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Tomatoes that dry through their skin

Last post by Shule « Tue Jan 19, 2021 5:46 pm
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by Pippin » Sun Jan 17, 2021 3:17 am

Every now and then one meets (cherry) tomato variety that dries out quickly after picking if one leaves them on kitchen table top for a week or two. These wrinkly tomatoes...

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Last post by Shule
Tue Jan 19, 2021 5:46 pm
Mathematics and statistics for self-pollinating plant breeding

Last post by MissS « Mon Jan 18, 2021 2:20 pm
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by Doffer » Sun Jan 17, 2021 8:32 am

Every self pollinating generation is giving more homozygous genes. To understand this I was doing some math.

Parent one P1 is homozygous for the dominant AA gene.
Parent two...

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Last post by MissS
Mon Jan 18, 2021 2:20 pm
Back Crossing Sungold

Last post by Rockoe10 « Sun Jan 17, 2021 12:28 pm
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by Rockoe10 » Tue Sep 29, 2020 1:42 pm

Sungold has had probably the most work done with it in an attempted to create an Open Pollinated version.

So many people have worked on it and posted about it, but on all...

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Last post by Rockoe10
Sun Jan 17, 2021 12:28 pm
Inheritance of ry (reddish yellow, ”bicolor”)

Last post by Pippin « Sat Jan 16, 2021 11:19 pm
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by Pippin » Thu Jan 07, 2021 11:28 am
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I have some questions on the ry gene, the modifier of red colour of fruit flesh - often referred as bicolor in many cultivars.

There seems to be evidence that the phenotype...
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Last post by Pippin
Sat Jan 16, 2021 11:19 pm
Is F1 alwais better than F2 and a newbie questions

Last post by Cole_Robbie « Mon Dec 07, 2020 11:40 am
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by Barmaley » Sat Jul 04, 2020 12:28 pm

I was reading about hybridization and de-hybridization and found a statement that F2 can be almost as good as F1. Is it true and if true - why?

Is it a good idea to...

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Last post by Cole_Robbie
Mon Dec 07, 2020 11:40 am
New Seedless Cocktail Tomato Katie-Anne

Last post by Brent Montgomery « Sun Nov 29, 2020 11:55 am
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by Brent Montgomery » Fri Nov 27, 2020 10:44 pm

Like all mentioned so far, Katie-Anne is heat and cold set outside normal tomato parameters. Check out the video and ask anything.

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Last post by Brent Montgomery
Sun Nov 29, 2020 11:55 am
New Seedless Tomato (Parthenocarpic) Brent (w/Video Link)

Last post by Brent Montgomery « Fri Nov 27, 2020 10:56 pm
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by Brent Montgomery » Tue Nov 24, 2020 9:25 am

Hi all. I'm going to attempt to link a video to my original mutant tomato cultivar Brent . Named after me of course, he's parthenocarpic and will set tomatoes without pollen...

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Last post by Brent Montgomery
Fri Nov 27, 2020 10:56 pm
New Seedless Tomato (Parthenocarpic) Madison

Last post by Brent Montgomery « Fri Nov 27, 2020 10:46 pm
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by Brent Montgomery » Tue Nov 24, 2020 9:28 am

Madison is a centiflor daughter of Brent. Please refer to the other post with the similar title on the genetics and background. Here's Madison and she's impressive:

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Last post by Brent Montgomery
Fri Nov 27, 2020 10:46 pm
New Seedless Tomato (Parthenocarpic)

Last post by Tormato « Tue Nov 24, 2020 5:29 pm
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by Brent Montgomery » Sat Nov 21, 2020 2:48 pm

Hi all,
I was invited to join this group from another group who shall remain nameless. :O)

I'd like to introduce myself and share my work with parthenocarpic tomatoes. My...

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Last post by Tormato
Tue Nov 24, 2020 5:29 pm
Intense Pigment

Last post by Pippin « Fri Nov 20, 2020 3:02 pm
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by Daniel Ricks » Fri Oct 09, 2020 1:51 am

Does anyone have experience with growing tomatoes with Intense Pigment (Ip) genetics, or know where/how I could access seeds for a variety with Ip? Based on what I've learned...

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Last post by Pippin
Fri Nov 20, 2020 3:02 pm
I can live with those odds!

Last post by wykvlvr « Tue Nov 17, 2020 1:42 pm
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by Pippin » Sun Nov 15, 2020 11:50 am

I am surprised how good odds one has of keeping a recessive trait when selecting a dominant phenotype from a progeny.

Let’s assume one values the first recessive trait very...

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Last post by wykvlvr
Tue Nov 17, 2020 1:42 pm
Brad Gates lecture

Last post by Shule « Thu Oct 01, 2020 12:51 am
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by arnorrian » Sun Feb 09, 2020 11:15 am

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Last post by Shule
Thu Oct 01, 2020 12:51 am
Kelloggs Beefsteak x a red cherry

Last post by Shule « Mon Aug 24, 2020 10:59 pm
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by Shule » Tue Jul 28, 2020 11:58 pm

So, I grew Kellogg's Beefsteak again, this year (I grew it in 2015, too, and saved seeds) to compare it to Kellogg's Breakfast and KBX, but it turned out to be a firm, red...

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Last post by Shule
Mon Aug 24, 2020 10:59 pm
Mexican Yellow x Chapman?

Last post by Shule « Sat Aug 22, 2020 6:24 am

by Shule » Sat Aug 22, 2020 6:24 am

I grew some Mexican Yellow seeds in 2017 that I had saved. The fruits were pink; so, I knew it was a cross. I grew an F2 in 2019, and it had very large pink fruits with great...

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Last post by Shule
Sat Aug 22, 2020 6:24 am
Accidental cross with a stabilized Brandy Boy

Last post by Shule « Thu Aug 20, 2020 10:46 pm
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by Shule » Wed Dec 18, 2019 3:42 pm
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A while back, I received seeds from John11840 of Gardenweb for his stabilized Brandy Boy tomato. He gave me a couple bags (F10 and F12 seeds). The F10 seeds (which I grew in...
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Last post by Shule
Thu Aug 20, 2020 10:46 pm
Jim Dandy cross, multiflora yellow nippled cherry

Last post by Shule « Wed Aug 19, 2020 10:28 pm
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by Shule » Mon Aug 03, 2020 4:00 pm

I got some seeds that were supposed to be Jim Dandy, and grew a plant in 2016, but it turned out to be a nippled, yellow, multiflora cherry with a taste similar to...

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Last post by Shule
Wed Aug 19, 2020 10:28 pm
Frittata Kitchen (Bloody Butcher mutant/sport)

Last post by Shule « Mon Aug 03, 2020 3:29 pm
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by Shule » Wed Jul 29, 2020 7:21 pm

Last year, I grew Bloody Butcher seeds purchased from Timeless-tomatoes.com.

It was prolific. The fruits were soft, very meaty, and had few seeds. The taste was quite good,...

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Last post by Shule
Mon Aug 03, 2020 3:29 pm
Genetic diversity in 100 tomato varieties

Last post by jmsieglaff « Wed Jun 17, 2020 9:25 pm
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by PhilaGardener » Wed Jun 17, 2020 6:49 pm

Here's a press release about a genetic study of the diversity in 100 tomato varieties!

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Last post by jmsieglaff
Wed Jun 17, 2020 9:25 pm
Determinates segregating from commercial hybrids

Last post by Bower « Thu Mar 26, 2020 8:28 pm
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by Pippin » Mon Mar 23, 2020 10:26 pm

Hi,

Still off season here. Starting to sow tomatoes in April. Will grow the F2 from my very first crosses this season. :D

I have been saving seeds from some commercial...

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Thu Mar 26, 2020 8:28 pm

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