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| With all of this rain we have been having this summer my tomatoes don't have much flavor. On a whim, I picked up a phoenix tomato plant in late June. It's not cracking and rotting like my others. It tastes pretty good! I will plant another one or two next year, only earlier. |
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| Good to know. Can you tell us more about it. Determinate red slicer I know but does it set fruit even in 90+ heat as Bonnie claims? Is it a thicker skinned fruit? Dave |
Here is a link that might be useful: Bonnie Plants - Phoenix
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| I can't tell you about the 90+ heat as Bonnie claims. We have barely been in to the 90's a few days this year. We are usually having 100+ heat in July and August. A lot of nights have dipped in to the mid 50's and it has been cloudy and/or raining almost all day every day. It was planted later than my other tomatoes and has just gotten started fruit wise. The plant is still small, only 2' tall. It is a thicker skinned fruit, but I don't mind that, more fiber! ;) I'm just happy to get some tomatoes with some taste this year. My tomatoes have been crappy taste wise this year. This was like that first tomato from the garden after eating the fake tomatoes all winter from the grocery store.
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| If you like Phoenix, try Florida 91. It is a "sister" variety to Phoenix. We have over 250 of these plants growing and harvesting from for the late summer/early fall. I like their predictability and uniformity. We harvest after they start to blush/about half red. I know that when we do this, take inside to our storage area, they will be bright beautiful red in 1.5 to 2 days. Then they will hold at that bright red for another 3 to 5 days without any loss in quality. We grow these plants outside and inside high tunnels and both are performing wonderfully!
Here is a picture of some Florida 91's that we had at our December Farmers Market several years ago. Most were picked at blushing to green the week before the market. They were grown in our high tunnel.
Enjoy, Jay |
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