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Me, I love my Lillie’s, especially these dark purple ones.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I bought some of those GMO Purple tomatoes and I am super psyched to try them out. Right now I have three plants in pots indoors, one cutting in water (extra seedling from one of the pots) and some in my seed starting tray (which I over watered so they're not doing so hot). I'm planning to start hardening them off next month.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Those things look intense. If you're interested, heirloom tomatoes come in a ton of different colors. In my experience, they also tend to have a lot more flavor than hybrids.

Happy growing! If this is your first go round with tomatoes be sure to have a tall cage. Every "short" verity I've ever grown always eventually reaches 6+ feet tall...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds has a whole bunch of open-pollinated/heirloom vegetables/fruits of unusual colors (their website front page at the moment just so happens to be showcasing many examples of their purple produce!)

I try to mostly grow open-pollinated/non-hybrid/non-GMO plants because it means that I have the option to save seeds and know the offspring will be the same variety with the same traits. I also don't have to worry if I want to sell produce at my local farmer's market that I'm going to get sued by some asshole at Big Ag for selling a "patented" plant (which as preposterous as it sounds can actually happen).