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Re: spoon tomatoes

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You know I planted Sweet 100's this year.  Everyone around here just raves
about them and I couldn't take it any more.  I planted just two plants,
because I had tomatoes coming out of my ears...but these are real small.
They are about the size of a grape..and the flavor IS really something to
rave about.  It is my little treat to eat them right off of the vine while I
am working.

Something new I tried this year, some of you might want to know about.
Cocoa Hull Mulch.  Forgive me if I spelled that wrong.  I hope you can
figure out what I am talking about.

This stuff is wonderful.  It is clean, it is aesthetically pleasing, in fact
it is down right pretty, it mats together to form an actual barrier against
moisture loss, and really obliterates weeds, but best of all.........It has
a natural copper in its chemical makeup.  The snails hate it.  I have seen
snail tracks go up to the edge where I have other things growing (flowers do
I dare speak of them ) and I have seen the track make a U turn right away
from the mulch.

On the bag, they even profess to repel dogs and cats, but I wouldn't know
about that...I don't have that problem, so I couldn't tell ya.

Try it ...Oh ...the reason I wanted to tell you about it...I have found
tomatoes that have fallen off, or laid on the ground, and there is no
damage.  The Cocoa Mulch kept it clean and dry so there wasn't any problem
with rot.

It kept my strawberries nice and clean this spring too.

Peg
-----Original Message-----
From: theresa gillman <tmdavis@concentric.net>
To: Square Foot Gardening List <sqft@listbot.com>
Date: Thursday, September 02, 1999 11:08 AM
Subject: Re: spoon tomatoes


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>I didn't think to contact the store where I bought them. That is a good
idea.
>
>I truly love those spoon tomatoes. they are good in salads, dried, and just
>as a snack. I'm not kidding when I say that they are smaller than a grape.
>Everyone is amazed by them when I show them off.
>
>I'll have to post the info if I find a source for them on the Net. If you
>like tomatoes, you should really try them.
>
>Theresa =)
>
>At 09:01 AM 9/2/99 -0700, you wrote:
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>>I know you can save the seeds from heirloom tomatoes, but you can not save
>>the seeds from hybrids.
>>
>>You might go to the Wall Mart you bought the plants from and ask them who
>>their source for the plants is, and maybe you can contact the company
>>through the inter-net and ask them for more information about the
tomatoes.
>>You can also tell the manager at the garden center about how much you
>>enjoyed the "spoon tomatoes" and encourage her/him to order them again
next
>>year.
>>
>>I asked my garden savvy friends if they have heard of this particular
>>tomato, and no one seems to have heard of them.
>>
>>I may ask my sources here in town, if they are able to get any.  They
sound
>>fun.
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: theresa gillman <tmdavis@concentric.net>
>>To: sqft@listbot.com <sqft@listbot.com>
>>Date: Thursday, September 02, 1999 4:39 AM
>>Subject: spoon tomatoes
>>
>>
>>>Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
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>>>Hello all,
>>>
>>>I haven't posted in quite some time. I had to take some time out to get
>>>married =) and now I'm back to college =( which leaves me even less time
to
>>>garden and read my posts.... But, I do have a question that I hope
someone
>>>can help with. Anyone grown a variety of tomato that is smaller than a
>>>grape. I bought some tomato plants at Walmart of all places and the label
>>>called them a spoon tomato.  they ended up doing great and I want to
plant
>>>more next year. Does anyone know a seed source for these tiny treats? I
>>>looked around in some catalogs I have, but nothing as small as I want.
>>>
>>>Also, will I be able to collect the seeds of the tomatoes I have now and
>>>get the same variety next year? I planted about 4 varieties this year all
>>>in the same general vacinity including some heirloom ones and would like
to
>>>try my hand at seed saving... I've asked a few lists I'm on about this
and
>>>just wondered about peoples experiences. I think a thread went around on
>>>peppers crossing and I wondered if tomatoes did the same thing.
>>>
>>>Thanks
>>>Theresa
>>>MI zone5
>>>http://members.tripod.com/tmd26
>>>
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