Help Me Choose?

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slugworth
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Re: Help Me Choose?

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Post: # 47606Unread post slugworth
Thu May 27, 2021 6:02 pm

drought year so far.
Last year was hot and rainy.
No monsoon last night like they promised.
"A chiseled face,Just like Easter Island" :lol:

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Post: # 47640Unread post Seven Bends
Fri May 28, 2021 8:39 am

slugworth wrote: Thu May 27, 2021 2:25 pm Pantano Romanesco I traded plants to a guy that runs a restaurant and I had free pizza slices until there was snow on the ground.
I like to trade plants you can't normally buy local.
Will trade for food.
I didn't start any this year. 26 different varieties was enough for me without adding that one.
Soldacki did well last year.That is a repeat-bought plants and others from saved seed.
Pantano Romanesco was pretty productive for me. The first tomatoes were large, but by the end of the season they were only a few ounces each. I didn't love them for fresh eating, and I never had enough of them at one time to cook with, so I don't think I'll grow them again. I'm not saying they were a bad tomato, just that they weren't well suited to me. Did the restaurant guy make sauce with his?

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Post: # 47641Unread post Seven Bends
Fri May 28, 2021 8:53 am

slugworth wrote: Thu May 27, 2021 4:20 pm Soldacki I picked last year before the aug 4th hurricane.
I didn't want to see it rolling down the street.
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That's a pretty tomato! What's your opinion of Soldacki's flavor? My plant last year only produced a few tomatoes, and I can't remember them clearly now. I should take better notes. That poor thing went in the ground late and was planted at the bottom of the garden in a wet area with heavy, soggy soil. I'll give it another try some year.

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Fri May 28, 2021 2:24 pm

I was delighted with the soldacki,early for here and good size/flavor.
Normally here you don't get big tomatoes til mid to late august.
I bought plants and started some from saved seeds this year.
"A chiseled face,Just like Easter Island" :lol:

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Post: # 47654Unread post slugworth
Fri May 28, 2021 2:29 pm

Seven Bends wrote: Fri May 28, 2021 8:39 am Did the restaurant guy make sauce with his?
He had problems with deer eating the plants,so it was a race to see who/what would eat it 1st.
He may have had just enough to eat vs. sauce making.
"A chiseled face,Just like Easter Island" :lol:

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