Indigo Rose tomato thread

[The Gardener]

I was wondering if the Indigo Rose tomato is an heirloom, and if any one else is growing them.

 

[TheSeedObsesser]

Welcome to TEG Gardener!

Indigo Rose tomatoes aren't "heirloom" but that are OP and I would definitely recommend saving seeds from it, despite the fact that I haven't grown them - yet. It was recently developed specifically for small farmers and backyard gardeners by Brad Gates of Wild Boar Farms. Flavor was a big concern when it came to breeding these, as well as nutrition. You might want to surf the web for reveiws on the Indigo Rose tomatoes to get an idea of it you want to try them or not.

http://www.wildboarfarms.com/wild-boar-farms-about.html

 

[NwMtGardener]

Hello to The Gardener, I haven't grown that tomato but we have a lot of threads here at TEG discussing tomatoes, types, preferences, tomato seed saving, etc. You can use the Search Forums button on the toolbar on top to find those.

 

[Smart Red]

Welcome to our gardening group, The Gardener. From your name, I'll guess that you're going to love it here.

I don't know about that tomato variety, but growing open pollinated tomatoes is a great idea if you want to become more self sufficient.

 

[The Gardener]

thankyou all for the helpful and nice coments. so the indigo rose can have seeds saved and them sprout and have the same genetics correct.

 

[digitS']

Hi Gardener.

I see in the description that it is PVP - plant variety protected. That means Oregon State University has something like a patent on that variety. An attorney would not tell you to save the seed.

Open pollination is a way to say that the parent plants are left on their own to pollinate themselves. There may be some selection of seed from the best plants, maybe some "roguing" out of plants that don't meet the standards. The parents and offspring should all have about the same genetics.

Tomatoes have what the botanist calls a "perfect" flower in that it it has both male and female parts. Pollination often occurs within a single flower.

Steve

 

[TheSeedObsesser]

Hi Gardener.

I see in the description that it is PVP - plant variety protected. That means Oregon State University has something like a patent on that variety. An attorney would not tell you to save the seed.

Open pollination is a way to say that the parent plants are left on their own to pollinate themselves. There may be some selection of seed from the best plants, maybe some "roguing" out of plants that don't meet the standards. The parents and offspring should all have about the same genetics.

Tomatoes have what the botanist calls a "perfect" flower in that it it has both male and female parts. Pollination often occurs within a single flower.

Steve

So does PVP mean that you can save seed for personal use as long as it's not sold/ traded? And I suppose that a variety with PVP cannot be used in breeding projects?

 

[digitS']

Missed your question, SeedO!

Doesn't matter a lot because I'd just be guessing. Only a step above guessing, here's what Wikipedia says: "A plant variety certificate gives the breeder the right to exclude others from selling the variety, or offering it for sale, or reproducing it, or importing it, or exporting it, or using it in producing (as distinguished from developing) a hybrid or different varieties."

Sounds like the person who wrote that believes it is highly exclusive.

Steve

 

[TheSeedObsesser]

So by selling the variety that would mean selling the seed of the variety for replanting? Supposing one could still legally get away with selling the actual tomato at a vegi stand.

 

[digitS']

I believe that would have to be correct, SeedO.

Purchasing an indulgence, restitution, or the cleansing fire of the cook stove, there are probably only narrow paths through a tangled thicket.

Steve