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2und3
2und3 05.07.2026, 20:00
Hi! I have a question for everyone who has more experience with tomatoes than I do. (So probably almost everyone here—this is my second year growing tomatoes.) I’m growing this tomato as a “Tigerella,” from seeds I collected myself. It’s about 2 cm long. Last year, the Tigerella tomatoes were classically round and usually a bit larger. Is this a normal variation within the variety, or did another variety happen to cross-pollinate with it? Last year, I had the following other varieties growing nearby: Green Zebra, an unknown beefsteak tomato, MoneyMaker, an unknown light orange plum tomato (seems most likely to me, but it was larger), Ikarus, Hellfrucht, Black Plum, San Marzano, and a yellow pear tomato. How common are such cross-pollinations, if they occur at all? I’m really curious to see how this tomato tastes, but until now I thought that didn’t happen so easily with tomatoes?
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PeaChes PeaChes 05.07.2026, 20:53
Kann dazu nix sagen, sieht aber sehr hübsch aus und wenn die dann noch schmeckt, würde ich Samen nehmen und versuchen zu stabilisieren 🤣
2und3 2und3 06.07.2026, 13:45
Das habe ich vor, ja! Und ich habe dazugelernt, dass ich Samen wohl lieber nicht nur von mehreren Tomaten nehmen sollte, sondern dann auch wieder von den verschiedenen Tomaten aussäen. Eine Tigerella wie letztes Jahr scheint dieses Jahr nicht dabei zu sein...
Erdbeerle Erdbeerle 06.07.2026, 17:37
Wenn Dich die Vermehrung von Saatgut interessiert, kann ich die Videos von www.diyseeds.org sehr empfehlen ;)

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