Heirloom Yields?

[mlongworth]

What type of tomatoes are you looking for tammy i have a few? And what do you have to trade?

 

[Tammy N]

What type of tomatoes are you looking for tammy i have a few? And what do you have to

I wish i knew your name
I have Charley Chapman So many i could not plant them all
I have Old Romas I have yellow Pear and many varieties of other seeds i have been collecting from my own plants for over 15+ yrs

I have to go look at the names all i have is Organic and Heirloom
I do not know what the red purple stripped one is i got it from a guy 5 yrs ago and he never told me other then his Grand mother grew them and he and his wife have been using them since in Pasta

Wow all these yrs ive been calling them charley chapman and they are just chapman here is a little about them

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Chapman


Our Price: $2.95

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Large, 1-pound, bright-red, heirloom beefsteak with very good flavor.

 

[mlongworth]

Here is the link to the seed swap for anybody interested.

www.backyardchickens.com/t/755856/2013-seed-plant-gardening swap



Tammy let me go through my tomato seeds and see what i have. I have brandywine and i got a tomato mix and a cherry mix from bountiful gardens too so i have a few to choose from.

 

[Tammy N]

I have about 8 Varieties of Toms my 2 favs Brandy wine and Chapman , IM looking for Yellow Pear and Yellow Grape and all sorts of new stuff .

Its fun my Charleys and Brandywine are about a ft tall now in my green house but i am ready to make more room too .

 

[mlongworth]

Yellow pear are my fav havent had brandywine yet but im pretty sure thats what my papaw grew and they were the best.

 

[Tammy N]

Pawpaw as in the Trees ?
I love Pawpaws mine are blooming this yr ,

Cant wait to get some seed and share i think this is the fun part , My banana trees are just starting to wake up
I also have Citrus and other rare fruits , one coconut Sprouted grins

 

[mlongworth]

I am looking for green pepper, carrot, cucumber, radish, celery and broccoli? I have 3 types of large tomato. Marmande Super, Evergreen, and Big Rainbow. Cherry tomatoes i have. Yellow pear, Gold Currant, Gardeners Delight.

 

[Tammy N]

I have Finger carrots,and some other stuff ill get a list of the names I do nto know how to do a swap page
can someone tell me ? Tammy

 

[mlongworth]

Im not sure how to do it but i know where to ask. You dont have to have a swap page to do the seed swap page just be ready to type your offer every time thats how i do it.

 

[erinszoo]

Quote: I tried posting from my Nook Hd this morning but for some reason it never posted to the site. Oh well. I have planted melon, squash, cabbage, brussel sprouts, lettuce, okra, nasturtiums, broccoli, tomatoes, red noodle beans, sorghum, quinoa, kale, parsnips, and rutabagas from Baker Creek. The tomatoes we had the best luck with so far, 8 of 10 varieties germinated and grew. The red noodle beans and sorghum did great. 2 of 4 melon varieties germinated but only one produced what it was supposed to produce and that tasted like dead fish and not sweet like the description said. Three varieties of winter squash germinated at about 50% and none of them produced anything, two never even put on a female bloom. The quinoa grew and produced but no the kind it was supposed to be. The Kale was also the wrong variety. The okra, rutabagas, top setting radish, nasturtiums, brussel sprouts, and parsnips never germinated in two seperate plantings. The lettuce came up but only germinated about 10% of the seed. The broccoli and cabbage produced in our over winter greenhouse but became so infested with cabbage aphids (which I have never had in 20 + years of gardening) that the harvest was minimal.

AND all of this was grown in the same soil and conditions as other heirloom seeds from other seed companies which produced and grew very well. It wasn't the soil, the weather, the water level, etc that was the problem. I've had other people tell me they have had the same problems over and over too ... poor germination, wrong variety of plant, no production, heavy pest issues. What can I say ... Baker Creek seeds were a waste of money and time.