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Black Zebra Tomato?

12 years ago

Hi, I had ordered some varities of Heirloom Organic tomatoes from tomatofest.com, they sent me extra seeds to try out, one of them was black zebra. Has anyone tried it? how prolific is it in Southern California? I heard that its a late season fruit and has smoky flavour.

cant wait to plant it, currently its seeded.

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heirloomjunkie
12 years ago
Never heard of this one, but I have grown the green zebra. And I LOVE the taste. I'm interested to see how the black will turn out.
behlgarden
Original Author
12 years ago
out of three seeds, one germinated, thats a good start!
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I just received the seeds I ordered, but instead of Big Zebra, the packet says Black Zebra and the description sounds like something totally different than Big Zebra. We really love the flavor of Big Zebra. Has anyone out there grown both varieties that can tell me are they similar in taste? **** If you received a wrong variety as you note, then the first thing to do is to notify the company you ordered from b'c Big Zebra and Black Zebra are two entirely different varieties. I've linked below to Tania's Tomato data base for Big Zebra and many of the seed sources for Big Zebra that show for 2010 will no doubt be offering it again for 2011. Tania hasn't had time to update all the varieties at her data base for 2011 in terms of seed sources. But you really should let the company you ordered from know that they made an error and ask them to send you Big Zebra, which is what you ordered and they would have a record of that order I assume. Carolyn Here is a link that might be useful: Big Zebra
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I love Green Zebra and started Black Zebras this year. The tomatoes are still green though, but I'm very exited.

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