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Post by Jim on Mar 12, 2008 10:56:37 GMT -5
or "blue balls" tomato
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Post by Alan on Mar 12, 2008 21:43:05 GMT -5
LOL, I'll keep going with the rock band inspired names. Perhaps Blue Oyster Cult?
Bill, I will definetly take you up on an offer of a plant or to of the blue tomato this summer, maybe we can make some trades or something!
Definetly looking forward to giving this a go!
-Alan
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Post by PapaVic on Mar 12, 2008 22:44:59 GMT -5
Alan, I plan on hauling a few plants over there and dumping them on you ... not just the Blue Mountain Oysters.
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Post by Jim on Mar 13, 2008 9:01:44 GMT -5
You guys crack me up...please save me some seed please for next year...
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Post by Jim on May 6, 2008 15:09:21 GMT -5
Papavic,
Did you get any of these plants started this year. I can't wait to see pics and crosses made with them.
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Post by Alan on May 6, 2008 15:39:53 GMT -5
Looking forward to it here as well friend.
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Post by Jim on May 7, 2008 7:25:21 GMT -5
try crossing that into your dwarf collection..what a novelty.
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Post by PapaVic on May 7, 2008 12:10:50 GMT -5
I got zero for six the first set back in March.
Then I got one good seedling from the second set in April.
I tried another set about the last week of April, and got near 100% germination outdoors! Weird tomato. Must like outdoors germination better than on heat pads or under lights, etc.
Anyway, if these six or so survive todays T-storms, I pot them up to 4-inch boxes and get some over to Alan later this month. Sorry for the lateness. Can't account for some tomato's likes and dislikes regarding germination conditions.
Bill
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Post by Alan on May 7, 2008 21:38:36 GMT -5
Sounds good to me Papa Vic and I greatly look forward to working with this material in the future. It sort of makes me wonder if Jim Meyers was starting his outdoors or if they are better adapted to outdoor seed starting due to their wild lineage.
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Post by kctomato on May 27, 2008 16:04:01 GMT -5
Here's the foliage of a "blue"
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Post by canadamike on May 27, 2008 16:17:24 GMT -5
Wow, what a difference! I would not be surprised, say, if this tomato is not really good taste wise (forget breeding here), that a lot of people would love to have it in their edible garden. Would look neat on a silvery background....and mauve, and white, and... As for Clarkbar's suggestion of naming them ''blue balls'' I can see that him too has been a teenager once ;D ;D ;D Oh!! Lonely loneliness when her answer is NO !! - Dad, it hurts! What is it? That, my son, is called ''women can be a growing pain'' !
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Post by Alan on May 27, 2008 22:12:04 GMT -5
So I'm presuming theres still quite a bit of genetic variability here? I sort of hope so, it would make it somewhat more exciting to work with. Either way once the taste is there this tomato will definetly have some great merit! I look forward to growing it myself.
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Post by kctomato on May 27, 2008 23:33:18 GMT -5
btw
the "blue" foliage is mixed in with a variegated and normal
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Post by flowerpower on May 28, 2008 6:28:36 GMT -5
The blue's foliage is a very nice color. I really like that bicolor PL, good variation in the leaf patterns. Very cool looking! What variety is that?
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Post by plantsnobin on May 28, 2008 7:51:48 GMT -5
I'm an AC/DC fan myself, so how about crossing with something big, then you could call it Big Blue Balls.
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