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Wixom MI.

I planted my seeds april 23.
5 porkchop 8.22
5 zachearts 2.06 spaziani
5 megazac 6.23 konieczny
5 Domingo 5.95 konieczny

4/25/2018 8:56:47 PM

Eastern Shore of VA

4.80 Wixom slammer
6.06 Spaziani
5.36 Spaziani
5.61 MegaDom
8.22 Chop
2-2.06 Zacheart
5.95 Konieczny Domingo

Domingos’ are hard to germinate.

4/25/2018 9:39:18 PM

Eastern Shore of VA

What are you using for rootstock on your grafts Wixom?

4/25/2018 9:40:36 PM

Wixom MI.

Maxifort and super natural.
I did three 6.23 megazac on maxifort for practice but i can't through them out now. I will have to let these grow to 4'-5' before i set tomatoes on these. They will be in a pot to long to due it any other way. I am also doing 3 grafts on my eater tomatoes. One with the super natural rootstock.

4/25/2018 10:09:41 PM

Wixom MI.

I may try to graft a few competition tomatoes too but with my second round plants.

4/25/2018 10:12:17 PM

Wixom MI.

I forgot about the spirit rootstock also. I think that i will start those 3 rootstock seeds tomorrow so that they will be ready for my second round plants.

4/25/2018 10:20:59 PM

Mn

Nope - still to early :)

4/25/2018 10:28:07 PM

Pittsburgh, PA

I started some
4.01 Borgers
4.38 Borgers
5.24 Borgers
4.86 Qualley
7.07 Qualley

4/25/2018 10:58:55 PM

valparaiso, in

I am behind :(

4/25/2018 11:51:10 PM

On top of Brush Mountain, Pa.

WOW! Everyone is getting the jump on the coming season. It looks like there could be a shift away from Big Zac and toward Domingo and some of the crosses. Am I the only one still growing Delicious? Where are all the offspring of the famous Boudyo 5.07, a BZ offspring? Is anyone still growing Brutus Magnum? MegaMarv? And what is all this rootstock stuff? Have I missed something this winter while basking in the sun in Florida and snoozing a lot (eyes now popped open)?

4/26/2018 8:22:58 AM

Central NY

Brrrr...nuttin yet here...soon...

4/26/2018 8:36:45 AM

Wixom MI.

Marv I'm grafting all my competition tomatoes to my 10 lb rootstock this year, haven't you heard !!! Lol.... :-)

4/26/2018 1:12:42 PM

Ely Mn

One of these days....,,
Pretty much all BZ here.
If the 5.95 pops one of those.

4/26/2018 4:43:52 PM

Oak Grove, Mn

I haven't started yet...been too busy with another project. For details see post a few threads up.

4/26/2018 4:55:05 PM

Central NY

I’m calling it right now...someone is gonna pop off on one of these domingos and grow an absolute slob...we all saw fabrices 8.36... that thing was headed well north of 9 lbs.....if someone lines it up on one of these babies...look out...I say move over big zac...there’s a new sherif in town...

4/26/2018 7:17:16 PM

Oak Grove, Mn

fabrices 8.36 was big zac..grown off from the 5.85

4/26/2018 7:45:02 PM

Central NY

I know...just sayin...that big is possible...

4/26/2018 7:50:54 PM

Central NY

Not big old red and cracked ...just sayin...

4/26/2018 7:52:08 PM

Wixom MI.

After the top 5 tomatoes grown this year are all DOMINGOS know one will grow a big zac again !!! Lol...:-)

4/26/2018 8:42:08 PM

Lebanon, Oregon

OK, the deed is done. I started over 80 seeds and they are on the heat.
8.22 Marley (Domingo) 5
7.19 LaRue 6
7.07 Qualley 4
7.10 Foss 6
6.16 Fulk (Delicious) 2
6.06 Spaziani 9
6.02 Spaziani 5
5.96 Treece 4
5.36 Spaziani 6
5.13 Larue 2
4.52 Spaziani 4
4.45 Spaziani (MegaMutt Z) 6
4.41 Spaziani (MegaMutt D) 6
4.38 Spaziani 8
3.69 Spaziani (Oxheart) 6
3.00 Spaziani 2
2.55 Spaziani "The Kraken" 2
Zacheart 6

Only the best looking 30 will make it in the ground this year with wider spacing.

4/27/2018 12:55:07 AM

Grittyville, WA

Rebel— maybe we need to look into this grafting thing. Ps those 50 extras are coming my way right?

4/27/2018 2:04:58 AM

Grittyville, WA

Way to crank up the pressure on the rest of your team!

4/27/2018 2:08:53 AM

Lebanon, Oregon

If you or anybody else in the Oregon/Washington area need some plants, I usually have plenty to supply in a month from now. I'll drive a couple of hours one way.
Grafting does look interesting. I'm sure I'll give it a try.. someday. It might be the next frontier for giant tomato's.

4/27/2018 2:26:14 AM

Ireland

Taped my biggest one there last night, looks well on its way to 10lbs:)

4/27/2018 4:57:01 AM

President - GPC

2 7.1 Foss up, 3 8.41, 5.85 up, and a few others.

4/27/2018 1:38:35 PM

Partlow,Va

I started 6 yesterday...have to catch up with my teammate Hayden, or "Face". Go A-TEAM!!!

4/27/2018 4:01:12 PM

Lebanon, Oregon

Also, 5.95 Konieczny 4 (Domingo) that grew the 8.22? But this whole thing may be one giant disaster. Note to self: Never ever put seeds on the heating pad in the evening just to check it in the AM and find your soil at 110F. We will see if I just killed them all.

4/27/2018 4:45:39 PM

Ely Mn

Micheal did you get the seeds I sent?

4/27/2018 5:07:40 PM

Ireland

Dan, got them a couple weeks ago! You have mail

4/29/2018 8:33:54 AM

Wisconsin

You havn't told me if I should yet?

4/29/2018 9:01:45 AM

Wixom MI.

Yup its a good time to start now mike ! I just started mine on the 23 and just now seeing them popping up.

4/29/2018 10:18:47 AM

On a cliff in the desert

Started 3 5.63 Karkos seeds today.

4/30/2018 11:51:26 PM

Wixom MI.

I beleive that 5.63 karkos is from the Megazac seed.

5/1/2018 3:23:56 PM

Oak Grove, Mn

The 5.63 was from the original magazac. Wixom, after your ribbon blossom on your 6.23 I was bidding high on one of the remaining original megazac. Udos overbid me. I don't think he was disapointed with the result. Good luck with your 5.63's greg . These should be F2's each plant will show its own characterics...I would love to get seeds from the best one.

5/1/2018 5:34:21 PM

On a cliff in the desert

Bob, in 2017 Udo grew 3.64 tomatoes from these 5.63 Big Zac tomatoes on an open pollination. I plan on growing the 5.63 tomatoes in an area of my yard where my pumpkin patch is between my cherry tomatoes and my neighbor's tomatoes. I think this is the best way to assure a self/sibling pollination by the bees. You are welcome to have some of my seeds provided I get these tomatoes to the weigh off.

5/1/2018 5:58:54 PM

Wixom MI.

Maybe his Megazac was 5.57 lb. ?

5/1/2018 7:30:29 PM

Oak Grove, Mn

You are right wixom...the 5.63 is showing grown from the 3.79 Wiesli, The original megazac weighed 5.56 according to his 2017 diary. Did you start any 5.56's greg.

5/1/2018 7:39:49 PM

On a cliff in the desert

Udo's 5.56 2017 was from a MegaZac that was open pollinated. Do you want me to start a few seeds? Would it be a good cross if they were grown together?

5/1/2018 8:19:37 PM

On a cliff in the desert

By they, I mean the 5.56 and 5.63 plants.

5/1/2018 8:20:24 PM