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Radishrain by Radishrain @ in Life
This thread is for the Sheboygan tomato. Here's a picture that includes some of its fruits. Note that everything in the picture looks pinker than it appears. Sheboygan is the only pink paste here. Gilbertie isn't fully ripe, but it's on its way from being orange-ish red to red. Holyland and Napoli are very much red. Sausage is red with at least one being orange-ish red.



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Tatiana's TOMATObase
Dave's Garden

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Radishrain by Radishrain @ in Life
So, I tasted a Brandy Boy F1 tomato, today—a large, pink fruit. It had a taste similar to my Brandy Boy cross C plant's fruit, this year (the one that is almost a multiflora), but it's a little different.

It was firmly attached to the vine much like my Brandy Boy cross F1 was in 2018; so, the fruit was damaged during harvest (I didn't use scissors).

Here's a picture of the same fruit that I tasted (after having tasted it; notice the chunk missing):
Brandy Boy F1 tomato fruit, mostly whole, but damaged while harvesting.

This picture includes two Brandy Boy F1 fruits (the smaller one is rotten):
Assorted, labeled tomato fruits, including Brandy Boy F1, Gilbertie, a Chris Ukrainian cross, Sheboygan, Napoli, Sausage, Palestinian, and a volunteer that is probably Orange Minsk. Also, Aji Habanero peppers.

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Radishrain by Radishrain @ in Life
My epazote has been in the process of going to seed for a little while now, but oh wow, the number of seeds that could be developing on my one plant is immense! It's a lot more than lambsquarter looks like it produces! I hope they ripen in time! That would be nice to have epazote weeds growing around the yard more often than lambsquarter. The seeds aren't all on one branch, but they're on loads of branches. If the seeds aren't ripe by the frost, I may pull up the plant and let them finish ripening on the pulled up plant indoors (or in the shed).
Radishrain by Radishrain @ in Life
I posted the following on our old forum on 18 Jun 2019:

This year, I've been seeing a lot of what I think are painted lady butterflies.

When I was a child, I used to see what appeared to be common leopard butterflies fairly often, but I don't recall seeing any in recent years.

I saw monarch butterflies on rare occasions, as a child, but more commonly, I would see butterflies that looked similar to monarchs. (They weren't common either, though.)

I've also seen kinds I haven't identified, yet, with white wings, pastel yellow wings, and such. I may or may not have seen them in recent years.

Anyway, I've decided I should learn more butterfly names, of those I see locally. It's nice to know what they are. I spent most of my life just knowing what monarch butterflies are. Why not learn more? I mean, the common ones, too?

Hopefully I can snag some pictures of the local butterflies.
Radishrain by Radishrain @ in Life
We had plenty of wasps earlier in the season, this year, but I haven't seen many since! Usually they're all over the place for basically the whole growing season.
Radishrain by Radishrain @ in Rules and Information
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Radishrain by Radishrain @ in Rules and Information
Yes, but if you encourage users to abandon this one, I may edit that out of your posts or something.
Radishrain by Radishrain @ in Rules and Information
No. Research your own facts. This website is primarily for discussion (not consensus). Users and administrators will probably make an effort to ensure they say true stuff, and create true content, but people aren't perfect. People may intend their words to be interpreted differently than you interpret them, too (so while what they meant could potentially be true, how you interpret it could be to be something false).

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Radishrain by Radishrain @ in Life
I'm still trying to figure this one out. Raspberries contain a lot of useful chemicals.
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