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Hornad
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Hello from the pacific northwest

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Post: # 103204Unread post Hornad
Sun Jul 30, 2023 11:15 pm

I found this forum mention in an old Houzz thread.
I've only grown a few varieties.
Last year I grew;
black krim which I didn't care for and amish paste which was great, my only complaint was that it was just hitting the peak when frost came in october.
So this year I planted 30 amish paste and 6 early girls to try to get tomatoes earlier. I was also given a bloody butcher plant and a beefsteak tomato that isn't ripe yet.
So far the amish paste are covered in large green tomatoes and I've had two tomatoes off both the early girls and the bloody butcher. I don't think I'll grow early girl next year because the bloody butcher tasted better.
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Mon Jul 31, 2023 2:04 am

Welcome to the Junction.

I still get an occasional email from Houzz. They notify me when there is a post from an old GardenWeb thread.
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Mon Jul 31, 2023 3:17 am

Welcome to the Junction from Down Under @Hornad
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Mon Jul 31, 2023 3:35 am

Welcome to the Junction!
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Post: # 103212Unread post Cole_Robbie
Mon Jul 31, 2023 5:10 am

Hornad wrote: ↑Sun Jul 30, 2023 11:15 pm I don't think I'll grow early girl next year because the bloody butcher tasted better.
Welcome to the heirloom flavor addiction that so many of us have (and the forum, too).
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Post: # 103219Unread post Cornelius_Gotchberg
Mon Jul 31, 2023 6:19 am

Welcome from America's Dairyland!

The Gotch
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Post: # 103221Unread post PlainJane
Mon Jul 31, 2023 6:49 am

Welcome to the forum from N. Florida!
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Mon Jul 31, 2023 7:33 am

Welcome to the Junction! Glad you found us.
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Post: # 103232Unread post Hornad
Mon Jul 31, 2023 9:13 am

Thank you! I feel very welcomed.
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Mon Jul 31, 2023 10:55 am

Well from the UK!
The behaviour of light means you observe me as i was then, and not as I am now.
I cannot change history, so I do hope i gave you a good impression of myself
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Post: # 103250Unread post Paulf
Mon Jul 31, 2023 12:25 pm

GardenWeb was the first tomato growing site I visited. Growing up in the Pacific Northwest (Forest Grove, Oregon) my father had a hard time growing tomatoes. Good luck with growing real tomatoes and welcome to the Junction.
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Mon Jul 31, 2023 2:22 pm

Welcome from Tacoma, WA!
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Post: # 103260Unread post Stitchingmom
Mon Jul 31, 2023 2:41 pm

Hi from the inland northwest!!
SO GLAD to be back! I was locked out for about three months, for some strange reason. :shock:

Missed you all terribly! :cry:
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Mon Jul 31, 2023 3:31 pm

Welcome from east central Georgia! Just settle on in! :)
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Post: # 103268Unread post bower
Mon Jul 31, 2023 3:44 pm

Welcome from the North Atlantic. ;) We have some common ground with coastal places everywhere, when it comes to tomatoes.
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Post: # 103301Unread post Hornad
Mon Jul 31, 2023 9:54 pm

I picked two amish paste from the east side of the garden where they get morning sun and they taste like I remember. However it is a little strange that the early tomatoes are only a week earlier than my midseason tomato
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Mon Jul 31, 2023 10:05 pm

Welcome to the forum!
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Post: # 103303Unread post JRinPA
Mon Jul 31, 2023 10:26 pm

Welcome Hornad. I am just a half hour ride from serious Amish country and am growing Amish Paste for the first time this season. Would you believe that the seeds came from a trade with a Hawaiian? Strange world, huh?
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Post: # 103312Unread post bower
Tue Aug 01, 2023 6:10 am

I haven't grown Amish Paste myself but last year grew starts for my friend's farm from an old packet of seeds she had, and got so many that I gave away a dozen extras to another friend... and she sent pics of her bountiful crop, grown outdoors in the backyard. It was impressive... this is a generous tomato.
We only have a few weeks' spread here, between earliest and our latest aka midseason tomatoes.
But it's also true that a heavy crop can delay the first ripening sometimes.
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Post: # 103325Unread post seasyde
Tue Aug 01, 2023 10:29 am

Welcome from a fellow Pacific Northwester!
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