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Post by kctomato on Sept 29, 2013 19:37:21 GMT -5
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Post by kctomato on Oct 2, 2013 9:36:59 GMT -5
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kct
Oct 2, 2013 10:39:53 GMT -5
Post by Laura_in_FL on Oct 2, 2013 10:39:53 GMT -5
That's beautiful - it's art!
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materman
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kct
Oct 2, 2013 11:12:24 GMT -5
Post by materman on Oct 2, 2013 11:12:24 GMT -5
Them are some pretty maters you got there. Kind of partial to the purple ones which I say are extra pretty. Almost made me hungry, but I have been squeezing maters all morning and yes devouring a few. Thanks for posting.
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kct
Oct 2, 2013 11:28:57 GMT -5
Post by kctomato on Oct 2, 2013 11:28:57 GMT -5
The purple is Gary'O Sena
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kct
Oct 2, 2013 22:06:31 GMT -5
Post by stratcat on Oct 2, 2013 22:06:31 GMT -5
Oh, yeah! Those look wonderful. I even see greenies with red gel.
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kct
Oct 3, 2013 13:23:33 GMT -5
Post by Laura_in_FL on Oct 3, 2013 13:23:33 GMT -5
Oooh, I have seeds for Gary'O Sena...I need to make sure that one gets on my spring grow list.
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Post by kctomato on Oct 3, 2013 13:37:35 GMT -5
The greens with red gel are a really weird off-type or mutation.
They mature red but they have a mutation gene I have roughly identified as "sticky peel".
I do not recall having any lines with that gene in any of my stocks. The fruit do not look like the line they were supposed to be or anything else I grew this year. I had only seen "sticky peel" in disease resistant test lines when I was at NCSU.
The skin is sticky to the touch but even more pronounced is the shiny skin. Even shinier than a "tomtrees waxed tomato®". I am not sure if this will show up in a picture or not but I will try.
I might make a vine of it and turn it in the sun so it glistens.
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kct
Oct 3, 2013 17:18:11 GMT -5
Post by kctomato on Oct 3, 2013 17:18:11 GMT -5
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kct
Oct 3, 2013 22:58:13 GMT -5
Post by stratcat on Oct 3, 2013 22:58:13 GMT -5
Thanks for the info, KC. I did get that vine to work by reloading the page. That is one shiny tomato. Yeah, even shinier than a "tomtrees waxed tomato®", lol.
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kct
Oct 4, 2013 8:19:42 GMT -5
Post by Laura_in_FL on Oct 4, 2013 8:19:42 GMT -5
Wow, that's really glossy - do you have to wash off the sticky before eating the tomato? (Sticky peel in the mouth doesn't sound appetizing.)
Is this the same gene that causes tomatillos to be sticky?
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kct
Oct 4, 2013 12:22:11 GMT -5
Post by kctomato on Oct 4, 2013 12:22:11 GMT -5
I don't recall trying one as far as taste. I doubt its something that would wash off, the recent rain hasn't done so.
I don't know if its the same gene as tomatillos or not.
I havent looked for quite awhile but there was very little tomatillo genetics or even breeding projects in the past. There was one person in California that was doing selection on material gathered across the SW and Mexico. That was probably 10 years ago. Since they gained in popularity I suspect someone is doing something somewhere. If I recall they outcross readily and it is harder to develop stable populations.
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Post by kctomato on Oct 17, 2013 19:36:31 GMT -5
[/IMG] Oct 17 and still going
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kct
Oct 18, 2013 9:08:59 GMT -5
Post by Laura_in_FL on Oct 18, 2013 9:08:59 GMT -5
That's just beautiful - love the color contrast. When is your first frost, usually?
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kct
Oct 18, 2013 10:16:15 GMT -5
Post by kctomato on Oct 18, 2013 10:16:15 GMT -5
supposedly Oct21-31 now
but as i was growing up it was much earlier
most years we get disease wiping things out by the first part of September. but since we had little rain to speak of there was no disease to do so
it got down to 42 last night
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kct
Oct 24, 2013 10:15:00 GMT -5
Post by kctomato on Oct 24, 2013 10:15:00 GMT -5
Hard freeze tonight. Last of the peppers I got from Park Seed via the #gardenchat contest on twitter (Monday night at 9EST) I dont recall the variety names offhand. The one green bell is mature. I tried but they never turn another color. If damaged they may get slightly brown. I left these on trying to get color. About all the oldest ones did do is get bumps on them. Kinda like myself as I get older really. Yah I know theys aint tomatoes but saw no sense in creating another thread.
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Post by kctomato on May 26, 2014 18:06:02 GMT -5
Different foliage types
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materman
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kct
May 26, 2014 20:18:49 GMT -5
Post by materman on May 26, 2014 20:18:49 GMT -5
I see potato leaf, variegated leaf, and a regular leaf with a tinge of purple on it. I don't want to jack your thread, but since you know far more about tomato genes then I do, what would you call this odd ball I got growing in my garden right now? When it first came up I thought it was just a chartreuse leafed plant, but it greens up with age. I thought it was the variety for it was one I got from Europe and had not a clue as to what it was too look like, but after dropping a couple more seed to see if the results were the same, they were not. So it seems like maybe some gene mutation may be at play. Any thoughts?
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kct
Jun 23, 2014 18:16:06 GMT -5
Tollie likes this
Post by kctomato on Jun 23, 2014 18:16:06 GMT -5
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Post by kctomato on Jun 23, 2014 18:31:10 GMT -5
Variety called "manDUH" and I made this field 44% larger than last year Attachments:
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kct
Jun 23, 2014 20:41:08 GMT -5
Post by daylilydude on Jun 23, 2014 20:41:08 GMT -5
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kct
Jun 24, 2014 4:38:06 GMT -5
Post by timothyt on Jun 24, 2014 4:38:06 GMT -5
Looking mighty fine there KCT!
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kct
Jun 24, 2014 10:30:45 GMT -5
Post by Laura_in_FL on Jun 24, 2014 10:30:45 GMT -5
daylilydude, I don't know. I'm not familiar with that variety. Hopefully something bright to contrast with the pretty antho streaming down the sides.
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kct
Jun 24, 2014 10:53:22 GMT -5
Post by stratcat on Jun 24, 2014 10:53:22 GMT -5
Looking forward to them.
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Post by kctomato on Jun 24, 2014 11:08:12 GMT -5
purple on yellow Attachments:
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kct
Jun 25, 2014 23:40:05 GMT -5
Post by stratcat on Jun 25, 2014 23:40:05 GMT -5
materman, That oddball tomato is reminiscent of Mortgage Lifter (Pale Leaf Strain). I was at my friend's place today and saw a few that jarred my memory. Here's a picture that she took with her Blackberry of one that I planted in her garden in 2010. Yellow foliage sprawling across its neighbors. Picture
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Post by kctomato on Aug 10, 2014 17:41:30 GMT -5
This is a compact habit plant (not the kind of dwarf used in DTP). The fruit are large to very large and most seem to set very well. There is great variability within in the family for vigor (Though it looks like it, I really can't say disease pressure because there has been little disease pressure this year). Attachments:
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Post by kctomato on Sept 18, 2016 12:56:21 GMT -5
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