Trust tomatoes

[jackb]

And will Pop & Ava be selling any seeds from these wonderful tomatoes?

(And Ava is adorable btw )

No, they are hybrids. I read a post where a person planted them and got ugly awful tasting red & YELLOW tomatoes. I was going to plant a few before I read the post, so I decided not to.

 

[wifezilla]

It was worth a shot. Glad someone else did the experiment for you though Great time saver! LOL

 

[ninnymary]

Jack..those tomatoes look like from a magazine photo shoot. Do you ever have problems with pests and disease's in your veggies? Are there things you can't grow?

Mary

 

[jackb]

Jack..those tomatoes look like from a magazine photo shoot. Do you ever have problems with pests and disease's in your veggies? Are there things you can't grow?

Mary

Mary,

Yes they are great looking tomatoes. I noticed from the start that all of the fruit set seemed to be perfectly formed. I have not had any problems with disease's or pests in the greenhouse and I try to keep it as clean as possible, and I do not use soil. Soil and litter gives pests a place to live, breed and hide.

Jack

 

[ninnymary]

Jack..are there things you can't grow? Can you grow cool and hot weather veggies year round?

Mary

 

[jackb]

Jack..are there things you can't grow? Can you grow cool and hot weather veggies year round?

Mary

Cool season vegetables I grow indoors in a grow chamber. The warm season vegetables I grow in the greenhouse from March through November. I can also grow cherry tomatoes indoors during the winter, and this year I will grow the Little Leaf cucumbers in a grow tent indoors. The only thing that gives me problems is eggplant. That may be because the only one I tried was bred in the 40s to grow in Florida. It was supposed to grow huge eggplant, but, I got a huge plant, like a tree, but no eggplant. I am growing a miniature eggplant now to test pollinate. If you want you can check my blog for some of the indoor growing.

http://hydroponicworkshop.blogspot.com/

 

[catjac1975]

Here is my Trust tomato. It's about 3 feet tall. The blossoms seem as it they have formed some fruit, but they are very small so it is hard to tell. One thing I did not see was any fluffy pollen on the blossoms so I did not do any hand pollinating. I do have ONE friendly bee living in my greenhouse so I hope she is doing her job. I have no idea where she came from and why the poor thing is all alone. I will move it to the tunnel greenhouse very soon.I took your advice, jackb and made a cutting of the plant. I plan to make one more.

 

[jackb]

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Here is my Trust tomato. It's about 3 feet tall. The blossoms seem as it they have formed some fruit, but they are very small so it is hard to tell. One thing I did not see was any fluffy pollen on the blossoms so I did not do any hand pollinating. I do have ONE friendly bee living in my greenhouse so I hope she is doing her job. I have no idea where she came from and why the poor thing is all alone. I will move it to the tunnel greenhouse very soon.I took your advice, jackb and made a cutting of the plant. I plan to make one more.

Cat,
Tomatoes are wind pollinated, not insect pollinated. To pollinate them in the greenhouse you tap the blossom when the petals are open like a trumpet, in the late morning or early afternoon. In large greenhouses they use a device similar to an electric toothbrush, I just take a length of bamboo or short stick and tap them. Better yet, I leave the pollinating to my assistant whenever possible, she loves doing it. Tomatoes need LOTS of light to produce, is your plant getting direct sunlight?

 

[catjac1975]

Cat,
Tomatoes are wind pollinated, not insect pollinated. To pollinate them in the greenhouse you tap the blossom when the petals are open like a trumpet, in the late morning or early afternoon. In large greenhouses they use a device similar to an electric toothbrush, I just take a length of bamboo or short stick and tap them. Better yet, I leave the pollinating to my assistant whenever possible, she loves doing it. Tomatoes need LOTS of light to produce, is your plant getting direct sunlight?

Yes. I have grown tomatoes in the past. I gave it up due to white fly infestation.I used to pollinate them. But I do not see any fluffy pollen on these blossoms. Should I be be able to see it? I have been tapping. I plan to move it outside once the night temps stay a little warmer.

 

[jackb]

Yes. I have grown tomatoes in the past. I gave it up due to white fly infestation.I used to pollinate them. But I do not see any fluffy pollen on these blossoms. Should I be be able to see it? I have been tapping. I plan to move it outside once the night temps stay a little warmer.

The pollen is dust like and coats the stamen, it transfers to the stigma when you tap the flower and some will fall off to be dispersed by the wind.

Good luck and look forward to seeing the results.

Jack