Tomatoes – Raging Rosarian http://www.ragingrosarian.com Raging Rosarian is a gardening blog celebrating, ranting, and raving about the cultivation of roses, heirloom tomatoes, and other examples of entertaining greenery. Mon, 26 Mar 2018 01:42:55 -0400 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.3 http://www.ragingrosarian.com/wp-content/uploads/tinyicon-45x45.png Tomatoes – Raging Rosarian http://www.ragingrosarian.com 32 32 The Bull’s Heart Beats Strong http://www.ragingrosarian.com/blog/2018/03/25/the-bulls-heart-beats-strong/ Mon, 26 Mar 2018 01:42:55 +0000 http://www.ragingrosarian.com/?p=3858 This monster seedling is the Riviera strain of Cuore Di Bue, a pleated oxheart-type tomato from Italy, which I’ve never grown before and only ate for the first time on a pizza we had in Capri last September. It grew so quickly I wasn’t able to graft it onto anything (none of the plants I […]

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]]> Preparing for Grafting Day http://www.ragingrosarian.com/blog/2018/03/17/preparing-for-grafting-day/ Sat, 17 Mar 2018 14:51:30 +0000 http://www.ragingrosarian.com/?p=3830 This entire flat of tomato seedlings is destined for grafting. The immediate challenge is, despite each seedling having been started at the same time, differences in germination and growth rate (even between individuals of the same variety) have made for wildly different plant sizes. Half of these seedlings (the ones that lack name tags) are […]

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]]> A Legion of This Year’s Troops http://www.ragingrosarian.com/blog/2018/02/24/legion-years-troops/ Sat, 24 Feb 2018 15:36:37 +0000 http://www.ragingrosarian.com/?p=3641 Even in the dead of winter, there are a great many garden related tasks to occupy one’s time. If you happen to be a tomato addict, one of the most enjoyable of those tasks is the process of deciding which varieties to grow in the following season. 2018 will be my most ambitious year yet, […]

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]]> More biological warfare: nicotine http://www.ragingrosarian.com/blog/2018/01/19/biological-warfare-nicotine/ Fri, 19 Jan 2018 13:19:06 +0000 http://www.ragingrosarian.com/?p=3559 I love evolution and phylogeny. With animals, you can see how similar traits were adapted over time given different environmental pressures or happenstances. Now that we know T-rex was feathered and mitochondrial DNA has suggested its closest living relatives include the common chicken, that trip to KFC has new meaning. With plants, it’s especially interesting […]

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]]> It is important to always give your tomato plants a good view http://www.ragingrosarian.com/blog/2018/01/09/important-always-give-tomato-plants-good-view/ Tue, 09 Jan 2018 23:26:37 +0000 http://www.ragingrosarian.com/?p=3464 This happy little plant, already in bud a week into January, is the result of the latest seedling I brought into the office. My team’s side of the floor has a southern exposure and all-day sunlight. Tomatoes may not love growing in pots, but they are strong and adaptable plants. What a potted plant loses […]

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]]> Prepping the soldiers for battle http://www.ragingrosarian.com/blog/2017/12/27/prepping-the-soldiers-for-battle/ Wed, 27 Dec 2017 23:03:54 +0000 http://www.ragingrosarian.com/?p=2660 You have to love the week between Christmas and New Years. Four gardening catalogs arrived today. They will need to be especially convincing, as I only have space for two new varieties of tomato this year. I also need to figure out how to handle my grafting stock, now that I’m committed to grafting at […]

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]]> A particularly happy Black from Tula http://www.ragingrosarian.com/blog/2017/12/19/a-particularly-happy-black-from-tula/ Tue, 19 Dec 2017 13:05:34 +0000 http://www.ragingrosarian.com/?p=2206 The post A particularly happy Black from Tula appeared first on Raging Rosarian.

]]> Growing tomatoes vs. practicing for a degree in forestry http://www.ragingrosarian.com/blog/2017/12/17/growing-tomatoes-vs-practicing-for-a-degree-in-forestry/ Sun, 17 Dec 2017 17:31:30 +0000 http://www.ragingrosarian.com/?p=2127 It’s approaching the end of December, and already I miss these monsters. The cluster of plants on the end of this bed include Black Krim and Amana Orange. 

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