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Tommy Seeds for the Spring - any duds?
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Posted by lomatia Vic Aust (My Page) on Mon, Apr 4, 05 at 4:24
Tomatoes that I plan to sow in the Spring. Any comments? Any duds?
Ordered:
Kelloggs's Breakfast
Howard German
Polish Liguisa
San Marz Redorta
Bwine Sudduth
German Red Strawberry
Amish Paste
Zatopec Pink Ribbed
Silver Fir tree
Dinner Plate
Big mystery green one
In hand:
Ch Purp
Peron, Bwine (Eden),Money Maker,Black Cherry, Amish Salad, Oregon Spring, Debarao, Cuor di Bue, Black Russian, Aust Red, Tas Yellow (trial from Ray), Jaunne Fl,Imur Beta Prior, Craigella. (Some Italian seed packets also)
May not bother with Tommytoe, Stupice, Siberian, Ponderosa Pink, Lut Zurich,Greg Altai.
Not sure where the room is going to come from?
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RE: Tommy Seeds for the Spring - any duds?
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| Looks like a pretty nice selection you have there! Most of those I haven't grown as yet. PP |
RE: Tommy Seeds for the Spring - any duds?
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| Haven't grown many of them, but of those I have: Kelloggs's Breakfast - wonderful orange beefsteak. Big and scrumptious. Bwine Sudduth - best tomato I've tasted. Amish Paste - solid producer, mild taste. Not really a paste variety to my mind. Juicier than the traditional paste. I'd grow Anna Russian instead of it anytime for superior flavour and earlier production. Ch Purp - terrific tomato for its rich, smoky flavour. Bwine (Eden) - no one's sure which Brandywine Eden is selling. Someone posted a photo recently and it could have been Sudduth, but there's no way of knowing. Jaunne Fl - lovely tomato. Productive, snappy flavour. May not bother with Tommytoe - I wouldn't. Grew it once and found it nondescript. There are many better cherries around, I think. Stupice - I wouldn't grow it again either. A variety like Anna Russian will produce only a couple of weeks later, with ten times the flavour. |
RE: Tommy Seeds for the Spring - any duds?
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I agree with Finbar on all the above. Stupice was too tart for my tastes, and Amish Paste produce a couple of good size fruit, then the size dropped to not much above cherry size. Trying Anna Russian next spring. I dont mind Tommy Toe but think for our modest cherry needs that a Principe Borghese in a hanging basket will do, better taste as well. Great list.
Mantis |
RE: Tommy Seeds for the Spring - any duds?
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- Posted by tonic NSW Aust (My Page) on
Tue, Apr 5, 05 at 9:59
| Moneymaker is about the easiest tomato you will ever grow, one of my seeds went walkies planted itself in some pebbles. Wasn't watered till it got to knee high and thrived, they are also quite prolific in a short time. I planted mine beginning of February and we have about two hundred tomatoes on five plants, we expect to start picking in another week or so.Oh and the plants are still growing and flowering I'm really hoping these taste great.Um I should mention that four of the plants share a one foot by one foot space and the one that went walkies is where it planted itself, we have also just taken a sucker off and planted it upside down to see how it does so it is now six plants but we only did that about four days ago.Like I said they had better taste as good as they look. |
RE: Tommy Seeds for the Spring - any duds?
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| I agree with what has been said and would also add that, IMHO, Silvery Fir Tree is a pretty ordinary tasting tomato with some sharp acid bite but not a lot of depth or complexity. It has a cute determinate bush, though. I think there are better early tomatoes than SFT; one is mentioned above. Some folk grew a nice early yellow one with a creamy texture and pleasant mild taste. Can't recall its name at the moment. Azoychka is an early yellow favoured by experts Up Over and grown that way this season. Your list looks great. |
RE: Tommy Seeds for the Spring - any duds?
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| Thought I'd let you folks know that I've posted a list of tommy seeds in the exchange forum (for a SASE, no trades needed). I did post a new thread to let everyone know, but I guess it has been deleted since that's the only way I know of for threads to disappear? PP |
RE: Tommy Seeds for the Spring - any duds?
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| Grub, the early yellow to which you refer is probably Jaune Negib. |
RE: Tommy Seeds for the Spring - any duds?
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| Yes, yes. that was it. I'm going to give JN a shot next season. I have some of those old seeds for it. About five or so. Should do the trick. |
RE: Tommy Seeds for the Spring - any duds?
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Hio Guys
The Brandywine that Eden is selling could be mine and it came from a friend who is "of the faith" so to speak...it came from a friend of his in NY (USA) who got it straight from one of the communities on the Brandywine (river)
I found it to be the second earliest tomato last year in a very cold season...it was a large tomato ....prolific and good tasting despite the fact that it was so early....one of the best performers for me here...but I suggest you contact Eden to confirm that it is one of mine...they will have other suppliers as well...of course it may be part of a composite batch too
I have found Stupice as good performer here in Tas where we get cool nights all the time but I think Olomovic is a better performer...a little larger ...but for taste I ahve to go for Camp Joy..which of course is prolific as well
I like Kellog's Breakfast too but I think that Yellow Brandywine performs a little better in our cool night conditions
Lomatia can you tell me more about Black Cherry
cheers
Peter
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RE: Tommy Seeds for the Spring - any duds?
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- Posted by rosco New Zealand (My Page) on
Fri, Apr 15, 05 at 14:30
YUK "Moneymaker" is an awful bland Tomato engineered for greenhouse production which replaced Ailsa Craig many years ago.
If you want a really nice perfect shaped Tomato with Taste try "Taupo".
If you can't find seeds drop me an email and I'll post some over.
You won't be dissapointed I promise.
Cheers.
Rosco |
RE: Tommy Seeds for the Spring - any duds?
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| Peter, Black Cherry was our second favourite tomato this season. It has a very complex, wonderful taste - all in one small cherry tomato. Prolific, healthy plant. For a cold-tolerant tomato, I'd recommend Oregon Spring. It was one of the earliest tomatoes, big fruit, and full of flavour. What was Yellow Brandywine's taste like? Better than Kellog's Breakfast? KB was our all-time favourite tomato this season. It's still churning out fruit like mad. Wonderful plant! Olomovic is still producing nicely even though it started very early. Lovely tomato. Thanks for recommening it last year. (And for the seeds.) If you'd like Black Cherry seeds, let me know Peter, I saved plenty. :) |
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| Even though my tomatoes haven't had any water since the beginning of March when it last rained a few drops, they are still churning out fruit like mad. Here's yesterday's harvest:
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All hail queen Spatz
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Spatz you are a show-off!!! All my tommies have karked it! Well a few late plantings have but one or two. Yours look truly spectacular.
By the way does anyone know about a good electric pulper that separates the seeds/skins from the pulp? |
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| Wow, you sure can grow 'em Spatz! My friends at Summertown reckon that tomatoes don't do too well in the Adelaide Hills, but you have certainly proven that to be a myth! PP |
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| I'm all fired up for next year after viewing that crop. Got my list down to the final one, yeah, I have, I have. Nobody believes me. I am gonna post it sooon. No cherries at all, and mostly thanks to the good folk on this forum for the seeds. Cheers
Mantis |
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| It's true! I'm a real show-off. I never knew I had it in me. *grins* Anyway, thought I'd share today's harvest with you. Just to reaffirm my status as show-off. :)
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Triple show-off!!!! They look great. What plans do you have for them?
I'll rip my hulks out this week. Have to make room for all of the onions. (This is going to be the year of the onion - have quite a few to go in IF the seed arrives!!!) |
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| What a great season. Bravo. One day I will have that many. Mark my words. |
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| Fantastic display Spatz I recommend Olomovic over Oregon spring for production and as for earliness I found them on a par but how did you find them for taste Please send me some Black Cherry seeds for next season Spatz they sound terrific Last year the Brandywine I supplied to Eden and the Syrian Giant to Phoenix were both excellent tomatoes and both very early and cold tolerant...both large tomatoes The Red Collossus far out competed Roma This year Yellow Brandywine and Kelloggs Breakfast were pretty much the same here...taste does not always develope well due to our cool nights (and often cool days) but the KB were a little thicker and the YB a little thinner (as a rule) as well as that I would have to own that my taste buds are pretty catholic and far from being developed...but I do get some real gourmands here at times and then...oh boy...will try a tatse test tonight for you
cheers
Peter |
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| Not a bad tomato map of Australia Spatz! You left off a bit of Queensland tho *grin* I'm long past the jealous stage over your crop - you're probably throwing tomatoes at the sheep by now?! PP, who's a bit sick of having to re-log in every visit to Garden Web since it changed hands a while back. |
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| Patrina, I seem to be logged in all of the time. |
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| Have you got your browser set to accept cookies, PP? |
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| >Have you got your browser set to accept cookies, PP? Yep, so it's weird that I'm having probs! No probs with any other site. |
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