On 4 Apr 2010 22:39:50 GMT, General Schvantzkoph
wrote:

After last year's late blight fiasco I've sworn off buying plants from
the Big Box stores, I'm doing everything from seed.

I started the germination process on Friday for the first four varieties,
they have all started to sprout, my plan is to give them a few more days
on wet plates and then move them to containers at the end of the week and
then start the next batch. I'll put them in the ground in the middle of
May.

I've doing the following varieties,

Cosmonaut Volkov (Ukranian)
Black Prince (Siberia)
Black Sea Man (Russian)
Legend (Univ of Oregon, supposedly late blight resistant, we'll see)
Italian Grape
Yellow Pear
Sun Gold Cherry

Has anyone tried any of these varieties, how did they work out for you?


I haven't tried any of there but I got Black Sea Man seeds as a bonus
when I ordered some others. Let me know how it does and how it
tastes.

I am hoping to compare some OP to the hybrids I have been using.
Tomatofest has Carmello, Grape and Golden Grape which I want to
compare the hybrid Carmello, Jelly Bean and Yellow Jelly Bean. I am
also trying several paste tomatoes to see if any of them are as good
as Viva Italia hybrid.

Tomatofest has a wonderful selection of organic tomato seeds. I
always go wild when I find a site with lots of different tomato seeds.

I have had a problem this year. I started putting the tomato plants
outside and I believe that the wind has been breaking (nearly through)
the stem at the soil line. I believe that they were just too "leggy."
I am moving them into deeper pots and putting the soil almost up to
the first leaves.

Other items:

My rhubarb, Victoria, which I started from seed is doing well this
year. Never knew that they flowered and I needed to cut the flower
off as soon as I see it.

Beets, chard, broccoli, cabbage, lettuces and onions are in the ground
and are doing well.

I am waiting for the pepper seeds to germinate. I just planted them a
few days ago and am putting them outside in the daytime. The
greenhouse got up to 113 a few days ago when the outside temps were in
the 70s.

Time to open the greenhouse. The sun is up and it will be hot in
there soon.


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