Re: Big Zac Seeds
Just to let everyone know Big Zac tomato is sold out at Reimer seeds I just
tried to buy some.
Bob
On 2/17/05 11:55 AM, "beamup" <beamup@charter.net> wrote:
> 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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