Sleevendog - mini-tomato plant update
Some combination of curiosity and stinginess makes it hard for me to toss out living plants. I planted these tomatoes last Halloween thanks to a gift of seed from Sleevendog. I have been harvesting little tomatoes sporadically since late March. I planted nicest 6 surviving plants in a couple of window box planters. They looked miserable for a few weeks. Now though they are blooming like crazy. Hundreds of blooms. I don’t think these little (6-8”) plants could possibly support even a small percentage of these flowers through fruit to maturity. I am curious though.
Thanks again. I have enjoyed this project.
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4 years agolast modified: 4 years agoFantastic mutiflora micro. I always set mine out in the spring. A few select plants. First i look for size--under 12". Then flavor. The seed quantity. I've had a few plants over the years with just one or two seeds or none on a plant full of fruit.
I often just let them flop and cascade.
- 4 years ago
Late this year. I always go back into photo files of past years. This is dated 6.17.2018.
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Wow! Here is what I picked this week. My regular tomatoes are just starting to bloom.
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- 4 years ago
That makes sense. And i did read that correctly that your tomato plants are just flowering. Not close to fruiting. Way too early in my climate as well. Just nice to see a good sized carrot leaf. Working name, 'BLT'. Very similar to mine posted above.
Picollo Gatto, AKA 'little kitty', is angora leaf. I probably sent the wrong seed.
From the fruit it looks like you have SirWilliam and AuntSylvia---with the nipple end.
LadyWilliam is a dark cherry tomato.
Picollo Gatto is this...very fuzzy.
LadyWilliam is small and dark. I usually have a nice tomato sald 4th of July but might be a few weeks behind.
Unexpected is zucchini flowers a month ahead. Gardens are full of surprizes.
sleevendog (5a NY 6aNYC NL CA)