Hello from Germany!
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clara
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Hello from Germany!
Many of you may already know me from the "other" forum... But I've chosen another user name - it had to be a Latin one again, lol!
For those of you who don't know me: I'm a retired teacher for Latin and history, I love history and languages, travelling (either in south-east Asia or Egypt) and of course my family, especially my grand-kids (2 boys and 2 girls). The boys live quite close to me, only 3-4 minutes by feet and I've already "infected" them with the tomato virus.
My own tomato-career started many years ago, when by fluke I stumbled about the "Egg from Phuket" on the net. I could not believe it: I had been on Phuket island so many times without getting to know it there. I first thought of a gemstone, then found out that it was a tomato and I HAD to have it! Again the net and I found a seller who did not only offer this variety, but lots of other tomato seeds also - I started with 34 varieties... and I became greedy and had to have even more. I found an American seller (banned from Tville since a long time and this time with good reasons imo) who offered a bunch of varieties, but could not answer my questions or was not in the mood to do so. But he told me to join Tville where I would find the infos I wanted. So I joined. Other forums followed, some are dead now or almost dying, one is still active.
Usually I have about 120 - 130 different varieties in my garden, all either in containers or hanging baskets/small pots. But the last 2 years were very disappointing, due to the incredible heat we had here in Germany. The crop was rather poor, the biggies even refused to produce blossoms (in the meantime I know that there is special hormone that prevents the plants from producing blossoms when the temps are too high several days/weeks in a row), only most of the cherries did rather well. The smaller they were, the better they performed. This year, I've decided to mainly grow varieties that have done fine in the past, hoping it will NOT be that hot again. The big challenge will be to germinate these old varieties, "sed dum spiro, spero"...
One last addition: I want to reduce the number of varieties significantly, but I suppose, I'll fail - as always...
PS: Many thanks to all members who invited me to come over!
For those of you who don't know me: I'm a retired teacher for Latin and history, I love history and languages, travelling (either in south-east Asia or Egypt) and of course my family, especially my grand-kids (2 boys and 2 girls). The boys live quite close to me, only 3-4 minutes by feet and I've already "infected" them with the tomato virus.
My own tomato-career started many years ago, when by fluke I stumbled about the "Egg from Phuket" on the net. I could not believe it: I had been on Phuket island so many times without getting to know it there. I first thought of a gemstone, then found out that it was a tomato and I HAD to have it! Again the net and I found a seller who did not only offer this variety, but lots of other tomato seeds also - I started with 34 varieties... and I became greedy and had to have even more. I found an American seller (banned from Tville since a long time and this time with good reasons imo) who offered a bunch of varieties, but could not answer my questions or was not in the mood to do so. But he told me to join Tville where I would find the infos I wanted. So I joined. Other forums followed, some are dead now or almost dying, one is still active.
Usually I have about 120 - 130 different varieties in my garden, all either in containers or hanging baskets/small pots. But the last 2 years were very disappointing, due to the incredible heat we had here in Germany. The crop was rather poor, the biggies even refused to produce blossoms (in the meantime I know that there is special hormone that prevents the plants from producing blossoms when the temps are too high several days/weeks in a row), only most of the cherries did rather well. The smaller they were, the better they performed. This year, I've decided to mainly grow varieties that have done fine in the past, hoping it will NOT be that hot again. The big challenge will be to germinate these old varieties, "sed dum spiro, spero"...
One last addition: I want to reduce the number of varieties significantly, but I suppose, I'll fail - as always...
PS: Many thanks to all members who invited me to come over!
per aspera ad astra
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MissS
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Re: Hello from Germany!
Hi and Welcome! We are so very glad that you have made it here. All of us have been waiting for your grand arrival.
~ Patti ~
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bower
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Re: Hello from Germany!
Happy to see again, happy to meet, in either way welcome to the forum. I look forward to you treating us to your experience with many tomatoes and more. 
AgCan Zone 5a/USDA zone 4
temperate marine climate
yearly precip 61 inches/1550 mm
temperate marine climate
yearly precip 61 inches/1550 mm
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eyegrotom
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Re: Hello from Germany!
Welcome to the Junction
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TheDante
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Re: Hello from Germany!
Hallochen spero,
Loved reading your introduction… looking forward to reading more und Wilkommen =)))
und Nachti zzzzzzz...
Loved reading your introduction… looking forward to reading more und Wilkommen =)))
und Nachti zzzzzzz...
Karen´s current status - tomato nutcase 
Kind hearts are the gardens, Kind thoughts are the roots, Kind words are the blossoms, Kind deeds are the fruits - Karpal Singh
Kind hearts are the gardens, Kind thoughts are the roots, Kind words are the blossoms, Kind deeds are the fruits - Karpal Singh
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Whwoz
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Re: Hello from Germany!
Welcome from Down Under
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worth1
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Re: Hello from Germany!
Welcome glad to see you.
Worth
25 miles southeast of Waterloo Texas.
You can't argue with a closed mind.
You might as well be arguing with a cat.
25 miles southeast of Waterloo Texas.
You can't argue with a closed mind.
You might as well be arguing with a cat.
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Sue_CT
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Re: Hello from Germany!
Welcome!
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PlainJane
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hdrider
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Re: Hello from Germany!
Welcome spero, over 1200 posts at the "other" forum. I hope you are as active here as there.
Tracy
Conjunction junction what's your function - whoops wrong place!
Conjunction junction what's your function - whoops wrong place!
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MrBig46
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Re: Hello from Germany!
Glad to have you join us!
Vladimír
Vladimír
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AZGardener
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Re: Hello from Germany!
Welcome to the junction!
USDA Zone 9b, Sunset Zone 13
Average Rainfall 9.5 inches
Climate: Sonoran Desert
Average Rainfall 9.5 inches
Climate: Sonoran Desert
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SusieQ
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Re: Hello from Germany!
Glad you're here. Welcome!
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asmx92
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Re: Hello from Germany!
Hello,good that you did it
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clara
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Re: Hello from Germany!
Wow! What a great welcome here! Thank you all sooo much! I did not expect it! And for all who could not identify me, my former user name started with "c"... I still have to find out how this forum works, but I've already read quite a lot. Great postings!
per aspera ad astra
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Labradors
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Re: Hello from Germany!
Welcome to the Junction C.... Glad you could join us and take part in all the fun .
Linda
.Linda
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tomike
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GoDawgs
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Re: Hello from Germany!
So glad you made it here!
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ddsack
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Re: Hello from Germany!
Very happy you decided to join us, the tomato community keeps migrating and evolving, and it's nice to keep the experienced growers among us.
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EdieJ
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Re: Hello from Germany!
Hello from Alabama USA. I was an exchange student back in 1972 to Hamburg for the summer. It was an eye-opening and wonderful experience and I did not want to come home!
We had the same experience here with our tomatoes and heat. Yes, we had an overabundance of cherry tomatoes too, with very poor performance of the bigger ones. Will be interested in your experiences this year.
We had the same experience here with our tomatoes and heat. Yes, we had an overabundance of cherry tomatoes too, with very poor performance of the bigger ones. Will be interested in your experiences this year.
North Central AL (mountains)
Zone 7
Zone 7