Julianna wrote: ↑Tue Mar 23, 2021 11:31 am

Gardadore wrote: ↑Tue Mar 23, 2021 9:48 am I got my Reinhard Kraft seeds from Renaissancefarms.org.They are new for me. Will report on all the new ones. Highly recommend you try to get Dotson’s Lebanese. I saved seeds last summer so could share if you can’t find them on line.

I've purchased from there a few times! If I can't get ahold of the person I am trying, I will get the RK stuff from there.

I don't see Dotson's Lebanese beyond some TV threads. I will keep looking. Had to filter out Omar from the search since Omar's Lebanese was showing up all over lol.

Julianna wrote: ↑Sat Mar 27, 2021 10:01 am

Julianna wrote: ↑Tue Mar 23, 2021 11:31 am

Gardadore wrote: ↑Tue Mar 23, 2021 9:48 am I got my Reinhard Kraft seeds from Renaissancefarms.org.They are new for me. Will report on all the new ones. Highly recommend you try to get Dotson’s Lebanese. I saved seeds last summer so could share if you can’t find them on line.

I've purchased from there a few times! If I can't get ahold of the person I am trying, I will get the RK stuff from there.

I don't see Dotson's Lebanese beyond some TV threads. I will keep looking. Had to filter out Omar from the search since Omar's Lebanese was showing up all over lol.

@Gardadore I have hopefully purchased the RK seeds! I always wait to declare it done until they arrive in the mail.

Still looking for Dotson's Lebanese. It is a hard one to find!

I meant to ask before if you had tried Midnight Sun or if it is new to you. It and True Colours and Taiga look intriguing.

Tormato wrote: ↑Sat Mar 27, 2021 11:34 am
I have DLH listed in the MMMM spoiler alert (pre-swap inventory). Now, I'll have to see if I still have some.

Tormato wrote: ↑Sat Mar 27, 2021 1:24 pm Would you still plan to start DLH (and other hearts?) this year, if seeds get there in about a week?

wykvlvr wrote: ↑Sat Mar 27, 2021 2:42 pm OH looking through the swap tomatoes in my list I came up with two more oxhearts to try. EM Champion is described as an early (65 days) good tastings red heart on a productive easy to manage plant. The other is Dwarf Pink Passion another early heart that is pink. That bring my total to 3 hearts out of 25 plants

wykvlvr wrote: ↑Sat Mar 27, 2021 2:59 pm This will be my first year to grow any of the hearts. Last year was my first with any dwarfs and sadly it didn't do well where I had it. HOWEVER that dwarf did well enough that most of my plants this year will be dwarfs. I have physical problems that means reaching above shoulder level is painful so short plants are mostly what I am wanting this year.

wykvlvr wrote: ↑Sat Mar 27, 2021 5:22 pm grin what is this ground you speak of? I have room in ground for up to 8 plants, the rest are in grow bags or buckets. This year I am planning on 12 dwarf/compact varieties in the buckets and bags.
My dwarfs last year were bought late and planted later when it warmed up a bit and we got more buckets. Then they got slammed with hail a couple of times, stood up to our wild winds and still made large tomatoes that in a normal year would have been ripe before snow. As I said they didn't do well but did well enough to make a good impression on me. I had to look it up in my notes those were 2 Yukon Quest which are a mid season tomato. My Green Zebra were just blooming ... when our extra early snow hit. My micros came inside but I ran out of room so the dwarfs were left out to die like many of my plants

rossomendblot wrote: ↑Sat Mar 27, 2021 5:31 pm I am growing my first ever heart this year - EM Champion. Having a bit of trouble with germination but at least 2 have come up. Looking forward to tasting it!

rossomendblot wrote: ↑Sat Mar 27, 2021 5:31 pm I am growing my first ever heart this year - EM Champion. Having a bit of trouble with germination but at least 2 have come up. Looking forward to tasting it!

rossomendblot wrote: ↑Sun Mar 28, 2021 4:55 am I think it's just a packet of not very good seed rather than the variety being stubborn to germinate. The seeds are very dark like they have been over dried.

rossomendblot wrote: ↑Sun Mar 28, 2021 3:15 pm

rossomendblot wrote: ↑Sun Mar 28, 2021 4:55 am I think it's just a packet of not very good seed rather than the variety being stubborn to germinate. The seeds are very dark like they have been over dried.

...and like magic now the rest of them are coming up, almost as if they read my post and felt ashamed.

Gardadore wrote: ↑Tue Mar 30, 2021 12:40 am I grew Midnight Sun and Taiga last summer. Both had very poor production and I’m not sure why. They are hearts so tend to produce wispy stems and leaves. Midnight Sun looked so weak and wilty that I thought it was going to die before it could produce. Taiga wasn’t much better. It was a strange summer with extended high humidity. What I did get were delicious so I am growing both again as well as True Colors for the first time. I have purchased new organic straw bales so hope things will go better.