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| I bought a 1 lb. container of "fresh" Campari tomatoes about a month ago. On the container: Product of Mexico. "THE TOMATO LOVERS TOMATO". They are OK, not great, about 1" in diameter. But it is winter... A little too sweet for me. I didn't eat all of them right away and the darn things are still hanging in there! A little wrinkled but probably better tasting than they were "fresh'! I think that they would probably make a good drying or storage tomato, because they last without going bad. But they would take a while to dry since they are juicy. I know they are hybrids but I'm going to start a few from the seeds and see what I get. I'll plant them on my "back forty"! |
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| Did it say "Heirloom" on the package ? Otherwise you might not get the same by planting seeds from them. |
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- Posted by missingtheobvious Blue Ridge 7a (My Page) on Wed, Apr 2, 14 at 1:11
| A few years back, I grew a Campari F2 vine from a store tomato seed. The fruit matched my memory of the original Campari tomatoes from the store. And that was just what others who'd grown it said. No one had evidence Campari wasn't an OP. |
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| Yeah, right. I suspect a lot of seeds/seedlings sold as HYBRID are actually hybridized OP. By saying that it is "HYBRID" most won't attempt to save seeds from it for re planting. Even the parents of a hybrid must have been decent tomatoes, anyway. |
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| No it didn't say "Heirloom" on the package. It did say greenhouse grown, so I figure it's a hybrid. I'm just going to grow it for giggles and see what I get. I've got some seed fermenting now. |
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| Go for it. As Seysonn said, even if it's a hybrid its parents must have been pretty decent tomatoes. A couple of years ago I grew seeds from some store-bought cantaloupe and honeydew and they turned out fine. Caryl |
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| I had a volunteer last year that I am pretty sure was a tomato on the vine from the grocery store. It was neglected, in a bad spot, and it produced very well. Better tasting than the TOTV fresh. I used it for soup and it was just fine for that. |
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