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Re: North Florida Gardening
Posted: Sun May 29, 2022 9:24 am
by PlainJane
Good thing I had Mary Reynolds as KBX pooped out.
Big fruit and will ripen to a glowing yellow/orange.
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Re: North Florida Gardening
Posted: Sun May 29, 2022 1:37 pm
by MissS
Daniel Burson is a 'Must Grow' here. I have grown it every year since 2014. It's hard to beat for health, production and flavor. I'm glad to know that it does so well for you down there too. I tend to swamp Tormato with seeds from it every year. LOL
Re: North Florida Gardening
Posted: Sun May 29, 2022 2:02 pm
by Cornelius_Gotchberg
@MissS; sure is heartening to read that steadfast endorsement, because I have two (2) started-from-seed DBs in the ground.
You'll never guess where I got the seeds...
The Gotch
Re: North Florida Gardening
Posted: Sun May 29, 2022 3:02 pm
by PlainJane
MissS wrote: ↑Sun May 29, 2022 1:37 pm
Daniel Burson is a 'Must Grow' here. I have grown it every year since 2014. It's hard to beat for health, production and flavor. I'm glad to know that it does so well for you down there too. I tend to swamp Tormato with seeds from it every year. LOL
I just love it and always put in at least 2 plants.
Re: North Florida Gardening
Posted: Mon May 30, 2022 1:59 pm
by GoDawgs
That settles it. Daniel Burson will be replacing the Rebel Yell that now resides in isolation in the hospital bed, trying to recover from the funk. Reading y'alls talk about Daniel Burson, the name rang a bell and sure enough, I got some DB seeds in the MMMM swap. I will get one started today.
Re: North Florida Gardening
Posted: Mon May 30, 2022 3:59 pm
by bower
DB sounds awesome. I have fond memories of but a few seasons when just about everything seemed to do well. Rarely happens! But another good reason to keep it as diverse as possible with lots of shots at perfect for the year that it is.
Re: North Florida Gardening
Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2022 9:45 am
by PlainJane
Didn’t make it out to harvest yesterday so am left with this problem today.
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Re: North Florida Gardening
Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2022 2:54 pm
by GoDawgs
That's a very nice problem to have.
What kind of cherries ya got there?
Re: North Florida Gardening
Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2022 3:45 pm
by MissS
That is a problem that I would like to have right now. They look fantastic.
Re: North Florida Gardening
Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2022 8:23 pm
by PlainJane
GoDawgs wrote: ↑Fri Jun 03, 2022 2:54 pm
That's a very nice problem to have.
What kind of cherries ya got there?
Green Bee, Honey Drop and Maglia Rosa. All easy to grow and very different from each other.
Re: North Florida Gardening
Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2022 9:14 pm
by Growing Coastal
PlainJane wrote: ↑Fri Jun 03, 2022 8:23 pm
GoDawgs wrote: ↑Fri Jun 03, 2022 2:54 pm
That's a very nice problem to have.
What kind of cherries ya got there?
Green Bee, Honey Drop and Maglia Rosa. All easy to grow and very different from each other.
Hi PlainJane
How does the flavour of Green Bee compare with that of Maglia Rosa?
Is the Green Bee at all similar to Brad's Atomic Grape in taste?
Re: North Florida Gardening
Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2022 5:10 am
by PlainJane
@Growing Coastal It’s very hard to describe Green Bee as the crunchy texture is part of the experience. In the initial burst I get tropical fruit then salt then sweet. You have to wait for Green Bee to ripen fully and that takes a while given its very long shelf life. Brad’s Atomic Grape doesn’t have tropical fruit to my taste buds.
Maglia Rosa is more of a smooth sweet to me. Not as much as say Sungold but decently sweet.
Re: North Florida Gardening
Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2022 6:51 am
by GoDawgs
PlainJane wrote: ↑Fri Jun 03, 2022 8:23 pm
Green Bee, Honey Drop and Maglia Rosa. All easy to grow and very different from each other.
Oh good! I'm growing the Honey Drop for the first time (thanks to MMMM) and it has several trusses of greenies on it.
Re: North Florida Gardening
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2022 5:06 pm
by Shule
@PlainJane @GoDawgs
Curious. Where did you each get your seeds for Honey Drop?
Re: North Florida Gardening
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2022 6:46 pm
by PlainJane
Shule wrote: ↑Mon Jun 06, 2022 5:06 pm
@PlainJane @GoDawgs
Curious. Where did you each get your seeds for Honey Drop?
@Shule, my seeds came from Renaissance Farms
https://renaissancefarms.org/product/honey-drop-tomato/
Re: North Florida Gardening
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2022 6:54 pm
by Shule
@PlainJane
Thanks!
@GoDawgs
Sorry, I forgot you got it from the MMMM Swap. Does it happen to say who sent it in and/or where they got it? @Tormato, do you know?
Re: North Florida Gardening
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2022 7:39 pm
by GoDawgs
@Shule, there's no name on the label inside, only that it's 2020 seed.
Re: North Florida Gardening
Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2022 9:08 am
by PlainJane
Glad I decided to grow Lime Green Salad again!
If you’re not familiar with LGS it’s a short Multiflora with green when ripe fruit.
The flavor manages to be both fresh and zesty to my taste buds so yes, great in a mixed salad.
It also makes a killer green salsa.
The individual tomatoes will never win any size awards and they tend to be all kinds of different shapes but it’s a healthy plant with decent output.
Something different!
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Re: North Florida Gardening
Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2022 6:10 am
by worth1
LGS is a fantastic starter green when ripe tomato.
Re: North Florida Gardening
Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2022 11:15 am
by PlainJane
Agree, @worth1. I came back to it this year after some of my GWR last year weren’t that great.