Thanks for the info. Just ordered some.

I'm going to try those too.

I got some!

Me too lol.

I just ordered some. Sounds too good to be true!

Helen, are you going to try them this fall?

Susie

Got mine today, but they ran out of "Garden Treasure" for the time being and they substituted another "New" hybrid they have developed which is a determinate. I did get "Garden Gem" however.

Thanks for sharing this!!

Hi Susie, just checking back in now. When it cools down a little, I was thinking about getting one of those kits for a gardening box for a dedicated space and starting some tomatoes, and definitely some eggplant. Plan to keep it small and only what I love to eat :}

I inherited tons of bananas in this house but I'm going to get rid of them, too much work trying to prevent them from eating the house lol.

What about you? How are you going to plant your new seeds? 2 week intervals?

Helen

I just received my order today and like cfldoc, I too got the "Garden Gem" and a "New" determinate hybrid instead of the "Garden Treasure".

If anyone got "Garden Treasure" and would like to trade a few of those seeds for a few "New" hybrid, please let me know.

I'm happy to swap for garden treasure too. I have more of the garden gem and new hybrid than I can use!

I guess the response has been pretty good...I just got an email stating they had 600 orders last week!

Hi Helen

I got my seeds the other day and planted six of each type.

You had asked if I would do another planting in a few weeks, but since it is so late, this will be my last seed sowing. I had already started seeds of Marmande and Juanne Flamme, two of the tomatoes that Silvia suggested for fall planting. I think they are supposed to hold up to the heat and go into cooler weather as they mature. And before that I started Brandywine and Cherokee Purple. Plus I have about 8 plants that volunteered and one that is still hanging on from my spring garden. So I have tomatoes everywhere.

Anyways, even though we had a mild winter up here, we had a freeze on Feb 28. You just never know how the weather will affect all your hard work. Wish I could get some of that Zone 10 winter up here !

Susie

I ordered these seed, too. Can someone comment on about how many seed of each plant are sent?

Mary

Hi Mary! (I feel like I know you from all your knowledgeable posts about butterflies!)

I still have 15 seeds left in both my envies. So you should get around 20 in each of yours. Let me know if you don't get enough, and I will share mine with you.

Susie

Hi Susie, thank you so much for your nice comment and for the helpful information. And thank you for your kind offer to share but twenty seeds will be more than sufficient for my small garden.

I enjoy watching things grow so it will be fun to help by keeping track of how well these varieties grow in my area and report back to the university next summer. I'm rather lost when it comes to growing veggies so not certain how helpful my experiences will be but it will be fun. I am moving my compost pile to gain more garden area so thought I'd try growing a few tomatoes next year.

Lately, I've been visiting the Florida gardening forum to try and pick up growing tips for a butterfly garden I hope to plant for my daughter, who lives in Ft. Lauderdale. Gardeners are so generous and helpful.

Mary

How is everyone's new hybrid tomatoes doing? I planted out 2 of the "new" and 1 of the garden gem. Ohmigosh!!! I did plant them sideways and throw on a little fertilizer a couple of weeks latter but did these babies take off fast! Lots of branching and maybe about 1 1/2 - 2 feet tall with 20 or 25 flower blossoms each! No tomatoes yet but I have high hopes. I was going to look and see if the "new" was indeterminate and in need of pinching back but it's so compact and robust, I left it along for now! So has anyone tasted one of these babies yet?

I bought seeds for both (Garden Gem and Garden Treasure) and I'm wondering how they performed for people who grew them last year. In particular, can anyone tell me about how long they need to reach transplant size? I'm in zone 7 and I normally sow in early March, but I grew a Japanese tomato last season that took its own sweet time to produce true leaves, so I'm wondering if it has any of that tendency.

How pretty! Congratulations--those look perfect for caprese salads, yum...are they as tasty as the hype implies? (of course there are all kinds of variables in play but I do wonder?)

Last week I talked with the good doctor who is in charge of this program. He again has both kinds of seeds available for a donation. I'll have packets of Garden Gem and Garden Treasure by the end of this week. Just use the same link as we used before--it's at the top of this thread. Love the Garden Gem and everyone who had the tomato wanted to grow their own--even people who grow NOTHING! It's been funny!

bump!

Hi Beachlily, I liked the garden gem too! Easy to grow and delicious. I also had the "new" hybrid...I wasn't as impressed with that one. More than half got blossom end rot and at least a fourth of them split and cracked :{

We didn't like the new hybrid either. I told them that. The Garden Treasure is not the same thing. They had run out of the seed in the spring and subbed that new hybrid for it. Now they have both Garden Gem and Garden Treasure. That's why I'm posting this.

Yup, Beachlily. Did your "new" have the same kind of problems (blossom end rot and cracking) or did you not like the taste. I still have 15 or so seeds left...but I don't think I'll keep trying with the "new".