Comments on: Tomato seed http://tinyfarmblog.com/2008/02/18/tomato-seed/ Daily photo-journal of organic market gardening: growing local food with two acres and some tools...! Sun, 06 Jul 2008 05:52:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Tom http://tinyfarmblog.com/2008/02/18/tomato-seed/#comment-19500 Tom Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:02:58 +0000 http://tinyfarmblog.com/2008/02/18/tomato-seed/#comment-19500 Collecting tomato seed is like collecting anything else.It gets under your skin and you've got to get them all.Myself I have hunderds of a tomato seeds and get more every year.Just can't wait till spring to try the new ones.Just to see how they grow,how much they produce,what kind of problems they have but the best,how the taste.Yea I admit,I'm a tomato addict.I guess I'll have to start a T. A. meeting for all us addict out there. Collecting tomato seed is like collecting anything else.It gets under your skin and you’ve got to get them all.Myself I have hunderds of a tomato seeds and get more every year.Just can’t wait till spring to try the new ones.Just to see how they grow,how much they produce,what kind of problems they have but the best,how the taste.Yea I admit,I’m a tomato addict.I guess I’ll have to start a T. A. meeting for all us addict out there.

]]> By: Kristi http://tinyfarmblog.com/2008/02/18/tomato-seed/#comment-19488 Kristi Wed, 20 Feb 2008 23:21:47 +0000 http://tinyfarmblog.com/2008/02/18/tomato-seed/#comment-19488 I am so excited to see your production of tomatoes this year. I just started six different varieties but I may have to give a few away due to a lack of space. I'm going to have to live vicariously through you. I am so excited to see your production of tomatoes this year. I just started six different varieties but I may have to give a few away due to a lack of space.
I’m going to have to live vicariously through you.

]]> By: Jenny http://tinyfarmblog.com/2008/02/18/tomato-seed/#comment-19483 Jenny Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:14:22 +0000 http://tinyfarmblog.com/2008/02/18/tomato-seed/#comment-19483 That's exactly how I feel about seeds! I have a little more faith in them than I used to, but I still regard it as highly unlikely that anything that small will really become anything that big (and unmanageable, in some cases). That’s exactly how I feel about seeds! I have a little more faith in them than I used to, but I still regard it as highly unlikely that anything that small will really become anything that big (and unmanageable, in some cases).

]]> By: Matron http://tinyfarmblog.com/2008/02/18/tomato-seed/#comment-19482 Matron Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:07:02 +0000 http://tinyfarmblog.com/2008/02/18/tomato-seed/#comment-19482 What an interesting discussion! I only have a small plot but I cannot resist different tomato varieties. I think I have about 7 or 8 this year. I am trying to grow a whopper beefsteak tomato in the greenhouse this year! What an interesting discussion! I only have a small plot but I cannot resist different tomato varieties. I think I have about 7 or 8 this year. I am trying to grow a whopper beefsteak tomato in the greenhouse this year!

]]> By: Deborah http://tinyfarmblog.com/2008/02/18/tomato-seed/#comment-19471 Deborah Wed, 20 Feb 2008 08:38:30 +0000 http://tinyfarmblog.com/2008/02/18/tomato-seed/#comment-19471 that's a lot of tomatoes A little thought for you. I found it somewhere and kept it as it is so true. "Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad" Cheers Deborah that’s a lot of tomatoes

A little thought for you. I found it somewhere and kept it as it is so true.

“Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad”

Cheers
Deborah

]]> By: KMom246 http://tinyfarmblog.com/2008/02/18/tomato-seed/#comment-19466 KMom246 Wed, 20 Feb 2008 04:13:18 +0000 http://tinyfarmblog.com/2008/02/18/tomato-seed/#comment-19466 LOL, my husband thinks I'm going totally crazy with EIGHT types of tomatoes planned for this season! Little does he know how insidious this "disease" is! I imprinted on tomatoes early in life, too - my Mom grew some red pear type cherry toms when we were young, and the tiny seeds turned into an 8 foot tall monsters that fed the neighborhood kids with all the tomato snacks they could stuff themselves with. Once, when we went on vacation, they took over the driveway! Later in life I discovered Basil. So I'm planting 8 types of Basil to go with the 8 types of Tomatoes. Makes sense to me :-) Good luck, everyone! LOL, my husband thinks I’m going totally crazy with EIGHT types of tomatoes planned for this season! Little does he know how insidious this “disease” is! I imprinted on tomatoes early in life, too - my Mom grew some red pear type cherry toms when we were young, and the tiny seeds turned into an 8 foot tall monsters that fed the neighborhood kids with all the tomato snacks they could stuff themselves with. Once, when we went on vacation, they took over the driveway! Later in life I discovered Basil. So I’m planting 8 types of Basil to go with the 8 types of Tomatoes. Makes sense to me :-) Good luck, everyone!

]]> By: Nicole http://tinyfarmblog.com/2008/02/18/tomato-seed/#comment-19464 Nicole Wed, 20 Feb 2008 03:08:28 +0000 http://tinyfarmblog.com/2008/02/18/tomato-seed/#comment-19464 This is my first year growing .. anything at all and the whole starting from a seed BOGGLES my mind! Everyday I look at my little seedlings and I just can't imagine that they will grow into huge plants.. so crazy. This is my first year growing .. anything at all and the whole starting from a seed BOGGLES my mind! Everyday I look at my little seedlings and I just can’t imagine that they will grow into huge plants.. so crazy.

]]> By: Marc @ GardenDesk http://tinyfarmblog.com/2008/02/18/tomato-seed/#comment-19460 Marc @ GardenDesk Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:20:51 +0000 http://tinyfarmblog.com/2008/02/18/tomato-seed/#comment-19460 Wowser! That is a lot of tomato seeds. And people call me crazy for planting 20 - 30 different kinds. You are my kind of guy! You are right about how easy it is to be in awe of the tomato seed. It is hard to decide which of the thousands of varieties to plant - especially in the heirloom varieties. I can't wait to see your tomato starting line-up! Wowser! That is a lot of tomato seeds. And people call me crazy for planting 20 - 30 different kinds. You are my kind of guy! You are right about how easy it is to be in awe of the tomato seed. It is hard to decide which of the thousands of varieties to plant - especially in the heirloom varieties.

I can’t wait to see your tomato starting line-up!

]]> By: Jen http://tinyfarmblog.com/2008/02/18/tomato-seed/#comment-19458 Jen Tue, 19 Feb 2008 21:16:05 +0000 http://tinyfarmblog.com/2008/02/18/tomato-seed/#comment-19458 that's quite a collection! anyways, I was wondering if you plant the different varieties in close proximity, is there a problem with cross-pollination? ie. green zebras planted next to orange tomatoes will produce some weird hybrid of the two? or can you interplant different varieties with no problems? Thanks, Jen that’s quite a collection!

anyways, I was wondering if you plant the different varieties in close proximity, is there a problem with cross-pollination? ie. green zebras planted next to orange tomatoes will produce some weird hybrid of the two? or can you interplant different varieties with no problems?

Thanks,
Jen

]]> By: Meg http://tinyfarmblog.com/2008/02/18/tomato-seed/#comment-19457 Meg Tue, 19 Feb 2008 21:02:23 +0000 http://tinyfarmblog.com/2008/02/18/tomato-seed/#comment-19457 Nice tomato collection! I love seeing big ol' piles of different heirloom tomatoes when they all start to ripen in the summer. Nice tomato collection! I love seeing big ol’ piles of different heirloom tomatoes when they all start to ripen in the summer.

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