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Mon, Jul 29, 13 at 15:34
| Started my own tomatoes from seed for the first time this year. Got the seeds from tomatofest.com. All in all, even with the cloudy rainy May and June and battling Septoria Leaf Spot.the tomatoes are doing reasonably well. Although Septoria has and will hurt total production. I have no shortage of huge tomatoes. This is my first year for Heirlooms The pics are of an heirloom called " GIGANTESQUE " I have some approaching 2 lbs. The biggest I've personally ever grown here in So. Central Indiana zone 6. |
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- Posted by Marshallkey none (My Page) on Mon, Jul 29, 13 at 15:37
| This heirloom is called " RADIATOR CHARLIE'S MORTGAGE LIFTER " |
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| Beautiful is right! Those tomato look delicious and the plants look very happy. The production looks to be pretty nice for large sized tomatoes, too. Make sure to let us know how these guys taste! Growing any other varieties worth mentioning? |
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- Posted by Marshallkey none (My Page) on Tue, Jul 30, 13 at 7:53
| tomahtohs Thx for the comments . I will soon post about the taste test and pics of the tomatoes sliced. As far as others worth mentioning , Kelloggs Breakfast and Marianna's Peace are doing quite well also. Both seem to be good producers and quite large. Several 1lb. plus. So far these are the 4 I'll defineitly save seeds from ! |
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| I like Radiator Charlie (RIP) Mortgage Lifter. I should plant some next year. |
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- Posted by carolyn137 z4/5 NY (My Page) on Tue, Jul 30, 13 at 16:05
| And if I were to grow a Mortgage Lifter it would be the Estler one that Edie just posted about in a thread near the top of this first page, She was related to the man who first introrduced Mortgage Lifter.See link below. Personally I think it's FAR better than the Radiator Charlie one, by a long shot, as to taste,production, etc. Carolyn |
Here is a link that might be useful: Estler's Mortgage Lifter
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- Posted by Marshallkey none (My Page) on Tue, Jul 30, 13 at 21:37
| Thx carolyn137 I'll give them a try nexy year ! |
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- Posted by Marshallkey none (My Page) on Tue, Jul 30, 13 at 21:43
| Thx carolyn137 I'll give them a try nexy year ! |
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| Well here's a picture of a slice of my 1.2 pound Giant Belgium mater, it is gonna be used for a cheese burger Yummmmmm! Gary |
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| I am also growing many heirlooms this year, and I just picked off a big one! This Kellogg's breakfast surprised me and broke my old record of 1lb 9oz by a hair, coming in at 1lb 10.5 oz!
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This post was edited by tomahtohs on Thu, Aug 1, 13 at 23:06
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| those look great, what kind of fertilizer are you using? |
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- Posted by Marshallkey none (My Page) on Fri, Aug 2, 13 at 15:40
| youngwolf if ur talking about the Gigantesque . I put a couple scoops of finished compost and one big scoop of rabbit manure in each planting hole . Mixed with the garden soil of course . 1 tbl spoon of epsom salt and 3tbl spoons of Espoma Organic Tomato Tone at blossom time. I give all plants 1gal. of water weekly. They are also mulched with unfinished compost 3in. |
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- Posted by Marshallkey none (My Page) on Fri, Aug 2, 13 at 15:45
| Nice tomahtohs. I hope my kellogs turn out as well as yours |
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- Posted by Gilgamesh8 4 (My Page) on Sat, Aug 3, 13 at 17:33
| Awesome Tomato porn!! Love these. I will definitely be growing Kellogg's next year. Awesome job guys. ENJOY!! |
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| All of your fruits looks great! This is my first year so I didn't know what to expect. With the weird weather (cool, rainy, then dry) I got some cracking but nothing that will effect the taste hopefully. Had to pick these a bit early to ripen in the window. They are so beautifully colored IMO! Mr.Stripey's in the rear and old german up front.
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