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    Genome promises tastier tomato



    Not Gnome, Genome

    In the early 1990s what changed the tomato industry was the use of non-ripening mutant genes, genes that came from natural mutations that have been used to extend shelf life in the fruit.

    But this has been quite a blunt instrument, because when you slow ripening down you also slow down those other processes like flavour development and colour development.
    Tell me about it. most tomatoes these days look great but taste like water.
    Confusion is a natural state of being

    #2
    Originally posted by Diver View Post


    Not Gnome, Genome



    Tell me about it. most tomatoes these days look great but taste like water.
    That's why I'm growing my own these days.
    "I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
    - Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...

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      #3
      Killer tomatoes

      94.5% water by weight. Tomato - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

      Perhaps the new genome produces cyanide and so the plants don't need as much insecticide. All they have to do now is find a way to get humans to buy them more than once.

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        #4
        Originally posted by Diver View Post
        Tell me about it. most tomatoes these days look great but taste like water.
        Only if you buy them out of season. Best to buy local and in season rather tham some mass produced junk imported and out of season.
        "Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what's for lunch." - Orson Welles

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          #5
          Originally posted by cojak View Post
          That's why I'm growing my own these days.
          If you lived in Holland you could grow your own tomatoes and magic mushrooms.
          <Insert idea here> will never be adopted because the politicians are in the pockets of the banks!

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            #6
            Originally posted by petergriffin View Post
            If you lived in Holland you could grow your own tomatoes and magic mushrooms.
            Where I live the Magic mushrooms are rather abundant in the local countyside.
            Strangely enough we get a lot of hippy type travelers out mushroom picking in season
            Confusion is a natural state of being

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              #7
              Originally posted by petergriffin View Post
              If you lived in Holland you could grow your own tomatoes and magic mushrooms.


              But no magic mushrooms, soil is fantastic over here for gardening.
              "Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what's for lunch." - Orson Welles

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                #8
                Originally posted by norrahe View Post


                But no magic mushrooms, soil is fantastic over here for gardening.
                The woods near here get carpeted with them along the stream. A trip to the woods here is literal

                By the way, never tried them and don't want to
                Confusion is a natural state of being

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Diver View Post
                  The woods near here get carpeted with them along the stream. A trip to the woods here is literal

                  By the way, never tried them and don't want to
                  Used to go 'shrooming when I was younger, for the edible ones not the magic ones.

                  I've never wanted to try them either.
                  "Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what's for lunch." - Orson Welles

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