I know F1 seed don't always run true but It was an experiment. I got plants with two different types of leafs, some had the classic tomato looking leafs, and the others more potato looking leafs. The fruit from the plant with the more classic tomato looking leafs produced fruit with the look, texture and taste as Crimson Crush last year.
So I already have F3 seeds from a slug attacked Crimson Crush fermenting ready for saving for next years continuing experiment.
Whilst on plot 23B dropping off some items and harvesting the Crimson Crush I also took the opportunity as it's so unseasonably warm and sunny to weed kill the perimeter of the plot as bind weed and couch grass is once again trying to invade from under the path of the Mencap plot and from Adams.
Very interesting that u grow F2 and F3 plants from Crimson Crush. Last year I grow 51 F2 plants of Galahad tomatoes. Is was a success. There was a lot of very tasty fruit. Only as expected there was some difference in the F2 generation. Some red or pink fruit and different harvest times and some with greens shoulders and some with uniform ripening.
ReplyDeleteI can advise everyone to grow the F1 Galahad beef tomato when they suffer from blight.
How are you’re results for Crimson Crush, did u grow many plants, did u notice segregation in blight resistance and how was the taste ?
Sorry Roland, never got a notification you had asked the question. Taste is as good as the original and thus far they appear to be keeping their blight resistance. Never tried Galahad Beef tomato, I will have to keep a look out for that one.
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