Next release of my seedless, parthenocarpic, tomatoes named after my son Donovan. It's an awesome tomato in every way!
Re: My New Seedless (Parthenocarpic) Tomato "Donovan"
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2020 11:40 am
by Amateurinawe
[mention]Brent Montgomery[/mention] Fascinating brent. Loving the work and videos you have done!
Re: My New Seedless (Parthenocarpic) Tomato "Donovan"
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2020 12:16 pm
by Gardadore
Looking forward to when you have them available to buy. Looks like this would make a great sauce!
Re: My New Seedless (Parthenocarpic) Tomato "Donovan"
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2020 1:03 pm
by MrBig46
I would also like a few seeds for testing. I grow very early in the spring and have problems with flowering and fruit formation. I am not able to raise the temperature in a cold bed at night above 11 ° C, the bay pollinated my flowers. So far, I am solving this with other technical measures. I wonder if I can do it next year.
Re: My New Seedless (Parthenocarpic) Tomato "Donovan"
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2020 8:31 pm
by Brent Montgomery
Amateurinawe wrote: ↑Sun Dec 06, 2020 11:40 am
@Brent Montgomery Fascinating brent. Loving the work and videos you have done!
Thanks so much.
Re: My New Seedless (Parthenocarpic) Tomato "Donovan"
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2020 8:32 pm
by Brent Montgomery
I will make the genetics and tomatoes available as soon as I can I promise.
Re: My New Seedless (Parthenocarpic) Tomato "Donovan"
Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2020 10:09 am
by Fusion_power
Just a general suggestion, ask a few key people to grow your tomatoes and comment on performance. Do this with a signed agreement not to distribute seed. With their feedback, you will gain knowledge of climate adaptation and potential disease problems. As an example, late blight in the Northeastern U.S. is usually a different strain than in the Pacific Northwest. You need to find out how your varieties hold up in both regions.
Also, Big Zac is arguably not the best choice for bringing other traits into the mix. Consider using Druzba, Lynnwood, and Eva Purple Ball.
Druzba - large round tomato with very good rich flavor
Lynnwood - oblate slicing tomato with exceptionally good balanced flavor plus is highly productive
Eva Purple Ball - medium size pink tomato with decent flavor and extremely high production potential.
Re: My New Seedless (Parthenocarpic) Tomato "Donovan"
Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2020 10:23 am
by MrBig46
I have a cold bed in which I want to plant determinative tomatoes at the end of March. At that time, the temperatures outside at night are still very low, but in bed they do not fall below 5 ° C. But even so, they do not reach the temperature required for pollination of flowers (above 11 ° C). I do not have the opportunity to operate this hotbed every day (open in the morning and close or insulate at night). I use all possible technical means (automatic window opening, Feolite storage heat wall, etc.), but I don't know if that will be enough. I see one of the other possibilities in the use of partenocarpic varieties (another is Blossom spray with hormones). At the moment, among other varieties, I have sown the parenocarpic Polish variety Betalux. In cold weather it has seeds without seeds and when the weather changes the tomatoes are normal with seeds. Thanks for a nice discussion, I am very interested in partenocarpie.
Vladimír
Re: My New Seedless (Parthenocarpic) Tomato "Donovan"
Posted: Sat Dec 12, 2020 9:32 pm
by Brent Montgomery
MrBig46 wrote: ↑Thu Dec 10, 2020 10:23 am
I have a cold bed in which I want to plant determinative tomatoes at the end of March. At that time, the temperatures outside at night are still very low, but in bed they do not fall below 5 ° C. But even so, they do not reach the temperature required for pollination of flowers (above 11 ° C). I do not have the opportunity to operate this hotbed every day (open in the morning and close or insulate at night). I use all possible technical means (automatic window opening, Feolite storage heat wall, etc.), but I don't know if that will be enough. I see one of the other possibilities in the use of partenocarpic varieties (another is Blossom spray with hormones). At the moment, among other varieties, I have sown the parenocarpic Polish variety Betalux. In cold weather it has seeds without seeds and when the weather changes the tomatoes are normal with seeds. Thanks for a nice discussion, I am very interested in partenocarpie.
Vladimír
I'm trying to get my genetic type of parthenocarpy into tomatoes world-wide. It will help all tomato varieties I'm certain.