Pat Meadows wrote:

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

Looking around, it seems the standard is 300 tomato seeds per gram which
comes to about 260 for 1/32 oz. But Red Robin seed is smaller then most
tomato seed so there should be more. Much better deal! HPS,
Horticultural Products and Services, is Shumway's commercial growers
division and has great prices for larger sizes seed packets. You might
check them for flats and pots too.

I just checked my seed package and I have lots left. I haven't run out
of pots yet, so I guess I should start some more. Can't have too many
tomatoes!

I have grown Yellow Canary before. Except for yellow fruit, identical to
Red Robin. Haven't seen any in catalogs for the last couple years.
Wonder why?

My favorite way to eat Red Robins is in tomato salad with with Purple
Ruffles basil and feta cheese. Serve over warm garlic toast.

Check out Jingle Bell peppers. They will grow in the same size pots as
Red Robins and produce walnut sized red bell peppers.

Lorenzo L. Love
http://home.thegrid.net/~lllove

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