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tim
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I can ask stupid questions, too!
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August 05, 2007, 16:50:49 »
I was given 4 plants from the local plant sale -
Moneymaker
Gardener's Delight
Ailsa Craig
Red Alert
No labels. Is there any sure way of telling which is which?
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MrsKP
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August 05, 2007, 17:39:22 »
In my not so very great experience, Gardeners Delight have long trusses a la
That will be my sole contribution to this thread.
;D
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tim
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August 05, 2007, 17:51:49 »
Well, that's a start!
But what's that sideshoot doing there??
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MrsKP
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August 05, 2007, 18:03:43 »
It escaped (once) !!! It is no longer !
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cleo
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August 05, 2007, 18:14:41 »
Well-umm, Red Alert will probably ripen first-it`s not a bad tomato,GD is easy-small fruit and biggish trusses,Ailsa Craig will be the other one that has some flavour-Money Maker is that one with a great crop tasting of blotting paper ;D
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Jeannine
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August 05, 2007, 19:23:57 »
Tim..
Gardeners Delight, cherry size, matures in 65 days Indeterminate
Ailsa Craig, medium size, greenback fruit matures is 68 days Indeterminate
Moneymaker medium size, medium no greenback,?? days Indeterminate
Red Alert small fruit 100 days Determinate bush
XX Jeannine
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Raisedbed
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August 05, 2007, 19:54:26 »
From the various tomatoes in my greenhouse the Ailsa Craig's have fewer and larger fruit than the cherrys. The Ailsa's also seem to have more leaves per square foot due to closer spacing of the branches. Here's one of my Ailsa's taken just a moment ago. Sorry for slightly less than perfect focus.
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tim
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August 06, 2007, 07:59:52 »
What's perfect, then!
I'm getting a picture. Must go & take a closer look.
Right - difficult to get useful photos.
1. Medium size. Some ripening.
2. Small, large trusses. GD
3. Medium. Some ripening. Only one that hasn't made 6'. Red Alert.
4. Medium.None ripe.
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Jeannine
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August 06, 2007, 08:57:06 »
Tim did you prune your red alert, I would have thought it would be very bushy ans stop growing, then start to produce its fruit.Pruned it would look differnt
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tim
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August 06, 2007, 10:20:01 »
No - too lazy!
But, in any case, being a bush, surely there was no need to touch it?
It looks as though it has stopped at about 5'.
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Jeannine
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August 06, 2007, 10:22:10 »
Absolutely Tim.
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AitchEm
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August 06, 2007, 10:43:27 »
Hi just reading through threads, have grown gardeners delight - found skins a little tough but flavour ok, moneymaker - bit tasteless, am growing shirley this year - but wondering Ailsa Craig, taste mentioned - is this considered to be the best tastewise?? but not the most prolific - Help? want to try a tasty one next year :)
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tim
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August 06, 2007, 11:04:19 »
SEARCH back - there have been yards of thread on favourites.
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AitchEm
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August 06, 2007, 11:09:14 »
thanks Tim, ploughing through them now ;)
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Deb P
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August 06, 2007, 13:44:19 »
I've got 3 out of the 4 growing, comparing those to your photos I would guess
1) Ailsa Craig
2) Gardeners Delight
3) Red Alert
4) Moneymaker
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tim
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August 06, 2007, 17:24:10 »
Thanks for that. We're getting there!
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tim
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August 08, 2007, 08:47:24 »
Does this help? From the least 'cordony' plant. Watery flavour.
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Barnowl
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August 08, 2007, 13:48:04 »
Ailsa Craig get a pronounced darkening from the top of the fruit downwards as they ripen
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northener
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Re: I can ask stupid questions, too!
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August 08, 2007, 16:53:52 »
Yes they do i think its called Greenback but if you leave on plant another day or two mine turn completely red. That Tim looks like a gd and if taste is'nt upto much its deffinately gd.
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tim
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Reply #19 on:
August 08, 2007, 18:06:15 »
Meant to point out the heart/plummy shape?
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