Oh wow! Thank you Michael! I will send you my mailing address today. Thank you so much! @Jedonne - Thank you for that tidbit! I will head over there soon. Thank you!

Scott, I guess if I were to say that Sweet 100 seedlings look like a typical cherry tomato seedling to me, would you find that a less than acceptable response? To me, most cherry tomato seedlings look pretty much the same, although Ildi and Riesentrauble have atypical foliage which makes it easy to pick them out of a crowd. I don't grow Sweet 100, but I do grow Sweet Million. I would look at the plant right now and describe the foliage for you, but it is outside in the thunder and lightning (but no rain) and I am inside sitting at the computer. I did google and find you some photos of Sweet 100 seedlings. When you scroll down the webpage, you'll see some seedlings in peat pots that should give you a good enough view to see if they match what you have now....or what you remember from previous years. If they are stocky-looking AND they are indeed cherry tomatoes (because, if it is mislabeled, there's no guarantee it's a cherry, is there), then they might be Husky Gold or Husky Red. These are short internode plants and they do sort of have the look of a patio tomato plant. Dawn Here is a link that might be useful: Googled photos of Sweet 100 Seedlings

Thanks for the feedback here, all of which sounds reasonable. The questionable techniques (diaper, bucket ring) are ones my lovely wife read about on the Internet and insisted that we use, although at this point our volunteer tomato plants have us both rethinking everything. There is, as we know, all kinds of misinformation on the Internet :( So in addition to the ones mentioned, there are a couple of other differences between the volunteers and the "well tended" plants. The former is growing in soil that was formerly a thicket - briars and other vines, small trees, sumacs, junipers, etc. The soil is virgin as far as its use as a garden is concerned. Our garden tomatoes are growing in replacement topsoil of unknown origin. A 10 in. rainstorm last year sent a small river through that portion of our garden, taking out the topsoil down to the subsoil. The replacement soil grows good cucumbers and radishes, but may not be ideal for tomatoes, even though they were planted in holes filled with well-composted soil. Next year I'll do this: * Plant some tomatoes as seeds rather than store-bought transplants * Do away with the diapers and plastic rings * Water minimally to encourage the development of deep roots * Plant all the tomatoes in the new area where the soil is rich This post was edited by fmouse on Sat, Sep 7, 13 at 11:13

I think we are ahead of last year's crop! Last year at this time - we were excited to have blossoms! It is nice to have a GH heater! Does anyone know where to purchase OP Sweet 100 seeds? We prefer Sweet 100 over Super Sweet 100 and there are very few seed companies that even sell Sweet 100 now. If I can find some OP Sweet 100 I would start saving the seeds.