I will use this thread to document my tomato growing. I am still early in the process so I am mostly exploring:
My criteria:
- Large, open flowers that cross-pollinate
- Robustness against sickness, esp. late blight
- Flavor
- Able to germinate direct sown (later)
My strategy
- Start plants in cold benches in spring (in city) in trays - sown en masse to select for fast germination.
- Make enough seed to direct sow tomatoes about 100 seed per target plant. I will experiment with @Joseph_Lofthouse’s great technique to blend with fast germinating radish, turnip and possibly large-leaved mustard greens.
- Adding wild genetics from S. habrochaites, S. pimpinellifolium (assuming this is the ancestor for the domesticated type) as well as S. cheesmaniae - trusting @JesseI on the last one to not get fertility problems.
