An Alphabet of Tomatoes

Since lockdown I've kept a garden journal each year. At the end of each summer I write down the tomato varieties I've grown that year and do a taste test and score them. That way each spring when I'm deliberating I can look back and see which ones were my favourites.

As for the age of seeds, I remember rummaging through my seeds tins during that first lockdown in 2020 and seeing which tomatoes I had. A lot of the seed was old, up to a decade old, but I gave them a go and some germinated.

A particularly old packet of Red Cherry was at least twelve years beyond the sow by date. I emptied the whole packet on to a pot and hoped for the best. Wouldn't you know they ALL germinated! I had plenty to pass around to my siblings and the garden was stuffed with them. Luckily I liked them and saved seed for the future.

I too have a journal (or two) its remembering to record in them that's the problem and a spreadsheet!