Tag Archives: Tomato

Recipe – Fantastic Simple Red Tomato Chutney

Posted on August 13, 2020 by pelicanplants

This year (as usual) we now have a glut of tomatoes. There are only so many one can chop up and freeze, or turn into tomato sauce or eat, so we’re aways looking out for other things to do with … Continue reading →

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Tomato Lemon Tree – Unusual shaped yellow fruit

Posted on June 20, 2019 by pelicanplants

A medium sized yellow tomato shaped a bit like a lemon with pointy end. Description We got this from the Lost Gardens of Heligan when we visited in June 2019. Obviously too late to try in 2019 so we grew … Continue reading →

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First Tomato of the year set

Posted on May 23, 2019 by pelicanplants

I was just looking in the polytunnel to make sure that the slug hadn’t been having another go at everything when I noticed we’ve got the first tomato set. Its Micro Tom, not one we’ve grown before which I decided … Continue reading →

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Tomato Blight

Posted on January 27, 2019 by pelicanplants
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Tomato Radio

Posted on December 30, 2018 by pelicanplants

Red large cherry tomato on indeterminate regular leafed plants.. Description Trying to find any information about this cultivar from the web was impossible because of the large number of hits about “Tomato Radio”. Regardless of what I tried to do … Continue reading →

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Tomato Homosa

Posted on December 30, 2018 by pelicanplants

Medium sized red heritage tomato on an indeterminate plant. Description From the 2018 Seed Swap. A cultivar maintained by the Heritage Seed Library, and that’s all I can find on the web, no information as to where it comes from … Continue reading →

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Tomato Angelle

Posted on December 30, 2018 by pelicanplants

A red Cherry open pollinated tomato on Indeterminate plants Description From the 2018 Seed Swap saved from a supermarket purchase. Now, I don’t entirely agree with doing this, partly because commercial tomatoes are usually F1 hybrids (the commercial growers need … Continue reading →

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Tomato Balconi Red

Posted on December 30, 2018 by pelicanplants

Red Cherry heritage tomato on compact determinate plants. Description Acquired through the 2018 seed swap, this cultivar is common on the web. Its a short (12 inch) determinate cherry tomato, similar to Tiny Tim, Micro Tom, Red Robin and others. … Continue reading →

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Tomato Black and Brown Boar

Posted on December 30, 2018 by pelicanplants

A stripy black standard sized open pollinated tomato on indeterminate plants. Description From the 2018 Seed Swap According to the web, this was found in a row of Green Zebra at Wild Boar Farms. Its interesting how many varieties have … Continue reading →

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Tomato Black Vernissage

Posted on December 30, 2018 by pelicanplants

A stripy black standard sized open pollinated tomato on indeterminate plants. Description From the 2018 Seed Swap According to the web, its a stripey black Russian cultivar, similar to Black Zebra. However, we’ll have to see which we prefer. 2019 … Continue reading →

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