Tigerella tomato seed wanted

[Svea]

hello,

anyone with some spare for the next growing season? I can offer some marmande or sungold (sorry golden sunrise) in return.

[Svea]

[saddad]

I have its close friend Tangella, all orange skin, if you are interested Svea.
:)

[Svea]

well that's kind, but i was wanting some stripey tomatoes.
hence the tiger/tigerella query

[Hyacinth]

I've got T.Mr. Stripey - could spare you six, any good? They're not F1 so you could save seeds from them next year?  PM me your addy if you want them.

Cheers, Lishka

[plot51A]

Will have some Green Zebra later if I'm successful in seed saving. Don't think it is an F1. Let me know if you'd like some.

[saddad]

Green Sausage has nice yellow stripes but is a very horizontal variety best grown in a tub or a basket... great taste and the slugs agree so best grown off the ground!

[Svea]

lish and winkle, have sent you a PM

[saddad]

Apparently Curry is growing Tigerella, having got the seed from Kings.. NSALG cat. 2006/7 has them in at 55p for 55 seeds... does your site put in a seed order? Otherwise there is a 90p handling for individual packing.

[Curryandchips]

These are readily available from any Kings stockist, my local market stall holds them (at retail price). Apart from them being striped, I find they are an excellent general purpose tomato, they seem resistant to blossom end rot, and most other problems, and are certainly the most reliable plant I have grown.

[Svea]

well i know i can get them from seed suppliers, but i was only wanting to try them and thought maybe 6 or so seeds etc etc :D

[Tinkie_Bear]

I am growing tigerella but I don't know how true the seeds will come because there are 12 varieties in my greenhouse, I am happy to scoop some seeds out, dry them on a bit of kitchen roll and post them if you would like to take a chance.

PM me if you are interested.

Helen

[Robert_Brenchley]

They self-pollinate so they should be OK.

[saddad]

I agree with Rob.. TB, I grow up to 20 varieties in a poly tunnel and save seed from them... they are about 95% OK just the odd rogue... if you had fewer vars and more space it would be 98%+
8)

[Tinkie_Bear]

All 12 of my varieties are fairly snug together, they have to live in an 8' x 6' greenhouse - it's like a blinking jungle in there at the moment!  Do you think there is a good chance that they could all be OK and come true?  I still have seed for some varieties but not some of the ones I was given.

[Robert_Brenchley]

You could get rogues, but most should be OK. There's not much to cross-pollinate them indoors anyway; I'm more concerned about my seed since I've had bumblebees visiting the flowers a lot.

[Jitterbug]

I have grown sungold for the first time this year and am wanting to save seed from it.  I thought that tumbling toms were good but sungold are now my favourite small tomatoe. I also have marmade and san marzano but these have been a bit iffy and only one plant survived.   

I will also be trying tigerella tomatoe seed next year so am reading this thread with interest.  I read somewhere that you had to put the tsquashed tomatoe in a little bottle of water.  Wiat until a layer forms on the top and then rinse through a sieve scraping any excess flesh off and then only dry on paper towel.  Is this right or can I just scoop it out and dry in a warm place e.g. windwsill?

Jitterbug

[plot51A]

You're right jitterbug, you've got to ferment them for 3 days or so then rinse and dry. Or so I believe - there are several links if you google search and a bit on the real seeds website. Will be trying it for the first time this year hopefully, but my Green Zebras still look a way off ripening!

[Tinkie_Bear]

Last year I had a fab tomato in a restaurant, I was only just getting into growing veg and thought to myself that I wanted to try and grow that one, all I did was scoop out a few seeds onto a paper napkin, took them home, dried the napkin and in the spring I tore the napkin down so only the bit with the seeds on remained. I then planted the whole thing, paper and all and 19 babies came up. I have since been told this is all wrong and it shouldn't have worked and the bleach used making paper would kill the seeds but hey ho, 19 plants have been given to friends and family and are covered in massive green toms, none have ripened yet but I am very hopeful.

Helen

[Hyacinth]

Helen, I've been using this method of saving tom seeds for about 6 years now. Squash them onto a piece of kitchen roll, leave them to dry, plant them the next year. Never had failures. Given bits of the paper to friends & they've never had failures either. 8)

[plot51A]

That sounds like a great improvement on all this fermenting lark - thanks!