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tessa
head gardener
Australia
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 Posted - 31/12/2007 : 06:51:46
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as you know...i'm not a big tomato eater. well...not a raw tomato eater, tho i do like them cooked. my quest and interest in tomato growing is to find the tomato that agrees with my own palate...and barring that...enjoy the fact that nothing brings friends around to the house faster than a home grown tomato.
well my ashleigh was the first to set, and also the first to ripen this year.
here she is from every angle:
 
liz, who loves tomatoes, tasted it and said 'nothing special'.
this gave me great hope!!!!
was this going to be my tomato????
there was a blemish on the tomato, and the first piece i ate was a bit close to that...and i have to say, i was disappointed to find it floury in texture.
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the further away from the blemish that i ate...the silkier it got...and in no time i found myself cutting off chunks and popping them straight into my mouth and actually *enjoying* myself.
what a great tomato for someone who doesn't like tomatoes!
the flavour was subtle (liz would say bland) and there was no detectible acid (which is the thing that makes me wince) and also very little gel and seeds (and it's the gel that i object to the most...it makes me gag!) and so, you see, i LOVED this tomato!
this is the tomato for me!!!
i'm looking forward to trying all the other varieties i'm growing this year in case there are more tomatoes out there that agree with me!!!
there is another ashleigh ripening right now...but it has BER. i'll be keeping that for seeds. i wonder if it's okay to eat the good end of a tomato with BER? does anyone know?
cranky people live longer. i'm going to live forever!
perth, wa
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Pamela
head gardener
Australia
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Posted - 31/12/2007 : 06:56:56
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what's BER?
Tomatoes are so bland to me I have to eat them with salt. But still to taste my own, apart from a hardly ripe one. Glad you found one you like - where to you get these exotic brands? |
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tessa
head gardener
Australia
3682 Posts |
Posted - 31/12/2007 : 07:49:01
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BER= blossom end rot.
it's when the flower end of the tomato turns black. it doesn't ruin the seeds...but i'm not sure about the flesh. i'll find out in a few days with first hand experience...tho i wouldn't mind some advanced warning! LOL.
i get my seeds by trading with folks who are serious about tomatoes! i've got a few seeds from gail here, but also from patrina (i think you know her?) and a bloke from canberra by the name of skip (he's come here once or twice) and recently got a swag of varieties from a nice canadian man after i asked him for one variety in particular...he sent about 20 different types!
if you're interested in any, pamela, just sing out. i'm saving seeds from everything i grow this year...and next year you too can have red, pink, orange, yellow, green and even striped tomatoes of almost any size.
cranky people live longer. i'm going to live forever!
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otamot
head gardener
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Posted - 31/12/2007 : 11:17:15
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| thats excellent tessa, I like a nice tomato-ey flavour but I think I know what you mean about the gel since growing cherokee purple, it was nice and meaty like yours. |
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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
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Posted - 31/12/2007 : 11:48:58
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Sorry I missed this thread of yours Tessa..
Just looking at the second pic with the blemish and the two tiny spots on the right of it, our tomatoes look like that. Thankfully we have not had BER since the first lot when I started burying crushed egg shells into he soil well it must have done something to that bed as they got better, though we do change the soil in the beds every year if we want to use that same bed again
All our tomatoes are full of gell here  or floury that's why I don't eat them.
So its so good to hear of someone who has had success with growing them and if anyone deserves it, it you so Well Done and I hope you have more success with all the other varieties.
And while you are at it I wish you could breed one for warm humid weather like we have here.
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Gail
garden sage
Australia
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Posted - 01/01/2008 : 06:43:01
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Good that you found one you like Tessa  .
As long as you don't eat too close to the rotten spot, the fruit will be ok but often it will rot too much before fully ripe. I've had it occasionally, especially when it was really dry and hard to get enough water to them.
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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