A Rare Vintage Tomato

Then they can be put up for auction Ziggy . I could do with a couple of months on a warm,silver sand beach in the tropics.
Then I can come back around in mid April and start sowing 2014 Tomato seeds . I'm not having lanky giants sprawling all over the bedroom like last year - sapping up precious oxygen... .
Jenny
I'm happy to divide my share with GC members on my Tomato Seed swap list - if they want to grow them.

 

Hiya Jenny.

 

Mainly because they didn't seem to like the heat, try them Freddy and draw your own conclusions.

 

Jenny please don't release any seed until the expiry date is up on the present distribution time. Our reasons are laid out in the original post.

So you got wind of this before it was released, I'm asking no questions!

 

Hiya Sheal.

Didn't seem to like the heat? Did they wilt or something? I note you said they were bland. I found this year that compared to those grown under glass, my outdoor ones were bland. I would try some myself, but I don't know what situation I'll be in come sowing/planting time next year. The new house does have a greenhouse, but only a small one.

Cheers...Freddy

 

Freddy, can I refer you to post #7 please. They did have a tendency to show slight wilt too, I found them thirstier than other toms. As the norm I don't grow tomatoes outside because of the unpredictable weather here, this year was an exception being warmer than usual although only 'Manx Marvel' was outside.

 

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Sorry Sheal, I'm a bit puzzled by your item3 ) request in relation to your item 1) statement. My TSS list only contains well known GC members so why must I wait until after 31/01/14 to send them out please?
Jenny

 

Hiya Sheal

Yes, I noticed that. I wondered if it was a reaction to being moved or some other factor?

When I said...

...I meant you as a group, as you indicated it was a general consensus . I'm guessing others had similar problems?

Cheers...Freddy

 

Jenny I will pm you.

 

Freddy, mine have been in and out of shelter because of temperature highs and lows and moved to various places in the garden, I grew them in pots. The only thing they didn't like was a complete lack of sun, but even then coped with a couple of hours a day. To a certain degree they are tougher than other toms. The moving about didn't seem to bother them in or outside. What I don't know is, whether they are susceptible to blight. Taking into account when they were first grown they probably are, but I've been lucky here and not suffered blight issues in all the years I've been growing tomatoes.

I think it was a general consensus but you really need to ask the other members when they are available. They seem to have deserted me for the time being!

 

Hiya Sheal

Yes, that was my point. I didn't want you to think I'd singled you out It would have been interesting if someone had grown them indoors and outdoors to compare, but I appreciate that you (the group) wanted to isolate them. Maybe next year it might be worth someone persisting with them under cover. I'd be up for it, if I was staying here....

I wish I could say the same

Cheers...Freddy

 

Reading between the lines, I suspect it was developed as a strain that could produce a crop in the middle of the Irish Sea at a time when very few people had greenhouses.

Built for hardyness and doesn't like being molycoddled.

 

Freddy, John is with us now if you would like his opinion.

 

He is ?