Re: Tomatoes

As most of you know I'm so not a vegy person, but DH faithfully plants his  
tiny patch every year.  In the past couple years the subject of the "wild"  
tomato (aka Texas Wild, Mexican Wild, etc.)  has come up quite often here  on 
this list.  I think Jim grows it and sent out seeds at one point.   Out of all 
the tomatoes this is my favorite.  I had reported that it had  thrived and 
continued to produce through the hottest summer and drought one  year....all the 
way till Christmas day when we had 6 inches of snow.  That  didn't even kill the 
shrub, a month or so later it had put on blossoms  again.  
 
Well, an update....we have had unusually cold nights this past winter, even  
getting down to 23 one night for a short period.  We have also had  unsually 
heavy rains this year.  No flooding to speak of, but record  amounts.  Although 
the vegy garden is in a raised bed which is  usually well drained, it 
definitely hasn't been able to dry out much.   All the other tomato varieties that DH 
planted are either totally dead, or just  barely hanging on.  The Wild tomato 
is once again thriving and producing  like crazy. 
 
I truly am a huge fan of this plant, now more than ever, it has made it  throu
gh every weather condition that we have to offer, and the worst  
neglect.....but it continues to thrive.  Was wondering how the seeds did  for those of you 
that tried them???  Was wondering if it does as well in  other climate zones??
 
Noreen
zone 9
Texas Gulf Coast
 
In a message dated 7/14/2007 11:02:17 PM Central Daylight Time,  
gardenchat-owner@hort.net writes:

I always  thought it had something to do with too much water but I found this 
 
online.







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