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tessa
head gardener
Australia
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 Posted - 08/01/2008 : 09:37:10
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well...it wasn't as big as the name suggested...but it was still a nice sized slicer.
i had my first one last week but, as it turns out, i picked it prematurely. it was soft as anything to the touch...and i'm just a new tomato grower who's really only used to the rock-hard store bought tomatoes...so i made a judgement error and ended up eating a very tart, but otherwise lovely tomato.
there's a second one on the vine right now that is just about ready, so hopefully i'll have a more in-depth report on that one...should i manage to let it ripen long enough!!!
for now...some piccies of this beautiful tomato.
 
cranky people live longer. i'm going to live forever!
perth, wa
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Edited by - tessa on 08/01/2008 09:38:18 |
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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
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Posted - 08/01/2008 : 11:44:15
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Now that one looks good Tessa plenty of flesh there and a little gell, it will be great if the next one is perfect as the way you are going it will be..
I grew a very tasty orange tomato two years ago seeds from Mantis I have no idea what the name was as its not in my book I must have only written it on the label and like yours it had a lot of flesh and hardly any gel at all, it also tasted somewhat different more like a mango or a fruit as there was no acid taste at all.
I did a search and found it. Its name was Jaune Flamme
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tessa
head gardener
Australia
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Posted - 08/01/2008 : 22:10:28
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oh yes, sunny....jaune flamme is all the rage in the tomato circles.
i don't have any seed for that yet...but don't need it since there are no less that 20 varieties i haven't gotten around to growing just this year!
cranky people live longer. i'm going to live forever!
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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
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Posted - 08/01/2008 : 22:53:18
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Is that so, humm interesting. Do they reckon its a goer or not.
Yes there are certainly plenty of varieties to try.
Good Things Come To Those That Wait ... I am Tired Of Waiting |
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Gail
garden sage
Australia
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Posted - 09/01/2008 : 15:00:02
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Looks good Tessa. I bet it tastes better than my orangey one which I will post about soon.
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing not to use it in a fruit salad.
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Pieface MkII
assistant gardener
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Posted - 15/01/2008 : 16:00:19
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Mmm...looks good Tessa. I have had a couple of these now and the first was mealy and not so pleasant. They are a great tommie as the second one proved! I'll see you at the scales though if that's the biggest you've got  I'll try to grab some pictures of mine.
Also green zebra...what is the key for ripeness on this one again?
Best performer so far though is my non dwarf brown (red fruit in the end). This tomato has fabulous flavour, can't wait to compare it to a brandywine |
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tessa
head gardener
Australia
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Posted - 15/01/2008 : 18:24:55
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yes....our browns turned out red as well!
liz really likes the taste of it...
me...
not so much.
my JBO is dead now.
finally succumbed to the mites.
i've reseeded some more...so we'll see if we can get a crop yet.
good to hear you're getting some tomatoes over there!
green zebra requires the 'squeeze test'...but may also get an amber tinge around their shoulders as they ripen.
cranky people live longer. i'm going to live forever!
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Pieface MkII
assistant gardener
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Posted - 16/01/2008 : 11:22:12
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Yes JBO doesnt seem the most resilient variety does it Tessa.
Heres how mine is looking 
Tom's Yellow is much the same...
However there is a little hope...
If these pass the taste test tessa I'll put a couple aside for you and Liz  |
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tessa
head gardener
Australia
3682 Posts |
Posted - 16/01/2008 : 13:20:40
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oh my...that corn looks great! (where is my drooling emoticon?)
do you not stake your tomatoes, pie? of course, sprawling is their natural habit.
and...you've got more fruitset than me.
it does look like you've got the mites. next year...i will soak the seedlings in beat-a-bug before i give them out.
cranky people live longer. i'm going to live forever!
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Pieface MkII
assistant gardener
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Posted - 16/01/2008 : 14:00:22
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I sprayed last night Tessa so we'll see how it goes. I am really bad at preventative maintenance *shamed smiley* I knew I needed to spray at least a week ago but put it off and this is the result
I started to stake them but I'm soo lazy. I should have more rags to use as ties by next year so that should help. Sprawling works OK I think but maybe makes a bit more susceptible to gribblies.
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Oh yah my "big" tomato turned out to be much smaller than I remembered and only weighed 110 grams haha! |
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tessa
head gardener
Australia
3682 Posts |
Posted - 16/01/2008 : 14:35:49
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110 is still a lot bigger than anything i've had this year! nicely done!
okay...with the mites...they more UP the plant. amd they only live ON TOP of the leaves...so easy spraying.
if you staked (use wire ties) and trimmed off all the dead or bronze stuff down the bottom...you will be amazed what happens next.
the bottom will send out new, unifected shoots...and by the time the weather is cool again...you'll have a whole new plant.
then you'll cut off the tops...and be done with the mites.
don't forget that in our climate...tomato plants are semi-perennial.
keep them trimmed...and you'll get new growth over and again...for years.
you'll even get winter tomatoes.
can't beat that!
cranky people live longer. i'm going to live forever!
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Gail
garden sage
Australia
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Posted - 16/01/2008 : 16:08:09
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Pieface, I'm lazy when it comes to staking so now I have made up some tubes of wirenetting which I place over the plant to let it grow up through it. Saves tying it up
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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