Favorite Heriloom Veggies?

[bergere]

So what are everyone's favorite Heriloom Veggies?

Best flavor for a tomato is an old Orange German Oxheart tomato.

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amish paste tomatos, german pink, old goliath, brandywine. I sure wish I could have a home grown tomato sandwich.
tnborn

[bergere]

<LOL> me too!!

How about...mellons, corn, potatoes, green beans??? ;D

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Berge,
yep, I'm looking forward to some home grown veggies..
BTW have you ever tried moon and stars watermelon?? I have never had any success with them. I'm doing something wrong.The melons rot on the vine.
tnborn

[bergere]

I have looked at them, but have not tried to grow those melons.
My Clime is fairly cool and they would not ripen fast enough.

I have had good luck (at the old farm) with miniature pumpkins and the French reddish ones. Oh,, I just can't remember their names right now.

Was going to try one of those miniature type water mellons this summer.

What kind of clime do you have Tnborn?

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Berge,
tn is hot and humid. The winters are mild.
June, July and August are terrible because of the humidity.
tnborn

[bergere]

Hummm...

In San Diego (we were stationed there for 3 years) we had to grow them in winter/spring or Fall/winter because it got so hot.

Have you tried growing them on big mounds covered with back plastic every where the vine would grow?
The once the melons started to develope...finding a strong rubber maid box or some such to set the growing melon on? That way they stay dry.
Even known people that would put little water proof tents over them to keep them dry, to get a good melon. ;D

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I grew pumpkins in the pond on hay bales last year.
Maybe i should try this with watermelons ;D
tnborn