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Last Year's Heirloom Tomato Seeds (commerical packs)

14 years ago

OK, so I did not have great luck germinating some tomato seeds last year. Personally, I don't think it was anything wrong with the seed. I was experimenting with soil blocks and soil recipes and the soil got very hard packed.

However, as usual, I decided to try new tomatoes this year and so now I will offer the old. All have a minimum of 25 seeds (unless noted). Some are in discount seed envelopes, but I just save them for the photo. The seeds themselves in those packets were saved and grown out by me.

Indiana Red: Huge red oxheart. Not many on a plant. Seriously, my plant grew ONE tomato. It was 2lbs, but just one tomato :) probably likes a more Indiana like climate!

Pink Climber: Mid season indeterimate pink potato leaf.

Yellow Jubilee tomato: vigerous yields of mild medium size tomatoes 1 pack with 25 seeds, another pack with about 75 seeds

Hillbilly Flame: Beautiful bi-color tomato. 13 seeds

Costuluto Genovese: I have 2 packets each with about 50 seeds in them (minimum, probably more like 75 in each)

Green Moldavian: Sour tasking beefsteak size tomato.

Black Zebra (2 years old) - did not like our growing season 2 years ago (hot, dry) and took forever to ripen, fell off the vine early. Might be better farther north.

Barnes Mountain Orange: Kentucky Heirloom, mid-season, large orange fruit. Indeterminate.

Plum Lemon: sweet lemon tomato

Tropic VFN: this is actually an old hybrid, grown for shipping production in Florida. Does very well in hot climates but isn't as tasty as an heirloom.

Koralik: extra early cherry tomato

Rouge d'Irak rumored to be from Irak but then again, rumored not to be :)

Floradade: Another old hybrid bred for sales production in Southern climates. Uniform size, crack resistant.

3 year old seeds: Large Red Cherry - 50 or so seeds (at least)

Jellybean Red & Yellow

Rainbow Mix

Sugar Sweetie

Current: Red/Yellow Blend

What I would really, really like are lady cream or zipper Southern peas of some sort, anything on my wants list.

I will also entertain giving some away, but I will wait to see how we go first. OK?

Thanks,

girlgroupgirl

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Comments (7)

loudbaby
14 years ago
Hi girlgroupgirl!

I am interested in any of your 2009-2010 tomatoes. I really can't plant any more this year (really).

I have:

Buttercrunch lettuce
Furry yellow hog tomato (look up on Bakers Creek site)
Basil
Cilantro
Ching Chang bok choy
a lot of other veggy seeds...

Have a few flowers...see my trade list.

If you are interested, let me know!!!
girlgroupgirl
Original Author
14 years ago
Loudbaby, I'd be pleased to send you many packages of these seeds for some of the yellow hog and also your bradley tomato seed.

GGG
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Nitsua, Thank you! I was reading that thread right after posting this. I think I'll give several of those ideas a try. Dave, Thank you! The past three years I've grown Sungolds in five gallon buckets to keep them to a manageable 5 foot size. I know it's a hybrid. That's just my favorite two cherries. Any suggestions for other cherries that might be earlier? This is my first year growing in earth-type boxes, I've done in ground and in 5-10 gallon buckets before with good success. (One plant per bucket). It's just another experiment to see if I can get an earlier tomato! The boxes are made from black totes so they heated up pretty quickly this spring. So I don't think they will need extra coverage on the totes themselves. I may have to shade them or wrap them in foil this summer depending on how hot they get. Early tomatoes that are not really early...do you mean Jaune Flamme and Paul Robeson? I believe both of those are over 70 days but I've read good things on them doing well set out early with protection that's why I included them. :)
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SmokyMist
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I just had to say HI GGG, I havn't been on in a while and it was great to see your name !!
girlgroupgirl
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14 years ago
Hey Smokey!
sada
14 years ago
Am interested in your Pink Climber, Costuluto Genovese & Jellybean - Red & Yellow. I have a nice varied assortment of basils - Italian sourced seed & some Thai as well. I also have Italian parsley (seed from Italy), Italian zucchini, black kale & several varieties of sunflower seed (Baker creek) if any of those interest you...
Also have a pretty good collection of saved tomato seed from last year - Bt & permethrin
hoping...
girlgroupgirl
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14 years ago
Thank-you, all tomatoes have new homes now!
mary_mo
14 years ago
Hi!! Do you have any left?? Thanks, MaryMo
cadaverknee@hotmail.com

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