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Re: Tomato grapes

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Jim allAn zone 5 New York State
Northeastern USA.
----- Original Message -----
From: Betz, Richard <rbetz@randomhouse.com>
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Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2000 12:48 PM
Subject: Tomato grapes


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> Hi all,
>
> My wife bought a pint sized container of these little tomatoes the other
> day. I have never heard of them before, does anyone have any experience
with
> growing these? Are they determinate or indeterminate? She would like me to
> try and grow some for her this year and suggested I ask you folks about
> getting some seeds for these. Can I just cut one open and let the seeds
> inside dry out or is there a different way of going about it? Any help is
> greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Rich(zone6)
> Brooklyn,NY
>

   Hi fellow New Yorker.  I am in Whitney Point about 200 miles northwest of
you.  WP is 30 miles North of Binghamton.
   I have heard here and there that seed saving is tricky.  It would be
easier to buy seeds.  If you choose that route I would say do it yesterday.
Get them buggers growing indoors to be transplanted outside after the last
frost.  They will need plenty of light, either sun or growlight
flourescents.
   An easier route would be to visit a local nursery and get some cherry or
grape tomato, I suspect they are the same, seedlings in about six weeks.
Put these in your garden and be prepared to stake them up if they get very
tall.  I am not sure if they are determinate or not.  My own experience last
year was not good enough to judge by.  I didn't think they were going to
ripen before first frost so did not care for them.  BIG MISTAKE.  They did
come in a little late because I was late in planting.  What did make it
though were DELICIOUS.  Mine were planted as seeds after last frost.  If I
had cared for them I would undoubetly had a good crop.
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