Holdings, LLC ★