2023/2024 spoiler alert

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Re: 2023/2024 spoiler alert

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Post: # 108280Unread post JayneR13
Mon Oct 16, 2023 3:08 pm

I'm working on my packages slowly but surely! Many of them are varieties I got in last year's swap and just had to try. I saved seed and conducted germination tests on every single one. That information will be noted on the package label.

Tomatoes:

Black strawberry
Amish paste
Japanese black trifele
Amethyst jewel
Green zebra
Lava flow
red Siberian
Karma purple
Gothic (red dwarf)
Firebird Sweet
Glovel
Miss Scarlett
Jaune Flamme

Beans:

Early bush Italian
Michigan Indian bush

Squash (pending successful germination testing)

Hopi pale grey
delicata

Squash (commercial seed)

Mexican gray
Long white Palermo
Costata Romanesca zucchini

Peppers:

Prairie spice
Jamaican bell
Jupiter

Hopefuls:

stevia
globe radish
spinach

I too plan to clean out old seeds that might still be viable. I've made four packages for each of the above so hopefully good seeds will be passed around. I can't wait to see what I get to try next year!

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Re: 2023/2024 spoiler alert

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Post: # 108285Unread post karstopography
Mon Oct 16, 2023 5:21 pm

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Put this in the mail today addressed to Westfield. Tomatoes, okra, zinnia, and lemongrass are un-bagged saved seed. Peas, beans, and peppers are commercial seed vendor seed.
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Re: 2023/2024 spoiler alert

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Post: # 108304Unread post KarenO
Mon Oct 16, 2023 11:00 pm

Hi G the gardener,
None of my dwarfs that you mention are micros :) Ruby slippers, emerald city, yellow brick road and Sweet Baby Jade.
They are all productive patio size plants though. Good for pots, best outdoors. Range from 2-3’ tall
Karen Olivier

quote=Gthegardener post_id=108053 time=1696999888 user_id=276]
Hello! I'll be sending in the following:

Flower:
1. Giant African Marigold (mine were 4 feet tall and some are still blooming!)

Peppers:
1. Naga Smooky Rainbow
2. Black Thai
3. Turkish Cayenne
4. Hallow's Eve

Micro Tomatoes:
1. Tartufo
2. Ruby Slippers
3. Emerald City
4. Sweet Baby Jade
5. Yellow Brick Road

Indeterminate Tomato:
2. Rebel Starfighter Kayleigh Anne

Greens:
1. Blue Scottish Curled Kale
2. Rainbow Tatsoi
3. Wasabi arugula
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Re: 2023/2024 spoiler alert

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Post: # 108335Unread post rxkeith
Tue Oct 17, 2023 10:10 am

i will have beurre de rocquencourt bush wax beans.
also will have uncle steve pole beans.
plenty of seeds from my gina/steve cross, but apparently NO ONE grew the seeds i sent in
last year, so until ya do.......

i will send in some squash seeds for experimental category. the seeds will be from hybrids
in my garden that will be a hubbard type. the squash the seeds came from will be
in the very good eating category. you can expect to be surprised.

tomatoes,

not telling



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Re: 2023/2024 spoiler alert

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Post: # 108426Unread post Gthegardener
Thu Oct 19, 2023 4:42 am

Hello! Thank you for the reminder/info! Two of your babies were quite short for me! I added their max heights, but I won’t judge them based on this year as it was a terrible year for me due to the weather!!
KarenO wrote: Mon Oct 16, 2023 11:00 pm Hi G the gardener,
None of my dwarfs that you mention are micros :) Ruby slippers, emerald city, yellow brick road and Sweet Baby Jade.
They are all productive patio size plants though. Good for pots, best outdoors. Range from 2-3’ tall
Karen Olivier

quote=Gthegardener post_id=108053 time=1696999888 user_id=276]
Hello! I'll be sending in the following:

Flower:
1. Giant African Marigold (mine were 4 feet tall and some are still blooming!)

Peppers:
1. Naga Smooky Rainbow
2. Black Thai
3. Turkish Cayenne
4. Hallow's Eve

Micro Tomatoes:
1. Tartufo
2. Ruby Slippers
3. Emerald City
4. Sweet Baby Jade
5. Yellow Brick Road

Indeterminate Tomato:
2. Rebel Starfighter Kayleigh Anne

Greens:
1. Blue Scottish Curled Kale
2. Rainbow Tatsoi
3. Wasabi arugula
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Re: 2023/2024 spoiler alert

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Post: # 108439Unread post sfoeyl
Thu Oct 19, 2023 1:08 pm

Tomato:
Aladdin's Lamp
Jutland
Piennolo Visuvio Giallo
Rosa di Benvento (drying)


Other:
Oregon Sugar Pod II

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Re: 2023/2024 spoiler alert

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Post: # 108444Unread post Stitchingmom
Thu Oct 19, 2023 2:34 pm

KarenO wrote: Mon Oct 16, 2023 11:00 pm Hi G the gardener,
None of my dwarfs that you mention are micros :) Ruby slippers, emerald city, yellow brick road and Sweet Baby Jade.
They are all productive patio size plants though. Good for pots, best outdoors. Range from 2-3’ tall
Karen Olivier

quote=Gthegardener post_id=108053 time=1696999888 user_id=276]
Hello! I'll be sending in the following:

Flower:
1. Giant African Marigold (mine were 4 feet tall and some are still blooming!)

Peppers:
1. Naga Smooky Rainbow
2. Black Thai
3. Turkish Cayenne
4. Hallow's Eve

Micro Tomatoes:
1. Tartufo
2. Ruby Slippers
3. Emerald City
4. Sweet Baby Jade
5. Yellow Brick Road

Indeterminate Tomato:
2. Rebel Starfighter Kayleigh Anne

Greens:
1. Blue Scottish Curled Kale
2. Rainbow Tatsoi
3. Wasabi arugula
[/quote]

AHH! I've been wanting the Oz dwarfs for a long time!! I already sent my package and my wish list! :( :( :( :(
SO GLAD to be back! I was locked out for about three months, for some strange reason. :shock:

Missed you all terribly! :cry:

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Re: 2023/2024 spoiler alert

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Post: # 108481Unread post AKgardener
Fri Oct 20, 2023 12:42 pm

Ironically I just found the oz variety as well down the rabbit hole I went and purchased 3 of the varieties. Can’t wait to try them

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Re: 2023/2024 spoiler alert

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Post: # 108511Unread post Moth1992
Fri Oct 20, 2023 11:29 pm

I need to get started!!

I dont think I saw Brown Sugar (Korichnevyi Sakhar) in the list, so I can send that one in.

I also have lovely fragant white stock seeds

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Re: 2023/2024 spoiler alert

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Post: # 108630Unread post Seven Bends
Mon Oct 23, 2023 1:36 pm

Here's what I sent in on 11/29/23. Ten packs of each unless noted.

Tomatoes, Heirloom/OP:
Blue Ridge Mountain - Pink PL large
Bolgarskoe Chudo (Bulgarian Miracle, Bulgarian Wonder) - Pink RL large
Bulgarian Old Sort No Name - Red RL large
D.B. Cooper - Black PL med/large
Der Kleine Doctor - Black (purply) RL large cherry/small saladette (20 pks)
Gallego - Red RL large (20 pks)
Italian Sweet - Pink PL large
Lucky Cross - Bicolor PL large (20 pks)
Oaxacan Jewel - Bicolor RL large
Pineapple - Bicolor RL large
Polish (Elles) - Sand Hill Preservation name, presumably Polish (Ellis) - Pink PL large (20 pks)
Rebel Yell - Pink PL med/large
Summer Cider - yellowish orange (kind of school-bus yellow early, to apricot when fully ripe) PL large (20 pks)

Experimental:
Pink Volunteer Cherry (7B's 2023) - Pink med/large cherry (not saladette), sparkly skin, delicious, productive - wonderful volunteer in my garden this year, unknown parentage. Posted more info about this one separately, with pics.

Commercial packs of tomato seed, hybrids:
Jersey Boy Hybrid (Burpee) - 1 open pack of 21 seeds
Burpee's Early Pick VF Hybrid - 1 open pack of 57 seeds
Heritage Hybrid (Burpee) - 1 open pack of 28 seeds

Peppers, Hot:
Ancho San Luis - ancho/poblano

Peppers, Sweet:
Gatherer's Gold
Petit Marseillais

Cucumbers, commercial packs of seed:
Burpee Pickler - 1 pack of 115 seeds
SMR 58 (51 seeds) - 1 open pack of 51 seeds

Other commercial packs of seed:
Kohlrabi, Konan hybrid - 1 open pack of 80 seeds
Rutabaga, American Purple Top - 1 open pack of 220 seeds
Tomatillo, Toma Verde - 1 sealed pack of 25 seeds
Asparagus, Mary Washington - 1 pack of 93 seeds

(Edited this post on 11/29/23 to add the "other commercial packs" info and make a few other minor changes.)
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Re: 2023/2024 spoiler alert

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Post: # 108740Unread post FatBeeFarm
Wed Oct 25, 2023 1:42 pm

Headed to the post office in the morning to send in:

Eggplant:
Kamo
Mitoyo x3
Shiromaru x3 (my favorite)
Nagasaki Long
Thai Long Green x2

Sweet Peppers:
Jimmy Nardello x2
Banana x2
Corbaci x2
Lipstick x2
Habanada x2

Hot Peppers:
Aji Pineapple (makes the best hot sauce)
Anaheim
Sheepnose Pimento
Sugar Rush Peach x2
Craig's Grande Jalapeno
Datil x2
Tabasco x2

Tomatoes:
Chef's Choice Red (c)
Chef's Choice Yellow (c)
Chef's Choice Green (c)
Chef's Choice Orange (c)
Chef's Choice Black (c)
Hillbilly
Jersey Devil
Lida Ukrainian
Paul Robeson
Dr. Wyche's Yellow
Ananas Noire
Thorburn's Terracotta
Green Zebra
Bonny Best
Moskvich

I'm also sending in 10 packages of Scarlet Runner Beans. I always plant a bunch every year around my tomatoes. They bring swarms of hummingbirds all summer, zooming and rocketing around, working beside me all day long. They hit the scarlet flowers while I work on the tomatoes. The only thing better than a day on the garden, is a day in the garden with hummingbirds and fat bees.
Bee happy and pollinate freely!

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Re: 2023/2024 spoiler alert

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Post: # 109010Unread post Seven Bends
Sat Oct 28, 2023 11:29 pm

Toomanymatoes wrote: Mon Oct 09, 2023 12:35 pm TOMATOES

RED
Abraham Lincoln
Brandywine from Croatia PL
Daetwyler
Géante de Hutt
Grosse de Rodelle
Oncle Remi
Red Rose
Royal Hillbilly
West Virginia Sweetmeat
Yasenichki Yabuchar
@Toomanymatoes, that's a great list of tomatoes you're sending in for the swap! One question: you have Royal Hillbilly and West Virginia Sweetmeat listed as red, but my reading (Tatiana's Tomatobase and other places) tells me they are pink. Were your tomatoes for both of these definitely red, meaning yellow epidermis? Thanks.

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Re: 2023/2024 spoiler alert

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Post: # 109038Unread post Toomanymatoes
Sun Oct 29, 2023 1:12 pm

Seven Bends wrote: Sat Oct 28, 2023 11:29 pm
Toomanymatoes wrote: Mon Oct 09, 2023 12:35 pm TOMATOES

RED
Abraham Lincoln
Brandywine from Croatia PL
Daetwyler
Géante de Hutt
Grosse de Rodelle
Oncle Remi
Red Rose
Royal Hillbilly
West Virginia Sweetmeat
Yasenichki Yabuchar
@Toomanymatoes, that's a great list of tomatoes you're sending in for the swap! One question: you have Royal Hillbilly and West Virginia Sweetmeat listed as red, but my reading (Tatiana's Tomatobase and other places) tells me they are pink. Were your tomatoes for both of these definitely red, meaning yellow epidermis? Thanks.
You are correct. I made a mistake in my inventory sheet. I double checked my seed sources and they were listed as pink. I record that information after I purchase seeds and it is not based on my personal observations. I did not check the epidermis of the tomatoes I grew, but the fruits were a darker pink for Royal Hillbilly from my recollection. I planned on taking pictures but just never managed to do it.

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Re: 2023/2024 spoiler alert

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Post: # 109045Unread post MissTee
Sun Oct 29, 2023 2:21 pm

@Toomanymatoes not to highjack this thread, but would love to hear a review about your year somewhere on TJ. The varieties you are sharing look fantastic. As one Ontario grower to another, are there some that you highly recommend?
Thanks!
T
Too many tomatoes, not enough time.

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Re: 2023/2024 spoiler alert

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Post: # 109294Unread post Toomanymatoes
Thu Nov 02, 2023 5:20 pm

MissTee wrote: Sun Oct 29, 2023 2:21 pm @Toomanymatoes not to highjack this thread, but would love to hear a review about your year somewhere on TJ. The varieties you are sharing look fantastic. As one Ontario grower to another, are there some that you highly recommend?
Thanks!
T
My year was mediocre (deer, wet season), but I still managed to get plenty of good tomatoes and peppers.

I keep forgetting to bring the sheet I recorded my ratings down to my computer. I will let you know. I had many 8/10 for taste, but not many above that.

Off the top of my head, Eva Purple Ball was really good and productive as was El-Amar.

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Re: 2023/2024 spoiler alert

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Post: # 109405Unread post Viv
Sat Nov 04, 2023 8:29 pm

Should hopefully get them mailed Monday.
Tomatoes:
-42 Day
-Gold Nugget
-Florida Petite
-Jochalos
Beans
-Provider
-Kentucky Wonder
-Red Noodle
-Blue Lake
Brassicas
-Bok Choy, White Stem
-Broccoli, Waltham 29
-Cabbage, All Seasons
-Cabbage, Mammoth Red Rock
-Cauliflower, Snowball Y Improved
Okra
-Emerald Green Velvet
-Clemson Spineless
-Eagle Pass
-Charles Wright's Pot Belly
-Jing Orange
Herbs
-Dill
-Cilantro, Slow Bolt
-Basil, Sweet
-Basil, Italian Genovese
-Perilla, Korean
Flowers
-Marigolds, Mix
-Zinnias, California Giants Mix
-Morning Glory, Blues Brothers
-Blue Flax
Other
-Watermelon, Holoprystanskyy
-Melon, Sakata's Sweet
-Spinach, Bloomsdale Long Standing
-Cucumber, Lemon
-Lettuce, Leaf mix saved from plants grown from Gurney's premium lettuce blend
-Lettuce, Freckles Romaine
-Lettuce, Leaf, Maricella
-Eggplant, Pandora Striped Rose
-Eggplant, Black Beauty
-Amaranth, Red Leaf
-Tomatillo, Gigante Verde
-Onion, Bunching

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Re: 2023/2024 spoiler alert

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Post: # 109421Unread post Gthegardener
Sun Nov 05, 2023 2:04 am

Stitchingmom wrote: Thu Oct 19, 2023 2:34 pm
KarenO wrote: Mon Oct 16, 2023 11:00 pm Hi G the gardener,
None of my dwarfs that you mention are micros :) Ruby slippers, emerald city, yellow brick road and Sweet Baby Jade.
They are all productive patio size plants though. Good for pots, best outdoors. Range from 2-3’ tall
Karen Olivier

quote=Gthegardener post_id=108053 time=1696999888 user_id=276]
Hello! I'll be sending in the following:

Flower:
1. Giant African Marigold (mine were 4 feet tall and some are still blooming!)

Peppers:
1. Naga Smooky Rainbow
2. Black Thai
3. Turkish Cayenne
4. Hallow's Eve

Micro Tomatoes:
1. Tartufo
2. Ruby Slippers
3. Emerald City
4. Sweet Baby Jade
5. Yellow Brick Road

Indeterminate Tomato:
2. Rebel Starfighter Kayleigh Anne

Greens:
1. Blue Scottish Curled Kale
2. Rainbow Tatsoi
3. Wasabi arugula
AHH! I've been wanting the Oz dwarfs for a long time!! I already sent my package and my wish list! :( :( :( :(
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Hi @Stitchingmom! I can send you some if you’d like! Message me if you are interested!
“Life begins the day you start a garden” - Chinese proverb

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Re: 2023/2024 spoiler alert

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Post: # 109423Unread post Stitchingmom
Sun Nov 05, 2023 3:11 am

Gthegardener wrote: Sun Nov 05, 2023 2:04 am
Stitchingmom wrote: Thu Oct 19, 2023 2:34 pm
KarenO wrote: Mon Oct 16, 2023 11:00 pm Hi G the gardener,
None of my dwarfs that you mention are micros :) Ruby slippers, emerald city, yellow brick road and Sweet Baby Jade.
They are all productive patio size plants though. Good for pots, best outdoors. Range from 2-3’ tall
Karen Olivier

quote=Gthegardener post_id=108053 time=1696999888 user_id=276]
Hello! I'll be sending in the following:

Flower:
1. Giant African Marigold (mine were 4 feet tall and some are still blooming!)

Peppers:
1. Naga Smooky Rainbow
2. Black Thai
3. Turkish Cayenne
4. Hallow's Eve

Micro Tomatoes:
1. Tartufo
2. Ruby Slippers
3. Emerald City
4. Sweet Baby Jade
5. Yellow Brick Road

Indeterminate Tomato:
2. Rebel Starfighter Kayleigh Anne

Greens:
1. Blue Scottish Curled Kale
2. Rainbow Tatsoi
3. Wasabi arugula
AHH! I've been wanting the Oz dwarfs for a long time!! I already sent my package and my wish list! :( :( :( :(
Hi @Stitchingmom! I can send you some if you’d like! Message me if you are interested!
[/quote]

Really? That would be amazing! I would love to give you my list for trading. I have almost 1000 varieties now, I think. :) If not, I'll definitely send a SASE!! Thank you!!
SO GLAD to be back! I was locked out for about three months, for some strange reason. :shock:

Missed you all terribly! :cry:

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Re: 2023/2024 spoiler alert

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Post: # 109494Unread post MissTee
Sun Nov 05, 2023 3:06 pm

Will be sending a series of envelopes (5 in total) via Letter Mail this week.

Tomatoes

Black
Black Sea Man (also Determinate)

Blue
Helsing Junction Blue

Cherry/Currant
Amy’s Apricot
Ron’s Carbon Copy
Santiam Sunrise
White Currant

Determinate
Mountain Princess

Dwarf Tomato Project
Dwarf Franklin County
Dwarf Mary’s Cherry

Eastern European
Bolgarskoe Chudo

Tatiana Seed Growout via @HL2601 offer (Eastern European):
Solokha (Pink)
Yaryk (Red)
Zhar (Pink)

Green
Green Gables

Heart
Grandee (also Determinate)

Red
Cyril's Choice

Striped
Candy Sweet Icicle
Carneal Tiger (aka Big Cheef Stripes)

Yellow/Orange/White
Summer Cider

Peppers

Aleppo (the long thin one, originally from Hawthorn Farm)
Padron
Sweet Paprika
Last edited by MissTee on Sat Nov 18, 2023 2:25 pm, edited 2 times in total.
Too many tomatoes, not enough time.

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Re: 2023/2024 spoiler alert

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Post: # 109682Unread post DriftlessRoots
Wed Nov 08, 2023 11:44 am

Package set to go in the mail. I focused on specific requests then filled it out with things I especially like myself or that I had success bagging. Had a lousy year as far as bagging goes.

Tomatoes:
Black:
Ukrainian Purple

Pink:
German Lunchbox
Stump of the World
Brandywine Cowlicks
Iva's Red Berry
Pomodoro Cuore Antico di Acqui Terme
Daniel Burson
Gardener's Sweetheart

Striped:
Rebel Starfighter Prime

Yellow/Gold/Orange/White/Bicolor:
Thorburn's Terra Cotta
KBX
Blondkopfchen
Fred's Tie Dye

Peppers:
Biquinho, Red
Bridge to Paris
Chile de Arbol
Fire and Ice
Fish
Hikelhatz
Jamaican Bell
Kambuzi
Peachadew
Serrano

Misc:
Nigella, Blue
Celtuce
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