This year we are growing 3 different South Asian tomatoes and would love to get some feedback from you about what you miss in the tomatoes typical of South Asia! We can then use your feedback to determine which plants to select and save seeds from. Last year we had over 40 of you come by our nursery to taste our Desi Girl Tomatoes and provide feedback plus taste descriptors. We would love to continue to hone in on our OG quintisential tangy tomato, the Desi Girl, as well as begin the seed saving process for our two new varieties! This event is free to attend.

Tomatoes of South Asia are typical more sour than sweet, lending them perfectly to South Asian dishes which typically have notes of sour, sweet, spicy and bitter. When we save seeds from tomatoes that are slighlty more sour than others, the hope is that those seeds will then produce plants with fruit that is slightly more sour and acidic the following year. We will be labeling the fruit from different plants and asking for help to determine which, if any, are more tangy or sour, than the others. This will then allow us to determine which plants to save seeds from (we have over 50 tomato plants of each variety on the farm!)

We will have an endless supply of tomatoes for you to taste and give feedback on! If you’re not too familiar with South Asian tomatoes, you’re still more than welcome to come by and help us nail down some flavor descriptors we can then use for our seed packets and plant signs. Last year we used a “tomato flavor wheel” so folks could provide basic descriptors of the tomatoes’ sweetness, acididty, earthiness, etc. We also need help naming our new tomato varieties!! Obviously nothing will ever compare to our Desi Girl Tomato but we must try!

AND if all this tomato talk is not enough, this event will take place in our nursery where we will also have a small selection of Fall plants available. And in honor of Fall, all our CURRY LEAF TREES WILL BE 50% OFF!

Plants Available: Curry Leaf Tree, Ajwain Patta (Cuban Oregano), Henna, Tulsi ‘Krishna (in 1 gallon pots), Pakistani Mulberry Tree, Red Guava, White Guava