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Post by daylilydude on May 6, 2011 8:45:57 GMT -5
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Post by txdirtdog on May 6, 2011 9:59:05 GMT -5
Well, I'll go with the Sungold F1. I haven't tried any of the open pollenated versions. Last year was my first experience with it. I had a lowsy tomato year, but still got Sungolds. When the garden was flooded, my 1 Sungold plant looked like it was going to die. This persisted through the summer but in the fall, although it was still a ragged looking plant, it started producing again. This is one tough mater plant.
This year I have multiple Sungolds. All of them are loading up and my first one in the ground has been averaging about 5 plus ripe tomatoes per day. I think it's just getting warmed up.
The flavor is wonderful. Nice sweet tomato flavor with an almost citrusy undertone. If you haven't tried growing this one, I highly recommend you do so.
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Post by paulf on May 6, 2011 21:14:15 GMT -5
We grew the Sungold F-1 last year because of hearing so much about it. The plant was enormous and production was out of this world. They grew in clusters like bunches of grapes. So many we couldn't eat even a portion. The fruit was a beautiful orange-gold and the flavor was just as good as advertised. The only drawback here was that the fruit split just as they got vine ripe. It didn't really matter because there were so many.
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Post by michaeljohnson on May 9, 2011 0:37:50 GMT -5
I am surprised by what you said( they grow in clusters like bunches of grapes) my experience of them using seeds bought only from Thompson & Morgon-which is the original and obtained by them from the original japanese hybridisers -all the tomatoes grow in long strings and forked trusses sometimes the long strings of fruit hang down a couple of foot or more
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Post by paulf on May 9, 2011 7:52:29 GMT -5
I think Michael's description is more accurate. The group of tomatoes may be in the shape of a grape cluster but only one layer thick. They kind of fan out. I guess that is forked trusses and long strings. Thanks Michael for the clarification.
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