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Di Taylor
assistant gardener
New Zealand
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 Posted - 10/01/2009 : 05:35:47
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Hi there, I would like some help finding a possible identity for this tomato......
I bought a packet of tomato seeds which was a rainbow heirloom mix, seemed a good idea at the time but of course I don't know what colour to expect. The tomatoes are currently about 3.5 cm in diameter, have a lime green colouring with darker green marking (a bit hard to see too clearly in the photo), it's not a particularly large plant so far only about 1m high if that and is a "normal" leaf - not potato, and the leaf is green underneath not quite dark like some of my plants. If it turns out to be a green tomato, how do you know when they are ripe
A good year is when more things get harvested than die!
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Gail
garden sage
Australia
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Posted - 10/01/2009 : 05:46:03
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I am no tomato expert but it looks very similar to my green zebras though maybe not quite enough darker green stripe. If it is one they get a yellowish tint to the fruit when ripe and feel soft to touch. It was easier than I expected to tell the ripe fruit.
I haven't any growing at the moment but here is an old picture of my green zebras
Actually looking at my pics, yours doesn't look to have enough stripes but it gives you something to compare with.
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing not to use it in a fruit salad.
A ounce of common sense is worth more than a ton of intelligence.
Gail, near Gympie, Qld |
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Di Taylor
assistant gardener
New Zealand
188 Posts |
 Posted - 10/01/2009 : 05:59:28
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Interesting, Yes yours look more stripey where mine are more blotchy and mine blotches are much lighter, but good to know there is something I can eliminate, great looking tomatoes the tiger ones
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tessa
head gardener
Australia
3682 Posts |
Posted - 10/01/2009 : 06:11:48
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wait to see what colour they ripen to di.
i have a suspicion you've got tigerella there.
if so...they will ripen to red with orange stripes...and will be a mild tasting tomato.
cranky people live longer. i'm going to live forever! perth, wa |
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Di Taylor
assistant gardener
New Zealand
188 Posts |
Posted - 10/01/2009 : 06:35:28
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Thanks Tessa, will keep watching, I have seen tigerella, good looking tomato, quite like the odd coloured ones. Spent the whole day in the garden yesterday as it was lovely and warm but overcast, southerly came thru overnight colder today, so have a "planning day" inside thinking about what else to put in for winter
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Tony
dirt-poker
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Posted - 12/01/2009 : 05:29:00
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If it does ripen to the tigerella as stated above I would love to get some seeds
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Tony
dirt-poker
39 Posts |
Posted - 12/01/2009 : 05:30:39
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| Are the green zebras a tasty tomatoe, or is it a show pony?? |
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Gail
garden sage
Australia
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Posted - 12/01/2009 : 07:19:41
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My kids love the green zebras. I don't suppose you could call them fantastic but they are pretty good - flavour is a bit above average and it is nice and smooth, soft and juicy - not at all hard or dry. I'd give it a 7 or 8 out of 10 but that is only my opinion, I'm not into growing all the different tomatoes just for taste, I grow for practical purposes - to feed hungry kids - it has to be a good strong plant that requires very little care and produces well - green zebs do that.
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing not to use it in a fruit salad.
A ounce of common sense is worth more than a ton of intelligence.
Gail, near Gympie, Qld |
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tessa
head gardener
Australia
3682 Posts |
Posted - 12/01/2009 : 08:14:07
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i wouldn't say green zebra is a show pony. it's a good tasting, good producing tomato with that extra novelty factor.
tony...i have tigerella seeds if you PM me your address.
cranky people live longer. i'm going to live forever! perth, wa |
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Di Taylor
assistant gardener
New Zealand
188 Posts |
Posted - 13/01/2009 : 16:12:48
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I will keep you posted and when it starts to ripen will take another photo and see what it is looking like. I think Tony that I can't send seeds to Aussie, your naughty customs people just don't understand the urge to share 
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tessa
head gardener
Australia
3682 Posts |
Posted - 15/01/2009 : 20:29:46
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hi di...i was looking through my old photobucket pics and found this one of my tigerellas.
a little something for you to compare to when your's ripen.
cranky people live longer. i'm going to live forever! perth, wa |
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Betty
assistant gardener
Australia
159 Posts |
Posted - 15/01/2009 : 21:58:29
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| That's a nice looking tomato, Tessa. |
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tessa
head gardener
Australia
3682 Posts |
Posted - 15/01/2009 : 22:17:14
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thanks betty.
they are a fairly mild tasting tomato, so i haven't grown them in a while since the tomato lover here likes the tart ones.
cranky people live longer. i'm going to live forever! perth, wa |
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Di Taylor
assistant gardener
New Zealand
188 Posts |
Posted - 19/01/2009 : 13:09:01
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Hve another couple of mystery tomatoes, probably out of that heirloom rainbow mix.
Still waiting for the possible tigerellas to ripen, would love it if they are as that is a beautiful looking tomato, certainly as they ripen the green markings are fading....they currently look like this..sorry not a great pic
I have noticed this interesting one, doesnt quite show in the photos but it is quite pink rather than red, with a greenish top around the stem, interestingly it feels as though it should be ripe as it is starting to feel a little soft to a gentle squeeze, this is the problem with these mystery packages, don't know what they are so don't know if its ripe....looks like this, must emphasize it is quite pink in real life, not really showing in photos
also this little one, unfortunately wht you can't see is that it seems my bird chasing dog has stomped on it at the base by the looks of it and now its dying so I might never know what it was.....it is roma shaped with very distinct dark top and light bottom
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tessa
head gardener
Australia
3682 Posts |
Posted - 19/01/2009 : 14:29:36
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di...i think they make those mixed seed packs when they've had an accident in the factory and lost track of what a seed is, or maybe had a mislabelling accident or so forth. i cannot see the point in it otherwise, as you are quite right, you can have no idea what is ripe and what isn't.
i have a dead-wringer for your second tomato in the shape, size, and curled-up fringe department...but i doubt it could be that one. canabec super is definitely a pink tho, and looks exactly as what you are showing there...only truly pink in colour.
cranky people live longer. i'm going to live forever! perth, wa |
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Di Taylor
assistant gardener
New Zealand
188 Posts |
Posted - 19/01/2009 : 14:34:31
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Is there a certain way they will "feel" if they are ripe?
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Mystery Tomato