The tomato seeds for the hoop house have been planted! We are experimenting with cold tolerant and short-season tomatoes. I would love to have year-round or at least early tomatoes.
These tomatoes are starting their journey in our greenhouse on a heat table. Then they will be transplanted to our hoop house that will probably be heated. We will start more in February, that will be transplanted out into the garden in spring.
All these varieties are from Reimer Seeds.
Oregon Spring are one of my favorite tomatoes! Dr. James Baggett developed at OSU them.
Sub Arctic will set fruit in cold temperatures. Developed by Dr. Harris at Beaverlodge Research Station, Alberta, Canada, in the 1940s for military troops in Greenland to have fresh tomatoes.
Siberian I am so excited to try these. They can set fruit at 38 degrees (I am guessing F). An heirloom from Siberia, Russia.
Cold Set can withstand temps as low as 18 degrees (I am guessing F). An heirloom from Canada.
Pruden’s Purple these are a large variety and tastes compared to a Brandywine tomato.
Nebraska Wedding I am most excited to try these! A 1980 heirloom variety from Mrs. Englert of Sandpoint, Idaho. Mrs. Englert said "Nebraskan brides were given seeds of this tomato as a wedding gift. It was said to have been brought from MN by pioneers in the late 1800s via covered wagons. And it thrived in cold, windy Nebraska."
Black Prince A small but versatile variety from Irkutsk, Siberia, Russia with a rich old-fashioned tomato flavor.
When you see days on a seed packet, it means how many days it takes the seedling planted indoors to reach maturity AFTER it has been transplanted. If you direct sow it starts when the seed has germinated.
Something else to keep in mind is it takes 30-60 days for a flower to become a tomato.
So 58 days may seem quick but it is more like