Tomatoes

On November 5th I planted Siberian Red, Cherokee Purple, Sungold and Better Bush tomato seeds.   They are doing fairly well in the greenhouse.  It hasn't been that cold, right now it is 68 degrees outside.  but it was in the 70s during the day.  We did have a few cold days a week or so ago but they did fine.

Wonder where I can get high low temperature history data.  Wonder if that will be useful for some reason in the future.  Maybe AP can do a science study on temperature effects on growth of  tomatoes.  

Lots of little tomato seedlings. Some of them are several inches tall.  Doubtful I will have tomatoes from any of the plants before February 15th, but that would be great. Supposedly,  the Siberian Red tomatoes will still set fruit when the temperatures are in the 40s.   That will be interesting and maybe I will have tomatoes in late January. 

From reading a gardening forum at GardenWeb tomato varieties I want to  to try:   

Juliet --- sets fruit even when temperature is in the 100s at the peak of summer.  Comments indicated after fruit is picked should be left aside off plant for 2-3 weeks to reach full flavor.  Dries beautifully. 

Green Zebra (citrusy flavor) and Yellow Pear, sell well at farmers markets as they are different. 

Vivia Italias  - like Roma, but juicier



Tomatoes I don't want to try (based on comments at Garden Web):
Mr. Stripey
Lucky
Yellow Pear
Current