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So I planted some Mortgage Lifter tomatoes this year. The plants grew
very well, were most prolific in flowering, setting and ripening of fruit. The only problem is that the tomatoes are not wonderful. They look fabulous. They would make ideal magazine shots or state fair entries, but they are, at least to me, underweight for their size and have no depth of flavor whatsoever. I have only two full size varieties growing this year (many cherry, pear, patios, etc, as they bear and ripen earlier here), the MLs and some identified only as "heirloom tomato" on the labeling, that latter having been bought as a lark from a reduced rack at the local grocery store. I wish I knew what the "heirloom tomato" really was as it has produced fruit that is everything that exemplifies a home grown tomato with indescribably delicious complexity of taste. It's fun gardening. Boron |
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On Wed, 24 Aug 2011 13:31:39 -0500, Derald wrote:
Boron Elgar wrote: It's fun gardening. Yep. Where is "here"? Northern NJ. |
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Boron Elgar wrote:
So I planted some Mortgage Lifter tomatoes this year. The plants grew very well, were most prolific in flowering, setting and ripening of fruit. The only problem is that the tomatoes are not wonderful. They look fabulous. They would make ideal magazine shots or state fair entries, but they are, at least to me, underweight for their size and have no depth of flavor whatsoever. aw! thanks for saying. we've always been happy with the beefsteaks. the past few years we added the sweet 100s cherry tomatoes and they are very good. two plants take up about 60sq ft and keep producing so many we have plenty to give away. i'd rather give away a half a pint of cherry tomatoes instead of a three pound beefsteak. I have only two full size varieties growing this year (many cherry, pear, patios, etc, as they bear and ripen earlier here), the MLs and some identified only as "heirloom tomato" on the labeling, that latter having been bought as a lark from a reduced rack at the local grocery store. I wish I knew what the "heirloom tomato" really was as it has produced fruit that is everything that exemplifies a home grown tomato with indescribably delicious complexity of taste. the seeds should be reusable. It's fun gardening. sure is, i have been working on thinning out the strawberries and planting the runners in a spare spot. five gallon bucket packed full. i have another two sides to finish yet. they will go in another place to fill in that garden. songbird |
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Mortgage Lifter was bred to be pretty and not bruise easily anything else
was of no consequence. I grew some Rutgers this year because of a childhood memory. They were comparable to your experience with the ML. If your heirloom was really good save the seeds. I have several that I save each year. Their flavor is far superior to "modern" tomatoes, unfortunately their disease resistance is not. "Boron Elgar" wrote in message ... So I planted some Mortgage Lifter tomatoes this year. The plants grew very well, were most prolific in flowering, setting and ripening of fruit. The only problem is that the tomatoes are not wonderful. They look fabulous. They would make ideal magazine shots or state fair entries, but they are, at least to me, underweight for their size and have no depth of flavor whatsoever. I have only two full size varieties growing this year (many cherry, pear, patios, etc, as they bear and ripen earlier here), the MLs and some identified only as "heirloom tomato" on the labeling, that latter having been bought as a lark from a reduced rack at the local grocery store. I wish I knew what the "heirloom tomato" really was as it has produced fruit that is everything that exemplifies a home grown tomato with indescribably delicious complexity of taste. It's fun gardening. Boron |
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On Wed, 24 Aug 2011 13:28:35 -0400, Boron Elgar
wrote: So I planted some Mortgage Lifter tomatoes this year. The plants grew very well, were most prolific in flowering, setting and ripening of fruit. The only problem is that the tomatoes are not wonderful. They look fabulous. They would make ideal magazine shots or state fair entries, but they are, at least to me, underweight for their size and have no depth of flavor whatsoever. I have only two full size varieties growing this year (many cherry, pear, patios, etc, as they bear and ripen earlier here), the MLs and some identified only as "heirloom tomato" on the labeling, that latter having been bought as a lark from a reduced rack at the local grocery store. I wish I knew what the "heirloom tomato" really was as it has produced fruit that is everything that exemplifies a home grown tomato with indescribably delicious complexity of taste. It's fun gardening. Boron For the last several years I have been trying lots of different tomatoes and I have decided that next year I am only going to plant Viva Italia, Better Boy, Early Girl and Jelly Bean. I am also going to plant a second crop of Viva Italia and Better Boy since I seem to have so much trouble with various and sundry blights and bugs. A couple of days ago I found out what was eating my cantaloupe -- a turtle. -- USA North Carolina Foothills USDA Zone 7a To find your extension office http://www.csrees.usda.gov/Extension/index.html |
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On Wed, 24 Aug 2011 14:49:43 -0400, The Cook
wrote: On Wed, 24 Aug 2011 13:28:35 -0400, Boron Elgar wrote: So I planted some Mortgage Lifter tomatoes this year. The plants grew very well, were most prolific in flowering, setting and ripening of fruit. The only problem is that the tomatoes are not wonderful. They look fabulous. They would make ideal magazine shots or state fair entries, but they are, at least to me, underweight for their size and have no depth of flavor whatsoever. I have only two full size varieties growing this year (many cherry, pear, patios, etc, as they bear and ripen earlier here), the MLs and some identified only as "heirloom tomato" on the labeling, that latter having been bought as a lark from a reduced rack at the local grocery store. I wish I knew what the "heirloom tomato" really was as it has produced fruit that is everything that exemplifies a home grown tomato with indescribably delicious complexity of taste. It's fun gardening. Boron For the last several years I have been trying lots of different tomatoes and I have decided that next year I am only going to plant Viva Italia, Better Boy, Early Girl and Jelly Bean. I am also going to plant a second crop of Viva Italia and Better Boy since I seem to have so much trouble with various and sundry blights and bugs. I cannot say that I have any consistency from year to year. The weather seems to have such a great affect of what thrives and doesn't - at least with the veggies, that I find some of it a crap shoot. Oh, that doesn't stop me, of course, nothing will, but I would love to find a tomato that gives me what I want year after year. I have a chance at it with the volunteers that start growing in mid August in a shady patch of impatiens each year. I just let'em do their thing - which must be good as I have 7 plants growing there right now. I should try to save some seed from them and put them in the sun next year as they are like the Molly Brown of tomatoes (cherries). A couple of days ago I found out what was eating my cantaloupe -- a turtle. Oh, now THAT is a great garden story. Boron |
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In article ,
Boron Elgar wrote: So I planted some Mortgage Lifter tomatoes this year. The plants grew very well, were most prolific in flowering, setting and ripening of fruit. The only problem is that the tomatoes are not wonderful. They look fabulous. They would make ideal magazine shots or state fair entries, but they are, at least to me, underweight for their size and have no depth of flavor whatsoever. I have only two full size varieties growing this year (many cherry, pear, patios, etc, as they bear and ripen earlier here), the MLs and some identified only as "heirloom tomato" on the labeling, that latter having been bought as a lark from a reduced rack at the local grocery store. I wish I knew what the "heirloom tomato" really was as it has produced fruit that is everything that exemplifies a home grown tomato with indescribably delicious complexity of taste. It's fun gardening. Boron Did you reduce watering when the fruit started to set? Over watering can reduce flavor. -- - Billy Both the House and Senate budget plan would have cut Social Security and Medicare, while cutting taxes on the wealthy. Kucinich noted that none of the government programs targeted for elimination or severe cutback in House Republican spending plans "appeared on the GAO's list of government programs at high risk of waste, fraud and abuse." http://www.politifact.com/ohio/state...is-kucinich/re p-dennis-kucinich-says-gop-budget-cuts-dont-targ/ [W]e have the situation with the deficit and the debt and spending and jobs. And it's not that difficult to get out of it. The first thing you do is you get rid of corporate welfare. That's hundreds of billions of dollars a year. The second is you tax corporations so that they don't get away with no taxation. - Ralph Nader http://www.democracynow.org/2011/7/19/ralph_naders_solution_to_debt_crisis |
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songbird wrote:
Boron Elgar wrote: So I planted some Mortgage Lifter tomatoes this year. The plants grew very well, were most prolific in flowering, setting and ripening of fruit. The only problem is that the tomatoes are not wonderful. They look fabulous. They would make ideal magazine shots or state fair entries, but they are, at least to me, underweight for their size and have no depth of flavor whatsoever. aw! thanks for saying. we've always been happy with the beefsteaks. the past few years we added the sweet 100s cherry tomatoes and they are very good. two plants take up about 60sq ft and keep producing so many we have plenty to give away. i'd rather give away a half a pint of cherry tomatoes instead of a three pound beefsteak. I have only two full size varieties growing this year (many cherry, pear, patios, etc, as they bear and ripen earlier here), the MLs and some identified only as "heirloom tomato" on the labeling, that latter having been bought as a lark from a reduced rack at the local grocery store. I wish I knew what the "heirloom tomato" really was as it has produced fruit that is everything that exemplifies a home grown tomato with indescribably delicious complexity of taste. the seeds should be reusable. Really? You must have that Harry Potter wand and magic word that turns plants back into seeds .... "Reverso tomaticus!" D |
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"Boron Elgar" wrote in message ... So I planted some Mortgage Lifter tomatoes this year. The plants grew very well, were most prolific in flowering, setting and ripening of fruit. The only problem is that the tomatoes are not wonderful. They look fabulous. They would make ideal magazine shots or state fair entries, but they are, at least to me, underweight for their size and have no depth of flavor whatsoever. I have only two full size varieties growing this year (many cherry, pear, patios, etc, as they bear and ripen earlier here), the MLs and some identified only as "heirloom tomato" on the labeling, that latter having been bought as a lark from a reduced rack at the local grocery store. I wish I knew what the "heirloom tomato" really was as it has produced fruit that is everything that exemplifies a home grown tomato with indescribably delicious complexity of taste. It's fun gardening. Boron I planted Burpee Early (Don’t think they are Early girls) anyway, they finally ripened and they are very good. A nice tomato punch to the taste. I'm still waiting for the Better Boys to Ripen, some of those suffered blossom end rot. The cherry 100's are plenty as usual. Cheers |
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"David Hare-Scott" wrote: songbird wrote: Boron Elgar wrote: I wish I knew what the "heirloom tomato" really was as it has produced fruit that is everything that exemplifies a home grown tomato with indescribably delicious complexity of taste. the seeds should be reusable. Really? You must have that Harry Potter wand and magic word that turns plants back into seeds .... "Reverso tomaticus!" D I think maybe "resuable" wasn't quite the word. But if the plant really is an heirloom tomato then the seeds can be planted and the fruit should be true to the parent plant. That's the beauty of heirloom produce, you can save the seeds and plant them instead of buying seeds. marcella |
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On Wed, 24 Aug 2011 14:58:59 -0700, Billy
wrote: In article , Boron Elgar wrote: So I planted some Mortgage Lifter tomatoes this year. The plants grew very well, were most prolific in flowering, setting and ripening of fruit. The only problem is that the tomatoes are not wonderful. They look fabulous. They would make ideal magazine shots or state fair entries, but they are, at least to me, underweight for their size and have no depth of flavor whatsoever. I have only two full size varieties growing this year (many cherry, pear, patios, etc, as they bear and ripen earlier here), the MLs and some identified only as "heirloom tomato" on the labeling, that latter having been bought as a lark from a reduced rack at the local grocery store. I wish I knew what the "heirloom tomato" really was as it has produced fruit that is everything that exemplifies a home grown tomato with indescribably delicious complexity of taste. It's fun gardening. Boron Did you reduce watering when the fruit started to set? Over watering can reduce flavor. I have been growing tomatoes for over a quarter of a century and have the methodology down pat. On the contrary...these fruits were underweight for their size. Were this reduction in flavor true to form, of course, I'd notice a comparable reduction in all varieties that I grew. I surely cannot control the weather, but I've other tomatoes in the same bed as the ML and they are fine. Last year all the tomatoes in that bed were sweeter, but alas, they were all volunteers from the compost. They were my clue indicating that particular flower bed should be converted to a tomato patch. Boron |
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On Wed, 24 Aug 2011 13:59:36 -0400, songbird
wrote: Boron Elgar wrote: So I planted some Mortgage Lifter tomatoes this year. The plants grew very well, were most prolific in flowering, setting and ripening of fruit. The only problem is that the tomatoes are not wonderful. They look fabulous. They would make ideal magazine shots or state fair entries, but they are, at least to me, underweight for their size and have no depth of flavor whatsoever. aw! thanks for saying. we've always been happy with the beefsteaks. the past few years we added the sweet 100s cherry tomatoes and they are very good. two plants take up about 60sq ft and keep producing so many we have plenty to give away. i'd rather give away a half a pint of cherry tomatoes instead of a three pound beefsteak. I like the sweet 100s. Their only flaw is a tendancy to split after a heavy rain...much more so than any of the other cherries or small tomatoes I have going this year. Yes...the cherries get given away, but those perfect full size tomatoes are guarded like treasure. I have only two full size varieties growing this year (many cherry, pear, patios, etc, as they bear and ripen earlier here), the MLs and some identified only as "heirloom tomato" on the labeling, that latter having been bought as a lark from a reduced rack at the local grocery store. I wish I knew what the "heirloom tomato" really was as it has produced fruit that is everything that exemplifies a home grown tomato with indescribably delicious complexity of taste. the seeds should be reusable. And some have been saved. They are drying on paper towel. It's fun gardening. sure is, i have been working on thinning out the strawberries and planting the runners in a spare spot. five gallon bucket packed full. i have another two sides to finish yet. they will go in another place to fill in that garden. I grow strawberries for show, I swear...with what the critters leave me, it is an exercise in futility. Boron |
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On Thu, 25 Aug 2011 08:47:46 +1000, "David Hare-Scott"
wrote: songbird wrote: Boron Elgar wrote: So I planted some Mortgage Lifter tomatoes this year. The plants grew very well, were most prolific in flowering, setting and ripening of fruit. The only problem is that the tomatoes are not wonderful. They look fabulous. They would make ideal magazine shots or state fair entries, but they are, at least to me, underweight for their size and have no depth of flavor whatsoever. aw! thanks for saying. we've always been happy with the beefsteaks. the past few years we added the sweet 100s cherry tomatoes and they are very good. two plants take up about 60sq ft and keep producing so many we have plenty to give away. i'd rather give away a half a pint of cherry tomatoes instead of a three pound beefsteak. I have only two full size varieties growing this year (many cherry, pear, patios, etc, as they bear and ripen earlier here), the MLs and some identified only as "heirloom tomato" on the labeling, that latter having been bought as a lark from a reduced rack at the local grocery store. I wish I knew what the "heirloom tomato" really was as it has produced fruit that is everything that exemplifies a home grown tomato with indescribably delicious complexity of taste. the seeds should be reusable. Really? You must have that Harry Potter wand and magic word that turns plants back into seeds .... "Reverso tomaticus!" D I like that. There is money to be made with that wand. Boron |
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David Hare-Scott wrote:
.... Really? You must have that Harry Potter wand and magic word that turns plants back into seeds .... "Reverso tomaticus!" very funny, but you know what i mean jellybean. songbird |
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The Cook wrote:
.... For the last several years I have been trying lots of different tomatoes and I have decided that next year I am only going to plant Viva Italia, Better Boy, Early Girl and Jelly Bean. I am also going to plant a second crop of Viva Italia and Better Boy since I seem to have so much trouble with various and sundry blights and bugs. a second crop in a different location or? A couple of days ago I found out what was eating my cantaloupe -- a turtle. haha! the race goes to the turtle. did you catch it in the act? songbird |
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