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Oak Grove, Mn

hmmmm....what happened...of the last 8 diary entries of his...all I recall from reading them was he had 5.95 domingo x 6.23 megazac cross completed this year. Look at the varieties at the top of the GPC tomato weighoff results this year....New wixom cross...I am so interested. His crosses have so shook up the tomato world. I have no doubt wixom...your super big year is soon coming.What are you going to call the 5.95x6.23? It is 50% domingo, 25% mega marv,25% big zac......

9/21/2019 8:28:42 PM

Wixom MI.

Bob im thinking of keeping the name simple like

Wixoms best
Or
CK Special (my initials)

Any other ideas ?

9/21/2019 8:36:34 PM

Wixom MI.

Yeah i was looking forward to taking it to a michigan weighoff never grew one this big so late in the season before. My entire season was a disaster except this last one. No biggie i just wont have one on the gpc list this year.

9/21/2019 8:41:39 PM

gmay

Bloomington Indiana

I Hear you Wixom disaster year here too. Think my seed stock is getting old and low. Need some new slammer stock hint hint.haha

9/21/2019 9:17:05 PM

Oak Grove, Mn

This is a tough one wixom....using part of the name of one variety and part of the name from the second variety worked for the first crosses. The cross of the crosses becomes more difficult.... MegamuttD and MegamuttZ was the first solution. What do you call the ancester of the WR (domingo) x a cross of the megamarv and big zac. Come on tomato growers...you are very creative...toss out some ideas for wixom to name his new baby.

9/21/2019 9:27:24 PM

wile coyote

On a cliff in the desert

How about the name Hammer Slammer for Wixom's new cross?

9/22/2019 1:49:36 AM

big magadom

9/22/2019 7:55:02 AM

sorry I meant "big megadom"

9/22/2019 7:56:03 AM

ESheel31(team sLamMer)

Eastern Shore of VA

Sorry to hear of the rot spot Wixom.
Rain did me in last year as well.
Your new cross sounds awesome !

9/22/2019 8:48:45 AM

Wixom MI.

Hammer x slammer tomato !!! That might be next years cross with the 9.65 slammer !!!

9/22/2019 9:14:49 AM

26 West

50 Acres

I suggest " ouch " for a name. Because when you drop a big one on a finger or toe you cry ouch. But Porkchop's cry may be a variation. :>) Jim

9/22/2019 9:27:24 AM

Smallmouth

Upa Creek, Mo

Keep it simple... who’s gonna grow The Wix?

9/22/2019 10:11:29 AM

Wixom MI.

Spudder I allready have a megadom

9/22/2019 10:37:10 AM

mega zacdom

9/22/2019 11:19:55 AM

Oak Grove, Mn

I think that spudder was suggesting "Big Megadom" to show that it is a megadom with big zac in it. I think that would lead to variety confusion though. Some growers would forget the big part on the gpc form.
Do you have the weight of the new cross tomato? If you wish, I will enter it into the tomato data base so the genetics can be tracked thru time. I now you dont like that task. I think I entered the 1.20 Konieczny 2016 in there to connect the genetics of the Megazac.

You should probably decide the variety name before its gets entered though.

9/22/2019 11:20:12 AM

megakon

9/22/2019 11:24:39 AM

Oak Grove, Mn

Looks like the 4.28 Spaziani 2018 needs to get entered also...Big Marley has had an impact and is not connected

9/22/2019 11:46:53 AM

Wixom MI.

At least i have the largest tomato on the DMG list !!

9/22/2019 12:20:59 PM

Wixom MI.

I have been called a con before but not a mega-kon !!! Lol....

9/22/2019 12:22:38 PM