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Great to hear that Deb..good luck, I envy you XX Jeannine

Quote from: galina on Yesterday at 18:21:123 seedlings up.  Green fingers rule.  Fabulous Jeannine.  Interesting that the older seeds are more viable than those a year younger.  But maybe they will still want to germinate also.

Hope they continue to thrive.  It would be fabulous if this variety could be made known more widely.  With the story of course.

 

Galina, I now have 4 in that pot and the second pot with the the 2011 seeds in is showing a touch of green too so they seem determined  to stay with us. Hopefully they will make strong plants and not pop off on me before harvest, I guess that goes for me too LOL. It would feel good to be able to share them.XX Jeannine

Quote from: JanG on Yesterday at 06:50:58What a great story. Thank you, Jeannine, and congratulations!
The entry in Tatiana's tomato base has 2011. Were the seeds really that old or is that the last year the Mayor grew them? Amazing!
I'd also like to hear more about Tatiana if possible. Her tomato base is a wonderful resource, so great thanks to her too.

Hi I got them in 2010 but had no idea how old they were when they came to me. I do know the old man hadn't  died  very long before that  so I presume they  may have been  2009 seeds  but they  could have been older ,but I call them my 2010 seeds. Tania and I both grew them in 2011.
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I am no longer able to visit Tania as she sold her place a couple of miles from me and bought a farm  a long way away.
 She has since dropped out of seeds and is into fancy chickens and she paints but we are no longer in touch, I know sh e lost her Mum and her own health was not so good for a while but I am not up to date now. She is a lovely lady and did amazing things on her property.She gave me yoghurt cultures which I used for a long time.I remember she had problems in 2009 and lost most  her crop of tomatoes earlyish in the season ,John and I were growing dozens of plants for seed in large pots that year on a community garden in their huge greenhouse ,all  different varieties and we packed some in the car and took them to her..It was so funny to see  a large heap of 5 foot plants packed into a small Honda car but we made it and the plants did well. Later that year she came and gave the our community garden a wonderful talk on tomato growing  and there was standing room only.

XX Jeannine

3 seedlings up.  Green fingers rule.  Fabulous Jeannine.  Interesting that the older seeds are more viable than those a year younger.  But maybe they will still want to germinate also.

Hope they continue to thrive.  It would be fabulous if this variety could be made known more widely.  With the story of course. 

All is not lost in my gardening life, today is the first asparagus feast day! My veg plot is grassed over, down to potatoes in pots, tomatoes, and herbs, but I left the asparagus in its forty-year bed, and it's still going strong! 

What a great story. Thank you, Jeannine, and congratulations!
The entry in Tatiana's tomato base has 2011. Were the seeds really that old or is that the last year the Mayor grew them? Amazing!
I'd also like to hear more about Tatiana if possible. Her tomato base is a wonderful resource, so great thanks to her too.

Thank you Jeannine for sharing the story of Mayoral Blue. It's a very pretty squash!
I'm keeping my fingers crossed... Go on little squashes!

Number 3 popped today.

The story about them coming from Oz is and odd one which I have posted before but for those who diddn't see it way back when here it is.

A friend in OZ was looking for squash seeds for me .. he told  a friend at work and she said her best friends Dad had grown just 1 squash for decades, he was known for it,  he sold it but would only sell it opened and without seeds and he NEVER shared them, he was apparently a miserable old guy. Apparently he had recently died and his daughter was emptying his house and had mentioned she had found his seed stash. Anyway she asked her friend about the special squash and sure enough there was only one variety of squash which was in a jar simply named  MY OWN SQUASH.The daughter let my friend have some. The squash did not have a real  name. I shared the seed with Tania from Tatianas tomato Base who was a close neighbour of mine and we both grew it the first year, We identified the type etc and as it didn't have a name I called it Mayoral Blue.

Anyway it never got distributed, life got in my way and  I didn't grow it again  but I kept some of the original seeds and some of the ones I had grown just the once. These are what I sowed a few  weeks ago.. It is the older seed that has popped. I had just 5 seeds left from OZ, now 3 have popped. The second lot so far have not.

So hopefully I can share seeds before I pop off and it dies out.

That is really good news Jeannine.  Hurrah.  Glad you got them to germinate.  Fantastic!  Hoping these little seedlings will make it to productive plants with s e e d s.  And good winter storage food for you of course.   

Jan, Mayoral Blue is a cucurbita maxima squash from down under.  Very attractive looking and a good storer.
https://tatianastomatobase.com/wiki/Mayoral_Blue

Hi Jeannine. This sounds like a great success. Your excitement is infectious!
Can you fill us in on the background a bit? I'm guessing this might be a tomato?