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Has anyone found these seeds, or is campari just a term for cluster tomatoes. They are the only tomatoes I have found in the store this winter that have any flavor and I would like to try them this year.


Abigail, 8 kids grown, 1 ripening and 8 grandkids- what a harvest!
 
Posts: 616 | Location: Far Rockaway, New York | Registered: July 17, 2002Reply With QuoteEdit or Delete MessageReport This Post
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Hi GD,
The info on Dave's Garden, Campari tomatoes do not produce seed.
"plant does not set seed, flowers are sterile, or plants will not come true from seed"
Eeker




“Home grown tomatoes, home grown tomatoes
What would life be like without homegrown tomatoes
Only two things that money can't buy
That's true love and home grown tomatoes.”
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I read that, too, but after going through pages of google, I get the impression that there is seed out there, but it is only available to commercial producers in quantity.


Abigail, 8 kids grown, 1 ripening and 8 grandkids- what a harvest!
 
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Right, you just can't save seeds from your purchased tomatoes to grow your own!
There are so many yummy tomatoes out there, I hope you find one you like as much as Camparis!
I spend so much time drooling over the descriptions on the tomato seed sites. They all sound good to me!




“Home grown tomatoes, home grown tomatoes
What would life be like without homegrown tomatoes
Only two things that money can't buy
That's true love and home grown tomatoes.”
Guy Clark, 'Home Grown Tomatoes'
 
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I also found the Campari in the stores -- it's a greenhouse tomato grown by EuroFarms. They are great sized tomatos -- perfect for slicing and for salads in my opinion. And I love the flavor -- very tomato-y and not "sweet" tasting.

I fermented some seeds last year and would love to share them if anyone would like to give them a try. I will be growing them this year as well. I would love to "de-hybirdize" these if they are in fact hybrid seeds.

If these tomatos can be grown hydroponically and taste as good as they do, I can only imagine how good they would be if grown in some real rich soil amended with compost, vermiculite and peat moss :-)

Judy
 
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I would love to try them just to see what I get. I have looked all over for a tomato that is not sweet. wandago@sbcglobal.net
 
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Last year i fermented seeds from store bought Campari and grew tomatoes in greenhouse. I liked tomatoes, not sure if they came true, but they were good.
 
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Maybe I'll give this a try. I can take a little taste before I ferment to make sure the tomato is a good tasting one. Some of the camparis they are getting in the store now are not as good as the earlier ones.


Abigail, 8 kids grown, 1 ripening and 8 grandkids- what a harvest!
 
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Wanda -- I'm getting your seeds out to you in the mail on Tuesday (Monday is postal holiday). If anyone else would like to try growing these, I have tons of seeds that I would love to share. I would like to see several people grow them in different parts of the county and try to de-hybridize them. Just let me know if you would like some of the seeds :-)

Judy
 
Posts: 7 | Location: Zone 8B - Gulf Coast of Alabama | Registered: January 18, 2008Reply With QuoteEdit or Delete MessageReport This Post
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I would love to get some campari seeds. Let me know if you can provide them and I will get you my address. Thanks.
 
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bilgraham -- no problem, I have tons of these seeds. Just email me your address and I will get some of them out to you in the mail on Monday. My email is magnolias4ever at aol dot com :-)

Judy
 
Posts: 7 | Location: Zone 8B - Gulf Coast of Alabama | Registered: January 18, 2008Reply With QuoteEdit or Delete MessageReport This Post
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Judy, Thank you so much. The seeds came yesterday. I will get them started this week.
 
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Wow -- they got there pretty quick :-)

Let me know how they do for you and if you would, also record the days to harvest from transplant. Thanks so much!!

Judy
 
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Just got the seed, Magnolias. Thank you so much. I'll let you know how they do.


Abigail, 8 kids grown, 1 ripening and 8 grandkids- what a harvest!
 
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Magnolias4Ever, I would love to have some seeds for the Campari. Please e-mail me if this is possible. wsph@bellsouth.net
 
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