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Ciao PF- Wow, I admire you for getting everything all squared away so quickly. I've got a mountain of trays to wash and disinfect as well as a huge stack of trays of pods and seed heads to thresh/sort/package. I'm sorry to hear that your foot didn't heal like it was supposed to. That's got...

Ciao all- I'm just starting to get my seeds together now, so please put me down for Round 2 if there's still room.

LOL, warnings that ciggies are bad for your health in three languages..

Hehe, Mike you're too cute..hugs

Ciao DDF- Break O Day was semi-determinate for you? How tall did it top out at? I've always seen it listed as straight indeterminate.

Ciao Mike- LOL, you're bored? :crazy: I'm still canning! Pumpkin today and more chocolate mint jelly later in the week. Then coq au vin from leftover American Thanksgiving turkey next weekend. Plus, I'm still ripening tomatoes in large flat Costco cardboard boxes downstairs and...

Ciao Armadillo- Would you be so kind as to provide ingredient amounts so we can experiment? That sounds like a lovely sauce!

Ciao Petey- There aren't too many large-fruited determinates out there but Campbells 1327 is one of them. It's a large red globe, great for canning, sauce, and of course, salsa. Mine were 14 oz on average, some larger, some a bit smaller. For higher production but smaller size, you might...

Ciao all- Tomato vines are out now. I pull them entirely out and then any remaining hoses are removed and coiled, raked leaves added, and the beds are tilled completely under to a depth of 1 foot (1/3 metre). I didn't compost the tomato vines this year because of the wet conditions during the...

Ciao all- Thank you very much, Exotic for the descriptions on those Thai basil varieties. I love my Blue Spice basil for many reasons, including the thicker cuticle and hairy leaves/stems which seem to afford it some bug and cold resistance. It's always the last one to succumb to a hard frost...

Ciao all- I've mostly come to the end of my growing season now. All but 16 plants have been pulled out and any tomatoes showing some signs of blush or large enough with a chance to ripen have been removed and are downstairs in two large bowls. Today I will spread them out in a single layer so...

Ciao all- Yes, Siam Queen is indeed a variety of Thai Basil. I use it primarily in any Asian dishes from stir fries to phad thai to Vietnamese pho soup to tom yum soup. It's used mainly as a garnish but it really punches up the flavour. Exotic, I'm not familiar with some of those varieties...

Ciao Josh- Have you had good success getting unripe pods to ripen that way? I figured that with peppers, you harvest them green, they're not going anywhere but green and then shriveled at room temperature. Duane's got a boatload of green Fresnos still on those plants and I'm thinking that, at...

Ciao Derek- I agree with you. Duane had too many Chinenses as well. There was no way to predict that this year would be so hugely successful, but now that we know container-growing is the way to go, I'm going to suggest that he grow more of the mildly hot Annums and less of the scary...

Ciao Kevin- Sorry about that. This particular forum has next to no room for messages. I get that a lot. Try now.

Ciao Derek- You tell 'em! Duane's plants are all crammed into the garage now at night. I've had them outside today for some sun since it got up to 10C. He's finally all caught up again on processing 125ml jars of AJ's concentrates, drying, and making ristras. All he has left at the moment...

Ciao Derek- You know what, it was a tough year all around, including getting to the seed-saving. In fact, I'm still processing seeds and it's mid-October.

Ciao Kevin- I can hook you up with seeds for San Marzano Redorta, Cosmonaut Volkov, and Thessoloniki. You've got a really good list there. Omar's Lebanese and Giant Belgium will be your main challenges in zone 5. Let me know what you think of Carbon, especially if you've grown Cherokee...

Ciao all- I'm fairly methodical when it comes to which tomatoes I use first. I pick out the biggest and prettiest of the very large ones for the fresh sandwiches and caprese salads. Hollow ones are stuffed with chopped Greek Salad, cherries are put into a party platter with sections and if...

Ciao Nova- I haven't been here as often as I am in the winter..how'd your seeds turn out? They should be a buffy colour with a slight fuzz. If you over-ferment, usually they will germinate ok, it's just an aesthetic thing. If you wind up with dark seeds and you still have enough tomatoes...