Comments on: Corporate Tomatoes, Company Peppers: Growing a Brand in your Garden http://www.thisgardenisillegal.com/2008/01/corporate-tomatoes-company-peppers-growing-a-brand-in-your-garden.html Gardening isn't a hobby, it is an obsession Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:15:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Hermit http://www.thisgardenisillegal.com/2008/01/corporate-tomatoes-company-peppers-growing-a-brand-in-your-garden.html/comment-page-1#comment-1816 Hermit Mon, 28 Jan 2008 22:47:41 +0000 http://www.thisgardenisillegal.com/2008/01/corporate-tomatoes-company-peppers-growing-a-brand-in-your-garden.html#comment-1816 Thanks for an interesting article. In addition to preserving the seeds, another technique for maintaining consistency is averaging. With peppers I have had very mild and very hot come off the same plant on the same day. But if I chop them both up into the same chili, I get an average. Blending millions of peppers together yields more consistent results. And in the Tabasco paragraph, I think you meant to say, "The <i>descendants</i> of that original handful of seeds still make the hot sauce you buy today." The ancestors of those plants have been dead a long time. Thanks for an interesting article.

In addition to preserving the seeds, another technique for maintaining consistency is averaging. With peppers I have had very mild and very hot come off the same plant on the same day. But if I chop them both up into the same chili, I get an average. Blending millions of peppers together yields more consistent results.

And in the Tabasco paragraph, I think you meant to say, “The descendants of that original handful of seeds still make the hot sauce you buy today.” The ancestors of those plants have been dead a long time.

]]> By: Ottawa Gardener http://www.thisgardenisillegal.com/2008/01/corporate-tomatoes-company-peppers-growing-a-brand-in-your-garden.html/comment-page-1#comment-1793 Ottawa Gardener Mon, 21 Jan 2008 02:47:02 +0000 http://www.thisgardenisillegal.com/2008/01/corporate-tomatoes-company-peppers-growing-a-brand-in-your-garden.html#comment-1793 An interesting article, well researched and thought out. It does not make me want to brand my vegetables though. Especially as some of the unfortunate characteristics they require or 'picking all at one time' and other machinery and transport adaptions. Thanks for the read! An interesting article, well researched and thought out. It does not make me want to brand my vegetables though. Especially as some of the unfortunate characteristics they require or ‘picking all at one time’ and other machinery and transport adaptions.

Thanks for the read!

]]> By: Christine TX http://www.thisgardenisillegal.com/2008/01/corporate-tomatoes-company-peppers-growing-a-brand-in-your-garden.html/comment-page-1#comment-1788 Christine TX Thu, 17 Jan 2008 19:44:50 +0000 http://www.thisgardenisillegal.com/2008/01/corporate-tomatoes-company-peppers-growing-a-brand-in-your-garden.html#comment-1788 When I was a kid in the early '60's, Campbells rented the whole front acreage of my grandparents farm in Indiana for tomatoes. They only picked once-so everything that wasn't ready, we got to pick and can. They were really good tomatoes. When I was a kid in the early ’60′s, Campbells rented the whole front acreage of my grandparents farm in Indiana for tomatoes. They only picked once-so everything that wasn’t ready, we got to pick and can. They were really good tomatoes.

]]> By: ilex http://www.thisgardenisillegal.com/2008/01/corporate-tomatoes-company-peppers-growing-a-brand-in-your-garden.html/comment-page-1#comment-1770 ilex Sun, 13 Jan 2008 15:10:51 +0000 http://www.thisgardenisillegal.com/2008/01/corporate-tomatoes-company-peppers-growing-a-brand-in-your-garden.html#comment-1770 Yes, Commonweeder (love the handle) large-scale no-till is a method that I have hopes for, too. But I still think that community gardens, rooftop gardens, and urban CSAs will be the way of the future, since $200.00/ barrel oil is about to become the new normal. Yes, Commonweeder (love the handle) large-scale no-till is a method that I have hopes for, too. But I still think that community gardens, rooftop gardens, and urban CSAs will be the way of the future, since $200.00/ barrel oil is about to become the new normal.

]]> By: Hanna http://www.thisgardenisillegal.com/2008/01/corporate-tomatoes-company-peppers-growing-a-brand-in-your-garden.html/comment-page-1#comment-1756 Hanna Fri, 11 Jan 2008 03:20:10 +0000 http://www.thisgardenisillegal.com/2008/01/corporate-tomatoes-company-peppers-growing-a-brand-in-your-garden.html#comment-1756 Thanks to everyone for leaving your thoughts. I thought that this would be a fun topic to touch on and I am glad you all enjoyed it! Thanks to everyone for leaving your thoughts. I thought that this would be a fun topic to touch on and I am glad you all enjoyed it!

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