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Posted by nemo (My Page) on Tue, Jun 20, 06 at 19:18
Store bought tomatoes in NSW are tasteless, you can
bounce them off the wall and they can sit in a bowl for months and not have a blemish.
I want to grow my own.Could you please recommend a tomatoe
that still tastes the way they did when I was a kid.
With greeny yellowy orangey red skin,that you can cut with a blunt knife. The ones that are so delicious you dont
refridgerate them because they are gone with in a few days of picking. Do these old fashion tommys still exist.
Australia.
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RE: Tomatoes
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i'm trying about 5 hierloom varietys this year, a few big ones like the brandywine and some small cherrys for salads and jams. eden seeds have a pretty wide range with good info. would be keen to know what you try and how you go
i always start my tomsa and chilli in takeaway containers on top of the fridge. wet a cotton ball or paper towel then place seeds on top. they'll get going quicker in the warm from the back of the fridge |
RE: Tomatoes
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- Posted by finbar Central Italy (My Page) on
Wed, Jun 21, 06 at 11:59
| Cripes, nemo, you're going to be inundated with suggestions as soon as the sun comes up or the regulars check the forum. Whichever comes first. |
RE: Tomatoes
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Here is a link that might be useful: Grow list so far
RE: Tomatoes
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Nemo. Do you want to start plants from seed or bought seedlings? If seedlings then someone in NSW should suggest some as I don't know whats on offer up there. If from seed then the worlds your oyster so to speak. From your description I am thinking Polish as one you may have had in your youth. I have seeds of Polish C, which is a good producer of deep redish pink beefstake types with greenish shoulders. Send me an email if you would like to try them.
Mantis |
RE: Tomatoes
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- Posted by fluff Brisbane (My Page) on
Fri, Jun 30, 06 at 4:40
| Any suggestions on varieties that are easy to grow? |
RE: Tomatoes
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They're all easy to grow............
so long as you don't get fruit fly, early blight, late blight wilt...............
Honestly there's not much difference, some strains are thought to be more resistant to disease than others but generally it's a matter of picking a variety that sounds good.
I'm having a little trouble on that front, I've decided I should grow all my seeds as they're getting a bit old & I don't know what will go will in my new garden. When I looked through my seed box there were 24 varieties of tomato & I know there are a few more odd packets & jars lurking around the place!
And if you think that's a lot then you've not been bitten by the tomato bug yet!!!
Sarah :-) |
RE: Tomatoes
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| How do you good folk fit in all these tomato varieties? Because of possums I have to "cage" all my vegetables. What sort of space do you put between your tommies? I LOVE fresh tommies but never seem to have much luck since moving to Queensland. Still working elsewhere on a current problem of wilt/blight etc. |
RE: Tomatoes
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| Daniel, I order first. then worry about the spacing etc later!!! |
RE: Tomatoes
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| I want to get this tomato growing thing down pat. If i was really game I would like to say perfect it...but that is probably too ambitious. |
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