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Comment by Matt Moir on October 3, 2011 at 12:10pm

all the heirloom tomatos sount wonderful I have Japanese black truffle, black calabash, Aunt rubys german green, amongst a few just too many to list anyways Chris has quite a fer heirloom seeds in his catalog this year I am also trying out zuccini cocozelle and Eggplant listada de gandia anyways hear is a link to his seed catalog he is working on alot of unusual veriaties http://www.organix.net.nz/

Comment by Jane Maarie on October 3, 2011 at 10:55am

One slice per sandwich! I have got to get me some of them seeds! haha. I want to make some pasta sauce this year too...might need a few more tomatoes seeded up I think.

Comment by Lynn on October 3, 2011 at 10:48am

Oops...forgot to mention...Hester is our local 'seed queen'. She has wonderful varieties of all sorts of veges, especially tomatoes and peppers. An absolute treasure!

Comment by Lynn on October 3, 2011 at 10:47am

I haven't grown most of them before, Jane, apart from Black Krim (which is absolutely delicious!). Great White, is a large beefsteak, creamy coloured. Big White, I am not quite sure, but happy to give it a go LOL.

Last year I grew about 8 varieties, varying shapes, colours and sizes. I really enjoyed the flavour and texture of Black from Tula and they're a nice large tomato as well, one slice per sandwich! Most of the others were very nice, good for salads, and I made lots of pasta sauce - delish!

Comment by Jane Maarie on October 3, 2011 at 10:38am

Wow Lynn, all those tomatoes thats amazing as I haven't heard of half of them! Whats the difference between great white & big white? i am growing only 3 types from seed...black krim, beefsteak & white cherry which I've not ever tried before let alone seen until I got them from kali & they are growing  really well in their containers.

Comment by Lynn on October 3, 2011 at 9:10am

Tomato seedlings gifted to me by Hester last week are doing well. Thanks heaps Hester. Today I am sowing Black Krim, Yellow Wonder, Great White, Big White, Lucky Cross, Nepal, Burpees Long Keeper, Purple Cherokee and Earl of Edgecombe - all tomatoes, seeds gifted by Richard. Many thanks Richard. It is a joy to be able to keep these heirlooms going. I look forward to being able to share these next season.

Comment by Lorraine Barnett on October 3, 2011 at 8:44am

Have re sown all my seeds I had done over a month ago, they are now on the window sill in kitchen and dining room, hopefully the luck will be with me this time. This time I have planted seeds I recieved from Kali and Hester.. May the force be with them hehehehe Moon force that is.

Comment by Rex Morris on October 2, 2011 at 8:37pm

Another possibility Miriam, if you are getting lots of seedlings is to prick them out when they are big enough.  this entails carefully taking the seedlings out of the pot they were sown in and replanting into new pots. This will give each seedling a better chance of survival and will allow them to grow more freely and not become "leggy".

Comment by Rex Morris on October 1, 2011 at 5:43pm

Hi Miriam, sounds like you are making a good start - its such a buzz to grow your own plants.  The main thing is to keep them moist and to ensure they are in even light so they dont grow leggy and distorted. Move them cautiously from the tray to more open/direct light. But they do need plenty of even natural light.  I keep planting so I will have a continuous supply of seedlings but this year I now have a small cupboard sized poly house which is just great.

Comment by Miriam Tong on October 1, 2011 at 11:54am

Hi Rex, I'm a newbie to this all. Mine are in a warm room (the washhouse gets all the morning sun and holds the heat, I created my own little cover with a thick piece of polythene (they're all in egg cartons in a cut-down banana box.  I've had them sitting away from direct sunlight.  Almost all my beetroot plants have come up, most of my processing toms, but only one cherry tom (out of 6) and 1 lettuce out of many.

Should I move the ones which have sprouted out of the tray with a cover, and into more sunshine?

Just planted a bunch more seeds in there.

 

I'd appreciate any pointers :)

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