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5rod

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longkeeper tomatoes
« on: January 16, 2011, 14:14:26 »
hi all
this year im growing 3 different tomatoes.
im looking for a date to plant the seeds of
my longkeepers so i can have nice toms for next
christmas, anybody grown them.
                        5 rod ??? ???

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Re: longkeeper tomatoes
« Reply #1 on: January 16, 2011, 14:21:56 »
I think Chriscross has just eaten the last of his tomatoes.

saddad

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Re: longkeeper tomatoes
« Reply #2 on: January 16, 2011, 14:44:58 »
When I've grown them I've sown with the rest... but a couple of weeks later wouldn't hurt...  :)

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Re: longkeeper tomatoes
« Reply #3 on: January 16, 2011, 15:30:44 »
What are longkeeper tomatoes

tim

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Re: longkeeper tomatoes
« Reply #4 on: January 16, 2011, 15:41:17 »
Our green tomatoes, harvested late October, ripen progressively until Christmas.

5rod

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Re: longkeeper tomatoes
« Reply #5 on: January 16, 2011, 19:16:00 »
hi lottie lou
longkeepers tomatoes are just another  tomatoe.
if you start them later and pick you can store them for up to 3 months to ripen.
All information you can get off google except when to plant , that was my question?

lottie lou

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Re: longkeeper tomatoes
« Reply #6 on: January 16, 2011, 20:03:05 »
Mmm, that's a good idea but how do you store them.  I wrapped up mine in newspaper against TeeGee's advice and they rotted and went mouldy.  Won't do that again.

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Re: longkeeper tomatoes
« Reply #7 on: January 16, 2011, 20:09:28 »
I think it unlikely that the method caused the rot. More likely too long in store &/or damage or disease at the outset?

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Re: longkeeper tomatoes
« Reply #8 on: January 16, 2011, 20:12:46 »
I have heard about "hanging" them.  Will have to find out more.

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Re: longkeeper tomatoes
« Reply #9 on: January 16, 2011, 20:22:40 »
I just put any green ones, when the plants are no longer growing, on the windowsill and let them ripen naturally. Still have a few left.
For a quick guide for the Growing, Storing and Cooking of your own Fruit and Vegetables, go to www.growyourown.info

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Re: longkeeper tomatoes
« Reply #10 on: January 16, 2011, 20:28:49 »
Lucky you having windowsill space.  Mine were, and still are, piled high with pumpkins and squashes.  At least they survived the winter which is more thatn I can say for my oca,ulluco etc left in the greenhouse. 

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Re: longkeeper tomatoes
« Reply #11 on: January 16, 2011, 21:59:28 »
There are some varieties that were specifically bred for long keeping. Popular at the start of the 20th C when we couldn't fly them in... Garden Peach (not the yellow furry one) from HSL springs to mind... I grew them in the 90's and they kept into Feb. but by then you often got germinated seedlings inside your tomato..  ;D

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Re: longkeeper tomatoes
« Reply #12 on: January 17, 2011, 13:05:49 »
I found that the ones that kept the best for me were black cherry, principe borghese and san marzano. The cherry's still looked normal to eat as fresh, the other two were getting a bit dehydrated by then though. My plan for next year is to have som emore space dedicated to them adn also to wash them off with Milton after harvesting, I lost about a third of my kept tomatoes, mostly early on...

Yellows don't tend to keep very well.

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Re: longkeeper tomatoes
« Reply #13 on: January 17, 2011, 13:08:05 »
I am also growing Principe Borghese for the 1st time this year, chrisc did you hang the plants to ripen the toms?

 

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