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Post by daylilydude on Apr 30, 2011 2:32:21 GMT -5
I'm growing this one for the very first time this year, they are a healthy looking potato-leaf plant. KBX
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2011 5:26:00 GMT -5
KBX doesn't grow very well here. I find it odd as KB does very well. I got my first tomato from KB last season. Got a couple. Great taste. Saved seed. Will continue to grown and save seeds from the plants that produce here. Maybe in time can find one that will set better. May also try grafting some to see if the increased vigor will help. Although the KBX plants have always been vigorous and seem to be fairly disease resistant. Just don't set well here in my garden. Jay
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Post by sorellina on Apr 30, 2011 6:42:17 GMT -5
Ciao Rich-
I'm growing it also. I tried one other time and it was a white beefsteak, clearly crossed seed. The seedlings I have this year are both PL and healthy.
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Post by txdirtdog on Apr 30, 2011 9:00:51 GMT -5
I'm also growing it for the first time this year. Plants went into ground 3rd-4th week of February. So far I have 1 tomato formed on each plant. I am growing as a comparison with Orange Minsk since a respected Tomatostorian indicated the Orange Minsk may have a better flavor. So far I have 11 tomatoes forming on one of the Orange Minsks. I have never grown the regular leaf KB.
I'm looking forward to tasting the KBX. The plants are big, bulky and potato leaved. Pretty plant.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2011 19:48:42 GMT -5
What is KBX?
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Post by stratcat on Apr 30, 2011 22:16:22 GMT -5
KBX is a PL version of Kellogg's Breakfast. It's orange and I'm growing KBX again this year as it's one of our favorites.
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Post by nolika on May 1, 2011 8:19:33 GMT -5
Oh, it didn't grow well for me and I grew it twice from two different commercial seeds sources. Both times, KBX was amongst the first plants to get sick and it was very late to ripen. But it was very productive...
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Post by paulf on May 1, 2011 8:51:52 GMT -5
I have been growing KBX for about as many years as it has been stabilized. My first seeds came from Martha Hufford. I have grown it alongside Kellogg's Breakfast in several different years and compared the two. Both are among my absolute favorites and grow one or the other (or both) every year. Both in central Iowa where I first grew KBX and now in Nebraska for the last five years the fruit is 10 to 16 ounces, bright orange and very flavorful: sweet and more fruity tasting than tart tomatoey. The plants are very large and of course potato leafed. I know folks don't like the flavor descriptors of citrus or fruity or mild, but there it is.
As a side note, when I listed KBX in SSE, I got a request for seeds from Darrell Kellogg ( of Kellogg's Breakfast fame) asking for seeds to see what KBX was like. It was an honor to send him the seeds.
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2011 18:41:51 GMT -5
Does KBX taste better than Kellogg's Breakfast? I love that one and grow it every year.
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Post by paulf on May 1, 2011 21:24:17 GMT -5
My experience is that they taste very much the same. KBX plants have been a bit larger in my garden. My records indicate KBX averages a little larger per tomato and production is a bit more. Statistically I would consider them equal as I only compared one plant to one plant per year of comparison. Tasted side by side in taste tests at mid-west tomato fest gatherings and at taste tests conducted at tomato seminars in my local area no one could tell the difference.
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Post by stratcat on May 2, 2011 9:52:39 GMT -5
I agree with Paulf on the taste, tho' I haven't grown KB and KBX side-by-side to compare them in the same year. Both are excellent flavored!
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