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Posted by NCTomatoman z7/8 NC (clehoullier@nc.rr.com) on Mon, Oct 3, 05 at 9:58
| I'd love to see any posted results of seeds I sent to Patrina that were redistributed - germination percent and especially, percent what they should be (leaf shape) vs what they should not be - reg leaf/potato leaf ratio, etc.
I have particular interest in Green Giant and Lucky Cross in terms of expected potato leaf vs reg leaf (which would be indicative of a cross).
Feel free to use this thread!
Craig, enjoying a bit of time in Toronto, Canada (some business, some pleasure). |
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RE: So - how are those seeds germinating???
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| 3 lucky cross sown and three up with PL. Also have a lot of Golden Ponderosa, some Mary Italian and one Croatia. Thanks again for sharing Craig. Cheers Mantis |
RE: So - how are those seeds germinating???
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| Craig, Green Giant germinated very well. 2 out of 2. 5 days. They are both potato leaf. New Big Dwarf - another new one to me. 4 days germination. 3 out of 3. They look really cute. :) Tennessee Britches - 2 out of 2. 7 days. Pineapple Fog - 2 out of 2. 5 days. Will have to check on leaf form later. Thanks for all the seeds. Can't wait to see them grow up. :) |
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| Brief report Craig: 2/2 Green Giant, 1/4 Tennessee Britches, 3/4 Mikardo, most of which are only at coty stage (I think, but will wait for daylight to check if any first leaves are peeking out). Not sure if Cherokee green has germinated yet. Regrettably, none of the seeds I had of Lucky Cross X Black Krim F1 germinated PP |
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G'day. well, I've got Mary italian finally,a cherokee green, Pineapple fog 4 out of 4, Stick....3 from 3, still none of thr pre 1997 ones are up but they take a bit of time. katinka is powering.Yasha, Rinaldo, Phil's fantastic, Rasp Large red and Indian Stripe all powering away. All up, about 110 plants. EEEEk. |
RE: So - how are those seeds germinating???
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| NCTomatoman - Patrina sent me a few lots of seeds - here's the strike rate after 3 weeks: Purple Calabash - 5/16 Red Raspberry - 3/8 Akers West Virginia 4/8 Old Yellow candy stripe 1/8 Burpees 1/4 century - 1/8 Earl of edgecombe - 1/8 Livingstone golden ball - 1/8 Moldera green - 1/8 The tallest seedling is about 3-4cm tall and the leaves are too small to make a definite potato/no potato comparison. Some of the seedlings were transplanted to their growing spot yesterday - it will be three or four days before the raspberry and the last four in the list will be big enough to transplant. I'll try to keep this thread informed of what happens. |
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- Posted by rosco New Zealand (My Page) on
Wed, Oct 5, 05 at 11:51
Morning Craig, From the seed share from yourself and Carolyn via Patrina I have growing well: Grandfather Ashlock Ashleigh Phils fantastic Rinaldo White Oxheart Milka's red Bulgarian Lucky cross F8 ( Tater leaf) Mortgage Lifter ( Mullens ) Variegated Lyuda's big red Bulgarian Dot's delight No shows after 10 days: Gross Violette Beckers Blau Mariette Victorian Dwarf High Crimson Dr Lyle Croatia Some of the seeds were in short supply as there were only 2 or 3 in a packet. Hopefully we'll all be able to have a big swap around of fresh seed later in the season. Thanks for looking after us. Cheers. Rosco |
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| I still can't get grosse violette and dr. Lyle to strike. I'll give ;em a couple more weeks. We still have seed germinating from the second of September. |
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| Reports above are a mix of what I sent over and what Carolyn sent over. Rosco, of your growing well list, I sent Grandfather Ashlock Rinaldo White Oxheart Lucky cross F8 ( Tater leaf) Mortgage Lifter ( Mullens ) Variegated Lyuda's big red Bulgarian Dot's delight I didn't send any of your no shows. (whew!). adamus, same news - those last few didn't come from me - Katinka, Rinaldo, Rasp Red, perhaps Indian Stripe are mine. paradise, same - all of those on your list are probably from Carolyn. Mantis, only the Lucky Cross are from me. Finally, Patrina - very interested in what you get with Green Giant and Mikado! thanks all - Craig |
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Hi Craig, This is the same reply as that which I posted under the title re Carolyn's varieties. The following is my TOMATO MASTER. Everything but those at the foot of the copy are at the second transplant stage. I am heading away for a week soon. So I plan on a second sowing with those varieties listed under the heading below that reads: Second Sowing. At the end I have compiled a list of what you have sent me this year. If there is anything in particular that you would like me to grow please indicate that and I will add it to the second sowing. Quite a few of my seedlings are earlies or destined for pots and they will be replaced with those from a second sowing. I also have to make two new beds on the lawn. Will head to hardware for timber edging soon. Herewith the MASTER LIST! Cheers, :)Grub~ TOMATO 2005 MASTER LIST NOTE: The following did not germinate and therefore need to be scrapped from the list – 3, 7, 16, 48 :( 1.Akers West Virginia (late and delish, Mantis ex TGS) 2.Arkansas Traveller (heat resistant, Rosco) 3.Brandywine OTV (TGS) 4.Brazilian Beauty (Korn) 5 Box Car Willie (Rosco) 6.*Faux Box Car Willie Faux (not, but nice, from last year) 7. Burracker's Favourite (Add this bicolour: check supplies from Korney) 8.*Cherokee Purple (Rosco) 9.Crnkovis Yugoslavian (HT) 10.*Dr Neal 11.Earl's Faux 2003 12.*Faux Cuostralee 13. Marianna's Peace (Real Deal ex Rosco) 14.Livingtson's Favourite (Rosco) 15.Kellogg's Breakfast x Akers West Virginia 16.Kornesevvsije 17.Lithuanian 18.Lucky Cross Pink F4 - Craig 19.Mortage Lifter Ester's Strain 20.Mule Team 21.Olena Ukrainian (Disease resistant) 22.Picardy 23.Red Brandywine 24.Russian Red 25.*Soldacki Earlies & Determinates 26.Jaune Negib (early) 27.*Jaune Flammee 28.Kimberly (early) 29.New Big Dwarf 30.Mountain Princess (early) 31.Sophie's Choice (early) 32.Stick 33.Totem Hearts (some are not hearts and I will need to move them but you kinda get the idea) 34.Polish (Earl) 35.Ernesto 36.Rinaldo 37.German Red Strawberry 38.Prue 39.Wes Other Colours 40.Golden Monarch 41.Golden Queen 42.*Grub's Green 43.Hughs Cherries/Currants 44.Broad Ripple Yellow Currant 45.Sungold 46.Matts Wild 47.Quartz Multiflora 48.Sara's Galapagos Pots X 10 from above tba SECOND SOWING 1A. Velvet Red (Dr C) 2A. Neves Azorean Red (Dr C) 3A. Box Car Willie (Dr C) 4A. Grandfather Ashlock (Craig) 5A. Green Giant (Craig) 6A. Ashleigh (Dr C) 7A. Yasha Yugo (Dr C) 8A. Reisentraube (Dr C poss cross) 9A. Black Cherry (Spatz) 10A. Anna Russian (Spatz) 11A. College Cropwell (Ray South) 12A. Australian Giant Oxheart (Ray South) 13A. Grub Mystery PL (ex Denise) 14A. Lucky Cross Pink F6 Black Fruit PL (Craig in Oz) 15A, Hughs/Basinga? Green! (Craig in Oz) NEW SEEDS FROM AMERICA Thankyou Carolyn Male for: Yasha Yugoslavian 97 Mary Italian 97 Indian Stripe 03 Kelleher’s Oxheart 04 (poss, X) Ashleigh Riesentraube (poss. X) Victorian Dwarf 95 Cuor de Bue (95) Noire de Coseboeuf (95) Orange Oxheart (95) Yellow Belgium (95) Dr Lyle (96) Khirhiv (96) Basinga (97) Thankyou Craig Le Houllier for: Pearl’s Yellow Pink (05-46) Grandfather Ashlock (05-53) Green Giant (05-13) (Ends for now) |
RE: So - how are those seeds germinating???
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| Boy, you are all going to have fun growing these, and we here in the US are going to have fun reading about what you think of them! Off to the Outer Banks...the beach!!!...for a week, with no laptop, no cell phone, just me, wife, two of our dogs, some wine and beer and good coffee beans and our grinder and french press, good food, our Kayaks. Will check back in a week - bye all! Craig |
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| Hope you are having a great holday Craig! Little Lucky: 4/5 3PL & 1RL. Lucky Cross: 4/4 all PL - Kept one plant and shared the other three. Growing great until it and and Cherokee Chocolate "disappeared" last Friday night! NOT HAPPY!!! I have more seeds of both soaking for planting tommorrow. Green Giant: 1/2 PL. Mark |
RE: So - how are those seeds germinating???
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Tennessee Britches are developing nicely.
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RE: So - how are those seeds germinating???
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| Is Green Giant Regular Leaf? My 2 seedlings have tiny first true leaves peeking out, but they're too early to call. They do look rather straight on the edges and come to a point, as does the first tiny true leaf on Mikado which I'm hoping will turn out to be Potato Leaf. My 2 Cherokee Greens are RL, as is my only Tennessee Britches. More to come on leaf forms when I know for sure! PP |
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| Craig, I just re-read your original post and see that Green Giant should be PL, so that makes me optimistic that I not only have PL Green Giants, but that at least one Mikado is PL too! The other 2 Mikados only have cotyledons at the moment. PP *fingers crossed* |
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| Update on the PL varieties Craig - the 2 Green Giant seedlings are definitely PL and the 3 Mikados also. I'm also growing Mikado Scarlet from my Sand Hill seeds, but they are all RL. Originally I had wondered whether they might be the same as your Mikado, so I could have made a comparison between the two. PP |
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| Hello there, Great news on Green Giant and Mikado being PL - Mikado Scarlet is another that I dug out of the USDA collection in 1995, and it grew out regular leaf for me, with 8-12 ounce oblate scarlet red fruit of good flavor. I did list it in the SSE for a year or two, and spread it around Garden Web a few years ago - probably how it found its way to Sand Hill. Here we are in late October, and I am still picking the occasional great tasting Green Giant from a plant growing in a driveway pot that is still essentially completetly healthy! Can't wait to see how it does for you over there...I also will eventually get the pink fruited Mort. Lifter Pesta heart F2 seeds to you - been doing lots of work travel and also training, so am chilling on gardening for the most part over the past month or so (this may be my first GW post in several weeks!). all the best - Craig |
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- Posted by pepino Werribee Vic (My Page) on
Thu, Oct 27, 05 at 0:54
| ...and at the back of the pack is Pepino with 4/4 Anna Russians and 1 Manyel and still waiting for lots more to poke their heads through... Melbourne Cup weekend coming up, could you guess? |
RE: So - how are those seeds germinating???
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I put in three STICK, Two RaspLarge Red, two Rinaldo three Katinka and three Indian Stripe. All still very small. Will report back as soon as there is news. All healthy, Mother doing well. |
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