LOL I didn't even mean to start that. I thought I was adding to a conversation.

You are! You did! Don't worry about it!

I don't see your list in the Seeds thread.

here it is, in the chat forum

http://cubits.org/Tomatoes/thr...

susan - will this help

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Here's mine at last!

TOMATOES SEEDED ON FEBRUARY 15, 2010

1A BOX CAR WILLIE
1B BUCKBEE'S NEW 50 DAY
1C BEAUTY KING
1D DEPPS PINK FIRE FLY

2A PAUL ROBESON
2B SUPER CHOICE
2C BELIZE PINK HEART
2D LADY LUCY

3A BRANDYWINE LANDIS VALLY
3B EVA PURPLE BALL
3C CHEROKEE PURPLE
3D BLACK FROM TULA

4A FIREWORKS
4B ROWDY RED
4C SOUTHERN NIGHTS
4D BELLA ROSA

5A AUSSIE
5B BLACK OXHEART
5C GIANT BELGIUM
5D EARLY WONDER

6A COUR DI BUE
6B MONEY MAKER
6C MULE TEAM
6D SCHWARZE SARAH

7A DELICIOUS
7B ROSTOVA
7C MARGLOBE SUPREME
7D PANTANO ROMANESCO

8A Japanese Black Trifele
8B SUE
8C ROYAL HILLBILLY
8D ILLINI STAR

9A COSMONAUT VOLKOV
9B MOMOTARO
9C TRUE BLACK BRANDYWINE
9D BRANDYWINE SUDDUTH

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always willing to help a damsel n distress.

Thanks y'all ... I lost it!

I found you all !
oh the love of a good tomato
Did anyone see the Diane Sawyer on the FL tomato crisis ? gonna be a shortage of tomatos. But not for us !!!!!

I'm in!

Arkansas Traveler
Atkinson,
Aunt Ruby’s German Green?
Black Krim,
Cher Purple,
Costoluto Genovese
Creole,
Eva Purple,
Kellogg’s Breakfast,
Momotoro
Paul Robeson,
Pruden’s Purple,
Russian Rose,
Sioux,
The Dutchman

Linda

I bought a variety package of heirloom tomatoes as I'm not sure yet what I like. My question is since I don't know what kind of tomato each plant is, or what color it's supposed to be, oor size, how do I know when its ripe?

The package didn't have any names on it at all?? The best I can suggest isthat most of them are probably red. When they get to that color feel them to see if they are firm and pick one and see how it tastes.

texaskitty111 said:I bought a variety package of heirloom tomatoes as I'm not sure yet what I like. My question is since I don't know what kind of tomato each plant is, or what color it's supposed to be, oor size, how do I know when its ripe?

I suggest framing the variety package and hanging it on the wall. If you grow them you still won't know what it was you liked or disliked. If you like cherry tomatoes either Black Cherry or Jaun Flamee are good and productive with good taste.
http://tatianastomatobase.com/...


http://tatianastomatobase.com/...


If you want a container tomato to grow in a 2-3 gallon pot I'd suggest Sophie's Choice. You can make sandwiches out of it, use it in salads or sliced as a side dish. It's been as early as 43 days for me. Claud

http://t.tatianastomatobase.co...

Myself, I am primarily planting Cherry types.
I have found here in Texas, that many heirloom Tomatos are wastes of space. I stick (mostly) to hybrids for my main crops. I enjoy and sell, the Cherry forms. They keep up with the heat and the colors and shapes amuse me. I sell mixed pints at the farmers market and customers get a kick out of them. I do not bother selling regular tomatos.
Some are not heirloom in the most strict sense but are simply O.P.
This is the first year I am adding the "blue" shades to the mix. I have my doubts but, well, why not? The germination has been awful on these blues for the most part but I suspect this is due to the seed seller being lazy about growing out fresh seed. I hear mixed (mostly bad) reviews of "blue" tomatos. We will see!

Anyway, as I recall, this is what I have been transplanting this past week- these are all Cherry. "New" as you probably would deduce, means I have never grown them and purchased seed.
Yellow Submarine
Purple Bumblebee
Black Cherry
Ivory Pear
Tess's Land race Currant
Chocolate Cherry
Pink Bumblebee
Fat Cherry
White Currant
Fahrenheit Blues (New)
Mexico Midget
Dancing With Smurfs (Ok, only purchased this one because I like the name, lol)(New)
Matt's Wild Cherry
Sugar Plum
Blush
Jelly Bean (New- might be a hybrid, can not remember)
Primary Colors (New)
Green Pear
Yellow Pear (yuck)
Some others that have slipped my mind!
You know what makes me mad? I can not find good 'ol RED Pear seeds anywhere in my collection. Darn, I like that little plain-Jane! I forgot to buy some while I still had time. Oh well...next year.

I do grow the hybrid "Sweet Million"- I like it!

Oh, I am growing Orange and Red Angora because I simply like the fuzzy plants! I grow a few other heirlooms- mostly for the heck of it. Some years I get something out of them, others, not so much.
If any of you know of another odd-ball Cherry type I ought to try, let me know!

Azoychka
Celebrity a F1 hybrid so NOT a Heirloom
Dancing with Smurfs NOT Heirloom
Danko
Lime Green Salad
Super Fantastic

Black Cherry
Chadwick Cherry
Indigo Rose NOT Heirloom
Lyana
Mandarin Orange
Sophies Choice

Tim - have you ever heard of "Aunt Molly's" ground cherry tomato??

A friend of mine from Michigan sent me a box that he grew and they are very unusual in that they actually have a husk on them that covers the top of the tomato. Another unusual thing about them is that you don't have to pick them off the3 vine. When they ae rip they simply fall off the plant.

I bought a package of seeds from Uprising seeds, www.uprisingorganics.com

My friend tells me they are hard to germinate. I started four seeds and so far two have germinated.

The package itself say they are slow germinators and it bears until heavy frost. They will stay on the counter for weeks after you bring them inside.

That's funny because I am from MI and I had never heard of ground cherries, but we did grow husked tomatoes!

I got 'Aunt Molly's' Ground Cherry seeds from Seed Savers Exchange.

I like the taste of those little critters.

Yes, indeed.

Anyone getting tomato blossums yet? I have one on a beefsteak tomato I bought. The blossum looks just as strange as the tomato does. Sort of wrinkly, like it can't smooth out properly.