tomatoes
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Tomtopedia: Green Zebra – the little king of green tomatoes
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Green Zebra is a fairly new tomato variety that was introduced in 1983 by Tom Wagner. He bred the variety as a product of the idea to have green tomatoes that can be eaten and he did a perfect job….
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Tomatopedia: Gold rush currant tomato- a pretty little hassle
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Each year I plant a few new tomato varieties so I could test them. This year one of the newly tested varieties was “Goldrush currant”. As it was labeled as “cherry tomato” I knew I had to expect an indeterminate, bushy…
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Tomatopedia: Indigo rose- the purple garden beauty
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A few years back I came across some Indigo rose seeds. I’ve sown them and was amazed by the wonderful color of this tomato. Beautiful little purple balls on a bright green plant soon turned into a real center display among all…
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Sun dried tomatoes
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The extremely hot end of the July and the beginning of August did serious damage to our plants. Almost all of them have died due to the lack of water and some have even been completely burned.In all the bad things…
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Tomatopedia: Azoychka – the yellow queen of high altitude gardens
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Azoychka, also known as Golden borage(Zolotoy Borago) was first discovered by an amateur gardener Kruglova in 1980. The name of this Russian heirloom has been a big debate over the years.Russian word “Азоюшка” (meaning Azoyushka) has been incorrectly transcripted to “Azoychka”.Although…