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'Red Calabash' Tomatoes |
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Main-season, standard heirloom. Plants bear 2- to 3-ounce, thin-skinned, red fruit.
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85
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| Rating Summary |
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Overall: (4.7 Stars)
Taste: (5.0 Stars)
Yield: (4.3 Stars)
Ease/Reliability: (4.7 Stars) |
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Number of Reviews: 3
KEY: O=Overall Rating, T=Taste, Y=Yield, E=Ease
Reviewed on 10/06/2016 by
Freebird
- An intermediate gardener
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Oneida, New York, United States
Frost Free Season: 123 - 143 days
Soil Texture: Not Sure
Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| I received seeds from a fellow gardener. The seeds were at least 5 years old, so my expectations of germination were low. What did sprout turned out to be very healthy plants, grown under T5 grow lights and subjected to repeated top pinching because I started them too early indoors. The stems thickened up rapidly. I let them develop multiple main stems as a trial run. Once transplanted into 8 gallon planters, the plants went crazy, growing tall and bearing lots of small to medium size tomatoes. Talk about monster size tomato taste in a small package. I sliced them fresh and put them on toast with mayonnaise. Definitely going to grow these again. I have a short growing season, so smaller tomato varieties are a must, especially in my little container farm. |
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Reviewed on 12/11/2007 by
goodwin
- An experienced gardener
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Rio Arriba, New Mexico, United States
Frost Free Season: 123 - 143 days
Soil Texture: Sand
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| Grows well here in New Mexico. Sprawling vines produced a large number of small ruffled fruit with very assertive flavor. Did fine with the heat and drought last year. |
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Reviewed on 08/06/2007 by
flowerwizard
- An experienced gardener
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Westchester, New York, United States
Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
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| This is the first year we have grown this variety. I think have fallen in love with it! The fruits are very small, but it is the first tomato that I have found to have the taste and texture of the larger varieties such as brandywine. It is a juicy, meaty tomato like its big brothers. I expect that each plant will produce somewhere around 75+ fruits over the season. The other attractive (to me) thing about the fruit is that they are kind of gnarly and wrinkled. Very cool for such a small tomato. |
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