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tessa
head gardener
Australia
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 Posted - 04/10/2007 : 17:58:25
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red, pink, orange, yellow, green, brown or striped?
regular leaf...or potato leaf?
determinate, or indeterminate?
big fruit, or small?
sweet...or acid?
next week...or this week?
cranky people live longer. i'm going to live forever!
perth, wa
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Cosmic
assistant gardener
Australia
129 Posts |
Posted - 04/10/2007 : 18:26:19
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Don't forget black and purple.
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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
10809 Posts |
Posted - 04/10/2007 : 18:34:14
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I don't know I had no luck with Black Russian and Purple Cherokee.
Ah but we all have different taste buds Thank goodness..
Good Things Come To Those That Wait ... I am Tired Of Waiting |
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Gail
garden sage
Australia
7707 Posts |
Posted - 04/10/2007 : 18:56:15
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Any blues?  Just joking
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing not to use it in a fruit salad.
Gail, near Gympie, Qld |
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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
10809 Posts |
Posted - 04/10/2007 : 19:12:27
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 I hope so as I dont fancy Blue tommies.
Good Things Come To Those That Wait ... I am Tired Of Waiting |
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tessa
head gardener
Australia
3682 Posts |
Posted - 04/10/2007 : 19:26:31
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quote:
Originally posted by Cosmic
Don't forget black and purple.
i left those out because at the moment...i don't have any!
i tried black tommies last year...but since liz didn't like them (the only one here who really likes tomatoes) i decided not to grow any more.
purple...
we'll i've got purple seeds in the mail at the moment...but they're not here yet!
cranky people live longer. i'm going to live forever!
perth, wa |
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Pieface MkII
assistant gardener
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Posted - 05/10/2007 : 12:06:41
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This is like that joke about putting an Irishman/whomever into a room with four shovels and telling him to take his pick!
I probably have room for 6 - 10 plants. I am going to give each plant a lot more room this year so they aren't all over eachother!
Green, brown and stripey sound like fun!!
Maybe PM me your mobile number or send to my work email and we can try to tee up a collection. I'm planning on doing my corn etc this weekend so maybe I can grab some seedlings and get those in at the same time |
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tessa
head gardener
Australia
3682 Posts |
Posted - 05/10/2007 : 13:31:33
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hi pieguy!
okay...will PM you my MOB number.
you say...room for 6-10 plants.
you say: green, brown, and stripey.
well...that's just three! LOL.
i can make up a niced mixed pack for you and bring them complete with detailed descriptions of each. just clarify: is that 6-10 from me? (quite easily done)
to keep things real family like...i've got a green zebra with your name on it from seeds that kito sent me.
then i've got heaps and heaps more. LOL.
the brown comes with 'rules'.
ah yes.
it's quite dangerous to hang out with tomato folk.
i'm in n. perth quite a lot lately...shooting my film...so i'm halfway to your place already. any day...but this saturday.
cranky people live longer. i'm going to live forever!
perth, wa |
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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
10809 Posts |
Posted - 05/10/2007 : 13:34:57
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Brown... I have never seen a brown..
Good Things Come To Those That Wait ... I am Tired Of Waiting |
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tessa
head gardener
Australia
3682 Posts |
Posted - 05/10/2007 : 13:45:06
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it's the result of a cross between a red and a black.
cranky people live longer. i'm going to live forever!
perth, wa |
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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
10809 Posts |
Posted - 05/10/2007 : 14:17:34
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Now that interesting that those two colours produce a brown. I would have thought a green and red one would produce a brown...Seems tomatoes are different.. Genes or something is it..
Good Things Come To Those That Wait ... I am Tired Of Waiting |
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Pieface MkII
assistant gardener
136 Posts |
Posted - 05/10/2007 : 15:39:54
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Browns come with rules...care to elaborate?? I steadfastly refuse to cuddle or sing to tomato plants 
6-10 from you would be most appreciated Tessa. Thanks for the PM, I'll work out when Anna and I have spare time over the weekend and give you a buzz. Crack of dawn Sunday should catch you at your best by the sounds of it  or 
If nothing pans out for the weekend and you are keen I am just over in Osborne Park for work so North Perth is pretty close.
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tessa
head gardener
Australia
3682 Posts |
Posted - 05/10/2007 : 17:40:20
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the browns will be plants 'deselected' from a cross hemisphere dwarf project i am participating in.
the rules are...that you can't save seeds. *or*....if you do save seeds (and are therefore breaking the rules) any dwarf plants that result from those seeds belong to the dwarf project. you then owe your life and first born child to the project...and must become a participant in the project...which, essentially, means growing and enjoying the tomatoes...but saving some seed from any dwarves that arise and returning those seeds to the project, along with detailed descriptions of plants and fruit taste.
i had BETTER be hung over on sunday morning.
that said...i think i can still find time in my day sunday to bring you some seedlings.
i will bring you ten.
you can cull who you like (i dare you to try)...if you need to drop back to 6.
you will have every colour under the rainbow...including the rainbow ('big streaked' it's called. a yellow tommie with red stripes and some red marbling of the flesh)
the fillum is a documentary i am making for the town of vincent.
my first paid movie gig. i'm totally pysched. just recorded the narration soundtrack for it this morning. it's starting to really come together!
cranky people live longer. i'm going to live forever!
perth, wa |
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Pieface MkII
assistant gardener
136 Posts |
Posted - 05/10/2007 : 18:12:46
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Congrats on the film gig Tessa!
You may get to see my lawn slaughtered for spring and my atrocious housekeeping
If the results are good I will of course contribute to your brown project. |
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tessa
head gardener
Australia
3682 Posts |
Posted - 05/10/2007 : 19:35:26
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excellent.
how many children are you planning to have?...because i've also got some seedlings of another dwarf project that did not turn out to be dwarf...but have given the strongest looking seedlings in my greenhouse.
i've potted one up for you. should give pink fruit...but you never know. could turn out anything red or pink or striped even. LOL.
cranky people live longer. i'm going to live forever!
perth, wa |
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Gail
garden sage
Australia
7707 Posts |
Posted - 06/10/2007 : 06:08:40
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Hungover? Planning a big night tonight Tessa?
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing not to use it in a fruit salad.
Gail, near Gympie, Qld |
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