The listing, Florida Native Heirloom Everglades tomato ~Solanum pimpinellifolium has ended.
Grow your own tomatoes yr round? This native grows like a weed & doesn't mind heat/drought. Sets dime-size fruit in about 50 days w/ zillions of tiny, sweet tomatoes, even in the summer. Modest watering, it thrives w/ neglect. Fruits are delicious!
9 min 20 sec mark
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxAi3CfD6rE
Need to prune your Everglades tomato to keep it from taking over your garden beds? What are ya going to do with all those tiny green tomatoes? Toss them away? *GASP* Mercy no! Those little green tomatoes make lip smacking good TomOlives.
Rachel's Homemade TomOlives
Ingredients:
3 1/4 lb green (unripe) cherry tomatoes
6 cloves garlic (one for each jar)
6 cayenne peppers (one for each jar)
1/4 (loose) cup dill, chopped
1 1/2 tablespoons yellow mustard seed
1/3 cup pickling salt
3 cups white vinegar
3 cups water
Directions:
Evenly divide the tomatoes, garlic, peppers, dill & mustard seeds betw 6 jars. Bring the water, vinegar & salt to a boil. Prep the lids/jars. Pour in the boiling vinegar mixture, leaving 1/2 inch headspace. Poke down any tomatoes that have floated too close to the top. Close the jars and process for 10 minutes in hot water bath. Allow to sit at least 1 week before eating. http://tinyurl.com/l8rk5yw
15 seeds
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Beware home collected seeds from hybrid plants. They're no longer the same variety. Ask questions. Research >reliable< sources. Learn to succeed in your gardening efforts!
Beware! GREEN bell peppers are UNRIPE bell peppers & isn't likely to provide VIABLE seeds. There are very few varieties that produce bell peppers that ripen to green. Same for GREEN Jalapeno & most other pepper varieties. It only take minutes to check the variety & discover the color of the RIPE pepper.
Apple seeds? *smh*