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digitS'
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I'm gonna put this picture here and reference my star-crossed efforts in 2013 to cross some of my smaller sized tomatoes (Link).
Most of the problem was that I am not very good at growing tomatoes in containers. I didn't think that mattered since I have plenty of tomatoes in the garden and I wasn't asking much from them - just a few flowers and a chance to move some pollen around.
The season started off by the plants blooming at different times! By the time they had some coordinated blooming, it was late in the season.
I left the mother plant, Kimberley, out until there were light frosts. Dang near killed it!
Moved into the greenhouse, it just would not ripen its tiny fruit! I brought the fruit into the house. It just took forever!
Here's the result:
I am calling it Kimberley 2 and it is right in front of the "K." Now to compare it with its mother's generation: Those are Kimberley 1 plants behind it.
Steve
Most of the problem was that I am not very good at growing tomatoes in containers. I didn't think that mattered since I have plenty of tomatoes in the garden and I wasn't asking much from them - just a few flowers and a chance to move some pollen around.
The season started off by the plants blooming at different times! By the time they had some coordinated blooming, it was late in the season.
I left the mother plant, Kimberley, out until there were light frosts. Dang near killed it!
Moved into the greenhouse, it just would not ripen its tiny fruit! I brought the fruit into the house. It just took forever!
Here's the result:
I am calling it Kimberley 2 and it is right in front of the "K." Now to compare it with its mother's generation: Those are Kimberley 1 plants behind it.
Steve