OSSI webinar series kicks off April 13

[Jack Kloppenburg]

OSSI Friends,
Join us on Wednesday, April 13, 7:00-8:30pm EST (6-7:30pm CST, 5-6:30pm MST, 4-5:30pm PST), for the first session of the new OSSI Webinar series. See the bottom of this message for video and phone links.

"Crowdbreeding! A New Word for the Unique, Altruistic, Open Source, Collaborative, Dwarf Tomato Project"

Craig LeHoullier and Patrina Nuske-Small




The Dwarf Tomato Breeding Project, which emerged from an idea shared on Garden Web in 2005, uses a unique collaborative network of volunteer gardeners to create genetically stable new varieties. After 17 years, 1000 volunteers in 50 states and 25 countries have developed 145 delicious, fun, colorful new varieties to help to fulfill a growing need for great tomatoes for space challenged gardeners. Patrina and Craig will tell you all about how DTP was implemented, the challenges it has faced, and they look forward to answering your questions.

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Topic: Dwarf Tomato Project Webinar
Time: Apr 13, 2022 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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SEE YOU ON APRIL 13!

Cheers to all, Jack

[Diane Whitehead]

Isn't the whole continent on daylight time now?  Did they really mean standard time?

[galina gardiner]

Was getting really excited, until I realised the times.  Unfortunately well after our bedtime.  Will this be recorded please?

[Richard Watson]

Good timing for me early afternoon. Only been two weeks since having surgery to reattach three tendons back onto the hipbone, so this webinar series will help keep me entertained while nested up in my bean bags.

[William Schlegel]

Today is the big day!

[Greenie DeS]

Did we ever figure out if it will be recorded?

[William Schlegel]

They just announced at the beginning it will be recorded and posted to the OSSI YouTube channel.

[William Schlegel]

It was good, I asked about the currant tomato crosses and about disease resistance and Craig addressed both. He is going to make more crosses with everglades also as part of a sub project to try to get things for Florida growers that do well.

[Greenie DeS]

Well, I definitely made a dent in Victory Seeds' inventory after that one.

[William Schlegel]

They definitely recommended a few. I didn't add any to my current wish list of three additional dwarf varieties, but I just think I have such an overwhelming number of tomato plants right now it is hard to buy more seed! Plus, my interest is largely in creating new varieties.

[Greenie DeS]

I'd been avoiding dwarfs or learning about the project because my season is too short up here, but I'm getting an extra 2-3 months. As an inveterate non-staker I want to play. I think I screened for green, black/purple, <81 days, flavour words like intense or complex. DQd for "mild", cherry or cocktail size, >81 days. I guess I know what I like.

[William Schlegel]

I've definitely factored in shortness of season on the eight I initially chose. Then I ended up with two more. Then somehow sixteen!

This is the first time I'm growing dwarfs from the project. I've previously grown Krainiy Sever, Payette, Pinnochio, Aztek, and the micro dwarf line that grew out of the F2 and subsequent Lizzano, I think I grew Nevsky before in 2017 and I think it is a dwarf.

Krainiy Sever was in fact a standout in 2017. Mainly for keeping it's fruit off the ground without staking. It also worked direct seeded and was early I think it made my top 10 or so. It is listed by Tatiana as a determinate dwarf. I thought it carried it's fruit a little further to the outside of the plant then Payette but last year side by side the two looked about equal.

I am growing:

DTP OSSI:
Dwarf Gloria's Treat
Dwarf Desert Star
Dwarf Bendigo Moon
Dwarf Kellys Green
Dwarf Saucy Mary
Rosella Purple
Banana Toes
Dwarf Sunny's Pear
Brandy Fred
Dwarf Fred's Tie Dye
Dwarf Purple Heartthrob
Dwarf Galen's Yellow
Dwarf Orange Cream
Dwarf Mocha's Cherry
Dwarf Eagle Smiley
Dwarf Johnson's Cherry


Non-OSSI dwarfs:
Also growing payette, and Nevsky. Krainiy Sever failed to germinate and I haven't replanted yet. I think I direct seeded it in 2017 so there is still time.

I think I have one or two more like Nevsky maybe that I looked up and hadn't realized were dwarfs since memories of 2017 are a bit dim now and they didn't make the top 10 or so that year. Edit: Betalyuks is a maybe.

Also growing Utyonok and Geranium Kiss both new to me.

[Diane Whitehead]

I just counted mine and I'm growing about 60 dwarfs this year.  I bought a lot from Victory and also from Croatia.

Just one of each, and I'm going to check the flowers to see if any are going to be easy to cross-pollinate.

[William Schlegel]

I would like to know when they are going to upload the video. Particularly also for future videos. Looks like everything on there was uploaded a year ago.

[William Schlegel]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=G3izfjQscZo

They uploaded it.