Category Archives: Vegetables

Tomato Black Mauri (Black Moor)

Posted on 23 January 2021 by pelicanplants

A black cherry tomato on indeterminate vines. Description Another cultivar from the 2019 seed swap that we hope to grow for the first time in 2021. It sounds similar to brown berry or black cherry (unless the shape is significantly … Continue reading →

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Tomato Craigella

Posted on 23 January 2021 by pelicanplants

A standard Red tomato on Indeteminate vines Description Another of the selection from the 2019 seed swap that we didn’t have the space to grow, this heritage cultivar is said to be a selection from Ailsa Craig with very similar … Continue reading →

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Tomato Lukullus

Posted on 23 January 2021 by pelicanplants

A red cherry/grape heritage tomato on indeterminate vines. Description Another of the tomatoes from the 2019 seed swap that we didn’t have space to grow in 2020 so the description comes from the web, not our own experience. Said to … Continue reading →

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Tomato Moskovich (Moskvich)

Posted on 23 January 2021 by pelicanplants

An early red slightly flattened round tomato on Indeterminate vines. Description From the 2019 Seed Swap, again this is one of the cultivars we are planning to grow in 2021. The various sources on the web suggest that it was … Continue reading →

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Tomato Roughwood Golden Plum

Posted on 22 January 2021 by pelicanplants

An Orange Plum tomato on Semi Determinate Plants Description From the 2019 Seed Swap, another of those we didn’t have space for in 2020. Its described as a Orange Plum tomato with two inch fruits with few seeds which is … Continue reading →

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Tomato Sun Baby

Posted on 22 January 2021 by pelicanplants

Yellow Cherry Indeterminate tomato – similar to Oleron Yellow and others. Description This tomato comes to us from the 2019 seed swap. There were so many seeds swapped that we didn’t have space to grow it in 2020 and (with … Continue reading →

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End of the Tomato Season – 2020

Posted on 29 October 2020 by pelicanplants

The season is over, all the plants are pulled up and the harvest processed, stored and ready for use over the winter. Its been a peculiar year for a number of (largely unrelated) reasons. I terms of the size of … Continue reading →

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End September 2020 – Really coming to the end of the season

Posted on 30 September 2020 by pelicanplants

I seem to keep writing that the season is coming to an end, then it doesn’t. More of the tomatoes have finished and the plants have been pulled up but there still seem to be some to come. The outdoor … Continue reading →

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2020 – Largest Tomato

Posted on 14 September 2020 by pelicanplants

Today we picked the largest tomato of the year. Marizol Gold always produces a few large fruit but this year it seems to have excelled itself. 846 grams (1lb 14 oz in old money) on a plant that has been … Continue reading →

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Mid September 2020 – The beginning of the end

Posted on 12 September 2020 by pelicanplants

Whilst there are still quite a few tomatoes still to come, its obvious that the plants are well past their best and we can see that the end of the season is in sight. We pulled up the first of … Continue reading →

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