I must plant at least one Panterosa and one Golden Pow

April 5, 2018 7:26 PM

A new neural net post from Janelle Shane! This time, tomato names.

Later she combined the tomato names with metal bands and things really got exciting. All hail... SOUL THE BEEFSTEAK (Sorry that last is a link to a twitter thread.)

posted by Emmy Rae (9 comments total)

I plant a few tomatoes every year but the only ones I have any luck with are the Dead Dead Dead variety.
posted by The otter lady at 7:35 PM on April 5, 2018 [1 favorite]

OLD GERMAN BABY
posted by palomar at 7:54 PM on April 5, 2018 [5 favorites]

This is the first neural net list where I've been underwhelmed by the result. I mean, last year for real I grew Piglet Willy's French Black and a Momotaro FIGHT.
posted by queensissy at 7:55 PM on April 5, 2018

First #4 !!
posted by Mei's lost sandal at 8:09 PM on April 5, 2018 [1 favorite]

And yet I often don’t laugh at these neural net things, and I laughed myself to tears over this one. Maybe actually because they were so close.
posted by greermahoney at 10:50 PM on April 5, 2018 [1 favorite]

One of these days, I'm going to grow only tomatoes that are named after people. (Last year we had Paul Robeson and Cosmonaut Volkov, growing together as comrades. I'm always underwhelmed by the Volkovs, but the Paul Robesons were outstanding.)
posted by soren_lorensen at 3:30 AM on April 6, 2018 [1 favorite]

Shart Delight FTW
posted by briank at 6:42 AM on April 6, 2018

This is especially relevant to my interests (Im growin Radiator Charlie's Mortgage Lifter this year. )
posted by FirstMateKate at 10:52 AM on April 6, 2018 [1 favorite]

The biologist's blog about plant genetics in his garden vegetables is really good
posted by vibratory manner of working at 11:13 AM on April 6, 2018