Hi Ken,
How are you this evening? I hope you are staying both warm and dry. What an interesting topic you have brought up. GMO purple tomatoes. Hmmm.
Apparently, obviously many gardeners have some very strong feelings about GMOs. I look forward to hearing a vigorous, productive and polite debate on the subject. To be honest this last year or two I have been doing a lot of in depth research on the biology of good soils, the evolution and breeding habits of pill bugs and the super powers of aphids; did you know aphids can withstand temperatures over 110* and can survive temps well below freezing. The jerks!
So GMO's just haven't been on my radar lately. I don't have an opinion either way right now. But, they've been around for quite some time and the world hasn't come to an end..... yet. Glad to know they are finally trying to use them to make foods healthier for us.
I hope lots of nice and polite people join the conversation and enlighten us about the newest science behind the practice. And I hope you keep us updated on how your tomato experiment is going. I know when I first grew 'Black Krim' tomatoes it was a bit hard to convince myself to eat something that was so very 'black'! But they were awful good! Happy gardening.
