Great choices.

The name of the first one is flipped though. Polish Dwarf.

Will they be ready by the swap?

I see you're missing 'Burbank', my favorite 2-3' tomato plant.

Burbank was the absolute very first tomato I ever grew here in Florida.

Its nice and compact and have very good fruit so I am told.

You need to find another cup and start those too Cindee.

EEeeeZZZzzz guys, I am just getting started!! I am really excited about the Goose Creek, it looks really yummy, meaty and juicy!! Makes me want to get Tony to taste it!

How the heck do I know if they are going to be ready by the swap Tony...I said I just started 'em, it's up to them! Dwarf Polish Polish Dwarf...who cares...Dennis said "Cool, you're growing a Polack...like me! only I ain't dwarf!!!"

Burbank will be next and I am also interested in the 'Giant Italian Red Whopper' that's for Italian me, bambino, a giant red whopper! The 'Stick Tomato' ?? What's that treefrog? Then I have the 'Brandy Boy' beefsteak...tastes like brandy maybe?? 'San Marzano' I can't wait to try. Treefrog described as classic 'paste' tomato. Have you ever made fresh tomato sauce? OH MY GOD...you need no pasta. Stack a bowl of canned/bottled tomato sauce up against my homemade sauce and I would be named TOP CHEF in the first episode! The last I have to try is 'Sophie's Choice', does the mater look like Meryl Streep???

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She is one classy, talented tomato, in my opinion......lol. This is gonna be fun, thanks again froggy!!

Here's what Victory Seeds has to say:

"Stick (or Curl)
65 days, indeterminate  This is a very interesting plant. Quite unique in that the leaves develop into tight clusters like pom-poms. The fruits are are globe shaped, red, up to three inches on stalks that look like sticks and reach up to about six feet high.

The plants can be grown in large pots and require staking. It appears to be the old Gleckler Seed variety called 'Stick' released in about 1958."

I grew 2 as natural topiaries with spiral stakes as supports. Very unique and rare.
Can't say I'd grow them for production or flavor, but they have no equal as conversation pieces in the tomatophile's world.

San Marzano are the paste tomatoes grown in Italy, canned and sold here for $$ in high end markets. Very rich with flavor and pectin for great sauce.
Call me when dinner's ready!

LOL Froggy, if it produces enough I will gladly send you some sauce. When I make fresh tomato sauce I let everything, the fruit meat, seeds and skin simmer for about 3 days. Before skimming. I add only fresh herbs-basil, parsley and oregano. Then I add pork neck bones to help sweeten and let simmer another day. I also add saute`d onion and garlic, usually the 2nd or 3rd day. Depending on the acidity, I may add some sugar. I let it cook down 3, 4 times to a very thick paste, then add water and red wine over time to thin and let it 'mature'. Mmmm where the hell am I going to plant all these tomatoes????

Announcing the birth of...2 Goose Creek and 2 Black Cherry seedlings. Germination time.... 5 yes just FIVE days!

Three more seedlings made their presence known this morning. All eitther Goose Creek or Black cherry. I am soooooooo excited!

you got some Nice maters!

Tony, I'll let you be the first to taste em if any are ready by the swap!

thank goodness I know a wee bit about matos. I am SAFE.

Nice going, girl!
You've got two of my favorites growing.
The others will pop up soon.

Oh guys, by the way, I did plant up some Burbank Seeds and Sophie's Choice yesterday. After you gave em rave reviews I had to try them too!

OK Tomato lovers, here's today's seedling count:
Black Cherry=5
Burbank=5
Red Robin=3
Sophies Choice=3
Goose Creek=2
Reisentraube=1
Dwarf Polish/Polish dwarf=0

This is FUN!

HELP!!!!!!!!!! Holey Moley!! I go away for a day and 1/2 and I got all kinds of seedlings growing in my spare bedroom! What and when is the best way to move these guys out doors? I keep turning the cups and trays 2, 3 times a day 'cause the lil seedlings are 'going to the light' in the window. My main concern is moving them without shocking the crap out of them, to their permanent large containers. Alsi, supporting them while they are so teeny is a challenge. My straw method is not working all that great. It still seems too terribly hot to move them out doors, yet. TREEFROGGY!!! where are ya when I need ya??

Get 'em out into the shade for now. Tomatoes are not house plants! They get leggy fast inside and even in the shade.
When they have some good real leaves, repot them deeply into 6" pots. Pinch off the bottom leaves and plant the whole stem, leaving only the top few leaves above the soil.
Keep them fertilized and evenly moist and in mostly sun from then on. They should become stocky strong plants.

That's why I don't even start seeds until September. Too hot for me and I figure too hot for the little plants.
I started them in August a few years ago. They grew lanky fast (cuz I had to keep them in shade or they'd fry), then repotted them, then along came some hurricanes. So I vowed never to start 'em that early again.

Thanks treefrog. I will get them out into some shade this weekend!

Ok Cindeea hows them maters coming along.I cant wait to get home to see how mine are doing.I put 6 out in earthboxes on the 18th before i had to head out on the road.i drove over the road.I have a gardenhose with a short piece of soaker hose in one of the EB fill tubes with clear plastic hose conecting the 3 EB so i can keep them all filled.This is really gonna be a challenge,but im thinkn it might be worth it.I allso have a tray in my sink with starters from seed with alow drip and a growlight on a 14 hour timer to check when i get home.Am i nuts are what..kirk

Not so hot, or maybe too hot. I tried planting them outside and most of them are burning up...sigh...back to the potting bench!

cindee,
if it makes you feel better, i transplanted my tomato seedlings over the weekend only to watch them get washed away by a sudden downpour. oh, well, that's why god made seeds cheap...

lol Ill Man, I hear ya! A couple of the seedlings seem to be hanging on, so we will have to see what happens! In the meantime, I planted some ordinary patio tomatoes so the pots don't look so sad.

Well so far so good.looks like my maters are gonna survive the heat.I have Heatwave,Sunmaster,Redbeafsteak,Rutgers,and Super Marmande growing in 7 earthboxes.Gonna try to post some pics if i can figure out how to do it.

i cant figure out how to post pics.Anyone want to tell me how.

Do a search (up at the top of the page) for photo posting and you will find solstice's easy to follow insructions. Hope this helps you out Captn...

thanks cindee that helped. Problem now is the pics are to big. Her is a link where to view them. http://s213.photobucket.com/albums/cc53/captnkirk2112/

Captn, there is a way to resize. You can just click on your photos and select the edit feature to change the size.

Your tomatoes are looking fabulous!

thanks cindee they are doing great so far but they got along wat to go yet.are yours still hanging on or did you lose them.Or did you swap them out at your house swap lol.You better not of.

Captn-I did lose most of my babies. As suspected, it was too soon and the blazing afternoon sun did them in. Never fear, I still have plenty more seeds to start, and Denise brought me 4 or 5 more heirloom seedling sweeties. I'll give them another go when it cools a bit. And I am keeping Denise's babies in the shade till they get a bit bigger.

Yea just make sure they dont get to leggy.Maybe just morning sun would work well.I know the ones i started from seed were only maybe 5in when i planted them outside and they seemed to take right off.They were a little on the leggy side when i planted them but now they really got some healthy looking stems and atre pretty sturdy.

When they get get taller and leggy, capn, I pick off all of the lower leaves and plant them deep so just the few top leaves are above the soil. Works well for me anyway!