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This is for things pertaining to life (such as plants, animals, food, and health). It's also for biological entities.
by Radishrain • | | 0 comments
Girl Girl's Weird Thing tomato Abbreviation: GGWT Origin: • Sport of Green Zebra discovered by a dog named Girl Girl, for whom the tomato is named; Girl Girl brought the tomato to her owner • Introduced by Jessica Hughes, Canada (who is known as jessleigh of San Martin, California, on T...read more
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Offsite articles: • Dave's Garden • Tatiana's TOMATObase Vendors: • Marianna's Heirloom Seeds • Prairie Garden Seeds • Reimer Seeds • TomatoFest • Uncle Waynes Tomatoes, Inc Offsite threads: • https://notjusttomatoes.proboards.com/thread/5377/aunt-rubys-yellow-cherry-tomato ...read more
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Apparently, as I discovered some minutes ago, Reine Des Vallees alpine strawberries make great air freshener. I'm sure other breeds would, too. All I did was put a few fruits (many of them were already dry) in a bowl in a warm room for several hours. This is one way they could have a long-las...read more
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This thread is for the Red Oxheart tomato, also known as Oxheart. Offsite articles: • Dave's Garden • Tatiana's TOMATObase Offsite forum search results: • Google: Dave's Garden • Google: freeforums.net • Google: Gardenweb • Google: proboards.com • Google: Tomatoville I'm g...read more
by Radishrain • | | 0 comments
My tomatoes this year with unique leaves appear to be these: • Silvery Fir Tree: the foliage is feathery. • Purple Calabash (the leaves are flatter and a little differently shaped than other regular leaf tomatoes). I wonder if it's from an interspecies hybrid. • Taiga: It's a potato-leaf pl...read more
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Here's a young two-striped grasshopper on a Chris Ukrainian tomato plant. This picture was taken today.
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https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/01/200108131628.htm The above article talks about many novel insect viruses that have recently been discovered, and how they're all capable of causing disease in humans. The discovery should help to identify more previously unidentified viral infe...read more
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Here's my Yellow Plum tomato plant, so far, this year. This picture was taken on 27 May 2020. I'm curious what it's like compared to the two versions of Yellow Pear I've tasted, and how prolific it is compared to those. Offsite articles: • Tatiana's TOMATObase • Dave's Garden Of...read more
by Radishrain • | | 1 comment
Here's my Trucker's Favorite tomato plant, this year. I've had high hopes for this tomato. This picture was taken on 27 May 2020. Offsite articles: • Tatiana's TOMATObase • Dave's Garden Offsite forum search results: • Google: Tomatoville heirloom_tomato
by Radishrain • | | 1 comment
The the following page for the F2: https://www.growspice.com/Brandy-Boy-cross-F2-tomatoes-2019-tp473.html Here are pictures of some (not all) of my Tart Brandy Boy cross F3 tomato plants, this year. These pictures were taken on 27 May 2020. The plants are not large, so far. ...read more
by Radishrain • | | 3 comments
Here's my Taiga tomato plant, this year. This picture was taken on 27 May 2020. heirloom_tomato
by Radishrain • | | 2 comments
Here are my SunChocola F2 tomato plants, on 27 May 2020. I've since thinned it to two plants. I received the seeds from Gardenboy of TomatoJunction, in 2020. These seeds got a later start than most of the other tomatoes, this year. There are wonderberry seedlings with them (the SunChocola ones a...read more
by Radishrain • | | 1 comment
Here's my Summer of Love tomato plant, this year. This picture was taken on 27 May 2020. My seeds came from Kansas Farm Girl of Gardenweb. Offsite forum search results: • Google: boards.net • Google: Gardenweb • Google: Tomatoville heirloom_tomato
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Here's my Stellar F2 tomato plant, this year. This picture was taken on 27 May 2020. other_tomato
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I'm growing the Sprite tomato, this year. I got my seeds from Mumsey of the Organic Gardening Community. She really likes it. It's supposed to be a lot like Juliet F1, except stable with smaller fruits and smaller plants. Here's my plant, this year. This picture was taken on 27 May 2020. Sinc...read more
by Radishrain • | | 0 comments
I grew Silvery Fir Tree in 2017. It had reasonably early fruit, and was more sour than most tomatoes. I decided to give it another try, this year. The foliage looks feathery. This picture was taken on 27 May 2020. Offsite articles: • Tatiana's TOMATObase • Dave's Garden Offsite for...read more
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I've had seeds available to grow the Rutgers tomato for years. I've finally decided it's time. I'm growing a plant, this year. I've heard it's similar to Marion (and I love Marion). I got the seeds from the Dollar Tree (American Seed, packed for 2019; yes, I got new seeds, since the other ones I...read more
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Here's my Rosella tomato plant, this year. This picture was taken on 27 May 2020. These seeds came from Marsha (ginger2778) of TomatoJunction in 2020. I think it's her favorite cherry tomato. Offsite articles: • Tatiana's TOMATObase Offsite forum search results: • Google: Dave's Gar...read more
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Here's my Rose De Berne tomato plant, this year. This picture was taken on 27 May 2020. Offsite articles: • Tatiana's TOMATObase • Dave's Garden heirloom_tomato
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I've been wanting to try Riesentraube since I heard it had larger fruits than Yellow Riesentraube (I grew Yellow Riesentraube in 2016). Here's the Riesentraube tomato plant that I'm growing, this year. This picture was taken on 27 May 2020. Offsite articles: • Tatiana's TOMATObase • Da...read more
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This thread is for the Pink Oxheart tomato. I'm growing Pink or Red Oxheart tomato seeds, this year. I was told they were Pink Oxheart, initially, but the label said Red Oxheart , and the fruits were also red, I was told (we shall see). This variety came highly recommended by Mumsey of the Or...read more
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Here's my Red Calabash tomato plant that I'm growing, this year. This picture was taken on 27 May 2020. Offsite articles: • Dave's Garden • Tatiana's TOMATObase Related threads: • Purple Calabash tomato heirloom_tomato
by Radishrain • | | 0 comments
Note: This particular thread is a departure from the norm, in that it's just about my growout (not about the variety as a whole). This spring, I planted Crimson Cushion tomato seeds, which started to grow, but they froze. Later, when I thought no more seeds were going to sprout (I only plante...read more
by Radishrain • | | 1 comment
Here's my Queen of the Night tomato plant that I'm growing, this year. This picture was taken on 27 May 2020. Note that the same rock fell on this plant and squashed it twice. The rock was holding up the excess black plastic. I moved it further away after that. The plant survived both times, of ...read more
by Radishrain • | | 2 comments
The Purple Calabash tomato is quite controversial on the website called TomatoJunction (and it was at Tomatoville, if it's not still). A lot of people don't like the flavor at all, but some love it. I decided I might like it, since it's supposed to be prolific and acidic. So, this year, I plante...read more
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