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Living With The Land tomato tree?
- Thread starter GrumpyFan
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Maybe they have taken it backstage for a refurb ?
Figgy1
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It's sad to see it go but it was more than a couple hundred years old in tomato years. A well taken care of tomato plant in near perfect conditions can live to between 6 and 7 years at the highest end, The one in The Land was planted in 2005. With luck the new one will be just as impressive.
BTW The Behind the Seeds tour is worth every penny
BTW The Behind the Seeds tour is worth every penny
zombiebbq
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Agreed. Really enjoyed doing that tour years ago. Didn't it used to be free? I was quite disappointed to see the Living with the Land ride wasn't open when were there in November.
Figgy1
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The ride is free the tour wasn't/isn't but it's always been very inexpensive
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Tuvalu
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erasure fan1
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No, no, no, it stopped growing tomatoes so they moved it to a darker part of the ride. They are preparing the strobe light for tomato tree B-mode. It should be ready in 4 to 6 weeks.
Scuttle
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Indeed I did! I’ve got my own living with the land tomato plant going.
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willtravel
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Just wondering if they do any research still in pavilion?
Epcot82Guy
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There is some. Not as much as originally was done. But the facility is used for various trails and things at different times.
Zummi Gummi
Pioneering the Universe Within!
Someone once told me that the “lab” you float past at the end is actually a scheduling office. I have no idea if that’s true, however.
According to folks I've talked to, it's legitimately an FDA site you can put in for transfers to. Extremely competitive obviously. And real research does get done there, when they can figure out how to do it without guests interrupting.
Epcot82Guy
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That is not true. It is a legitimate tissue culture facility.
The biggest problem is that guests are a little bit distracting. Especially when they start singing...
willtravel
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Does anyone know how much food grown in LWTL is actually used around WDW?
I've heard around 25-30 tons (US tons) of food. Which when you think about it isn't that much! Apparently this includes a portion of AK animal's diets per Disney themselves.
willtravel
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Any guess why so little?
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People eat a ton of food - the space required to grow more would be nuts...