Re: [tomato] cross pollination with heirlooms
Lisa Hafey (Tomato@GlobalGarden.com)
Thu, 23 Jul 1998 13:55:01 +1000
Hi Chuck!
Here's my address:
58 Farr Street
ROCKDALE NSW 2216
AUSTRALIA
I have about 160 different varieties of tomato at the moment (I've planted 80
yesterday), quite a lot of them are heirloom. I hope I won't have any trouble
with them. Please send me a list of available heirloom varieties, just so I
can see if I've missed any!
Thanks!
Lisa Hafey
ChuckWyatt/Md/Z7 wrote:
> Hi Kim,
>
> I pay attention to Susan Ashworth as do most folks when it comes to seed
> saving. My spacing is on ten foot centers with caged varieties. This may
> be somewhat less than optimum for potato leaf varieties but there is a
> redeeming factor. The potato leaf gene is recessive so any crosses will
> show up with a regular leaf at the seedling stage. All that is necessary
> is to plant a few extra seeds and discard any seedlings that come up with
> regular leaf.
>
> I don't grow Pimpinelifollium (sp?) varieties because of the high amount
> of pollen they release into the air and I don't save seed from double
> fruits.
>
> BTW if anyone is interested in getting somre heirloom seeds they can E mail
> me direct at the following address with a snail mail address and I'ii send
> a list of available varieties.
>
> ChuckWyatt@compuserve.com