Re: Big Zac Seeds
I just finished ordering some Big Zac tomato seeds from Reimer seeds. The
website said that they had become available on 2/15/05. The price and
shipping are reasonable. However, I don't know if it is like getting AG's
from the mail order places---genetics? It sounds like it is worth a try.
Charles Leonard
Talbott, TN
----- Original Message -----
From: Ned Sandercock
To: pumpkins@hort.net
Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 1:36 PM
Subject: Re: Big Zac Seeds
Thanks for the reply Marv. I think I should have a couple of packs left.
Let me know if you can't find any seeds I could send a few your way. Last
year I had 5 plants going. I don't really know what I am doing pruning
wise
but I gave it a shot. I have them at the edge of my pumpkin patch so it is
fun to watch them and easy to feed them. I had one weighing 2 and a half
pounds that split on me and rotted prior to going to Altoona. I also had
another plant that had toppled over and I thought I had picked all of the
fruit off of it. When I had my pumpkin picking crew over to get our
pumpkin with all of the goings on I forgot to give the tomato plants a
final
look over. While we were at the weighoff my mom noticed that I had missed
a big beautiful tomato on the fallen over plant which was hiding near the
bottom. She said it was perfectly shaped and ripe and huge. She decided
to weigh it by getting on her digital bathroom scale and weighing herself
and then weighing herself holding the tomato. There was a "4" pound
difference. I don't know what the actual weight was but I was disappointed
that I did not find it myself in time to take to Altoona :)
Best wishes,
Ned
----- Original Message -----
From: <Lubadub@aol.com>
To: <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 8:39 AM
Subject: Big Zac Seeds
> Ned:
> Your Big Zac seeds should be okay. The problem was farther back than two
> years ago. The hybrid seeds then were not correctly made and the plants
ended up
> not being quite what was expected. However, there is a problem again this
> year. Two of the usual sources have already run out of seeds, Totally
Tomatoes
> and Reimer Seeds. Totally Tomatoes must not have made enough. They have
an
> exclusive on hybridizing the seeds, They then sell seeds to other seed
> companies in bulk and to the public. If you have any seeds at all you may
be among
> the lucky. Some growers will be left out in the dark this year. We may
end
up
> with Big Zac seeds being offered guess where? On E-bay?? When opportunity
> knocks there will always be someone somewhere waiting to open the door.
> Marv in Altoona, PA
>
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