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Tag Archives: Tomato
Recipe – Fantastic Simple Red Tomato Chutney
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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Tagged chilli, ginger, red onion, red wine vinegar, Tomato, Tomato Chutney
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Tomato Lemon Tree – Unusual shaped yellow fruit
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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Tagged Lemon Tree, Standard Tomatoes, Tomato, Tomato Cultivar, Tomatoes, Yellow Tomato
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First Tomato of the year set
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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Tagged Determinate Tomato, Early Tomato, Tomato, Tomato Tiny Tim
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Tomato Radio
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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Tagged Indeterminate Tomato, Radio, Red Tomato, Standard Tomatoes, Tomato, Tomato Cultivar, Tomatoes
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Tomato Homosa
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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Tagged Homosa, Indeterminate Tomato, Red Tomato, Standard Tomatoes, Tomato, Tomato Cultivar, Tomatoes
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Tomato Angelle
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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Tagged Angelle, Cherry Tomato, Determinate Tomato, Red, Tomato, Tomato Cultivar, Tomatoes
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Tomato Balconi Red
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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Tagged Balconi Red, Cherry Tomato, Determinate, Determinate Tomato, Red Tomato, Tomato, Tomato Cultivar, Tomatoes
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Tomato Black and Brown Boar
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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Tagged Black, Black and Brown Boar, Indeterminate Tomato, Standard Tomatoes, Striped, Tomato, Tomato Cultivar, Tomatoes
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Tomato Black Vernissage
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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Tagged Black, Indeterminate Tomato, Standard Tomatoes, Striped, Tomato, Tomato Cultivar, Tomatoes
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