heirloom tomatoes
Posted by M Morgan on June 15, 2020, 12:19 pm
Recently in a restaurant I noticed some interesting tomatoes on the counter. The owner told me (wrote on paper) that they are called tomate cugbilero (their spelling). Others have told me that they are tomate bola. Every round tomato her is a bola it seems. Seeing my interest the owner gave me three. While processing the seeds I tasted of course and they are the best I have had since I arrived here. After processing and drying the seeds the germination tests resulted in a 90% germination rate after only 4 days. I found a photo of something similar, an Italian Pomodoro Costoluto Genovese, an open pollinated heirloom variety. These were sold by a local out of the back of his truck. If you see any of these or other unusual varieties of vegetables I would like to collect seeds and would be willing to trade seeds for other seeds or heirloom veggies for seed extraction. My suggested book read for this week is: Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression by Studs Terkel, also available in oral format.
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Posted by Rebecca on June 16, 2020, 10:25 am, in reply to "heirloom tomatoes"
Thanks for sharing Monty. Those are truly beautiful. Tomato sachets. Are you still growing basil plants and cherry tomato plants? We had great success with the San .....something tomato starters we got from you | ------------Re: heirloom tomatoes
Posted by M Morgan on June 16, 2020, 11:32 am, in reply to "Re: heirloom tomatoes"
Thanks Rebecca. I am not growing plants for distribution. I grow a few plants to maintain a fresh seed stock for the future (optimism in times of covid). Also, anyone that comes on some exceptional or different edible plants I am interested in seeds and I encourage everyone that gardens to save seeds as well. Hopefully the children's garden will get behind seed saving in a big way. An ongoing experiment that I have is: From the bulk food bins of local markets I have collected a variety of seeds to run germination tests. Reading global weather happenings and crop devastation heaped in with a little viral overlay, I try to remain optimistic and am looking at what is here, available locally in our community. Just in case someday the maybe the produce trucks do not come from the abastos in Guadalajara. regard, Monte | ------------Re: heirloom tomatoes
Posted by mokita on June 16, 2020, 11:44 am, in reply to "Re: heirloom tomatoes"
There is also wild jitomates (jaltomates) in the jungle and chiles piquines. mokita
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Posted by M Morgan on June 16, 2020, 12:00 pm, in reply to "Re: heirloom tomatoes"
Great!!! collect some seeds and lets swap. | ------------Re: heirloom tomatoes
Posted by Carol Lopez on June 16, 2020, 12:37 pm, in reply to "Re: heirloom tomatoes"
This is an exciting thread! Seed saving for sure. From the school garden, we’ve now got seeds of jamaica, arugula (different types) mustard greens, cilantro, and lettuce (different types), harvested, stored in in paper bags so they dry out even more, then the paper bags of seeds will be put in plastic bags and stored in the refrigerator till planting season. Does that sound like a good process, Monte? Do you or anyone else have suggestions re how to save the seeds? | ------------
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