This short video is about an accidental cross bred tomato which came up in our vegetable garden. This tomato is special because it’s a good size and has a great taste. Not all our self-seeding tomatoes are good in fact the majority of self-seeding tomatoes in our garden are pretty ordinary however occasionally we get a real cracker of a cross bred variety worth keeping such as this one. http://www.selfsufficientme.com/
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Lovely update thank you for sharing and have a blessed day
Just cheese on toast fo me another month 'tillt' tomatoes are ready.
Very nice cherry tomato surprise, Mark! We have tomato volunteers popping up everywhere too. If only are growing season was long enough for them to mature. 🙁
You could try to spray the tomatoes with aspirin before the blight starts.
This vid shows you how this guy does it :
Why & How to Manage Tomato Diseases Using Aspirin: Beef up Defenses – TRG 2014
Just a thought ;o)
Nice!
That's really interesting Mark as tomato usually don't cross pollinate easily! And it's great that you like the result so much, I would say you're very lucky 🙂
Terrific Mark! Tomatoes were always my dad's favorite of the whole garden. For years he would have tomato slices with eggs & sausage or bacon in the morning & then later as part of dinner as well – LOL! Those sandwiches look so good!!!
Thanks, Mark. If you can ever spare a few seeds, I would gladly pay postage to the states, for growing next year.
How cool is that, Mark! You know, it would be fun, and exciting to be able to do that! Looks like you have your own breed going on. I would call it "Marks taste bud buster" ; ) Loved the tomato toastie. Looks delicious!
That's so cool, and that you've grown that (your own) hybrid for a while now. I fool around with cross pollination a bit on my dragon Fruits too (and have successfully gotten about four varieties to flower from seed of my very own). Though, I also grow three varieties of hot chili peppers (amongst other things too) and have to keep them somewhat at a distance from each other. What I can say from observation over the years, is that cross pollination in chili peppers changes the fruit on that very flower that will bare fruit drastically. Changes occur both in shape and taste. I try not to let it happen since I am very fond of the chili varieties I have. I have these same chili plants going on 3-4 years. In Dragon Fruit if you cross pollinate, it's a bit different, the immediate changes you MAY see, if ANY, (except for the 1st one mentioned below) are subtle changes. The main change that will be most noticeable, will be the size of fruit (cross pollination in dragon fruit from one variety to another promotes bigger yields and more vigorous growth of fruit )and maybe a tiny bit of elongation or more roundness to the fruit. But when that seed of that fruit is planted you will see big changes ranging in, the color of the skin of the fruit, sweetness, tartness, fruit flesh color, size of fruit and maybe even change in the stems/ arms of the plant etc. hahaha, now I'm rambling on, Anyway great Video Mark.
Nice one Mark… Benjamin, our 10 Y.O says you could call it Bellmere Cherry Steak 😉
The cheesie tomatoe toast ides look fab. I'm allergic to toms but I do like growing them and I know how good they taste too when smothered in a nice cheddar or even some nice Gouda on fresh baked bread… Thanks for sharing your "accidental" creation mate. Cheers David…
Cross pollination check you out !! Ha ha !! Will you keep the seeds and re grow it Mark ?? Jeez that toastie looks bloody amazing !!
Go marl go! Thumbs up on this.. 🙂 save some of the seeds..
Great fine! I just subbed you! Happy Gardening!
How cool. Nice ValMark tomato! Pass me over that toasted goodness!
Sandwich size..you only need one~
You got your own heirloom variety…yay! I am eating some tomato and cheese toast…yum! 😀
Very cool! I actually want to start breeding a Cherokee Purple to Sweet 100 some day. I hope to find a pheno that gets nice clusters of mini Cherokee Purple type tomatoes.
How about name it MH mate.
I've just done the same thing – an accidental hybrid! I planted some lemon drop right next to some red fig and now I have fruit the same size and shape as a lemon drop but bright red. Was so confused as it's my second year growing tomatoes but hey, all's well that ends well! I'm going to keep the seeds and plant it again and see what happens (ie, if there's a throwback etc). 🙂
Bred true…weird
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Can I have some seeds?
Are tomatos visibility different it it's cross pollinated and grows a fruit? I have yellow Cherry tomatoes growing next to beef steak and got a few undersized one that I dismissed as just small but I recently go a small beefsteak tomato grown that has been on the vine for few days after changing color and it's stuck at the same hue of orange as the yellow Cherry tomatoes.
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well you learn something new everyday, i didn't know that could even happen. good on ya Mark.
I'm gonna make dad his own breed of tomato that even he can't kill it's tomato and nightshade since there in the same family it should work also yes I know not the deadly nightshade only the edible version
Hi Mark, have planted seeds from Heirloom Giant Tomato, plants are up 20cm with a strange leaf and what appears to be thorns with one or two flowers already — any ideas?? am I wasting time and bed?