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I grow my own tomatoes since several years, they taste great. I got seeds from friends, kept it from good tasting tomatoes, etc. Some were not good enough, I st
by yann63 9y ago
I grow my own tomatoes since several years, they taste great. I got seeds from friends, kept it from good tasting tomatoes, etc. Some were not good enough, I stopped growing them. I now have a selection of less than 10 varieties, which are just fabulous:
* Small size ones: cerise rouge (red cherry), poire jaune (yellow pear), prune noire (black plum).
* Medium size: Rose de Berne, Noire de Crimée
* Big size: Coeur de Boeuf (beef heart).
I can send seeds in exchange of other seeds (other plants) or PP cost.
Here's how I harvest and store them: (article in French, but with many photos):
https://yanncochard.com/277-recolte-facile-et-pratique-des-graines-de-tomates-astuce/ https://yanncochard.com/277-recolte-facile-et-pratique-des-g...
- Jedd 9y agoThis is great to hear -- tomato seeds are easy to collect and store, and are a good intro to encourage friends to start doing the same. I note you mention prune noire -- I don't think we have that here in Australia (though we're quite fortunate in the huge range of tomato varieties we do have, as a lot of immigrants brought their seeds across with them in the early part of last century, before we cracked down on flora importing). If you haven't tried growing them I'd recommend whatever other black ones you can find -- here we have Black Krim, Black Russian, Purple Russian, and a smaller cherry-style variety of one of those. All superb flavour, texture, and eye-appeal.