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On Sat, 03 May 2003 01:06:04 GMT, "Lorenzo L. Love"
wrote:

I have about 35 Red Robins just starting to flower. Most in 6" pots,
some in 12" baskets, 3 per. Still too cold to stay out at night and no
greenhouse, so every night I haul them all inside and every morning haul
them all outside. Lot of work but I'll get ripe tomatoes long before any
of my in ground plants will bare. They are very nice pretty little
plants with lots of good tasting fruit.

Yes, they are. I really enjoy them.

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You said that the seeds were expensive. Looking at R. H. Shumways HPS
catalog (www.hpsseed.com) where I bought my Red Robin seed, I see that
they are one of the cheapest tomato seeds per ounce. When you consider
they are smaller then most tomato seeds, they seem a real bargain. I
used to grow Tumbler tomatoes until I gave up on them because they were
much more susceptible to wilt diseases then Red Robins and because they
cost too much. Red Robins are $4.25 per 1/32 oz, Tumbers are $28.55 per
1/32 oz, almost seven times as much!


Thank you! I didn't know Shumway sold them. I was buying
them he

http://www.seedman.com/Rachel/Tomato.htm

They sell 20 seeds for $1.95.

I have no idea how many seeds are in 1/32 of an oz - do you?

My guess is that Shumway's 1/32 of an oz is the better deal,
but I'm not sure.

Years ago, I also used to grow another mini-tomato - it was
yellow, and I think it was called 'Yellow Canary'. I have
not been able to locate a source for it now.

Anyone - a source for Yellow Canary?

Pat