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Post by 12540dumont on Aug 1, 2012 21:27:06 GMT -5
Don't quite look ripe to me. So, I guess we'll wait and see.
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Post by littleminnie on Aug 7, 2012 8:20:12 GMT -5
Next to pick was KBX at 75 days.
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Post by littleminnie on Aug 7, 2012 18:15:50 GMT -5
Also at 75 days, a big branchfull of Caspian Pink.
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Post by davida on Aug 26, 2012 19:49:49 GMT -5
Okay, this is supposed to be Thessalonki. This looks nothing like the picture. So those of you who "know tomatoes" give me a hint what this could be. Davida the seeds came from you. Ideas? Conjectures? Holly, What is the latest on the purple, suppose to be "Thessaloniki"? Is it a keeper or a "spitter"? David |
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Post by 12540dumont on Aug 26, 2012 20:28:57 GMT -5
David, still waiting to see if it gets ripe. Apparently there were a couple, but I missed them when I was canning. So, my whole living room is full of tomatoes. Here's my preliminary tomato report: First of all Joseph's Earliest is a very productive tomato and has great flavor. It's one of our new favorites. It was NOT the earliest, but only by a day or two. Our second favorite new tomato is LIEVEN's Me Tarzan. There are 2 types in my garden, one round red and one tear drop black cherryish color. I'll post pictures soon. It's hectic here. So here's the Brix breakdown: Sungold - 11.5 Black Cherry 9.2 Me Tarzan Tear 9.1 Early Girl 8.1 Me Tarzan Red Round 8 Green Zebara Cherry 8 Tennessee Britches 7.9 Joseph's Early 7 Rose D' Bern 7 Milka's Red 6.2 Juan Flamme 6 St. Columbe 5 I haven't tested every tomato. For that matter Santa Ana has not even made a ripe tomato yet. Remember that at our farm I start 6 seeds of each tomato and only transplant 2 of each. So I might have even had more variety from Lieven's Tomato. Joseph's tomato shows one that is more saladette and one more cherry like. I think Green Zebra Cherry is a spitter. Tastes like a pizza box. I have never liked Sungold. But grow it for my customers Rose d' Berne exhibited a lot of blossom end rot in our calcium deplete soil. (Yes we amended). Tomatoes have been very late here. We have had daily temperature swings from 90 down to 50. The nights have been cool (I'm not complaining mind you, but the tomatoes are). That's it' more photos and pictures later. Lieven...She's a beauty, that tear drop is a keeper! Joseph  Attachments:
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Aug 26, 2012 22:51:14 GMT -5
So here's the Brix breakdown: Sungold - 11.5 ... Tomatoes have been very late here. We have had daily temperature swings from 90 down to 50. Brix of Sungold in my garden last week was 9.5. Brix of a Sweet 100 cherry on the same day was 7.5. I've really been liking the taste of Matt's Wild Cherry. They sure are small though. For weeks on end now I have had 90 in the day and 60 at night. Seems like unusually warm nights, but I'm not complaining. I'm expecting frost after our next rainstorm, so it's fine with me if it doesn't rain for a while, even though the local Mormons are fasting and holding special meetings praying for rain: I'd like to get a tomato harvest this fall, and I won't get that if they get their rain. There is plenty of time for rain in late September or during the winter. |
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Post by steev on Aug 27, 2012 0:06:51 GMT -5
Nothing promotes religious discord like tomatoes.
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Post by 12540dumont on Aug 27, 2012 12:07:05 GMT -5
Joseph, I've long suspected that brix varies by region, accounting for why some folk love certain tomatoes that others find insidious.
Yes, I too would prefer if the rain holds off until late September. I'm trying to get as many tomatoes in jars as I can. No pun intended.
Well, back to work. There's peaches to pie and tomatoes to salsa.
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Post by littleminnie on Mar 31, 2013 19:20:47 GMT -5
Here are the results of the info I kept last summer when I picked the first ripe fruit from each variety. days variety planting date first picked date 49 Matt's Wild 22-May 9-Jul 49 Sungold 22-May 9-Jul 54 Casady's 22-May 15-Jul 58 Reisenstraube 22-May 19-Jul 58 Sweet Beverley 22-May 19-Jul 58? Principe in pots ? 19-Jul 63 JD's Special 22-May 24-Jul 63 Orange Banana 22-May 24-Jul 63 OTV 22-May 24-Jul 66 OSU Blue 4-May 9-Jul 66 Stupice 4-May 9-Jul 67 Chinese Brown 4-May 10-Jul 67 Flamme 4-May 10-Jul 69 Marzano 22-May 30-Jul 69 McClintock's 22-May 30-Jul 69 Persimmon 22-May 30-Jul 69 Tree cherry cross 22-May 30-Jul 72 Brandy Red 4-May 15-Jul 72 Thessaloniki 4-May 15-Jul 72 Trifele 4-May 15-Jul 76 Jersey Giant 30-May 15-Aug 78 Amish 22-May 8-Aug 78 Caspian 22-May 8-Aug 78 Polish Linguisa 22-May 8-Aug 80 Rose 4-May 23-Jul 81 Kozula 125 4-May 24-Jul 81 Opalka 22-May 12-Aug 84 Aunt Ginny 22-May 15-Aug 84 KBX 22-May 15-Aug ? Marmande 4-May ? na Big Rainbow 22-May none Read more: tomatodepot.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=2012&action=display&thread=2334&page=2#ixzz2PAMhFpu1Note that the earliest fruit were mostly from the real early planted plants however they were not as early in DTM as normal planted plants. So it took 66 days for Stupice when planted real early in May but would have been less for a plant planted in late May. Still it gave me fruit in very early July! |
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Post by 12540dumont on Mar 31, 2013 21:42:19 GMT -5
Thanks Minnie. We field planted the first tomatoes yesterday, just so Dar does not think we are sitting around feasting on lamb.... Attachments:
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Post by davida on Mar 31, 2013 23:54:15 GMT -5
We field planted the first tomatoes yesterday, Wow. Your garden is looking beautiful, Holly. My tomato plants are ready but still a little early to plant outside because of spring storms. Seven miles northeast of us received 3 inches of rain this weekend but had 1 1/2 inch hail. We did not have the hail but only received 0.12 inch of rain. I'm just thankful for some moisture. |
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Post by kctomato on Apr 1, 2013 18:54:18 GMT -5
We field planted the first tomatoes yesterday, just so Dar does not think we are sitting around feasting on lamb.... He's just jealous cause all he had was 'possum |
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Post by DarJones on Apr 8, 2013 0:02:28 GMT -5
Yum.
Too bad all you can feast on in mizzery is rednecks, cause there is an abundance.
DarJones
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Post by coppice on Apr 8, 2013 12:04:27 GMT -5
Thats not a thessaloniki.
One of the blues would be my guess
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Post by nathanp on Jun 13, 2013 20:53:55 GMT -5
First tomato flowers on June 10! 27 days after planting out. The winner: Josephs-main-season-landrace. One sungold is 2 days behind it.
Last year using only typical heirloom varieties from seed packets, first tomato wasn't until the 2nd week of August.
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