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Tomato seedlings available!
Apr. 12th, 2010 17:35Anybody who's local enough to fetch them is welcome to them, first come first serve. I have:
3 Brandywine, Sudduth strain: Dark pink beefsteaks, more reliable than regular Brandywine, just as tasty. Potato leaf.
2 Earl's Faux: Dark pink beefsteaks, very tasty, prolific. Potato leaf.
2 Vorlon: Dark maroon beefsteaks with green shoulders, the size of the palm of your hand, prolific. Potato leaf.
1 Little Lucky: Bicolor round slicing tomato, mild but tasty. Potato leaf.
1 Stump of the World: Another pink potato leaf beefsteak, flavor is reportedly rich and deep.
1 Yellow Brandywine: Yellow beefsteaks with mellow, full flavor. Quite well known. Potato leaf.
1 Noir de Crimée: Brown-maroon round slicers with green shoulders. Classic "smoky" black flavor. Regular leaf.
1 Abraham Lincoln: Round red slicers, classic flavor (I think). Recommended by a friend in the know. Regular leaf.
1 Dorothy's Green: Large green beefsteaks, sweet with a spicy overtone if grown well. Regular leaf.
Mortgage Lifter: 1 original Radiator Charlie strain, 1 Estler strain: Large pink beefsteaks, my first favorite tomato. Classic flavor, very prolific; Estler is reportedly more so, though I didn't see a difference the one year I tried it. Regular leaf.
All of these are vine types, so they need a sturdy cage (not a little three-ring hardware store dealie), trellis, or post(s). I tie them up with twine between two steel fenceposts and it works well. If you need a cage, I may be able to rescue one of the concrete reinforcing wire pieces I've used in the past.
On the flip side, they'll produce steadily into November depending on the weather. I've grown Brandywine Sudduth, Earl's Faux (originally discovered as a Red Brandywine that definitely wasn't), Vorlon, and Mortgage Lifter multiple times each, and I can vouch for their reliability. All of the others have good reputations. (The reason I have so many potato-leaf varieties is that they're better at resisting the spider mites I have here; I include it so that you won't be surprised by the unusual leaf shape.) All the plants were grown without chemicals of any kind.
Take 'em away, folks!
3 Brandywine, Sudduth strain: Dark pink beefsteaks, more reliable than regular Brandywine, just as tasty. Potato leaf.
2 Earl's Faux: Dark pink beefsteaks, very tasty, prolific. Potato leaf.
2 Vorlon: Dark maroon beefsteaks with green shoulders, the size of the palm of your hand, prolific. Potato leaf.
1 Little Lucky: Bicolor round slicing tomato, mild but tasty. Potato leaf.
1 Stump of the World: Another pink potato leaf beefsteak, flavor is reportedly rich and deep.
1 Yellow Brandywine: Yellow beefsteaks with mellow, full flavor. Quite well known. Potato leaf.
1 Noir de Crimée: Brown-maroon round slicers with green shoulders. Classic "smoky" black flavor. Regular leaf.
1 Abraham Lincoln: Round red slicers, classic flavor (I think). Recommended by a friend in the know. Regular leaf.
1 Dorothy's Green: Large green beefsteaks, sweet with a spicy overtone if grown well. Regular leaf.
Mortgage Lifter: 1 original Radiator Charlie strain, 1 Estler strain: Large pink beefsteaks, my first favorite tomato. Classic flavor, very prolific; Estler is reportedly more so, though I didn't see a difference the one year I tried it. Regular leaf.
All of these are vine types, so they need a sturdy cage (not a little three-ring hardware store dealie), trellis, or post(s). I tie them up with twine between two steel fenceposts and it works well. If you need a cage, I may be able to rescue one of the concrete reinforcing wire pieces I've used in the past.
On the flip side, they'll produce steadily into November depending on the weather. I've grown Brandywine Sudduth, Earl's Faux (originally discovered as a Red Brandywine that definitely wasn't), Vorlon, and Mortgage Lifter multiple times each, and I can vouch for their reliability. All of the others have good reputations. (The reason I have so many potato-leaf varieties is that they're better at resisting the spider mites I have here; I include it so that you won't be surprised by the unusual leaf shape.) All the plants were grown without chemicals of any kind.
Take 'em away, folks!
