Alright, I know many of you have already posted likes and dislikes about the different varieties you grew this year, but your recommendations wound up being spread out on two or three different threads, and I was having trouble going back and finding all the different tomato posts to help decide what I want to grow next year. Soif you all wouldnÂt mind, how about listing and evaluating which tomatoes you had this year on this thread so we can have the info together on one easy-to-find thread. And itÂll give us all another chance for more tomato talk!
Last year I was complaining that my Sungold didnÂt have much flavor, but this year they were GREAT again. TheyÂre a definite keeperÂeven if they happen to have an off year every now and then.
And I finally found a red cherry thatÂs also a real keeper! ItÂs Sweet Baby GirlÂseed from Totally Tomatoes. When I was out in the garden doing my taste testingÂgoing back and forth from one to the otherÂday after day after dayÂthe best one was always the one I had just bitten into! Sungold and Sweet Baby Girl are different, but theyÂre both excellent! IÂm not sure exactly what the difference isÂmaybe itÂs that Sweet Baby Girl is sweeter, and Sungold is more tomatoey (how do you spell tomatoey???) tastingÂwhatever that means. But it doesnÂt matter exactly what the difference isÂbecause theyÂre both so good!
The other cherry I grew was black cherry, and I have to say I agree with what some other people said on other threads. They ripened VERY slowly, and they only ripened a few at a time. Compared to the Sungold and the Sweet Baby Girl, they really didnÂt have much flavor at all, so, as of now and with my limited space, I wonÂt be growing them again next year.
I didnÂt have much luck with the larger tomatoes this year! The best red one I had was Ultimate Opener from Totally Tomatoes. It was described at medium-large, but mine only got up to about 3 oz. I got enough for me, but not enough to give away. But I do have 13 of them hanging in the garage ripe right now. I think IÂll be growing that one again next year.
I tried Thessaloniki for the first time this year and didnÂt have much luck with it. I didnÂt get many tomatoes, and they were only about 2 oz. each. I have several hanging in the garage, but most of them are pretty small, so it remains to be seen just how many of them will actually ripen. I will be trying it again next year because of all the raves around here!
My other red was Bloody ButcherÂwhich suffered a COMPLETE Failure to Thrive! Whatever the microscopic critter was that was eating my eggplants in early summer, also seemed to take a hankerin to my Bloody Butcher! By the time I managed to eliminate the whatever-it-was, it was just too late for my poor Bloody Butcher to do anything! Again, because of the raves, I WILL be trying it again next year.
And I tried Sunray, described as a medium yellow. Mine were orange, and about 3-4 oz. The flavor was pretty good, but IÂd still like to find a couple yellow or gold or orange ones with flavor to die for! I have a whole bunch of Sunray hanging in the garage, in varying stages of ripeness.
And the last one was Golden Jubilee, described as a medium gold-orange. ThatÂs the one that never germinated the first time I planted seed, and, while the seed did germinate the second time I tried, it was VERY tiny when I planted it out, and just never caught up. DidnÂt get enough tomatoes to give it a realistic evaluation. I have four small ones hanging in the garage, but they may be too small to ripen.
So thatÂs my tomato year! Next year I will definitely be growing Sungold, Sweet Baby Girl, Bloody Butcher, Ultimate Opener, and Thessaloniki.
Would love recommendations for medium to large, really good yellow/gold/orange ones, or other medium size, to-die-for red ones. No paste tomatoes! I like JUICY!
I have a LOT of pics of my tomatoes, but, well, they all just look like tomatoes! But since somebody on an earlier thread was talking about how tall tomatoes get, hereÂs one picture of mine where I was trying to show the height. ItÂs kind of hard to show, because the neighbors have bushes right on the other side of the fence, and, also, once they get to the top of my 5' cages, they just flop over the side! If the cherries were measured full length, they would have been at least 8' long.
So thatÂs my tomato year! Come recap yours here too!
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