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Tomato Heirlooms
There are so many endearing qualities to heirloom plants, tomatoes
included. They are foolproof, dependable, disease resitant naturally, tasty, you can save the seeds or if you have to buy them they cost a fraction of the hybrid seeds (the whole rational behind hybrid seeds is that you can not create the same plant in your home garden so you will need to buy more seeds, at many 100 price points above the cost of heritage seeds) and best of all is the connection with the past that is really what gardening is all about. Sure, we want fruit or veggies, or even herbs and flowers, but anyone who plants a garden is connecting with the past and those of us who love heirlooms have a strong connection to bring forward for future generations. Another Thyme, Sharrron ....with heirlooms there is a far greater chance of running into problems.......HW |
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Tomato Heirlooms
" There are so many endearing qualities to heirloom plants, tomatoes included. " They are foolproof, dependable, disease resitant naturally, "........poppycock and balderdash re "naturally desease resistant....put 'em in some real "desease contaminated soil" and see how they make out......HW |
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On Thu, 30 Jan 2003 23:45:21 GMT, Another Thyme
wrote: There are so many endearing qualities to heirloom plants, tomatoes included. They are foolproof, dependable, disease resitant naturally, tasty, you can save the seeds or if you have to buy them they cost a fraction of the hybrid seeds (the whole rational behind hybrid seeds is that you can not create the same plant in your home garden so you will need to buy more seeds, at many 100 price points above the cost of heritage seeds) and best of all is the connection with the past that is really what gardening is all about. Sure, we want fruit or veggies, or even herbs and flowers, but anyone who plants a garden is connecting with the past and those of us who love heirlooms have a strong connection to bring forward for future generations. No, sorry, can't agree. I garden more for the RESULTS than for the 'connection with the past'. I grow vegetables and fruits so that we can have them and eat them fresh, preserve some perhaps, and share them with neighbors and friends. The heirloom tomatoes I grew were most definitely not foolproof, and not dependable. I couldn't even have saved the seeds as the tomatoes did not ripen before a killing frost came along. If I can have the results I want *plus* a connection with the past, that's fine. But otherwise, the connection with the past is definitely not my first priority. Pat -- Pat Meadows CLICK DAILY TO FEED THE HUNGRY United States: http://www.stopthehunger.com/ International: http://www.thehungersite.com/ |
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Tomato Heirlooms
They will make out probably better than hybrids. Put hybrids in the same
situation Harold. You are just so oponioned you cant seem to see other points of veiw. I say heirlooms are the best. I grow theses, have no trouble. with them The key is to find out which heirlooms work best in your area. Any seed will do bad in diseased soil. HEIRLOOMS HAVE SURVIVED THE TEST OF TIME. HYBRIDS HAVE COME IN AND OUT OF VOGUE. Anne Middleton/Harold Walker wrote: " There are so many endearing qualities to heirloom plants, tomatoes included. " They are foolproof, dependable, disease resitant naturally, "........poppycock and balderdash re "naturally desease resistant....put 'em in some real "desease contaminated soil" and see how they make out......HW |
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Tomato Heirlooms
On Sun, 02 Feb 2003 02:45:26 GMT, Alice Gamewell
wrote: They will make out probably better than hybrids. Put hybrids in the same situation Harold. You are just so oponioned you cant seem to see other points of veiw. I say heirlooms are the best. I grow theses, have no trouble. with them The key is to find out which heirlooms work best in your area. Any seed will do bad in diseased soil. HEIRLOOMS HAVE SURVIVED THE TEST OF TIME. HYBRIDS HAVE COME IN AND OUT OF VOGUE. Not really. They've come in vogue and stayed there... In any case, that's a poor basis on which to choose your tomatoes (anything, really) - that it's 'in vogue'. I choose what (I believe and hope) will work best for my conditions. Heirlooms have not yet - in my experience - been good for the conditions under which I have gardened. I have tried heirlooms at various times, having been a gardener for over 30 years and in various locations as I've gardened in Northern New Jersey, Edmonton (Alberta, Canada), Delaware, Southern New Jersey, Maryland and northern Pennsylvania in the mountains. But I'm happy they work for you. I'd be even happier if they worked for me. Pat -- Pat Meadows CLICK DAILY TO FEED THE HUNGRY United States: http://www.stopthehunger.com/ International: http://www.thehungersite.com/ |
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Tomato Heirlooms
"Alice Gamewell" wrote in message ... . You are just so oponioned you cant seem to see other points of veiw.///////////// Nay lassie.........I cannot "stomack" those that believe their's is the only way me dearie. I certainly know what I like but would never think it is the the best...except for me. There are too many problems in this world caused via people "believing their way is the only way"......my way is for me......maybe for others if they believe it to be a "better way".......in my gardening teachings I give a number of points of view.......some I believe and some I do not.....allowing the audience to decide for themselves "which is best for themselves"........I gladly discuss heirlooms plus hybrids and the attibutes of both but never say one is better than another...that is not for me to say......if that be "oponioned" then I most certainly do qualify and. no doubt will continue to do so. Harold Walker. |
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