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Heirloom tomatoes
I am planning on trying heirloom tomatoes for the first time this year.
What are your favorites? Which varieties do well in Texas heat? Diane |
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Heirloom tomatoes
On Tue, 07 Feb 2006 14:32:44 GMT, Buck and Di
wrote: I am planning on trying heirloom tomatoes for the first time this year. What are your favorites? Which varieties do well in Texas heat? Diane Certainly any of the cherry tomatoes, or grape tomatoes. |
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Heirloom tomatoes
Jangchub typed:
On Tue, 07 Feb 2006 14:32:44 GMT, Buck and Di wrote: I am planning on trying heirloom tomatoes for the first time this year. What are your favorites? Which varieties do well in Texas heat? Diane Certainly any of the cherry tomatoes, or grape tomatoes. Several people have recommended Brandywine to me, but I haven't tried it yet. Got seeds, though! Cindy |
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On Wed, 08 Feb 2006 14:55:30 GMT, "Cindy" wrote:
Jangchub typed: On Tue, 07 Feb 2006 14:32:44 GMT, Buck and Di wrote: I am planning on trying heirloom tomatoes for the first time this year. What are your favorites? Which varieties do well in Texas heat? Diane Certainly any of the cherry tomatoes, or grape tomatoes. Several people have recommended Brandywine to me, but I haven't tried it yet. Got seeds, though! Cindy Brandywine are very good fall tomatoes, but there isn't enough time for them in spring unless you are ready to really fuss over them daily. Most of the potato leafed varieties of tomatoes do not like our hot nights...at least I find. Certainly do try them. Your seeds should be planted and started now if you want to get fruit before it gets too hot. |
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Several people have recommended Brandywine to me, but I haven't tried it yet. Got seeds, though! Cindy Brandywine are very good fall tomatoes, but there isn't enough time for them in spring unless you are ready to really fuss over them daily. Most of the potato leafed varieties of tomatoes do not like our hot nights...at least I find. Certainly do try them. Your seeds should be planted and started now if you want to get fruit before it gets too hot. Thanks! Cindy |
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Heirloom tomatoes
"Cindy" wrote in message
... Several people have recommended Brandywine to me, but I haven't tried it yet. Got seeds, though! Cindy Cindy, I'll be trying several heirlooms this year (in San Antonio) that I haven't tried before, including two types of Brandywines. And here's a tomato I couldn't resist trying, even though it's a hybrid. I found it in the Mid-Season section of tomatogrowers.com: "Solar Set VFF Hybrid #3567 (30 seeds) $2.95 A heat-tolerant variety developed by the University of Florida. Sets fruit well even in high temperatures (92 degree day; 72 degree night) and high humidity. Because there is such good set, plants yield very large amounts of fruit. Bright red tomatoes are 8 to 9 ozs. with a delicious, full tomato flavor. Great for a fall crop in areas where weather permits. Determinate. 70 days." David |
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Cindy, I'll be trying several heirlooms this year (in San Antonio) that I haven't tried before, including two types of Brandywines. And here's a tomato I couldn't resist trying, even though it's a hybrid. I found it in the Mid-Season section of tomatogrowers.com: "Solar Set VFF Hybrid #3567 (30 seeds) $2.95 A heat-tolerant variety developed by the University of Florida. Sets fruit well even in high temperatures (92 degree day; 72 degree night) and high humidity. Because there is such good set, plants yield very large amounts of fruit. Bright red tomatoes are 8 to 9 ozs. with a delicious, full tomato flavor. Great for a fall crop in areas where weather permits. Determinate. 70 days." David I have two types also. Yellow and purple, I think. Solar Set sounds interesting! Let us know how it does. Cindy |
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"Solar Set VFF Hybrid #3567 (30 seeds) $2.95
A heat-tolerant variety developed by the University of Florida. Sets fruit well even in high temperatures (92 degree day; 72 degree night) and high humidity. Because there is such good set, plants yield very large amounts of fruit. Bright red tomatoes are 8 to 9 ozs. with a delicious, full tomato flavor. Great for a fall crop in areas where weather permits. Determinate. 70 days." David David, My experience with solar set is that it doesn't taste very good - wet cardboard - nor is it terribly prolific during the worst of the heat despite the claims - maybe a good thing considering its flavor G! YMMV and maybe they've improved the hybrid; good luck and let us know. -- Mike Harris Austin, TX 1995 Toyota Tacoma 2WD 2.4L 1963 4WD Willys Wagon SBC conversion 1984 Sovereign 17 "Gettin' Short" (Trailer Sailor) List owner, Toy_Coma http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Toy_Coma/ Home Page http://www.geocities.com/harriswillys/harriswillys.html Founder, TNWPS (Texas Nuclear Weapons Preservation Society) WTB: 1958 Ford Nucleon, any condition. Cash/Trade. |
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"harriswest" wrote in message ... David, My experience with solar set is that it doesn't taste very good - wet cardboard - nor is it terribly prolific during the worst of the heat despite the claims - maybe a good thing considering its flavor G! YMMV and maybe they've improved the hybrid; good luck and let us know. -- Mike Harris Austin, TX Thanks, Mike. I'll be trying about ten tomatoes I know nothing about (as well as a few I do), and intend to keep good records. Maybe this will be one of those "negative results are just as good as positive" summers. David |
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