Lime Green Salad tomato

20 years ago

Just wondering if anyone tried Lime green salad tomato last season and if so how was it??

Seen some pics on tville site and they look wonderful.

Mantis

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ozmantis
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20 years ago
Down you go
Spatzbear
20 years ago
Grub might have grown it before. Maybe he can tell you.
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suze9
20 years ago
I grew LGS last fall and am also growing it this spring, and I really like it. It's a tangy, tart tomato with enough sweetness and other flavor components to make it worthwhile. Very juicy; you wouldn't want to bite into a whole one wearing a white shirt.

Fruit rarely cracks in the slightest and tends to be rather uniform. Plant height max 3 ft, should be caged or staked to support fruit. Prolific -- one plant usually produces anywhere from 30 to 50 fruits for me easily.

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ozmantis
Original Author
20 years ago
Thanks Suze, they look great. Got some seeds coming from TGS soon. I love the sound of how they taste, if that makes sense.
Your container plants look fantastic. Do you use just bought potting soil or do you make your own mix??
suze9
20 years ago
Mantis, I use the compressed bales of ProMix -- peat, perlite, vermiculite combo. To that (per 10 gal container), I add about a cup of slow release granulated fertilizer and about a cup of dolomitic lime. Also, I occasionally give the plants a spray w/seaweed emulsion for trace nutrients.

Enjoy the Lime Green Salad.
cosmicgardener
20 years ago
Mantis - showing my ignorance now - what is TGS? I'm guessing it's got something to do with Tomato Growers eh? They do sound good - I haven't grown any greens yet - another year maybe.

Cheers
Cosmic
ozmantis
Original Author
20 years ago
Cosmic - TGS are Tomato Growers Supply. An American seed company that specializes in tomatoes and peppers. The link to their site is below

Here is a link that might be useful: TGS
cosmicgardener
20 years ago
Thanks Mantis - any problems getting them into Australia?
ozmantis
Original Author
20 years ago
No problems as they put a green customs label on the package with the botanical name of tomato on it. Customs usually opens the package to check the contents all the same. I have dealt with them more than a dozen times and find them very reliable.
cosmicgardener
20 years ago
Thanks - I'll bookmark the site. As soon as I finish marking out carparks, digging drains, fencing, painting and assorted other builder's labouring jobs I might get back to my garden in time to sow some seeds.

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