now that my sweet peppers have sprouted I have room on my heat source for the tomatoes ...... thought I'd better get these in before I yet again change my mind ....... same soil mixe used for my peppers ...... only one seed planted of each, apart from 8 for Lilibet ...... early enough to replant if some fail to germinate; decided I didn't need/or have space for more than about 20 tomato babies
and here is a brief description/history of my 2023 tomatoes:
Dwarf Sara's Olalla Emerald: 3-4 ft. tall dwarf. Potato leaf. 2-6 oz. Round, green fruit. Outstanding flavour. Dwarf Tomato Project
Pink Berkeley Tie Dye: from Brad Gates; compact Indeterminate. Early to mid-early. 8-12 ounce fruit. Very sweet rich dark tomato flavour. Port-wine colored beefsteak with metallic green stripes;
Chocolate Sprinkles F1: indeterminate hybrid with high yields of 5-7 fruit clusters bearing 1 oz fruit. Very sweet. Beautiful red colour with dark green stripes. Crack resistant. Early
Lilly 12 F3 seed (Lilibet): My Grow out – plants now F4 (named in tribute to Queen Elizabeth II). not a big plant – semi-det.? Heart with pink/gold stripes delicious!! nice texture, good sweet/tart balance, no core, lovely juice ratio, nice and meaty; still segregating, hoping for more tasty hearts and an earlier harvest this year – on the late side
Rebel Starfighter Prime (x 2): from breeder Russ Crowe - cross of Xanadu Picasso x RHK GWR Heart; two seed sources, as shapes do vary with source; red with with indigo/black anthocyanin shoulders and stripes of pink, bronze-green and indigo; heart or strawberry shaped, wispy and tall
Momomakhi’s Hat: semi determinate plants; large pink hearts; on the early side; wispy plants with regular foliage; very meaty and sweet
Dwarf Bendigo Moon: Indet, reg leaf, 3-4 ft tall dwarf, 1-2 oz white cherry fruit, oval to plum shape with small point on blossom end, high yields, excellent flavour. Dwarf Tomato Project
Tatjiana: Indeterminate; 3 - 5 feet in height; compact, sturdy vines, and grows quite uniformly; early variety that keeps producing; quite resistant to fungus; dark green rugose foliage and golf ball size round red tomatoes
Boar’s Tooth: from Brad Gates; mid-season indterminate variety with regular leaves; produces 3-4 inch elongated tomatoes from 2 - 4 oz; very productive, meaty with a sweet and rich flavor; striping with dark red/brown coloring
Lucky Tiger: from Fred Hemple; indeterminate, tall, regular-leaf vines are very productive and bushy. Fruits are 1 1⁄2 - 2 oz; about 2” long, greenish pink, bi color with subtle orange/green striped color with orange flesh inside; sweet flavor
Yellow Brick Road: from Karen Olivier’s Wizard of Oz series; yellow on yellow striped mini beefsteak tomatoes on productive and sturdy small dwarf 18-20” plants
Dwarf Harmonic Convergence: Potato leaf dwarf, excellent medium sized red fruit, good yields, great flavor with complexity, acid and sweetness; Dwarf Tomato Project
Blood Moon: from Brad Gates; this rated a 9+ flavour rating last year, but fruit on small size and very low production; my plan is to use my rasied bed in an attempt to increase harvest; description calls for: 8-12oz fruit; meaty, rich, and sweet; cross of Pink Berkeley Tie Dye and Blue Beauty with an amazing mix of black and pink streaks and stripes
