Tomatoes - Page 35

Richard · 03-18-2015, 10:21 PM

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Originally Posted by merce3

how about the ones that are bred for hotter temps such as kewali, anahu, tropic, homestead 24? any experience with those and how they taste when the temps get really high?

The hotter temp varieties come in two basic categories:
- those bred for Florida and other high humidity areas
- those bred for Arizona and other low humidity areas

crazy banana · 03-18-2015, 10:41 PM

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Originally Posted by venturabananas

Does it harvest bananas, too? I need some harvested but don't want to climb up the ladder to get them.

Get one of these...

http://agridr.in/expert_system/banan...harvestor2.png

venturabananas · 03-18-2015, 10:46 PM

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Originally Posted by crazy banana

Get one of these...

http://agridr.in/expert_system/banan...harvestor2.png

Could have used that today! Had to get up on my roof to harvest my biggest bunch to date: 67 lbs.!

venturabananas · 03-18-2015, 10:48 PM

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Originally Posted by merce3

how about the ones that are bred for hotter temps such as kewali, anahu, tropic, homestead 24? any experience with those and how they taste when the temps get really high?

Not me. Never gets hot enough here to bother with the ones selected for high heat tolerance.

Dalmatiansoap · 03-30-2020, 04:38 AM

Lockdown seed sowing. Hope it isn't to late

cincinnana · 03-30-2020, 07:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Dalmatiansoap

Lockdown seed sowing. Hope it isn't to late

CountryBoy1981 · 04-13-2020, 02:20 PM

I have had good luck with "thai pink egg" tomatos. This year I am trying homestead as they were available for purchase already started (I have a feeling this will not do as well with our heat and humidity). I have also started from seed "Tommy Toe," from what I have seen from reviews this has done very well in the heat and humidity:

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Positive
On Jul 23, 2008, onalee from Brooksville, FL (Zone 9a) wrote:

I also got my original seeds from SSE and am very happy with these tomatoes! My husband grew up with tommy toe tomatoes growing 'wild' in south Florida and wanted to have them again. These exceeded our expectations! Very abundant producers, they have provided tomatoes for the table for 2-3 months and they are still producing even in the Florida heat of July (which is unusual - all our other tomatoes are LONG GONE!). Our vines got to 10' and more; we supported them with just a 4' fence all around, so they grew up and over the support and back down the other side but never slowed down on production!

These are also a good choice for growing upside down in a bucket or other container - they don't seem to get as long growing that way, but still produced well and were easy to care for.

Positive
On Jul 16, 2009, passiflora_pink from Central, AL (Zone 8a) wrote:

These are the best cherry type tomatoes I have ever tried. They thrive in the heat of the deep south. They don't crack or rot. They are luscious right off the vine!

Positive
On Aug 18, 2004, berrygirl from Braselton, GA (Zone 8a) wrote:

Extremely vigorous plant yields hundreds of 1" apricot-sized fruits. Produces non-stop over an extended season. Superb flavor, hard to beat! Won an Australian taste test with 100 varieties. Indeterminate, 70 days from transplant.

I grew this for the first time this year. This is the small cherry tomato that I grew up with. In fact, I have always called all small salad- type tomatoes "Tommy Toes". I grew these in cement blocks without staking them at all. They did sprawl more than I thought they would, but caused no problem. Saw no evidences of disease or pests like I did on my other tomato plants. Yield is very heavy and steady so far. Flavor is excellent.
Jan 2007: This tomato has re-seeded and come back for me each year since I first grew it. I still love it!!

https://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/72355/

cincinnana · 09-23-2020, 06:14 PM

Mr Stripy has been a good late season producer as well as Celebrity.

Zone 5-6

Late spring frosts has pushed due dates 30 days or more.

geissene · 09-24-2020, 06:31 AM

My tomatoes mostly finished two weeks ago except my cherry tomato plant is still pushing.

Dalmatiansoap · 02-10-2022, 02:15 PM

Need a quality seed source for this season

Snarkie · 01-17-2023, 12:13 PM

I've been growing the Florida varieties here in Charlotte for a few years, taking cuttings from my Everglades, which are tiny currents that are so prolific they are considered invasive in SoFla now, and whatever I had tried that season. I winter them over and put them out as full sized plants in the spring. This year, I got six seeds of the Giant Crimson, which until six years ago, had been extinct for close to eighty years. MIGardener on YouTube bought a shadow box from the 1930s that had a packet of them in it. He got a single plant out of it and brought the variety back. All six germinated, so I will begin sharing them later on this year.

Dalmatiansoap · 01-17-2023, 03:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Dalmatiansoap

Need a quality seed source for this season

Bumb.
Brandywine specially

Snarkie · 01-17-2023, 04:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Dalmatiansoap

Bumb.
Brandywine specially

The giant crimson are very similar. If you look them up and see what they are like and would like a few seeds, I can get some to you in a few months. Too late for this year, but perfect for next. My biggest one is already over two feet and growing like crazy.

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geissene Location: Pennsylvania Zone: 6 Name: Erik Join Date: Nov 2013 Posts: 489 BananaBucks : 102,316 Feedback: 1 / 100% Said "Thanks" 301 Times Was Thanked 983 Times in 317 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 16 Times	Re: Tomatoes My tomatoes mostly finished two weeks ago except my cherry tomato plant is still pushing.

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Dalmatiansoap Let there be light Dalmatiansoap's Photo Gallery Location: Makarska, Croatia Find me on the map! Zone: 9 Name: Ante Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 9,161 BananaBucks : 618,632 Feedback: 10 / 100% Said "Thanks" 6,508 Times Was Thanked 8,384 Times in 3,032 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 720 Times	Re: Tomatoes Need a quality seed source for this season __________________ https://abnb.me/AXJty518xib

01-17-2023, 12:13 PM	#691 (permalink)
Snarkie The Cat Whisperer Location: Charlotte, NC Zone: 8b, pushing 9a Name: D.A. Hänks Join Date: Dec 2014 Posts: 2,119 BananaBucks : 161,312 Feedback: 5 / 100% Said "Thanks" 1,218 Times Was Thanked 1,976 Times in 1,145 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 1,049 Times	Re: Tomatoes I've been growing the Florida varieties here in Charlotte for a few years, taking cuttings from my Everglades, which are tiny currents that are so prolific they are considered invasive in SoFla now, and whatever I had tried that season. I winter them over and put them out as full sized plants in the spring. This year, I got six seeds of the Giant Crimson, which until six years ago, had been extinct for close to eighty years. MIGardener on YouTube bought a shadow box from the 1930s that had a packet of them in it. He got a single plant out of it and brought the variety back. All six germinated, so I will begin sharing them later on this year. __________________ Doug (D.A. Hänks) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2955582/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 The Only Eastern Redwood Forest in America "Nuke my 'nanners, will you?!"

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