tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post8516859703378575351..comments2024-03-17T19:32:26.043+00:00Comments on Daughter of the Soil: Vegetable inventory for 2007Rebsie Fairholmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17811733792196954188noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post-34224986644455477002007-06-18T09:10:00.000+01:002007-06-18T09:10:00.000+01:00Quick update - great germination from the saved G...Quick update - great germination from the saved Green Tiger seeds, I've narrowed them down and now have six plump, healthy looking plants outside in 6 inch pots waiting to go in a final position, when I find one...they look fairly uniform, but I'm not sure how they should be grown, as cordons or bushes. For want of any way of telling the difference from looking at the plants - does anyone know one? - I'm going to go three of one and three of another.<BR/><BR/>There was an article in the Times in early June by Lindsay Bareham referring to them as a heritage type - http://tinyurl.com/38rkl3 - but I'm not sure that she might not be mixing them up with other "tiger" types, as everywhere else I read the M&S publicity, or that of their growers, said they were a hybrid type exclusive to them...<BR/><BR/>Time will tell - hopefully!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post-49526175433258517082007-04-12T14:05:00.000+01:002007-04-12T14:05:00.000+01:00Thanks Rebsie - I think I will just have to have a...Thanks Rebsie - I think I will just have to have a go, out of pure, selfless scientific interest you understand...I'll definitely let you know how I get on (am actually working on a site/blog at the moment so there may even be pics) and if I find anything else out about their origin.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post-26220184485311223822007-04-12T13:53:00.000+01:002007-04-12T13:53:00.000+01:00I was trying to grow Green Tiger last year but I w...I was trying to grow Green Tiger last year but I was a bit late starting them off and the blight got to them before they set fruit. So I'm trying again this year. As you so rightly say, most commercial varieties are F1 hybrids and I haven't been able to find out whether Green Tiger is or not. However I'm never deterred from planting seed from F1 hybrids because it's often relatively easy to dehybridise tomatoes. And even if they don't come true from seed they are usually still interesting and tasty!<BR/><BR/>If you do decide so sow some seeds (and you've nothing to lose by doing so) please do come back and let me know how they get on!<BR/><BR/>RebsieRebsie Fairholmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17811733792196954188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post-70135669076444323542007-04-12T13:32:00.000+01:002007-04-12T13:32:00.000+01:00Darn it, I meant green tiger, not green zebra!Darn it, I meant green tiger, not green zebra!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post-90999869071770580212007-04-12T13:31:00.000+01:002007-04-12T13:31:00.000+01:00I've just fallen for the Green Zebra tomatoes from...I've just fallen for the Green Zebra tomatoes from M&S too - I found your posts from last year about it on Google and wondered, did you have any luck with them at all? I wasn't sure if they would be an F1 type being a commercial crop, but thought if they taste OK I could possibly squeeze in a couple of extra plants when my better half isn't looking...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post-69709060249494836242007-04-02T21:56:00.000+01:002007-04-02T21:56:00.000+01:00I know, I'm nuts.I don't even have that big a gard...I know, I'm nuts.<BR/><BR/>I don't even have that big a garden, I'm just very resourceful with space. With most of those tomatoes I will only be growing one plant of each variety. With peas I can stagger the plantings so they aren't all growing at once. And I dug up another bit of the lawn the other day when my neighbour wasn't looking.Rebsie Fairholmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17811733792196954188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post-69211205733418314132007-04-02T20:33:00.000+01:002007-04-02T20:33:00.000+01:00Oh my gosh, you will be growing all this? My goodn...Oh my gosh, you will be growing all this? My goodness, that's a lot of work! You surely must enjoy your veggie garden!<BR/>I haven't been by here for ages, nice to see you posting again, I always enjoyed coming around last summer. I did learn a lot from you! Looking forward to a new growing year.<BR/>Cheers!Silvia Hoefnagels . Salix Treehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11143805751885131535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post-58866363878778985812007-04-02T17:19:00.000+01:002007-04-02T17:19:00.000+01:00So I was reading down your list, three of these, f...So I was reading down your list, three of these, five of those, and then I got to the peas, ok, she likes lots of peas, and I started to scroll faster, and got to 12 of these and ... how many tomatoes????<BR/><BR/>:-) :-) lol.<BR/><BR/>I'd be the last to say "too many" but that is surely ... a lot!<BR/><BR/>:-)<BR/><BR/>Wish I lived next door to benefit from your extras! :-)I need orangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16819543886910857718noreply@blogger.com