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    Woolly Tomatoes

    I posted in another thread about woolly tomatoes, thought I'd post few pictures of some. There are a few varieties available like Garden peach, Elberta Girl and Red Velvet, though most aren't so Woolly as the ones I've shown and just have a very light furry-ness (sp)


    Dwarf type

    Dwarf type

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    Are they easier/harder to grow than non-furry toms?
    When weeding, the best way to make sure you are removing a weed and not a valuable plant is to pull on it.
    If it comes out of the ground easily, it is a valuable plant.

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      They are just as easy to grow, although I think the heavily woolly ones perhaps are not as productive as more regular varieties, but that might just be the types I've come across. It's thought the woolliness might help prevent damage from some pests and diseases.

      I love them because they look so pretty and are really touchy feely plants
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      • #4
        Amazing Never heard of them before!!
        What are they like to eat? Do they taste woolly?
        Last edited by veggiechicken; 16-03-2014, 06:12 PM. Reason: opyt

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        • #5
          Thank you Poly! I did have a little look earlier on the web.. But those pics are fab - I may need to grow some myself!
          Last edited by Scarlet; 16-03-2014, 07:06 PM.

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          • #6
            I am glad I have been forewarned if i ever grow any of these I would chop them down thinking they had mildew.
            photo album of my garden in my profile http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...my+garden.html

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            • #7
              Going by the photos I was thinking the same thing Bill, then I read the thread
              Location....East Midlands.

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              • #8
                I find them slightly unnerving, not sure why.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by WendyC View Post
                  I find them slightly unnerving, not sure why.
                  Eating one of those would be like when I was a small child and I had to kiss all my old aunties hairy chins.
                  photo album of my garden in my profile http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...my+garden.html

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Bill HH View Post
                    Eating one of those would be like when I was a small child and I had to kiss all my old aunties hairy chins.
                    Eeeeuw Bill!
                    When weeding, the best way to make sure you are removing a weed and not a valuable plant is to pull on it.
                    If it comes out of the ground easily, it is a valuable plant.

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by veggiechicken View Post
                      Amazing Never heard of them before!!
                      What are they like to eat? Do they taste woolly?
                      Taste is great, like you'd expect a tomato to taste : Can't say I've ever noticed the skin being unpleasant, no where like sinking your teeth into a peach
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                      • #12
                        Lol, I guess they are a bit different
                        But really up close they are soooo cute.
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                        • #13
                          The second picture looks like micro-toms I've grown these for the last 3 seasons on my window sills still have seeds so have some this year this is a seedling picture took today but when there more mature there very hairy too
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                            Originally posted by darcyvuqua View Post
                            The second picture looks like micro-toms I've grown these for the last 3 seasons on my window sills still have seeds so have some this year this is a seedling picture took today but when there more mature there very hairy too
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                            Yes they do, even the fruit shape. I can't remember without checking, mine may have Micro Tom in its pedigree, though it is faintly striped and the fruit are twice the size of MT. It's not a stable variety so will develop with time.

                            Micro Toms certainly are a hairy type tomato. Amazing the little difference in varieties, some are totally hairless.

                            Here's a woolly type of a similar age, this looks to be a little dwarf type too. They do become less woolly as they get older.

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