108X Results

[ilouque]

All, Dan was kind enough to send me F2 seeds from two crosses (108X and 114X) that I don't see existing threads for, so I'll post one of them here and I'll get the other up in the next couple of days. Of the ones listed below, 108X-F2-L6 was just simply my favorite, and it was one that I planted late and nearly gave away to a friend. Thankfully, she didn't accept it and I got to grow out the best one of the batch! I'm a big fan of yellow tomatoes though, so that may have something to do with it being my favorite and it was also the only yellow micro I've grown so far.

Location Notes: I'm in south Louisiana, so these tomatoes grew in part-shady conditions. The seed was planted on March 10, 2020 which is about 2 months later than I planted the dwarf tomatoes I grew from seed this year.

Cross Name	108X	108X	108X	108X	108X
Generation	F2	F2	F2	F2	F2
Plant ID	L1	L2	L3	L4	L6
Date Harvested	6/18/20	6/30/20	6/24/20	6/13/20	7/3/20
Days to Harvest	100	112	106	95	115
Plant Height (in.)	16	10	24	18	13
Growth Habit	Bushy	Bushy	Lanky	Lanky	Bushy
Leaf Type	Carrot	Carrot	Regular	Regular	Regular
Fruit Color	Red	Pink	Red	Red/Yellow Striped	Yellow w/Orange Stripes
Fruit Shape	Heart-shaped	Heart-shaped	Heart-shaped	Round	Heart-shaped
Average Fruit Size (g)	16	17	47	29	35
Fruit taste	Very sweet, sometimes dry		Bland	Good, tomatoey taste	Rich, yellow tomato taste. My favorite.
Fruit Production	14 fruits, 227 g	11 fruits, 188 g	4 fruits, 187 g	9 fruits, 263 g	11 fruits, 387 g
Lighting	Outside, part shade	Outside, part shade	outside, part shade	outside, part shade	outside, part shade
Notes	Multiflora, refreshing and very sweet fruits. 2 locules. Large seeds.	Multiflora	Not multiflora.	Multiflora	Multiflora. Great plant! Bumblebees regularly visited this plant and only this plant. Needs support and becomes very top heavy.

[SeanInVa]

Outstanding work and exemplary reporting Irvin! I will get a 108X forum created and move this into it! I made a first pass at your results, but want to dig in when I don't have something pressing (like cooking dinner)!

I will also create one for 114X. I thought I was creating them as we sent seeds out, but apparently I missed some.

Thank you!

[HL2601]

Such a great job reporting! Looks like you had a lot of fun comparing. It also looks from your pics that L6 is the one to follow. Congratulations on finding a great potential winner!

[SeanInVa]

I've added the L6 plant to the list of seed available for 108X here:
https://www.tomato-talk.com/forum/th...911-about-108x
If you intend to save any of the others, let me know and I will add them

[dfollett]

Thank you for the great report. I'm glad you enjoyed growing them. I really like the look of the plant and the coloring of the fruit. It is different than anything that is out there and that is what we are after. Good luck with the next generation.