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01 Feb 2009Stunning! 'Tomato 'Brandywine Pink' and First Heirloom Tomato Patch gardenCloudy 1°C / 33°F
Oh my goodness! These were perfectly yummy in a meaty yet most flavorful way!! I read I shouldn’t expect more than a handful of fruits, but I think I harvested more than I was even expecting. Each plant (4 total) gave me at about 8 large fruits weighing in at about 1 lb. Some of the frui...
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01 Feb 2009Growing Report Tomato 'Black Cherry' and First Heirloom Tomato Patch gardenDidn’t catch up as well as I thought and I only harvested a total of about 6 fruits. It was apparently just a little too late to be restarting! That’s OK. I saved seeds from these 6 fruits and will be starting them again, only this time a little earlier just in case round one fails...Cloudy 1°C / 33°F
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15 Jul 2008First fruits 'Tomato 'Brandywine Pink' Fruiting and First Heirloom Tomato Patch gardenSunny 33°C / 92°F
Yippie!!
I’ve read so much about others growing Brandywine and the fruiting problems they’ve had. Maybe it’s because I don’t have the humidity? I believe that was one of the issues, but that’s just from memory. As of today all 4 plants planted are bearing fruits; ...
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15 Jul 2008Wisconsin 55 Progress Tomato 'Wisconsin 55' Fruiting and First Heirloom Tomato Patch gardenSunny 92°C / 198°F
I only have two and have them both planted in 5 gal containers. They are doing very well, no problems with disease or pests (none on any of the varieties actually!) and have started fruiting within the last 1 to 1.5 weeks. DTM is about 69-80 days; Semi-Determinate plants with 5-8 oz deep red ro...
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15 Jul 2008Progress of Tiger-Like Tomato Tomato 'Tiger-Like' Fruiting and First Heirloom Tomato Patch gardenSunny 33°C / 92°F
Reportedly a good Russian slicer and one of the best tasting of the striped varieties. I don’t have any experience with any of the other available to compare, but I think I’ll know good flavor when I get the chance to taste it!
DTM about 75 days on indeterminate plants; heavy cro...
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15 Jul 2008Latest on Black Cherry Progress Tomato 'Black Cherry' Budding and First Heirloom Tomato Patch gardenSunny 33°C / 92°F
After the first batch of seeds didn’t germinate these were re-sown on May 15th and finally planted in the garden 2nd week of June. Now starting to set flower buds within the last few days. As vigorous as I’ve heard them to be I’m not fretting much that this Black Cherry will ...
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13 Jul 2008First Attempt with Heirloom/OP TomatoesSunny 31°C / 87°F
This is my fist year growing any type of open pollinated or heirloom tomatoes. All seeds/seedlings were started with the wintersow method (gardenweb forums) and seedlings planted into final containers or ground in the 2nd to 3rd true leaf-stage on May 17th. The last photo was taken on July 3rd...
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24 Mar 2008Progress of Zapotec Pleated Tomato 'Zapotec Pleated' Fruiting and First Heirloom Tomato Patch gardenSunny 33°C / 92°F
I’m really excited about this one as it is supposed to be a great stuffing and slicing tomato that comes from the Oaxaca region of Mexico. DTM 80-85; Dark pink heavily pleated 3-5oz fruits on indeterminate plants. Sounds like a yummy one!
Picture taken yesterday July 14th and temperature ...
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