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| A while back we had a thread where everyone listed which tomatoes they were planning to grow. Now that some of us are planting out, or getting close to anyway, I'm just wondering if what folks ended up with matched their wishlists.
My original list: Isis Candy (have a couple of extras to give to neighbor)
Now for those of you that shared seed with me, please don't feel bad about the lack of germination. I'm sure if I sowed them indoors, in a more controlled environment, the germination percentages would be higher, but all of the toms were wintersowed this year. Maybe I'll just sow heavier next time to account for the lower germ. Anyway, I picked up a couple of plants at the Spring Swap, so here is my FINAL tomato list for '09: Isis Candy
Seven of these have been planted out, three are still in their containers. I have room for one more in the garden, and I have one Earthbox left. Bloody Butcher will be going in the Earthbox, but I can't decide whether to put Earl's Faux or Kellogg's Breakfast in the Earthbox. Which one of those needs the most space? BTW, I browsed around the tomato forum earlier, and folks in Texas are already posting pictures of their tomato harvests! Last year, I didn't get my first ripe tomato until August! Bonnie |
Here is a link that might be useful: 2009 Tomato List thread
Follow-Up Postings:
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- Posted by austinnhanasmom 5 Broomfield, CO (My Page) on Thu, May 28, 09 at 8:48
| Oh - Bonnie - I didn't grow Big Rainbow - just recommended it - someone else brought that to the swap. I'll try it in 2010;) I have ONE teeny tomato (!!) so I am jealous of those in Texas...I planted 50 plants, half in mid-March, and then found 6 more so I re-spaced two yard areas...then I found 2 more...they aren't planted yet. My original list: (quantity in my garden) Varieties I added: |
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- Posted by jaliranchr z5 EC CO (My Page) on Thu, May 28, 09 at 9:05
| There was something screwy in the germination air this year. I had several that I had to re-sow and sometimes twice. I dunno.(shrug) But some of the oldest seed I got from a couple of people were the first to sprout (started in paper towels) and are robust fellers, while some purchased seed took forever. Just never know. Babies go in the ground tomorrow. Forty-five tomato varieties and 10 pepper varieties. Have supplied the neighbors, friends, and crew at work and still have some left over. They will have homes soon. :) |
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- Posted by dan_staley USDA 5/S 2b (My Page) on Thu, May 28, 09 at 10:36
| My toms came up OK but hardening them off was a real challenge with the crazy wind changes, so I lost a couple that got battered into submission. I've had to re-sow some peas and beans due to poor germination and some peppers really got pounded by the wind as well... Dan |
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- Posted by jeremywildcat (My Page) on Thu, May 28, 09 at 12:28
| Holy jeez you're all very serious about these tomatoes with all those varieties! Wish you lived in my neighborhood, I'd be begging for handouts. Makes me feel insignificant with my three little boring Home Depot plants - beefmaster, husky cherry, and early girl. All have lots of blossoms, and beefmaster has a golfball sized mater already growing. |
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| I'm a bit hesitant to plant out just yet - it's still pretty cold at night. But I got: Last year, the 'Carbon' was a huge hit at the market. |
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| There's just two of us here, and I never plant more than one or two tomatoes. My varieties this year as Principe Borghese (Italian sauce tomato) and New Girl. I had good germination, so I'm going to tuck a couple extras into random pots. If I get lots, hubby wants to freeze some sauce. |
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| Ooo, such exotic-sounding lists! I haven't even heard of half of those varieties. They all sound fabulous. In containers I have: Patio Prize (4) In the ground: Early Girl (1) In an EarthBox: San Marzano (1) It'll be very interesting to see which ones will do well; I put the heirlooms in the EarthBox, figuring that they would be the fussiest, but so far "Juliet" is the one that's acting like a primadonna, sulking dramatically every morning when I take it out of the garage and onto the front porch. It then perks up around 2pm. Despite this, it's already producing lots of blooms. "Early Girl" has been protected by a "Walls o' Water" device for about a month now, and is peeping out at just over a foot and a half tall, also with lots of blooms. I bought the Earthbox because I'd run out of space on the porch and garden plots, and wanted to see if sub-irrigation really is the way to go. I've got a hot weather 80 day tom (San Marzano) and a cold weather 50 day tom (Siberia) so we'll see who likes the arrangement best. Both are being protected by a couple of layers of row cover at night, or whenever the temps drop below 60 degrees or so. "Carbon" sounds interesting -- is it very different from "Cherokee Purple"? |
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| Well, I'm afraid to look at the tomato varieties that existed in my flights of fancy back in January and February. There were these "can't do without" varieties . . . apparently I'm going to "do without" some of them. I couldn't order Early Girl seed from 2 different catalogs because they were sold out. When the garden center finally got their 2nd batch in - I only ended up with enough plants to supply a guy that I'd promised them to. I had terrible germination with the Legend seed I saved, darn! After deciding that Sweet Chelsea was equal to or better than any red cherry I've ever matched her against, I forgot to order seed - sheesh!! And what happened to trying Jaune Flammé! Didn't get the Fireworks, either. I'm a faaaiillyuuure! Here's what has just gone out there into the open ground: my grandmother's tomato, which either is Porters, or darn near and that I've grown for about 15 or 20 years Big Beef Hybrid Rainy's Maltese* (*1st time in my garden) There are 52 plants set out . . . so far. Maybe I can't be trusted to grow as a gardener even tho' I try to seek out new experiences. I really try! I want to thank Shelley for having faith in me. Steve |
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- Posted by austinnhanasmom 5 Broomfield, CO (My Page) on Fri, May 29, 09 at 8:46
| David - I would love to trade for Vorlon seeds...are the seeds stable or hybrid? I seemed to struggle with tomatoes this year. I assumed it was the "crazy" varieties I selected, but maybe there was a 2009 tomato seedling dark cloud....transplanting was problematic and then hardening off was challenging...maybe I'll better appreciate the fruits I do get?? Trying the Florida Weave trellising process this year and although I have a few plants outside the "straight line", I think I like this system so far. It doesn't protect the plants as much from my toddler but I figured a plant or two would be sacrificed this year... |
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- Posted by jaliranchr z5 EC CO (My Page) on Sun, May 31, 09 at 9:56
| There is absolutely nothing boring about the more common tomatoes some of you got at the stores. They produce well and taste good, and afterall, that's what matters in the end, isn't it? :) The open-pollinated tomatoes are great fun because there is such a vast variety out there to explore, but just because they are heirloom or open-pollinated doesn't mean they are all winners by a long shot. Its just the fun of trying to find the winners that hooks me. :) Okay, Steve, the "basket case" patch is in place. Have to extend the drip for the new baskets and then plant the poles, but we are growing tomatoes for 2009.
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| . . . The hand that rocks the cradle - is the hand that rules the tomato garden world! I'd like to "2nd" that comment about varieties to choose from. There were reasons why some heirlooms fell out of favor and "shipping quality" was just one of them (albeit, often an important one ;o). With modern varieties, I was very pleased to see how Husky Red Cherry grew one year in my garden. It was disappointing that the only ripe fruit I got from the plants was after the frost, on my kitchen counter. Still . . . digitS' |
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| austinnhanasmom, I'd be happy to send you some Vorlon seeds - remind me in the late fall, the ones I have now are several years old, and I need to get some fresher stock. It's a stabilized cross - not all that productive a plant, but I get 12-20 large fruit a season, and they taste great. Steve, with that Jaune Flammée, I tried that one year we had some hard freeze on June 22, the plant died down to the ground, and came roaring back - in mid-August, it was a huge, round bush absolutely covered with flowers - you'd think it was some ornamental. Unfortunately, none of them ripened in time..... I'm busy procrastinating planting out the rest of the 'mater plants. I got a couple dozen out yesterday, and I really should get on with it. |
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