Here is the Tomato Chat thread.

oh boy!!! Thank you!!!

You're welcome. I need to decide what I'm growing this year and get seeds started soon!

Wow, this is great! I'll be starting my seeds around the second week in February. It won't be long now.

Thanks Melissa. It's good to see friends.

Yes it is... and it's nice to be able to jump around so many different places quickly, and see the same faces.... we might have many similar interests, but in places that are so big, it's hard to get around as much.

I am here. I need to start lining up what I am starting for this year.

great to be here with old friends. i'm going to winter sow about 4 tomato seeds to see how they do.

Which ones are you going to do, Frank? Are you doing any under lights as a back up?

My tomato list keeps growing and growing, but my space stays the same!

Hi Melissa the day lillys are mature along my walk thank you.
.
Hi Arlean did you ever find the espillared (sp) trees you were hunting?

Frank I would expect them to have to rush to mature much like the wild plants that come up on their own. But there is one sure way good luck and be sure to let us know.

Susan hope you grow some big ones this year.

I guess I will plant about 120 again this year I don't know why all I know is they are all gone at the end of the year. I have happy friends and visitors.The mainstay will be morton.I will start about 75 tumbler cherries for friends it is a great prolific cherry.

susan - i will be dloing the lady lucy seeds you send me and yes, i will be doing what i ususally do and starting them indoors. i will be strting my hot peppers vey soon though.

eweed,
Espelier (I probably don't have the correct spelling either but I know what you are referring to -No one in Iowa carries them. I did see them in Las Vegas nurseries but not done with anything that is hardy here.

Hi Melissa and others!

Nice to see a tomato thread. Be nice to have some to pop into when I start having problems with mine.

Hello everyone!

I don't post very much but I lurk a lot!

Like everyone else is saying "It's nice to see old friends and familiar names!" :o)

Dan

Espalier? I think that's right...

I put some pictures and such of starting tomatoes from seed on the Tomatoes are easy from seed thread if anyone is interested.

Espalier . . . yes that looks right.

:))

Here is what I have Winter Sown. This is my first year so hope it works. These are all new to me except the Matt's Wild Cherry. Have any of you had experience with the other varieties?

'Bicolor Cherry'
'Black Cherry'
'Black Sea Man' med. size
'Brandywine (Suddeth)
'Giant Belgium'
'Gold Nugget'
'Green Grape'
'Magyar Piros Boker'
'Marion'
'Matt's Wild Cherry' currant
'Mexico'
'Mortgage Lifter'
'Peron'
'Purple Russian'
'Super Snow White'
'Sundrop'

i have tried both the brandwine suddeth andthe mortgage lifter.and i liked them both.

i try to grow tomatoes for size as i cannot tell the difference in taste between one tomato and another like some people can. i only know the difference between home grown and the supermarkets.

they got big enough but since i grow in containers they never reach their full size but i did get some 19 ounce tomatoes from the mortgage lifter.

Black Cherry is a regular in my garden. I plant 2 just in case something happens to one of them.

This is my first year for Giant Belgium too. I have 6 plants that are ready to go into the ground but I'll only use 2 of them and either give away or sell the others.

I don't have any experience with the others.