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Boise City, Oklahoma, USA

I ordered both from Rutgers and look forward to EATING tomatoes as well as growing for greatness this year. Those and other eaters go into the flats in about 2 weeks. Mater Mater Mater Mater Mater! I can't wait for plantout!

3/1/2010 2:30:50 AM

South Hero, VT

Deb, you are as tomato-nuts as I am pumpkin-nuts.

Be careful those 7.18 Harp plants don't eat your seedlings for snacks(LOL):-).

They're about 3 feet tall now, right?

3/1/2010 9:15:15 PM

Boise City, Oklahoma, USA

I am a dyed in wool orangie, but. I have a lot of time yet to filing pumpkin seeds! yes they are about 3' high and I took the first clone off one tonight!

3/1/2010 11:05:52 PM

ExtremeVegetables.com

Looking good Okie!

I don't see one in your diary but that cutting really needs a humidity dome of some sort over it. A cut two liter bottle looks like it would work well for you on that plant. Since it has no roots to uptake water it needs humidity until it does. A misting once a day or so and keep that dome on until you can remove the dome and the cutting no longer wilts.

I've also learned to take cuttings a new way. With this way the cutting never skips a beat. I hope I can explain this well enough. You need something that can hold some soil that can be attached to the plant. I tried this using a 35mm film container, a snap box like a plastic jewelery would work well for this. I drilled a hole in both ends to allow the stem of the sucker to pass through the container. The container is filled with moistened Pro Mix then fitted to the sucker after applying a little rootng hormone to the area you want to root. I wrapped some tape around the container to keep it together. Now the sucker will have a place to root while still on the plant and growing. Once you see roots the sucker is removed from the plant just below the container. This IS DEFINATELY the best way to take cuttings I have ever used. The cuttings root much faster and there is virtually no set back at all.

3/2/2010 6:14:59 AM

Corbin, KY

Ramapo is a great garden tomato, Nice averages size fruit that bear great all season long. Great for fresh eating and making juice. We had greenhouses in the mid 1980's and sold hundreds and hundreds of Ramapo plants. We were really excited when we heard that seeds were available once again.

3/2/2010 9:21:27 AM

Boise City, Oklahoma, USA

Duane, that is 'air layering' and I've done it with some woody plants before (aka azaleas and hibiscus). If it will work on tomatoes I will try that. I need more plants than the two mamas are seemingly producing.

Kewl, Tim. Others were raving about those so I ordered some for my birthday present. Nothing wrong with eating well either!

3/2/2010 1:53:48 PM

Dundee Michigan

OkieGal---I've heard about the Ramapo before, where can I order some seed. (you have a #) I would like to try them. Thanks, John

3/3/2010 11:15:27 PM

Boise City, Oklahoma, USA

http://www.njfarmfresh.rutgers.edu/documents/2010RamapoMoretonseedJTteesorderform.pdf

You can get bulk Moreton through Harris Seeds, and they say to contact them directly if you want bulk Ramapo.

If you order them straight from Rutgers you are supporting their work. :) I ended up printing the info they needed neatly onto a recipe card and sending it to them with my money order; and they sent the seeds pretty quickly.

3/4/2010 12:37:07 AM

Dundee Michigan

Thank you

3/4/2010 7:53:02 AM

Sacramento, Ca

OkieGal, I have grown the Ramapo the last two years, it's an outstanding tomato in all respects. I got some Moreton seeds the other day and am going to try them this year. The Moreton is supposed to be an early maturing tomato. Here is a picture of my 2008 Ramapo plants.

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc81/digital686/100_0807.jpg

3/4/2010 7:54:55 AM