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| Just read through the 2011 list and just curious what tomatoes people will be growing this year. I've recently started my seeds (for the first time). I got all the seeds from baker creek except for the sungold.
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Sungold I also have some seeds I am drying from some tomatoes from Trader Joe's (sugar plums) that I want to plant but haven't had a chance to yet. I planted the heirlooms 2 weeks ago and the sungold about a week ago. Half of the heirlooms germinated and all the sungolds have germinated by now. I'll be planting about 15 tomato seeds on my patio garden and a small plot I have at a community farm. Anyone have any opinions on the varieties I picked? Any other advice on good tomatoes for small spaces? I live in the Los Angeles area. |
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| I'm shocked to see that I don't recognize a single tomato on your list! But if you're specializing in plants for small spaces, then that would help to explain that. There are eleven acres here, so I focus on the big 'uns, unless I'm trying to grow them indoors during the winter for my little 'un. :) I've planted seeds for the following tomatoes last week and am waiting on germination: Siberia (semi-determinate, trying for early hoophouse production) Two small ones that I have really liked pretty well are Red Robin and Orange Pixie. The Red Robin are sturdy dwarf plants that can be grown in containers quite happily. They grow only 6 inches tall and produce golf ball sized fruits with quite decent flavor. The orange pixie get to about 18 inches tall and produce slightly larger yellow-orange fruits with nice flavor. I've also grown Tiny Tim but was quite discourage by the quality of the fruits. Never again. |
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- Posted by suncitylinda 9A SoCal INland (My Page) on Sat, Jan 28, 12 at 15:04
| Hi Tomatobaby. I never get tired of starting tomato seeds and watching them grow! I grow Orange Banana and love it, hope you do also! I have started a few others already, mostly the earlies, Anna Russion, Stupice, Silvery Fir Tree, Fourth of July, and ofcourse Sungold! Good luck with those mater babies! LInda |
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| Placero Mark Bagby Fox Cherry Patano Romanesca Orange banana Some unusual choices. I'm curious why these particular ones appealed to you over some of the more commonly grown ones? I tried Uncle Mark Bagby (note name) once but wasn't impressed with the production. Hope it works better for you. Patano Romanesca is RomanescO - names can be important especially if you plan to save and/or trade seeds or search for info on the variety - is a good tomato with good production the one year I tried it. I think you will like it. All depends on your locale and growing conditions. It is a BIG plant so needs a big container or big supports if in ground. Enjoy your tomatoes. Dave |
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| My grow list for 2012 Tried and true... Going to trial... Purple Tomatillo If any of the ones I'm trialling stink I will pull them before the Fall planting season and plant Big Beef and Green Grape. |
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- Posted by Tomatobaby none (My Page) on Sat, Jan 28, 12 at 20:46
| I based the tomatoes I picked on the reviews on the website I got the seeds from. Looking back I probably should have done more research. But if the seeds don't work out I'll probably just pick up some plants from the nursery in March. |
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| Picked my plants and my plant-out date this weekend. I'm planting out almost a full month earlier this year than last year. We don't have the same concerns about frost here in So Cal, just making sure that the soil's not too cool. Last year I was being overly cautious about cold nights and was totally jealous of my neighbor across the street who was harvesting tomatoes a month before me. Not that I'm competitive or anything....LOL. Anyway, here's my list for 2012: Cherokee Purple Happy Growing everyone!! |
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- Posted by behlgarden 9 (My Page) on Mon, Jan 30, 12 at 14:03
| Will Grow: 1. 1884 Heirloom 2. Italian Heirloom 3. Brandywine Red Heirloom 4. Chocolate Stripes Heirloom 5. Black Zebra Heirloom 6. Costoluto Genovese 7. San Marzano Lungo F1 8. Ox Heart 9. Black Cherry 10. Medium Beefsteak |
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- Posted by yumtomatoes 10a/FLA (My Page) on Tue, Jan 31, 12 at 8:01
| I don't have much room to grow and I grow in containers. Here is my 2012 list: Spring 2012: Fall 2012: I have a Cherokee Purple from my Fall 2011 crop that is petering out but still producing smallish fruits with great taste. |
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- Posted by Tomatobaby none (My Page) on Tue, Jan 31, 12 at 8:23
| Forgot to mention that I requested some Potato Top seeds from Doug Oster so I'll be starting those later maybe June or so. |
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| Repeats: Sun Gold Cherokee Purple Brandy Boy Sweet Tangerine Viva Italia Trialing: |
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| 2012 List of Tomatoes Repeats Box Car Willie Chapman Djena Lee's Golden Girl KBX Jet Star Marglobe Marianna's Peace Pruden's Purple Sun Gold Sun Sugar Virginia Sweets New For Me |
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| Estlers Mortgage Lifter, Hillbilly, Black Pineapple, Mr Stripey, Virginia Sweet, Sunny Boy, Orange Slice, Mexico, NAR, Better Boy, Porterhouse, Black Cherry, Cherokee Purple, Italian Ice, Orange Paruque. |
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| Great White Mammoth German Gold Old German Big Rainbow Yellow Brandywine Russian Rose Arkansas Traveler Shilling Giant Pink Oxheart Orange Oxheart Anna Russian Aussie German Giant Pineapple Marble stripe Virginia sweets Lilian yellow Heirloom Aunt Gerties Gold Dixie Golden Giant Goliath Black Krim German Johnson Brandywine Red Cherokee purple Japanese Black Trifle Dionni Big Boy Big Beef Bush Early Girl Jet Star Celebrity Supersteak Better Boy Mt. Fresh Mt. Spring Supersonic Husk Red Polbig Parks Whopper Sweet 100 Sweet Million Sweet Chelsea Plum Crimson Carolina Gold Roma San Marzano 2 Super San Marzano Sugar Plum Scarlet Red Santa Yellow Grape Sungold Black Cherry Red Duce BHN 589 Mariana Yellow pear +More:)
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| After much disappointment last year I'm having trouble being inspired to start any tomatoes. I know that I'll get over it before March when I start seed. I need inspiration! Thanks for the lists, it's a start! :) |
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| Casey's Pure Yellow Pink Berkely Tie Dye (2 plants) Michael's Portugese Monster (2 plants) Brandywine from Croatia Zeke Dishman Destor's Amish Beauty King Fred Limbaugh�s Potato top Sandul Moldovan KBX Orange Minsk Pork Chop (2) Gary O Sena (2) Dana's Dusky Rose Top Sirloin Red Penna (2) Claude Coral (2) Big Zac (2) Big RED Sungold Select |
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- Posted by misterpatrick 4 (My Page) on Thu, Feb 2, 12 at 13:16
| Here's my list of seeds. I've started a few of my seeds from last years harvest just to go through the process as it's my first year starting from seed. Some of these seeds I collected from my tomatoes last year, the majority are from catalogs, and one I bought when I was in Italy this past summer. Last year was my first with a garden and I had an incredible year for tomatoes. The garden has been doubled in size (24 x 24) and hoping I get another good season. Silvery Fir Tree |
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- Posted by garystpaul z4 MN (My Page) on Fri, Feb 3, 12 at 19:21
| What great grow lists here. Sounds like many of you have had similar experiences and have read much of the same literature as I have. (It's reassuring to see overlaps with my own list, ha). I'd love to get us all together at the end of the season to compare notes. Good luck and a great growing season to us all! Gary |
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- Posted by woodcutter2008 (My Page) on Fri, Feb 3, 12 at 20:42
| Very Early: Red Robin, Tumbler, Lizzano, Terenzo, Pixie F5 Early: Main Season: Late: Fall/Back Porch: -WC2K8 |
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| Sungold as always Moneymaker Black Krim Amish Paste Orange Icicle Cherokee Purple Hillbilly |
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| I have to grow my tomatoes in containers. I'm using 25-gallon smart pots with Texas Tomato Cages. Realistically, I probably will be limited to six plants. But I'm still dreaming of trying to grow more than that. New for me: Possible repeats: |
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- Posted by NorthernMater 3a (My Page) on Sat, Feb 4, 12 at 16:22
| First time growing most of these, would like to get down to 4-5 greenhouse and 2 container varieties next year, but probably won't. Greenhouse in Large Raised Beds and 25g Containers- 5g Containers Outside with Shelter on Bad Days/Cold Nights- In The Ground Outside To See if it Will Still Produce Despite Being Completely Neglected- |
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| Unfortunately I only have room for 3 tomato plants. I prefer an acidic tomato over a sweet tomato. My favorite tomatoes are German Pink (which I prefer over Brandywine) for large tomatoes and Riensentraube for grape. I will throw in a paste variety I have never tried before for the third. Still not sure what the paste will be! |
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- Posted by onetakemovie 9 (My Page) on Sun, Feb 12, 12 at 3:03
| Here's my plan. Repeats: New: I'd like to try growing Huang Se Chieh again (the ones I started from seed two seasons ago died before they made it into the ground, unfortunately). However I can't find seed anywhere anymore. |
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| I'll join in the listing fun: Sweet Baby Girl The first two are repeats and the other two are my choices gleaned fromlurking here and reading the various "must-grow" and "year-review" threads. If the the SMGs suffer as badly from BER as last year with my changes in cultural practice planned for this season then I'll likely switch out to a more resistant SM variety. But they are impressive and beautiful when ripe! |
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- Posted by soonergrandmom Z6 Grove (My Page) on Sun, Feb 12, 12 at 19:52
| I am surprised at the number of people who grow Anna Russian. In a year when I had buckets of tomatoes from my other plants, Anna Russian produced NO fruit. I didn't give it a second chance. |
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| All new varieties for me. The newer Parks Whopper in containers. Big Beef and a Sun Gold in a raised bed. Perhaps a Bush Goliath or 2. Can't wait until spring. |
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| LA Don I moved from the big OC(lived there 61 yrs) 2 yrs ago - just be sure you have cover because we did/do get frost in So Cal Ohio - remember it doesn't have to freeze to get frost - it happened in Orange County in 2009 3-4 times and had I not covered them I would have lost all my plants like some people did - just be save & prepared - it does happen |
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| Please let this year be better than last year, please. My short list for my tiny garden. I'll buy Planting from seed My cornerstone tomato, Jet Star is going to be rotated out this year. La Nina did them in bad last year. They never recover unlike Supersonic. |
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| Oops, looking over my seeds I see that I opted for the "Costoluto Genovese" instead of BrandyBoy. Still a new variety to me, so I look forward to seeing how it is. |
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- Posted by paula_nnva 7b (My Page) on Thu, Feb 23, 12 at 3:08
| Starting seed for the first time, and I intended to have eight different types, but couldn't seem to pare it down to that. If I get little baby plants from all of them, I'll have to find room for them somewhere. Last year was my first garden since the little bit I would do in my dad's garden way back when. I got a late start last year, and it was a small garden, but it was successful enough that I feel confident doing a larger one this year. All of these are new to me, and I'm looking forward to trying them: Stupice |
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| planted and sprouted: peppers: fish and bulls horn tomatoes: early girl aussie whopper delicious porterhouse I've yet to decide on a cherry tomato but will soon. In the new z7, plan to set out around April 15. |
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- Posted by sandra_zone6 (My Page) on Thu, Feb 23, 12 at 12:18
| I've always grown tomatoes in homemade self-watering containers on my deck. But last year, I sanded down my deck and put this beautiful oiled finish on it; too beautiful to mark up with my ugly boxes. So this year the tomatoes are going where I typically grow potatoes in my raised bed garden. I normally only grow 7 plants and of those, consistantly grow Gregori's Altai, Cherokee Purple and Gallina rotating other varities in and out. Last year was a complete bust with the rain and cold weather we had all summer, so I decided this year with a new location, I am trying all new varieties. All seeds purchased from Remy at Sample Seed Shop: and two cherries: I'm a bit nervous, all new plants and in the ground versus containers. All will be new for me this year with the tomatoes; fertilizing, watering, but the waiting and watching will remain. I plan on installing drip lines, better for watering and easier on my well, particularly if we have as dry of a summer as we have had this past winter. The soil test is going in the mail tomorrow; I am quite eager to get my hands in the dirt, but we've gotten nailed with snow in April a few times so I am trying to behave. Thinking of having the plants ready to go in the garden in Wall o'Waters for May 01; pushing it a bit but the Wall o'Waters do allow for that. |
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- Posted by sportsman1 (My Page) on Thu, Feb 23, 12 at 17:44
| Repeats Lemon Boy Saucey Beaver Lodge Plum Taxi Black Krim Carbon Legend New trials |
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| I'm growing: Big Zac Black Prince Bloody Butcher Cherokee Purple Emmy Omar's Lebanese Paul Robeson Rose Suncherry Sungold Sweetie Yellow Perfection I grew "Bloody Butcher" last year and ended up with a delicious yellow/orange tomato that was about 2 oz. I'm hoping to get the same results this year. The place I bought the seeds from had them on special and not carrying them this year. Tom8olvr - I had 22 varieties last year and it was so wet here in New England that the tomatoes did not do well. I am going to stick with 12 tomatoes and hope for better weather this growing season. |
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| I'm growing Purple tomatoes this summer, Greens, and BiColours to find my favorites ... Paste: Purple: Green: BiColour/Striped: Cherry Tomato: Isis Candy (also bicolour) I'd appreciate any suggestions/comments :) |
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- Posted by legallyheidi none (My Page) on Sat, Mar 10, 12 at 15:53
| So far my list for 2012 is: Malakhitovaya Shkatulka Tomato All are new varieties for me, so I'll probably have to ask questions throughout this season :) |
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- Posted by pumpkins4u (My Page) on Sat, Mar 10, 12 at 16:52
| My list although looking at others I now have to try sungold... Cherry tomatoes Others Golden Monarch (trying to see if I like it better than Lemon Boy and the production levels) Stupice |
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- Posted by DannyPizdetz 6a (My Page) on Sat, Mar 10, 12 at 22:57
| Like many of you, I had a miserable year last year with my 12 store bought plants. Out of the 12 plants, I got 6 tomatoes. I put them out too late and the summer just fried them to a crisp. So this year I'm starting out with a super-early crop and trying starting my plants from seed so I can choose some better varieties. Super-Early Early Main-season Late Money has gotten really tight around here, so I've been moving over to mostly heirloom seeds so I can at least collect the seeds at the end of the season. |
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- Posted by euarto_gullible 5 (My Page) on Sat, Mar 10, 12 at 23:14
| Danny, I have Anna Russian, Black Cherry, Super Sioux, Cherokee Purple, and Homestead. I'd be happy to share these seeds with you for a SASBE. Feel free to email me. |
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| 1 Sungold F1 1 Red Star 1 Bloody Butcher 1 Yellow Submarine 1 Mexico Midget 2 Rutgers 2 Siberian Pink Honey 3 Pink Brandywine 3 Black from Tula 3 Stump of the world 3 Red Barn 3 Hege German Pink 3 Tidwell german |
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- Posted by euarto_gullible 5 (My Page) on Sun, Mar 11, 12 at 20:22
| Ananas Noire Black Krim Brandywine (Sudduth's) Chocolate Stripes Delicious Green Zebra Kazachka Matina Monkey Ass Moon Glow Old German Orange Fleshed Purple Smudge Oxheart Red Brandywine Sandul Moldovan Snowberry Cherry Spudakee Yellow Brandywine |
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| All of your lists are really awe-inspiring! I haven't gardened for several years so I'm easing back into things with smart pot and only three varieties from Park Seed: Brandywine Can anyone suggest one more variety that a midsize juict tomato with high acid flavor? Thanks. |
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- Posted by dickiefickle 5B Dousman,Wi. (My Page) on Sun, Mar 11, 12 at 23:16
| I have started these; Ferris Wheel Delicious Reif Red Heart Black Seaman Persimmon Russian Persimmon Monomakht's Hat Brandwine Suddeth Eva Purple Ball Black Cherry Bloody Butcher Better Boy Moravsky Div Fabulous Rozalinda Rutgers Baxter Bush |
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| Im scaling back the number of varieties I will grow this year. Brandywine OTV Varieties I grew last year that won't make the cut: Black
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| I have to revise mine down to Black Krim, Cherokee Purple, San Marzano. I managed to kill my Brandywines and Isis Candy. Dang overwatered it. |
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- Posted by fresh_tendril zone 5 WI (My Page) on Mon, Mar 12, 12 at 11:19
| Every year I'm always disappointed that I don't plant more paste tomatoes. It seems most of my tomatoes go into canning, so I've decided to grow paste types exclusively. So more Opalkas basically. If I want a slicing or beefsteak, I'll buy one from the Farmer's market. But make no mistake, there is nothing wrong with eating an Opalka fresh. I have a tiny garden, space enough for 5 or 6 plants: Opalka (3 plants) |
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| Great choices everyone! This year i am going to be trying a bunch of new varieties along with my usual's. Here we go: ***(First Time being grown) Sungold I am sure i will start some more seeds in the next few days, even though i do not have enough room as it is. Hope everyone has a great growing season! |
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- Posted by foose4string z7 MD (My Page) on Mon, Mar 12, 12 at 16:08
| Big Beef Better Boy Brandy Boy Celebrity Cherokee Purple Early Girl Mortgage Lifter Pruden's Purple Roma VFN Rutgers Supersteak Nothing too fancy and almost ho-hum, but these have performed well for me year in and year out. I've found most heirlooms to be less tolerant to disease and they don't have near the amount of production as hybrids. My standards must not be too high regarding taste, but most anything I grow, regardless of the variety, always tastes better than what can be bought at a grocery store or restaurant. There are a few heirlooms on my list that can't be denied a grow spot every year. Brandywine used to be one of them, but Brandy Boy has delivered the final knock out punch. After growing both of them side by side for several years in a row, I decided Brandywine isn't worth the trouble. |
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| The last batch of seed I ordered arrived today, so now the madness officially starts. I spend hours & hours over the winter trying to narrow my list down to a reasonable number. This is what will be started for this year: Aunt Gertie's Gold The last 3 I've not grown before & were either on sale or free. I'm a big fan of sweet cherry types & have most colors of them covered. ;) Here's to a good growing season! |
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| I haven't posted on this forum before, but posting this year's list of tomatoes seems like a good way to start. Repeats: New to me: I have a lot of trouble with root knot nematodes, so I'm trying to graft the heirlooms onto Celebrity (VFN) as rootstock. My grafts are still alive, so far, but I have ungrafted plants as backup in case the grafts fall apart! |
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| For sure- Grandma Mary's Maybe- Have seed but not space... Oregon Spring |
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- Posted by bindersbee 6a UT (My Page) on Wed, Mar 14, 12 at 1:50
| I am going to try a BUNCH of new-to-me things this year and going for the crazy colors just because. * new to me From my Sis: Tiguna*- her friend brought the seed from Paris. I am growing from seed she saved from this ruffled tomato last year- has anyone ever heard of this tomato? From Kenyon Organics: Violet Jasper* From Wild Boar Farms: Pink Boar* I have Early Girl and Black Krim plants that need to start growing in the greenhouse at work. And somewhere I need to get some Sungold seed because that one is always a must-have! |
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- Posted by highalttransplant z 5 Western CO (My Page) on Wed, Mar 14, 12 at 19:03
| Trying so hard to get a balance of darks, yellows/bicolors, pinks, reds, pastes, and cherries. Looking over this list though, I'm thinking maybe it needs another red or two, LOL. Too late now, they're already sown. Here is my 2012 grow list: Amish Paste Hoping for a better tomato year this year! Last year, the spring was so cold and wet that all of my wintersown tomatoes germinated a month later than usual and were so tiny by the time it was safe to plant out, that I ended up buying plants at a local nursery, and even then barely had any ripe ones by the first frost. Very disappointing! Barely had enough to can a couple of batches of salsa, and tomato sauce. Bonnie |
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- Posted by msgenie516 z7 NY (My Page) on Wed, Mar 14, 12 at 22:06
| I only have room for 4 plants, so here is my list: Have grown before with good production, flavor: Big Zac (lots of huge red, tasty tomatoes but were kind of ugly--I don't care, taste comes first) Brandy Boy (very nice productive, large--I find them larger than Burpee claims--pinkish red tomatoes with lots of flavor) Hungarian Heart (beautiful, large, tasty, pink oxheart-type fruit--every one last year was over a pound--that were extremely productive in last year's growing season, which I found to be the worst ever) New to me: Porterhouse by Burpee (I hope this one produces the one to four pound fruit they promise and tastes good--we'll see!) I like large tomatoes for salad and sandwiches and I've tried Mortgage Lifter which I found to be very "bland" and I hope Porterhouse will be a better replacement. |
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| I am not a big tomato person but my mother ia so she chose big beef. I chose brandy wine sweet 100s yellow pear and green zebra. Oh and san marzano for sauce! |
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| Sioux Cherokee Purple Yellow 1884 Pinkheart Grandma Suzy's Beefsteak Royal Hillbilly Tommy Toe cherry This is my second year to grow tomatoes and the only ones on this list that I grew last year were Cherokee Purple and Sioux. The Sioux did great, CP only made a few tomatoes that got eaten by caterpillars. But everyone says it's so good, I decided to give it another chance. |
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| This year's batch: Northern Lights |
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| Sungold Black Cherry Yellow Pear SuperSweet100 Martina's Roma Stupice Bloody Butcher Black Krim Cherokee Purple Green Zebra Rose Mountain Fresh Plus |
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- Posted by Coconut_Head none (My Page) on Thu, Mar 22, 12 at 16:07
| Started seed for: Chocolate Stripes Wish I had more room |
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| Celebrity (2 plants) - for disease resistance...just in case. Cherokee Green - amazing flavor! Cherokee Purple - not good last year. Want to give it another shot. Pruden's Purple - new to me this season Sandul Moldovan - great flavor. Marion - new to me this season. Marglobe - new to me this season. Sun Gold (2 plants)- great flavor. Favorite of my 3 year old. Kellogg's Breakfast (2 plants) - Father's favorite. Excellent flavor! Kim |
Here is a link that might be useful: My Garden
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- Posted by northernmich 5 (My Page) on Fri, Mar 30, 12 at 7:58
| This is the temporary list :) Community Garden-First Fruits RL leaved mostly SPRAWLING: Anmore Dewdrop Gartenperle Gold Nugget Green Sausage Grunt's Thai Pink Egg Koralik Cherry Whippersnapper DWARF: some are PL in this list DETERMINATE: STORAGE: Lutescent BICOLOR: PASTE: DARK: GREEN
PINK: ORANGE YELLOW: RED: WHITE: ABC Potato Leaf Backyard Amish Orange Amish Salad Ananas Noire Anna Aasa Aunt Lou's Underground R.R. Azoychka Big Cheef Big Mac Big Rainbow Big White Pink Stripe Black Cherry Honkin' Big Black Cherry Blue Ridge Mountain Brandywine Cherry Brandywine Yellow Chocolate Cherry Chocolate Stripes Copia Cuban Black Deweese Streaked Earlie Annie Earl�s Green Elberta Girl Eli Emerald Apple Farmer Reds Fireworks II First Early Georgia Streak Germaid Red German Striped Giant Belgium Grandfather Ashlock Green Giant Guido Hillbilly Holy Grail Hoy Indian River Lucky Cross Mammoth German Gold Marmande Marvel Stripe Northern Lights Novikov�s Giant Oaxacan Jewel Old German Omar�s Lebanese Orange Russian 117 Pearly Pink Persimmon Pineapple Red Barn Red Wolf Rose De Berne Soldocki Spudatula Sweet Beverley Tater Kin Tlacolula Ukranian Pear VA Sweets Victoria Watermelon Beefsteak Zarnista 100 year old varieties-historical section Read more: http://tomatodepot.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=2012&action=display&thread=1255&page=5#ixzz1qbHW8cqQ |
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- Posted by bustergordon CA9 (My Page) on Sat, Mar 31, 12 at 13:02
| Just picked up my seedlings at Tomatomania this morning. This year I'm growing: Sungold - I grow this every year. The most prolific in my garden. A short list compared to some of you, but I'm hoping for decent production of tasty tomatoes! |
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| My Repeats: German Johnson Aunt Ruby's German Green Principe Borghese (I'm giving this a second trial year for a fair shot - last year I planted it in an iffy spot and neglected it). Trying new this year: I notice several of you are growing Old German, which is making me regret my decision not to - this is the first year in quite a while I am not. But, since I'm at capacity (I'll be packing 'em in as it is), I'll just have to live vicariously through your Old German enjoyment. |
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| Wow, I'm relieved that I'm not the only one with a wide variety of tomatoes, actually compared to most of you I don't have that many. It makes me want to pick up some more. Here's what I'm starting from seeds this year: Beefsteak And two others that I forgot to put on my seed list, I think some kind of beefsteak and steak sandwich. Some of the seeds came in mixed packets. Last year I tried starting from seeds and managed to kill 90% of the seedlings on every step, until finally I either over-watered/over-fertilized/allowed it to rain too much and as the tomatoes began to ripen they turned black and rotted. Blossom end rot I think. The only tomatoes I got was a handful of yellow pear and they tasted terribly bland, I don;t know if it was because they were not doing well or if that is how they're supposed to taste. Hopefully this year will do better, or at least kill the seedlings early enough to buy plants at the store. I am excited about the heirlooms, especially the pineapple. |
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| So it was the yellow pear and not just me? Perhaps the yellow pear seedlings won't make it to my garden this year. |
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- Posted by divot_kf6jxf 9 (My Page) on Mon, Apr 9, 12 at 17:34
| Well, after reading what you all are growing...makes my list seem a little annorexic. Black Plumb New this year
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| oh, i have a tiny list too - bloody butcher, matina, ferline, sungold, cherokee purple, neve's azorean red craigella |
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| My List garden peach First time growing in my new raised beds! lets hope the harvest will be larger and tastier then last year. |
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| Brandywine(not sure of variety) Cherokee Purple Virginia Sweets Chocolate Cherry Honeydrop Cherry |
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| All saved seed from 2011 -- achieved a 98% germination rate. I always plant about 150% of what I need to make it to the garden, so I'll have extra this year (again). Brandy Boy |
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| Love the lists...long and short! This year for me: |
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| I have to confess mine are all bought starts; I just don't have the set up for starting from seed and didn't take the time to change that this year. Maybe next. So my choices were a little limited, but here's my list: Repeats: New: |
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- Posted by stevemagruder none (My Page) on Fri, May 25, 12 at 19:05
| I'm not growing from seed yet, but here's what I got growing in my small garden (in addition to five pepper plants): Black Cherry The only one I've grown before was Roma, although I did have a standard Brandywine last year. I want this to be the last year I do Roma, depending on if my other paste tomatoes do well. Last year's Romas were susceptible to blossom end rot, which was partially kept at bay using a b-e-r spray. I also would like to get away from determinates and hybrids for pastes. And the flavor of Romas are just OK to me; but they're a good backup in case the others don't do well. I didn't see Vinson Watts on anyone's list. It's from Kentucky, and developed for over 50 years. It's a flat pink beefsteak variety. I can already tell this is a robust plant that's really going to produce. The Cow's Tit is a funny plant. The leaves are fluffy and the stems are growing in all sorts of wild directions. Is this normal for this plant? |
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- Posted by lantanascape z6 Idaho (My Page) on Mon, May 28, 12 at 16:36
| I have a total of 17 plants this year. Next year the garden space will be complete, so I should be able to grow extra canning tomatoes. This year it's: Opalka x6 One Early Girl in a pot to hopefully get some earlier slicers. |
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- Posted by harveyhorses 7 (My Page) on Mon, May 28, 12 at 16:59
| I thought I had posted my list, but I can't find if, hope it is not a repeat, but now I have a question. Delicious Red Brandywine Black Krim (my new favorite) German Gold (my sisters farvorite) Cherokee Purple Belgian Giant (1st time) St. Pierre. **My bad, I bought it on ebay (YES I have a problem!) as a paste tomato, well it is not, but does anyone have an opinion on them? they are doing great. blooms all over, but I wanted something for putting up and sauces. and the ever popular volunteer cherry that comes back every year, and is our snaking tomato. This will be year three and if it stays true I will be a happy camper. |
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- Posted by missingtheobvious Blue Ridge 7a (My Page) on Mon, May 28, 12 at 17:48
| My info on Saint Pierre says it was used for commercial canning and processing. Apparently it's good for whole canning because it stays firm. 3-cell. I haven't grown it yet, so that's all I know. I was really intrigued by the snaking tomato until I realized it was most likely a mundane snacking tomato. You should save seeds so you don't have to worry about it not reappearing on its own. My volunteer grape didn't self-seed the year of the Late Blight and I was glad I'd saved seed the previous year. |
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- Posted by harveyhorses 7 (My Page) on Tue, May 29, 12 at 8:48
| O.K. the cat is out of the bag, my spelling is my (one of) weak spot. and I don't proof read very well. No way would I keep a snaking tomato!! Yes this is the year we will keep some seeds. My sister is very happy because one came up by her composter, just hope the deer don't find it. |
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| Yay, my first post! Had to join in on the fun. Growing this year, mostly in Smart Pots and Earthboxes: 1. Ananas Noire* Happy growing to all! |
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| I did post before but it changed. Some I started didn't make it after attempting to harden off in a freak storm. And I kept finding others I *HAD* to have. Others I'll plant if I find them are Gold Medal & Dr Wyches orange. The new list: Arkansas Traveler I was given plants in bulk by someone that's the main tomato guy locally so with certain varieties I have easily 10-15 plants. |
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| Yellow Brandywine Red Brandywine Big Beef Early Girl Campari (seeds from store-bought tomatoes) Starfire Roma Sweet 100 |
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