2010 crosses ?

[johno]

What do you want to cross this year?

[landarc]

Hopefully nothing, I am growing at least one of my tomatoes to build up seeds stocks. In fact, there may be 3 or 4 of those, I really need no crossing. I would like to try SunLucky, but, know that KC does not want to release them yet.

[PVP]

Oh, maybe KBX x a GWR dwarf

[jcm05]

Hey John! Good to see you here. I got a few i want to try. Parents I plan to use are lucky cross, sungold, black cherry, brandywine, cherokee purple and a few others that are SECRET. ;D

[swampr]

Consider using Prudens Purple instead of brandywine?

[frogsleapfarm]

I made a bunch of crosses last year between various early types, striped varieties and old standby tasty heirlooms. I'm planning on several double crosses this summer to combine these traits, hoping for a short statured striped tasty early and a thin skinned striped tastry cherry. I'll also be working on F2s and backcrosses with P20.

[PVP]

Have a tentative list started. Probably should work on the list a bit before saying much. Learned last summer though that you can have all the plans in the world, but if the weather doesn't cooperate, you can end up with very few successful takes.


Bill

[jcm05]

Yes, and even if the weather does cooperate the plants you are hoping to cross with each other may not be blooming at the same time.

[darthslater]

My crosses will be duofold, they will quell my curiousety and retain purpose. Number one if I could make all heart tomatoes PL I would, Reason: anyone that has grown these in large numbers knows how hard it is to deal with those wispy , gumband vines!
They are impossible to manipulte on to any kind of structure or cage they are my single most thing to improve for all who love oxhearts. Pl is the obvious chose, strong vines, shaded fruit, to avoid sunscald. My first attempted crosses will be for superior flavor or an improvment to the species. Or for absoulute genetic response.

! Everetts Rusty Oxheart X Russian Orange 117
Sweet Quartz X Isis Candy
o.s.u X L.Chessmani
Yellow Submarine X GG X BP
FM X BT
BC X SW
I really want a green oxheart and a black pear
Just because it is about time for it on the market. It would be real nice to have a small pear that was considered "Tasty".

Darth

[skip]

G'Day Guys!

Wow, you lot really are adventurous with your crosses. I attempted my very first cross last season and it failed. The flower dried up and fell off. But it showed that I got half of it right, that is I emasculated the flower at the right time - before it had been pollinated by its own pollen.

I'm in the middle of my growing season right now so I plan to try a few more crosses. I'll try to do some PL x RL crosses. If I get fruit set the F1 seedlings should all turn out to be RL and I'll know that my crosses took.

Skip

[jcm05]

Hi Skip. Middle of the season is pretty late to attempt any crosses, but good luck.

[skip]

Thanks Jt. If nothing else, I might become more proficient at it so I can hit the ground running next season, so to speak.

[PVP]

Wait for a nice antartic high front to roll in, Skip. You know ... where the sky is clear, the temperature has moderated, nice breezy conditions ... the way tomatoes naturally like it to self pollinate. That's when you'll get your best pollen shed and the female parts will be most receptive. Even in the middle of your season. Good luck.

[camochef]

I had a cross last season between Black Brandywine, (which seems to be very unstable in both leaf type and tomato shape), Sungold (hybrid). It produced hundreds of bright orange tomatoes just a little larger than a normal sungold.
While sungolds are my favorite cherry tomato, I lose interest as soon as the slicers begin to ripen. By that time I'm up to my ears in tomatoes as I usually have about 250 plus tomato plants going between a couple gardens. So I sent the seeds from that cross to a young friend in Texas to see what they do for here in the future.
This years were just as tasty as any sungold and almost twice the average size.
I also had a very good friend send me back seed from a Dr. Wyches Yellow that grew out pink for her last year. She said it tasted wonderful, so I'm hoping to grow that this year also!
Camo

[johno]

These are all very fascinating crosses! I first started trying about three years ago, but have only had one take so far. It aborted when it was the size of a pea... I think in the past I have waited too long. It seems like I can almost never get pollen, no matter what time of day nor how long I buzz flowers with an electric tooth brush - with the exception of a short list of varieties. I've spent untold hours trying to plan specific crosses, but when it comes down to it, a lot depends on which plants have flowers at the right stages simultaneously.