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| I bought my tomato sets yesterday. I always get plants as we have a really great selection around here. Tomorrow I will start planting them as today I was busy planting the annuals that I also bought yesterday.
Well, I did plant the "patio" tomato plant in a big planter which is actually a plastic half barrel. I have six packs of VIVA ITALIA, a roma type and PARKS WHOPPER which I often get and JULIET grape tomatoes, I love grape tomatoes and been buying them at the supermarket (I snack on them) and EARLY GIRL which is another I always get and BEEFMASTER. Then I have single plants of MORTGAGE LIFTER, SWEET 100, SUPER FANTASTIC, another Grape tomato and two BETTER BOYS. Plus that patio type that is already planted. The single plants I bought at Home Depot which really has a good selection if you want your plants one at a time. Then the six packs I bought at my favorite nursery that I buy most of my plants at. They had thier veggies out for sale as they have them inside. It has been cold here, too cold for tomatoes but by the end of the week it is supposed to get really nice. Well, Home Depot always has their tomatoes outside and they haven't died so I guess they will be ok here too. Tomorrow I am gonna start planting them. So what tomato types is everyone planting? I just love my home grown summer tomatoes! |
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| Cherokee Green Celebrity x2 Sun Gold x2 Marion Kellogg's Breakfast Sandul Moldovan Cherokee Purple |
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| Off the top of my head - Bella Rosa (new) Several of each. I know there are others but that is all I can think of right now. Dave
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| This is my 4th year gardening. I really got into canning my tomatoes last year, so I doubled my garden and planted a wider variety than usual this year. I have 1 Cherokee Purple, 2 Better Boys, 2 German Striped, 1 La Roma II, 1 Matt's Wild Cherry, 1 rutgers, 1 brandywine. This is coming from someone who usually only grows 4-5 tomato plants, so I'm pretty excited! It will be the first time I've tried the Cherokee Purple, German Striped, Rutgers, and La Romma II. :) |
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| Husky Cherry Red x5 Celebrity x4 Black Prince x1 Big Boy x4 Mr. Stripey x1 The Husky Cherry Red's have just started turning from green to red.... I'm already salivating :) |
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| I am really excited for this year's garden season. I am planting 4 Cherokee Purples Last year was horrible with the tomatoes. Everything else in the garden surpassed our expectations but the tomatoes were dismal and just didn't do well once we got the really hot weather last year. My husband is the one who has the magic touch with the tomatoes and he was gone for much of last summer. I am hoping I do better this year as he will only be home a couple weekends a month so it is up to the kids and I. I never realized there were so many varieties. I tried to really pick tomatoes that I found intriguing or had a neat history. I wanted to grow Marianna's peace but can't find it locally at all so I think that may be for next year. I am hoping that this year we do great. I would love to be able to can tomatoes, make spaghetti sauce and have a bunch to eat. My son (10 yrs old) wants to do a little stand by the end of the driveway and has been helping. |
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- Posted by PatrickArtist 8 PNW (My Page) on Wed, May 2, 12 at 21:00
| Aunt Ruby's German Green Gill's All Purpose Legend Opalka San Marzano Dorothy's Delight Cherokee Purple Pruden's Purple Sun Gold Chocolate Cherry Striped German Gold Medal Persimmon Paul Robeson Isis Cherry Mortgage Lifter Matina Ananas Noir Unknown volunteer sprouting from a bag of teufel compost-we'll see what happens |
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| My 2012 List: Black Krim I know it's pretty heavy on the blacks, but I just love their flavor. Happy Growing everyone!! Don |
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| Ace Early Girl Green Zebra Sunsugar Super Sweet 100 Black Cherry Sugar Plum Husky Cherry Red We're heavy on the cherry toms as my kids and I love them. My neighbor said the Pink Ping Pong she got as a seedling at the farmer's market was awesome but I couldn't find it and I'm out of room anyway. Maybe next year... |
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| Aunt Ruby's Green German Green Grape Sun Sweet Sweet 100 Carmello Black Pearl Black Cherry (x2) Sunsugar Green Tomatillo Purple Tomatillo First year planting tomatoes and I have no idea what I'm doing. I've been lurking these boards trying to pick up some good names, and trying out different spots in my yard to see what works where! |
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| Cherokee Purple, Black Krim, San Marzano, Better Boy, Brandy Boy, Sungold |
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- Posted by luvahydrangea Albany, NY 5 (threehoffmans@nycap.rr.com) on Thu, May 3, 12 at 8:57
| Persimmon Yellow Trifele Black Cosmonaut Volkov Big Beef Bella Rosa Gold Nugget Red Jelly Bean Black Cherry I forgot to plant Mortgage Lifters, I hope to be able to find some at the farmers market. |
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- Posted by Jane_n.cal none (My Page) on Thu, May 3, 12 at 12:33
| Hi to everyone from a first-time poster. I've been reading this Forum for years and benefitting from it. Like original poster "newyorkrita," I have an amazing selection of tomato starter plants in my area (Sonoma County, CA). Starters, including popular heirloom varieties, are sold everwhere from high-end nursersies to "big box" stores to the local pharmacy. My choices for this year: Early Girl I have grown the first three on the list previously, in my small backyard veggie garden. Securing an addtional 4x10 raised bed at a nearby community garden this year has allowed me to expand my scope. Rationale for above choices: Eliminated from consideration because they did not do well for me in years past: Caspian Pink, Mortgage Lifter, Cherokee Purple. However, as I get a handle on better organic gardening practices, I might give these another try in the future--except for Caspian Pink which was overall just too dismal (plant never got higher than about 18 inches and all fruit had sunscald). Jane |
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| This year I've got Brandywine, Sweet Baby Girl, and Cherokee Purple. The Brandywine has been a reliable favorite for me the last few years. Sweet Baby Girl has the tastiest cherries I've had in ages, they're awesome. And Cherokee Purple is a new(ish) one for me. I attempted it last year, but planted too early and it froze and never really produced. I have two of those this time around, and we should be well past last frost, so I think I'm in the clear this time. |
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| I'm going for mostly plums since I can't seem to find them in the farmer's markets around here and I really like them for sauces: San Marzano This is a first time experiment, so wish me luck! |
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| I am cutting back this year and planting more plants of fewer varieties. I have: Itallian Heirloom |
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| I may be in trouble since these are on the Never Again thread, but I'm trying Brandywine (Sudduth) again this year since last year was so wet I didn't get any tomatoes off them, the plants drowned (Irene was the final blow). Not sure how many plants of each - I won't plant in the same (carefully prepared, but poor-draining) area again, I have to get soil tests back to see if new area is ready. But at least a couple of each. Started the last of the Glacier seed from last year - it grew pretty well and I got lots of fruit, but they were bland (weather), had green shoulders and an awful lot of cracking (definitely weather). They were planted in a different area than the indeterminates, they got septoria late last year so I'm growing peas there now. New this year Black Krim I started some Super Sweet 100's to sell as starts and give my dad, I may keep 1 or 2 for myself - Sweet 100s have always done well for me, the kids love them. But I also have to make sure I have room for my peppers (chiles and bells) and summer squash. Also trying some peas, kale, radishes, lettuce, maybe carrots and potatoes this year (I have 5 lbs of seed potatoes that are definitely going to get planted somewhere - pH of 5.5 shouldn't be too hard to achieve). |
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| Looks like Black Krim and Cherokee Purple have been mentioned the most. with San Marzano, Brandywine Big Beef and Supersweet 100's following in popularity (at least in the post). Not that this means anything... but I have an idea of some of the more popular brands I could try in my garden next year. :) |
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| I grow 4 plants in a single 4' x 4' raised bed, and this year have a Big Beef, Black Krim, Husky Cherry Red, and a Black Cherry. |
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- Posted by aunt-tootie 8a GA (My Page) on Thu, May 3, 12 at 22:55
| Some women have to buy shoes in every style and color... I have to buy seed packets for (almost)every tomato variety. The tomatoes I'm planting this year are: San Marzano, Roma, Reisentraube, Matt's Wild Cherry, Arkansas Traveler, Eva Purple Ball, Ace, Homestead, Cherokee Purple, Georgia Streak (of course), Atkinson, Rutger's, Celebrity, Beef Master, Big Boy, Better Boy and Early Girl. I was going to plant additional varieties but, my family intervened and sent me to rehab. |
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- Posted by geosprouter z5 WA (My Page) on Thu, May 3, 12 at 23:07
| I am tried of getting tomatoes two weeks before the first frost date (9/15) - north of Spokane WA. So I am planting Sub Arctic We will see... |
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- Posted by susanlynne48 OKC7a (My Page) on Thu, May 3, 12 at 23:22
| Hi, everyone. Looks like some great lists. I container garden, so here's my list: Black Cherry Here's hoping for a better year than 2011. Susan |
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| Black Sea Man Big Rainbow Pineapple Black Krim Mexico Midget Speckled Roman Rose Quartz Black from Tula Persimmon Moonglow Rutgers Cherokee Purple Paul Robeson Marianna's Peace Radiator Charlie's Mortgage Lifter Isis Candy Hillbilly |
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| 24 Goliath 24 Big Boy 24 Better Boy 24 Red Beefsteak 18 Delicious 18 Big Beef 16 Roma 4 Grape Got just a little carried away this year. I had planned to do all my tomatoes from seed this year. But got them a little late and they didn't get going as fast as I'd hoped. So I went out and bought plants ( all the 24's) but being the type person I am couldn't stand the thought of throwing out all my little babies. So I am going to try the single vine technique a try with them. |
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| Like most tomato-obsessed types I spend the winter planning what I'll plant. I try to show restraint but it never works. Initially I settled on 7 varieties. This year's planting of started or purchased plants: Sun Gold 30 varieties, ~250 plants. I ONLY started the 7 varieties. The owner of the farm started more...and the local amazing tomato guy hooked me up with even more new (to me) varieties...and I might be getting more bi-color ones from him. I'm lucky to have nearly an acre of awesome garden to plant in, but still. It's a LOT of work to put out that many plants. Luckily once they're in the ground they're easy to take care of. Oh well. :) |
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| 2nd year planting tomatoes: Sungold F1 All from T&M |
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| Here's what I'm planing In EarthTainers: In other containers: In the Ground: And I may end up finding more room in the ground for a few more of the above varieties. |
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- Posted by roper2008 virginia 7a-8 (lroper99@yahoo.com) on Fri, May 4, 12 at 8:22
| Hi Rita. I'm not looking at my list so lets see if I remember them all. Red Brandywine |
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- Posted by newyorkrita z6b/7a LI NY (My Page) on Fri, May 4, 12 at 13:11
| Some of you really are planting a lot! And here I thought I was getting carried away. But really if I had the room I would have so many that it would look like a tomato farm! Plus I see many varieties listed that I have not even heard of, much less grown myself. |
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| Smaller tomato garden this year: These are sprouted and in the midst of being planted, and all of this top list came from the late Dan McMurray, these were seed from some USDA/GRIN growouts he did several years back. I had poor germination tests on them so I am growing them to refresh the stock--these and the others will be available at WinterSown in late Autumn 2012. AJC 431 These were sown when the top list began sprouting, it's been rainy this whole past week so I hope to see some sprouting early next week--all my toms are sprouted in containers outside: Apricot And I bought these at HD last week: Jet Star |
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| Second year planting, again with very limited planting space. In EarthTainer: SUPER SWEET 100s In 5 gallon buckets: SUN GOLD (or SUNSUGAR) First ones went in today, the others hopefully this weekend! |
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- Posted by newyorkrita z6b/7a LI NY (My Page) on Fri, May 4, 12 at 19:53
| I finished planting mine. Started yesterday and planted the rest today. So we will see how quickly they grow. |
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| I've got Costoluto Genovese (4) Cherokee Purple (4) San Marzano Gigante (6) and Sweet Baby Girl (6) Planted them out a few days ago when the weather turned cooperative again. The first two are new to me, but I hope to really like one if not both of them. |
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| This year I will be home weekends to tend the garden and will plant: Trip L Crop and two cherry & grape I cannot recall. Also experimenting with cantalop, honey dew, and crimson Sweet melons. A friend gave me some sweet potato slips that have been passed down for years in his family and we planted those along with corn: Incredible, Bodacious, G90. Also have okra, purple hull peas, blue lake pole beans and some tender greens. Looks like a great year. Gonna start some Jersey Supreme Asparagus, as the price they get here sometimes rivals that of gound chuck! We love fresh veggies. Thanks to all of you for the advise on fish emulsion. Once applied, we can see dramatic results in terms of a growth spurt and more "greening." I had such good luck starting tomatoes from seeds this year, next year I will try some of the more unusual and heirloom varieties. I did find that the local supply house sells calcium nitrate in 5LB bags for about $5. I can use it applied in granular form to the soil or dilute it 1oz to the gallon as a follar. Lot's cheaper than buying the liquid at the store. Just thought I'd pass that on. Good growing everyone! |
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| Over 20 years of growing tomatoes for me. Brandywine (Sudduth) They've been in the ground since April 1 and are doing I too have a wonderful nursery, Burkhard's in Pasadena, CA. |
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- Posted by rt_peasant 5 CO (My Page) on Sat, May 5, 12 at 8:56
| Fifth year for my backyard urban garden. Sungold Here's hoping that the Black Cherry is like a miniature Cherokee Purple!
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| BTW, i don't know average germination rates that you guys deal with, but i was amazed to see the 100% germination rate on my 60 seeds of Sungold from T&M. This was on a windowsill, no labs or anything :) |
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| I was only gonna grow 3-4 kinds til I found this forum, and heard all the people here raving about various varieties I had never even heard of. I was kinda jealous in that I hadnt ordered seeds and started early enough to do multiple varieties like I see listed here. Well that all changed when I went to a local nursery where they happened to have "tomato-mania"... 175 different varieties... all under one roof, and I ended up with: Better bush (for fried green tomatoes) In hindsight, I went kinda crazy for a 2nd year gardner with a small urban space, but after finding this forum, I just couldnt help myself!
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- Posted by newyorkrita z6b/7a LI NY (My Page) on Sat, May 5, 12 at 12:38
| Whio cares if you went overboard. It is so great to have all those tomatoes! |
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| I planted Tommy Toes I just planted one of each. Last year production was crappy because of the heat, then I didn't get to eat any fruits from the CP plant because caterpillars ate them. Tonight I will be applying the BT powder so maybe they won't get them this time. |
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| I didn't know which forum to post this. I live in Broward County Florida and I have been container gardening. I purchased but not have received yet the following plants. |
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| I got a bunch of heirlooms at Tomatomania here in Los Angeles and came home with these babies: Chocolate Stripes I also purchased the following at Lincoln Avenue Nursery in Pasadena. They have a breathtaking selection of dozens and dozens of heirlooms. Anana's Noir |
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- Posted by WichitaChief none (My Page) on Sun, May 6, 12 at 0:20
| Lemon Boy Cherokee Purple German Giant Gourmet Heirloom Black Krim Black from Tula Big Mama Brandywine Sudduth Bella Rosa Better Beef |
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- Posted by sandra_zone6 (My Page) on Sun, May 6, 12 at 7:56
| This year I purchased my seed from Remy at Sample Seed Shop - got carried away reading her descriptions. I've grown in self made earthboxes for years, but am growing them in the ground in my garden this year. Switching aroung many things that have been the same for years, these are all new varieties, so this will be interesting for me. I have the following which have been growing in cool conditions (64 high, 55 low) in my basement under lights. I am thrilled with the outcome so far; short, stocky plants with extensive root systems. They should go out next weekend; nights are still too cool at my house. Sunsugar F1 |
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| So far here in Brooklyn I have going: Amish Paste 2x I'll pick up a cherry or grape type somewhere along the way |
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| Well I went to the farmer's market today and I swore I was just going to scope out the varieties for next year, since we have no more room...but I came back with Pink Ping Pong and Isis Candy. My hubs wasn't thrilled that there are so many cherries but oh well! My kids and I will be happy. :) I had to move some summer squash to make space, now a bunch of them are relegated to the not so optimal spot, hopefully we'll still get enough. My new list: Ace I would love to hear reviews of everyone's list once the season is over! Especially the member growing Momotaro, I want to try that next year. |
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- Posted by Avocado101 9A Southern Californ (My Page) on Mon, May 7, 12 at 0:44
| Black Plum Black Krim Super Sweet 100 |
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| This is my 3rd year. Last year I had a pink brandywine and only got one or two tomatoes off it. So for 2012.. 4 Brandywine (pink and/or red, seeds from 2 places) That is way more than the two of us can eat. Gave 3 additional plants that I started away, no room. There is a local couple starting a business. They have maybe 2500 tomatoes plants this year. Something like 170 or 180 different varieties. I think I'm going to be trying a couple new ones every year. |
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| This year I am trying alot of different Heirlooms to find out what I like and what grows well in my area. I've never grown any of them before, so any thoughts or advice is appreciated! San marzano Backup Plants |
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| @Sandrazone6 - I also ordered from Remy at Sample Seed Shop - during my winter reading I found the link by happy accident. Spent many hours reading those descriptions! Had to try Stump of the World since it's her favorite. I tried so hard to limit myself as I have not a lot of sunny space but of course I started several of each variety and with every single seed germinating and thriving I had 50 plants lining my windowsills! I've been giving them away because I really only have room for 5 plants! (I thought of adding more containers but the potting mix gets awfully expensive.) Stump of the World (a favorite of Remy's) I'm really looking forward to tasting them all. |
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| Rutger Amish Paste Opalka Box Car Willie Beefsteak Black Krim On the Black Krim, this is my first year tryin em. The seeds, from Ferry Morse. Once they got leaves I noticed 2 out of the 60 or so were potato leaf. I'm interested to find out what those will be. But it kind of opens up the mystery to the whole pack of seeds in my mind. Too late to look back now though. Hope everyone has a good year ! |
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- Posted by newyorkrita z6b/7a LI NY (My Page) on Tue, May 8, 12 at 18:11
| Today I put tomato fertilizer around my new tomato plants. Did it before the rain. So now raining and it can wash the fertilizer in. The tomatoes all look good. Well, I should say the plants do as there certainly are no tomatoes yet! |
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- Posted by tomatohyjinks 8 (My Page) on Tue, May 8, 12 at 18:19
| I'm proud to say that I will be growing tomatoes this year for the first time since several years ago when I grew them hydroponically in my college dorm room. I have obsessively following this forum for years which has been a slow form of torture for me as I have been unable to grow anything in my apartment. Well, I own a house now and have put in my raised beds. I'm getting a late start here in zone 8, but I don't care, I'm growing tomatoes this year come hell or high water! I'm too late to start from seed but was extremely pleased by the heirloom selection at Home Depot this year. I've planted Green zebra, Cherokee purple, mortgage lifter, black Krim, Sweet 100, and a favored hybrid for this area according to the local nursery called Shady Lady. I'm so excited!!! |
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| I want to join hankjrfan in hoping everyone has a good year! I wonder what those potato leaf "Black Krim" will be. @newyorkrita, what perfect timing! @tomatohyjinks: Congrats on the new home & the new beds! So exciting to be able to grow tomatoes after the years of only being able to read about doing so. Keep us posted on your progress! (I lurk way more than I post...) I had some windburn on a few of my plants that I was hardening off (didn't do all of them at the same time) and I'm delighted to say that they're recovering nicely! More to give away... |
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- Posted by newyorkrita z6b/7a LI NY (My Page) on Thu, May 10, 12 at 20:41
| I just couldn't stand it, I got 12 more plants. A six pack of BIG BOY. Two FOURTH OF JULY, one SUGERY, one SIBERIAN, one SUN GOLD and one CHEROKEE PURPLE. |
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- Posted by aftermidnight Z8 V. Island B.C. (My Page) on Thu, May 10, 12 at 22:14
| This year it's.... CHEROKEE PURPLE CELEBRITY BOX CAR WILLIE ERNESTO RINALDO PROVENZANO BLACK CHERRY SNOW WHITE CHERRIO |
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| Corona Homestead Super Boy 785 Bradley Sunmaster Carolina Gold Mt. Gold Better Bush Bush Goliath Better Boy Thessalaniki Cherokee Purple Boxcar Willie Eva Purple Ball Jet Star Early Girl Delicious Burpee's Big Boy Rose de Beme Giant Belgium Kellogg's Breakfest Manalucie Porterhouse Riesenstraube Chadwick Cherry Juliet Large Red Cherry and in pots:Totem, Tip top and Tumbling Tom |
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- Posted by dickiefickle 5B Dousman,Wi. (My Page) on Sat, May 12, 12 at 2:59
| Baxter Bush Better Boy Black Cherry Black Seaman Bloody Butcher Branscomb Orange Cowlick's Brandywine Delicious Eva Purple Ball Ferris Wheel Fabulous Monomakh's Hat Moravsky Div Persimmon Reif Red Heart Russian Persimmon Rozalinda Rutgers ....and Tomatillo when I find them |
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| Didn't start seeds this year, but I'm doing some comparisons of commercially available varieties for local performance. A few of these are first-timers for me: German Johnson regular leaf vs. Big Pink Hybrid (Burpee) |
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| In addition to the competitive matches above, Cherokee Purple Already thinking about next year. |
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- Posted by delaney276 6 (delaneys_pub@yahoo.com) on Sun, May 13, 12 at 2:34
| sweet 100..BigBoy..BetterBoy..Supersonic..Goliath..BigZAC..Sicilian Slicer..White Beauty..Early Girl..Delicious..Supersteak..Yellow Pear..German Head..Yellow Belgium Giant..Dinner Plate..Sungold..Green Grape..Black Cherry..Chocolate Cherry..Spoon..Green Sausage..Giant Tree..and Big Rainbow...So .....Far....LOL..Dave in WV |
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| wound up with 73 plants. Black, Red, Orange, Yellow and Pink. Three in containers and 70 in the garden. Eighteen diff varieties, large, medium and three cherries soon to be four as I have Black Cherry under lights in the basement just getting true leaves. The plants in containers were seeded in Feb and have marble size tomatoes in the 5-1-1 mix. |
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- Posted by tangerine_z6 6 (My Page) on Sun, May 13, 12 at 9:54
| Black Krim Cherokee Purple Sun Gold Haven't grown too many tomatoes before. Picked these up before I saw this thread and am encouraged! |
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| Abe Lincoln Anna Russian Beefsteak Black Cherry Black Krim Brandywine Cherokee Purple Eva Purple Ball Great White Mortgage Lifter Pink Oxheart Rutgers Huge thanks to Trudi at WinterSown.Org for the seeds! |
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- Posted by RabbitRabbit 9 (My Page) on Tue, May 15, 12 at 1:10
| So interesting to see which plants are repeats on many lists! Mine this year: Black Krim Still in transplant pots and debating whether I have room -- Brown Berry and Green Zebra. I was lucky enough to have a friend give me a few heirloom plants this year. The rest I couldn't resist at various farmer's markets. |
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| 1 -- Rosalinda 3 -- Santa sweet f5 2 -- Brandy Boy 2 -- Big Beef 2 -- Wes 2 -- NAR 2 -- Hoy 2 -- Gold Medal 1 -- Cherokee Green 1 -- Cherokee Purple 1 -- Bear Creek 2 -- Jersey Devil 2 -- Jimmy Nardello pepper 2 -- sweet bananna pepper 2 -- hot Biker Billy jalapeno pepper
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- Posted by newyorkrita z6b/7a LI NY (My Page) on Wed, May 16, 12 at 18:51
| Great tomatoes plants there, Geeboss! I must be nuts because I cam home today with another tomato plant. That makes 50. Better Bush, one of the Bonnie Plants in the very big peat pots. |
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- Posted by Tomatovator1 5 (My Page) on Sat, May 19, 12 at 10:20
| Wes Giant Belgium Goose Creek Red Penna Super Marmande Sprite Black Cherry Reisenstaub Momotaro Champaign Cherry |
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- Posted by lilburnjoe 7A (My Page) on Sat, May 19, 12 at 23:20
| Better Boy Japanese Black Trifele Cherokee Purple Black Pineapple Purple Russian San Marzano Early Girl Sweet 100's |
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| Where do people recommend buying tomato seeds from? I am looking for Sub Arctic Plenty (or other Sub Arctic). Doran |
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- Posted by missingtheobvious Blue Ridge 7a (My Page) on Mon, May 21, 12 at 1:11
| Hi, defigart. Years ago on a news forum, I copied a beta-version of a Google veggie seed search. It lists the following Sub Arctic varieties. [I won't guarantee they're all in stock, since the links are sometimes out of date -- but most likely you'll find them.] Sub Arctic Maxi: Tomato Growers Supply, Stokes Seeds Sub Arctic Plenty: Totally Tomatoes, Pinetree Garden, Heirloom Seeds, Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds Sub Arctic Early: Abundant Life Sub Arctic Midi: Abundant Life These are all good places to order from. I'm not so fond of Totally Tomatoes -- but they made the cut, as opposed to another company I didn't list here. I also ignored some seed-sellers I haven't done business with and haven't heard much about. There didn't seem to be any other Sub Arctic varieties in the Google Search besides these four. Other good places to buy seeds from: Marianna's Heirloom Seeds, Fedco Seeds, Sand Hill Preservation Center, Tatiana's TOMATObase (she's in Canada, but Americans can buy from her without difficulty), Seed Savers Exchange, Southern Exposure Seed Exchange, Johnny's Selected Seeds, Gleckler Seedmen, The Sample Seed Shop. WinterSown will send you free seeds for the cost of postage; you never know what varieties you'll find there. If you're looking for other early varieties, try this list at the database part of Tatiana's TOMATObase. Many are obscure varieties; others you can find in many places, and some at the seed part of Tatiana's. The database does list vendors -- but it's not a complete list. [Tatiana's also lists S. A. Late, Delight, and Cherry. No info on the first two, and apparently no 2012 vendor for the third.] |
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- Posted by Baia_Nicchia none (My Page) on Mon, Oct 29, 12 at 20:54
| I see Northern Lights mentioned a couple of times. I always wonder why more people don't grow that one... |
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| Hello, new to Garden Web. I see that there were a couple of listings for Bella Rosa and Matina tomato varieties being grown last season. Would you care to share your experiences and/or opinions of these varieties? I have seeds on hand for both of these. |
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| You're best bet would be to start a new topic asking about specific varieties. Choose a title that includes BellaRosa and Matina. |
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- Posted by pretty.gurl none (My Page) on Fri, Mar 1, 13 at 10:18
| Better Boy Black Krim Black Pearl Earl of Edgecombe Golden Jubilee Green Zebra Juliet Sun Gold Thessaloniki Patio Princess Long Keeper |
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- Posted by TheTradition 9b (My Page) on Fri, Mar 1, 13 at 14:26
| Better Boy and Supersweet 100. I grew both in the fall with mixed feelings about both varieties and want to see how they do in the spring. I did produce a lot of fruit from both varieties, harvested over a long period of time, which is nice. Two plants (one of each) did not produce much and failed early. I thought they were in the best location due to sunlight, but root knot nematodes did them in. Won't plant there again. Fruit splitting was a big problem with the better boys... hopefully, a spring planting will have less of that. |
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| For paste/plum, going mostly with hybrids (anything to help hold back the BER) Viva Italia San Marzano Gigante 3 Super Sauce (the Burpee Catalog made me do it:-)) Tony's Italian Prue Bella Rosa Peace Vine Cherry And have around 160 superhot, hot, and sweet peppers already under lights. Hmm. And a pop-up greenhouse with . . . Sluggo Plus, lol. Peace. Annie |
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- Posted by CharlieBoring 7 (My Page) on Mon, Mar 4, 13 at 9:06
| This year, I decided to mix it up. I am planting: Park's Whopper (improved) |
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- Posted by garden_love 4 (My Page) on Tue, Mar 5, 13 at 9:22
| I will be growing: Red Furry Boar I have a fre more but thats most of them. I will be growing half of each.kind in pots and the other half in the ground. |
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- Posted by thebutcher (My Page) on Thu, Mar 7, 13 at 15:49
| 10 of "Ramapo F1 hybrid" by Rutgers 5 of "4th of July hybrid" - by Burpee 3 - (thinking about a Black Krim? or some kind of Tasty Yellow or off color tomatoe?) Zone - 6 - Philladelphia/Trenton area |
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- Posted by Lostereadamy 4b (My Page) on Sat, Mar 9, 13 at 23:35
| Paul Robeson x4 Hillbilly/Flame x4 Black Cherry x2 Sweet 100 Cherry x1 Big Boy x 6 San Marzano x ~45 San Marzano #2 x ~20 Green Zebra x 6 possibly some others, but these are the for sures. |
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| It's just me and the dog (he loves tomatoes - grrr). I'm putting in - Brandy Boy Black Krim Cherokee Purple Sunsugar (or Sungold, if I can't find seeds locally) thebutcher, you must try Black Krim. If I could only grow one, that would be it. |
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| I just started my seeds and can hardly contain my excitement. I am growing one each of the following in 25-gallon smart pots with Texas Tomato Cages: Brandywine, Sudduth Brandy Boy Mortgage lifter, Estler Stump of the World Kosovo Earl's Faux And one each of the following in 20-gallon smart pots with Burpee XL Pro tomato cages: I just got additional seeds in trade that I'm going to save for next year. If some of my seeds don't sprout within a week, these are my back ups: |
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| I've started my seeds indoors. It is officially tomato season therefore the weather must improve. This year:
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- Posted by thebutcher (My Page) on Thu, Mar 14, 13 at 13:41
| @ monet_g I was thinking about the Black Krim last week, I should of ordered it then before my vacation, but per your advice and seeing the majority of posts are growing them it I made my mind up and ordered 30 seeds just now for about $2. Today I am starting my "Ramapo" and "4th of July" tomatoe seeds 10 and 10 in peat pellets. The delivery for Black Krim should take 3-5 business days then will start them. SO now my updated list is: 1. Ramapo F1 Hybrid About 10 of each Many thanks for the advice. |
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| I have a small garden with just 2 celebrity plants and I'm new to gardening so I'm very interested in other people's experiences with these plants and their tomatoes. They have already grown from 5 inches to 16 Inches in just a month. |
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| the butcher, I'm glad you are going to grow BK. I noticed that you're using peat pellets. Most people don't have very good luck with them. For me, I always had damping off. I now start my seedlings in styrofoam coffee cups in a seed mix/medium. I put them on heat inside a plastic bag. Once they germinate I remove the bag, pull them off the heat and place them under lights. Once they're growing along well (~4 weeks old), I move them up to beer cups. Then, I'll plant them out 2 to 4 weeks later - after hardening them off. There's different ways of doing it, but this has worked well for me (and many others). There's been a lot of discussion here on the pains of the peat pellets. Good luck, |
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| this years list: Cour di Bue Pantano Romanesco Red Pear Chianti Rose Pineapple Hillbilly Brandywine San Marzano Lungo No. 2 Glacier sungold |
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- Posted by Hudson...WY 3 (My Page) on Wed, Mar 27, 13 at 5:56
| Brandy Boy - Better Boy - Super Marzano - German Giant - Sweet Baby Girl. They are off to a good start in our cold climate !
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| I am so ridiculously jealous of those who have access to great starts or the foresight to order ahead. I guess I'll have to try again for fall! At this point, the scrawny ones from Home Depot are about the same size as the much nicer ones I bought from Arborgate two weeks later. Early girl |
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| Black Krim (always) SuperSauce (the catalog picture got me, too) Marianna's Peace Anna Russian (always) Amish Paste Cherokee Purple Stupice Box Car Willie Marglobe Great White Andrew Rahart Mortgage Lifter Florida Pink |
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| I just started seeds today, and so far I have: Kellogg's Breakfast I still plan to start: Only about 7-8 can fit in the garden, but I have about 6 large pots, including 3 20 gallon grow bags I just ordered. 5 of these are new for me, so this should be an interesting year. I hope they are as good as I have heard. |
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| Hi, I just started: Aunt Gertie's Gold, 6 seeds Black Russian, 6 Gold Nugget (cherry), 6 Druzba, 6 Bloody butcher, 6 Brandywine Sudduth, 4 Tasmanian chocolate, 8 Sun sugar, 2 Cuore Di Bue, 11 ( apparently this is different from cuor Di Bue) Black from Tula, 12 Iditatrod, 9 Orange Strawberry, 6 I have no idea what will happen. It's been a long time since I started my own seeds, so here's hoping! |
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| Lime Green Salad Mountain Gold Hyb Bella Rosa Super Tasty Hyb Bush Early Girl Northern Exposure Brandy Boy Ball's Beefsteak Goliath Green Cherokee Cobra Hyb Sun Gold Super Sauce |
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| So many of you have space for so many varieties, I am so envy! I bought all these plants this year and am still trying to figure out where to plant them - looking for suggestion!! Please refer to my post: http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/tomato/msg0416213619765.html Some will probably be sacrified and be put under shade or extreme tight space: Black Krim |
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| Ramapo Kelloggs Breakfast Big Beef Sweet Chelsea Jaune Flamme Sungold Black Krim Eva's Purple Ball Cherokee Purple Cherokee Green Rosella Purple San Marzano 2 Arkansas Traveler Pantano Romanesco |
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| I always love these threads, even though I don't grow as many as everyone else! :) Most of my toms this year will be the F3 of a variety I want to de-hybridize, so that doesn't leave much garden space for tonnes of other varieties. However, I will make room for a couple each of: Anna Russian The kids want a tomato in their little garden area, so I'm starting Juliet for them. It's too sweet for my taste, but I have the leftover seed and the kids like sweet and prolific, so they can have it. |
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| I love these threads, too. It's nice to see that I'm not alone in loving Black Krim. It seems like many are growing Jaune Flamme. I'll have to look that up as a possibility for next year. |
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| Grandma's pick 60 Beaverlodge 50 Sweet million 20 Black Krim 5 Brandywine 5 Sungold 5 Im goin nuts this year. First time growing from seed, and so far so good. Last year my garden was 8' x 16' this year its 40' by 80'. |
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- Posted by speckledhound 6b (My Page) on Fri, Apr 12, 13 at 22:02
| Legend Abraham Lincoln Omar's Lebanese Giant Hillbilly Beefmaster Sungold Yellow Pear Chocolate Cherry Red Currant Those are the ones I have started already. I plan to go out to my favorite greenhouse to get a few more specimens: Kellogg's Breakfast I picked them based on previous experience with taste and disease resistance, and the new (to me) varieties I researched for blight resistance. I plant in a community garden that just can't get rid of the blight. We'll see what survives and for how long. |
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- Posted by susanlynne48 OKC7a (My Page) on Sat, Apr 13, 13 at 9:25
| Third year grower. Plants grown from seed are ready for hardening off and planting if our weather will ever cooperate. We are way past last frost date of April 1. San Marzano Redorto I need to pick up a Black Cherry and a SunGold yet at the farmer's market and I will be done. Oh, my seeds came from Gleckler's and Gary at TomatoFest. Susan |
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- Posted by newyorkrita z6b/7a LI NY (My Page) on Thu, Apr 25, 13 at 18:45
| Wow, I was surprised to see this thread from last year is still going only on our 2013 lists. I brought back favorites from last year and am also growing new to me varieties this year. 1 Viva Italia I already bought these seedlongs yesterday. I did have seeds of all sorts of varieties but never got around to starting them. Kelloggs Breakfast and Prudens Purple are my heirlooms to try this year. Last year I had Cherokee Purple but decided not to bring it back. Of course I bright back my favorites of Big Boys, Better Boys and Beefmasters. Also the grape tomato Juliets that mostly get a bad rap on this forum but I love them. Jet Star, Big Beef and Rutgers are ones I wanted to try since reading about them last year. |
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| Hey Rita, So an update to what I started: Hi, I just started: I have recently started Costoluto Genovese Kellogg's breakfast was a complete washout. I am also started Sun Sugar and Juliet in the hopes I'll have time to plant them. |
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| Hey Rita, So an update to what I started: Hi, I just started: I have recently started Costoluto Genovese Kellogg's breakfast was a complete washout. I am also started Sun Sugar and Juliet in the hopes I'll have time to plant them. |
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| Entire list would be boring, but I'm growing some small yellow and orange tomatoes this year to see which is best for our conditions: AAA Sweet Solano Already know that AAA Sweet Solano does well here. Yellow Perfection already has some fairly sizable fruits. Also have four orange cherries: Sungold, Sun Sugar, Orange Paruche and Sweet Orange II. Going with Nyagous again as my "black" tomato, with Black Krim for comparison (didn't bear last year). And trying Indian Stripe, with Cherokee Purple for comparison (also didn't bear last year). |
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| Cherokee Purple Big Mamma Super Sauce Better Boy Amish Paste Roma Black Cherry Yellow Pear One or two other types escape me. So far I have 46 in the ground and another 20+ will go in this weekend. Its going to be an exciting year if they produce well. |
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| San Marzano Vorlon Mortgage lifter Celebrity I started Vorlon and Mortgage Lifter from seed using a Jiffy seed starting kit (the one with the peat pellets) purchased from the Home Depot. I saved the seed from last year's crop. All of the seeds sprouted. I find that my plants grow larger if I start them from seed. |
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| I just finished dividing seedlings and potting them up - we have a later season than most of you. I dont put them in the ground until the end of May. I have had decent success with the Costoluto Genovese, Early Girl and Pruden's Purple - the rest are new for me. Costoluto Genovese |
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| Black Krim San Marzano Cherokee Purple Mortgage Lifter Amish Paste BK, SM and CP from seed. I don't have much space with full sun, so I am trying very hard to stop myself from buying more plants. But I keep finding myself at garden centers in the tomato plant section! |
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| Beefmaster Better Bush Brandywine (Grafted) Brandywine Pink Brandywine Red Bush Big Boy Bush Goliath Delicious Early Girl Early Goliath Fourth of July Giant Belgium Pink Husky Cherry Red Monster Mortgage Lifter (Grafted) Super Sweet 100 Supersteak Sweet Million Cherry The 8-10’’ seedlings
are very happy in the cold frame
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- Posted by newyorkrita z6b/7a LI NY (My Page) on Sun, Apr 28, 13 at 15:45
| Oh, very nice set up. They are really doing well. |
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| Tx newyorkrita. Check here if you want to see more pictures of my cold frame. |
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| Just curious - what size pots are they in? Mine are in 4" pots and I'm wondering if I will have to repot. |
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| I keep starting seedlings, but I have a question regarding Costoluto Genovese. I have seedlings, but the general consensus is that it's not so hot on flavor. I am debating whether or not to transplant into the 4" pots. Any thoughts anyone on this tomato? |
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| Sharonie wrote: > Just curious - what size pots are they in? They are CowPots - 6". > Mine are in 4" pots and I'm wondering if I will have to repot. Being in zone 5b, I suggest you to repot. It will be a while until transplanting, and by then, the roots will be too crowded in the 4’’ pot. |
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- Posted by CharlieBoring 7 (My Page) on Mon, Apr 29, 13 at 7:02
| I participated in the seed exchange this year for the first time. I received a wide variety of tomato seeds, but many did not germinate. So this year I am planting PARKS WHOPPER, Beefsteak, Bush Big Boy, early girl and roma. |
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| New to the forum although I have been reading it for the past 2 years. I plan on planting the below (some of which I did last year): Black Krim I plan on atleast 2 of each type but that may change. |
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| I have definitely over-bought for our needs, but I just can't resist a pretty face! Better Bush |
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| This is the first year I've grown any from seed, and I overdid it. I'm about 20 miles from Augusta, GA, on the line between Zone 7a and 8b. Hot summers, often dry, Wanted to see which Heirloom types survive in this setting. From Seed Savers Exchange: Cherokee Purple From Tomatofest: Mortgage Lifter (red) From Burpee: Brandy Boy And in a moment of weakness I bought several plants at a garden center: One each of Druzba, Reisentraube, Park's Whopper, Beefmaster, Rutgers, Marglobe, Celebrity, Super Sweet 100, Summer Set and Goliath hybrid. When I started the seedlings, I found that by far the most vigorous seedlings were the Black Krim, followed by Cherokee Purple and Arkansas Traveler. Don't know if that will translate into better plants, but they were definitely better as seedlings. All of them seem to be doing well in the ground, though. |
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- Posted by newyorkrita z6b/7a LI NY (My Page) on Tue, Apr 30, 13 at 17:18
| Tha ammended tomato growing list after thowaways, giveaways and rebuys. 62 plants- All planted! Let the tomato crazies begin. 12 Better Boy 6 Big Boy 6 Beefmaster 6 Early Girl 6 Rutgers 6 Jet Star 6 Big Beef 4 Juliet 4 Sweet Million 3 Supersonic 1 Viva Italia 1 Sungold 1 Sugery |
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- Posted by Christacharlene none (My Page) on Wed, May 1, 13 at 14:21
| Cherokee Purple Box Car Willie Rutgers Zeke Dishman Hillbilly Big Rainbow Beef Steak Tommy Toes Big Boy |
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| First it was seed collecting, and then winter sowing, and now tomato varieties... I think I went a little overboard this year. I don't know where I'm going to plant all of these! Dwarf Emerald Giant Most are going to be used for breeding, so I'll only have a single plant of those. The reds were requested for giving away and eating, with the exception of the dwarf reds which will be used for breeding too. |
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- Posted by newyorkrita z6b/7a LI NY (My Page) on Sun, May 5, 13 at 17:17
| It is always fun to see what everyone is growing. I just realised that I planted my tomatoes in ground this year earlier than I even went to buy my plants last year. Already there is a slight amount of growth on the seedlings. |
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- Posted by purple1701 5B Chicago (My Page) on Mon, May 6, 13 at 12:57
| This is my first year gardening. Yesterday I planted: 4 Supersweet cherry 4 LaRoma II 4 Health Kick 4 Beefsteak I realized later that at least 2 of them are hybrids, which as I hear does not bode well for saving seed, but oh well. They were cheap and happened to be near where I was grocery shopping which saved me a 3hour trip to the nursery I had intended to go to. I'll have to be a little more prepared next year! |
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