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Has anyone here ever produced new tomato plants from cuttings? Tips, advice? I have some mini-tomato-plants (Red Robins) and would like to produce more of them without buying the expensive seed. Thanks. Pat |
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The cuttings root very easily in water.
Bill Pat Meadows wrote: Has anyone here ever produced new tomato plants from cuttings? Tips, advice? I have some mini-tomato-plants (Red Robins) and would like to produce more of them without buying the expensive seed. Thanks. Pat |
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"Bill Bolle" wrote in message ... The cuttings root very easily in water. Bill Can you keep them going through winter for use next year? I.e., can they be taken at the end of the growing season in order to propagate them for next year's growing season? Cheers, Ted |
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On Fri, 02 May 2003 18:52:26 -0400, Pat Meadows wrote in
rec.gardens.edible: Saving seed is fine for open-pollinated tomatoes, but not such a good idea for hybrids as the offspring will not come true. I've had volunteer tomatoes when I lived in Delaware, and they were OK, but not as disease-resistant (perhaps) as the parent plants. They certainly weren't as productive, or tasty. You are trying to make my old brain cells jump through hoops, huh Pat. I am almost certain that Red Robin is open-pollinated (neurons standing ready to reorganise). The tomato I'm trying to reproduce is (I think) open-pollinated, but I want to have some plants before I have tomatoes (and therefore seeds). How long have you been trying? You are in territory that is unfamiliar to me, but I believe it is the third generation before you know. Is that true? I'll be participating in a local farmers' market starting in June, and would like to sell the miniature (Red Robin) tomato plants there, as well as other things. I don't *know* if they'll sell well, but I'll find out. I presume you sell them hardened off and about 8 weeks old. I think they will, they're very cute little things. They'd be very nice for an elderly person who can't garden anymore or is even, perhaps, in a nursing home. I just read something on them that says Red Robin can also be used as a decorative plant in containers. They sound like a fun plant to grow. I am in shock right now. Some of my seedlings have come down sick and I cannot tell their problem. sob I have a call in to the seedling doctor, who does make house calls. -- Gardening Zones Canada Zone 5a United States Zone 3a Near Ottawa, Ontario |
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"Pat Meadows" wrote in message ... Has anyone here ever produced new tomato plants from cuttings? Tips, advice? I have some mini-tomato-plants (Red Robins) and would like to produce more of them without buying the expensive seed. I don't know "Red Robins", but if you grow the cordon type of tomatoes, the ones where you tie them to a stake, then presumably you're pruning lots of bits off them. (Sorry I don't know the technical name for the "bits".) I've found that if you let these bits get about ten centimetres long and then pull them off you can plant them into pots of potting compost and they very readily root. The first few days they wilt very badly, but they usually pull through the wilted phase (don't forget to water them of course) and then you get a very nice tomato plant. For the case of expensive hybrid tomatoes buying one or two plants from the garden centre and then propagating them in this way is much cheaper than buying a packet of seed. Tomatoes are allegedly a perennial plant in their native environment, so if you have a warm position in the greenhouse presumably you could keep propagating plants throughout the winter. |
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On Fri, 02 May 2003 19:56:01 -0400, Jim Carter
wrote: skipping the rest, sorry - we're in a rush today I've not tried to reproduce hybrids via seed - they just volunteered! So I don't know how many generations... I just read something on them that says Red Robin can also be used as a decorative plant in containers. They sound like a fun plant to grow. They *are* a fun plant to grow. I've only grown them in containers. They will grow happily and produce little tomatoes in a 6" to 8" pot. They prefer to be outdoors but a sunny windowsill will do. I plan to sell them in a 6" pot and, yes, they will be already hardened off. I think I'll ask $5 for them. I see Patio tomatoes being sold at our local garden center for $6.95. I have a lot of 6" pots, we bought a wholesale amount - not all for Red Robin tomatoes g, but for other purposes as well. We're building a hoophouse and raised beds this summer and I hope to sell produce and plants at the local farmers' market next summer - whatever I sell this year is in the nature of a rehearsal and 'learning the ropes' sort of thing. I am in shock right now. Some of my seedlings have come down sick and I cannot tell their problem. sob I have a call in to the seedling doctor, who does make house calls. Oh dear. That is terrible. I'd be in shock too. I hope they will recover quickly. No problems of this type here so far. Pat |
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Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1051964765 14879610 24.229.3.152 (16 [30169]) X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.93/32.576 English (American) X-No-Archive: yes Path: news7.nntpserver.com!newsfeed-east.nntpserver.com!nntpserver.com!eusc.inter.net! fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!24.229.3.152!not-for-mail Xref: news7 rec.gardens.edible:54376 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. snip 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 |
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On Sat, 3 May 2003 09:30:35 +0900, "Gyve Turquoise"
wrote: I don't know "Red Robins", but if you grow the cordon type of tomatoes, the ones where you tie them to a stake, then presumably you're pruning lots of bits off them. (Sorry I don't know the technical name for the "bits".) I've found that if you let these bits get about ten centimetres long and then pull them off you can plant them into pots of potting compost and they very readily root. The first few days they wilt very badly, but they usually pull through the wilted phase (don't forget to water them of course) and then you get a very nice tomato plant. For the case of expensive hybrid tomatoes buying one or two plants from the garden centre and then propagating them in this way is much cheaper than buying a packet of seed. Thanks. Tomatoes are allegedly a perennial plant in their native environment, so if you have a warm position in the greenhouse presumably you could keep propagating plants throughout the winter. We won't be able to keep tomatoes going through the winter in our (not yet built) hoophouse, as it will be unheated and it can get as cold as minus 20 F here (and did several times this last winter). However, we have a big bay window flanked by a window on each side set at 45 degrees to the bay window - the whole affair sticks out from the house and has a wide window ledge. It faces southeast and is almost like a 'mini-greenhouse'. I can fit six 22" x 11" flats on the window ledge. Since Red Robins will grow happily in a 6" pot, I'll definitely grow some of them through the winter in the bay window. Also some salad greens and herbs. Cilantro, possibly basil. Parsley for sure. I didn't do this before - we've lived in this house only two years - because the cat liked to sleep on the bay window ledge and the dogs flopped their front paws up there to see out the window. We've blocked it off now with a piece of wooden lattice-work so I can use it for plants - the dogs and cat have adjusted! Thanks. Pat |
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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. snip 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 "We recognize, however dimly, that greater efficiency, ease, and security may come at a substantial price in freedom, that law and order can be a doublethink version of oppression, that individual liberties surrendered for whatever good reason are freedom lost." Walter Cronkite, in the preface to the 1984 edition of 1984 |
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On Sat, 03 May 2003 19:25:28 GMT, "Lorenzo L. Love"
wrote: 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. Thanks. I'll order the Red Robin seeds from Shumway, and check out HPS too for other stuff. 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? I don't know - the two were fun to grow. It was nice to have both the red and yellow tomatoes. Maybe big corporations taking over formerly independent seed houses, and not wanting to bother with something a little different? I'm just guessing, I don't actually know. 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. Great! Thanks. I can - at a minimum - grow them in winter in our big bay window. Tomatoes, peppers, herbs, salad greens - quite nice! And maybe I can sell some plants. Thanks for all the good info, I really appreciate it. Pat |
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Pat Meadows said:
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. Tomato Grower's Supply -- the tomato fanatic's dream catalog: http://www.tomatogrowers.com/yellows.htm -- Pat in Plymouth MI Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (attributed to Don Marti) |
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The cuttings root very easily in water.
Bill Pat Meadows wrote: Has anyone here ever produced new tomato plants from cuttings? Tips, advice? I have some mini-tomato-plants (Red Robins) and would like to produce more of them without buying the expensive seed. Thanks. Pat |
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