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Earlier this year, when my own tomato seedling were showing their suicidal tendencies, I bought a rather leggy tomato plant with flowers on in desperate need of potting on in a local charity shop. It's name was "Mortgage Lifter". I'd never heard of it.
It has thrived and I have now had three marvellous big tasty beefsteak tomatoes with plenty more green ones following on.
I am so impressed with it that I would like to save seeds for next year if possible. I have read that it is a heirloom variety. My question is that as it is in a greenhouse with lots of other varieties of tomato if I just kept a tomato for seeds would they be the same as the original plant or would it have cross-pollinated with other varieties and would I end up with something completely different?
It has thrived and I have now had three marvellous big tasty beefsteak tomatoes with plenty more green ones following on.
I am so impressed with it that I would like to save seeds for next year if possible. I have read that it is a heirloom variety. My question is that as it is in a greenhouse with lots of other varieties of tomato if I just kept a tomato for seeds would they be the same as the original plant or would it have cross-pollinated with other varieties and would I end up with something completely different?
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