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Thu Apr 14, 2022 1:51 pm

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My ink spot are red not purple weird unless this is how it goes guesss will see
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Fri Apr 15, 2022 6:24 pm

@AKgardener , thanks for the heads up on Inkspot's vining habit!

The Baby here is 5.75" tall and I think that's going to be it. The description I had was 3-5" range so that's about right.

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I think tomorrow I will collect some seeds from it.

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Fri Apr 15, 2022 8:05 pm

So all of my ink spots are ripening but they are definitely not purple like they should be all of my baby stayed in the 3 inch range.

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Fri Apr 15, 2022 11:54 pm

My understanding has been that anthosyans, the purple colour in tomato skin, requires sun light to be expressed. And even when getting sun light, tomatoes growing under leafs may still not have purple in them. I haven’t tried growing anthos inside, so don’t really know how they behave in such conditions but this might still explain why your ink spots are plain red.

All your toms looks great, by the way, thanks for posting! All new micros for me as well. :D
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Sat Apr 16, 2022 1:54 am

Never knew thanks for letting me know micros are truly fun to all of mine are pretty much done I started the Tomum it’s growing nice !!! A fun side project for shure

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Sun Apr 17, 2022 1:51 pm

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Just wanted to give everyone an idea of what the tiny totum looks like so far it has a very thick stem and nice healthy growth still growing nice
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Tue Apr 26, 2022 8:18 pm

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Just an update on tiny totums.. not so tiny
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Mon Jul 18, 2022 5:56 pm

Has anyone started any new micro’s ? I got some new ones
Edible Potted Cocoa Hybrid Tomato -
Funnyplums Hybrid Tomato Collection Hybrid

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Tue Jul 19, 2022 3:44 pm

Any recommendations?
Taste reviews?
Looking forward to growing some micro's over the winter.

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Tue Jul 19, 2022 5:43 pm

So far my top was the Vilma’s I just tried the tiny tomums I really enjoyed the flavor and size of the tomatoes themselves I have grown so many I can’t remember what they taiste like but I’m always looking to try new ones

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Wed Jul 20, 2022 8:42 am

These are the micros I'm doing now. They were all started on 4/14 and while they've been producing off and on since late June, they've all decided to avalanche at once. A last hurrah?

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Yellow Canary in front, Inkspot in the back:

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Vilma in the front, Aztek in the back:

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Andrina in the front, Totem in the back:

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In this group Totem has been a heavy producer with good sized cherries. As far as taste is concerned, it really varies even on a single plant which can be tasty one time and bland the next. That might depend on when it was watered but in those one gallon pots they need water every day. Probably rootbound. For sure none of them can compare taste-wise to regular tomatoes but in the winter they're better than most store bought and certainly less expensive. From now on I will probably only grow them winter and spring when the regular tomatoes are absent.

I have seed for just two varieties that I've not tried yet, Harden's Miniature and House, and those are next up. Florida Petite and/or Red Robin might get done again to keep them company. Both of those are good producers.

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Wed Jul 20, 2022 1:13 pm

@GoDawgs those look great my tiny totum only gave me 8 tomatoes I finished it outside but it didn’t like the 77 degrees as far as size tomatoes I had to that were bigger than a golf ball the rest were still a bigger cherry size not quite golf ball not quit cherry.. always on the hunt for new ones and found some ..I finally got my grow room ready for all micro and herb garden and my 3 full size tomatoes for winter.. gotta stay busy

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Wed Jul 20, 2022 3:36 pm

@AKgardener, if you participate in the MMMM swap this year you need to specifically request some micros!

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Thu Jul 21, 2022 11:33 pm

They really are a blast to grow I just found groovy tunes.. well i hope any ways.. I like the dwarf tomato plants as well and found a kind call mongolian drawf.. so gonna try those as well..

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Fri Jul 22, 2022 7:22 am

@AKgardener , I'm liking the dwarf plants too. This year was my first time growing any and several have earned another go next year. Those would be Pink Passion and either Rosella Crimson or Rosella Purple. I'm going to ask to try a few more from the MMMM this fall.

I just had to take a better pic of the Aztec micro. It's loaded. And with that somewhat cascading habit it almost seems to be a candidate for doing in a hanging basket. Ya think?

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Fri Jul 22, 2022 12:56 pm

@GoDawgs such a beautiful plant I have so many pictures of mine over the years cause I can’t get over how stocky the plants are and the leaves. And just the cute tomatoes they really don’t take up a lot of space on a rack..I have grown the new big dwarf big brandy and tazmazian chocolate that one never produced for me but the other will grow again I have to stick with shorter day or season varieties in my area until I can really get a heated greenhouse

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Thu Jul 28, 2022 9:22 pm

My micros are ripening yaaaaaaaaaay!!!!!!

Orange pinnochio has given me my first 8 tomatoes of the season. Flavour is nice but not mind blowing.

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My dwarfs are not doing that great though. They keep droping flowers :(

Last year i didnt have a good tomato season until september/ october, too much fog right now making it too cold in the morning and then too hot in the afternoon.

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Fri Jul 29, 2022 3:31 pm

If I can figure out how to post a pic, I'll show my Lemon Sherbet. It is a hybrid, but I love it.. part of the Sweet n Neat series.

Over the years, I have grown Mohamed (why on earth the name?), Red Robin, and a couple of yellow / orange ones. (including Aztec)
So far, I loved all the red ones... but Lemon Sherbet remains as a favourite.

What I did this year, I planted it in a bigger pot than I usually have done. So much easier to handle that way, as it grows much better and is not constantly dry. Also way more flowers and fruits than in a small container.

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Fri Jul 29, 2022 9:32 pm

@Moth1992 micros are so
Much fun your plant looks great !! I have 2 Vilma’s waiting to ripen now and just started my groovy tunes, * Edible Potted Cocoa Hybrid Tomato,and * Funnyplums Hybrid Tomato Collection. Looking forward to trying these out

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Sun Aug 28, 2022 9:34 pm

My bonsai are getting heavy with fruit. And they are super tasty. Defenetly planting again.

Curly kaley has given me a couple so far, not mind blowing.

Inkspot are getting all purple but not ripe yet.

Dwarfs giving me lots of leafs and flowers but not setting fruit. I think next year ill just do a bunch of micros, easier for my small balcony.

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