Grow again list!

I've grown a few OP varieties for the first time this year that have blown me away by production, fruit quality, and taste. Hoy tops that list for every reason. Barlow Jap and Stump Of The World are on the list because of size, production, and taste as well. Limbaughs Legacy (potato top) is on the list as the most productive with a good taste, but I don't like how late it produces. JD's Special C Tex is on the list because it has all the traits listed plus it has the advantage of being a compact plant. I will probably regrow Indian Stripe because it is such a large dark tomato but it wasn't overly productive. Carbon will return because it is a reasonably early large black with good qualities. I'm sure a few more will make the list after I think more about it.

Varieties I will not grow again though they have proven to be very good tomatoes. Most of these, I have seen for a couple of years and I need to move on and try some other varieties in my limited space. Mortgage Lifter, Tarasenko 6, Hillbilly, Brandwine Pink, Black Krim, Earl's Faux, and Gary O'Sena are on the "don't grow again list" but I haven't decided on KBX. It is such a beautiful totally gold or yellow tomato throughout. We ate one on a salad last night and it looked like mango slices. Even knowing what it was, it was still a surprise to eat a slice and taste tomato instead of fruit.

A few varieties that didn't impress me with production, but may still make it back are Neve's Azorean Red, Granny's Heart (If I can find a different seed source), Druzba, and Cowlicks Brandywine,

Ted

[halleone]

Nice list; it is way too early in the season here in the Northwest to evaluate my new tomatoes. I am growing twelve varieties this year and only two of them are varieties I have tried before - those being Japanese Black Trifele and German Johnson.

I also am growing JD's, and look forward to tasting it. KBX is struggling - I seeded/re-seeded it three times before anything came up, and they are smaller by quite a lot than the other plants, but they look healthy enough.

I gave up on Mortgage Lifter after three years, I thought it was far too bland; Black Krim got the boot, too - I far better like Trifele, and it makes fabulous sauce.

I'm trying two of the Wild Boar Farms tomatoes, those being Pink Berkely Tie-Dye and Red and Black Boar; I'm also trying Goose Creek. Next year I hope to get seeds of Fish Lake Oxheart. After that I think I will just grow out my favorites on a rotating basis. There's my ramble. Thanks for listening......


Lynn

[barkeater]

Ted,

I'll have Granny's Heart seed if you want some.

Originally Posted by barkeater

Ted,

I'll have Granny's Heart seed if you want some.

Thank you, but I will wait until I can post my "want list" in the same post as my "have seed for" list. I will only grow it to see if the cracking is a trait of the Variety or a trait of the seed I planted this year. I may plant some saved seed from the same plants to see if it repeats the cracks. I will have a lot of the Hoy seed and the Limbaughs Legacy Potato Top that performed so well for me.

Thanks again!

Ted

[tam91]

I'm trying all sorts this year, I want to come up with a core grow every or most years list. Plus always throw in some new ones to see. I'm doing things this year like growing Indian Stripe right next to Indian Stripe PL, Cherokee Purple and Spudakee, etc. to hopefully pick which I like best.

So far, based upon the last couple years, my "grow every year" list would be:

Captain Lucky
KBX
Earl's Faux
Black Krim
Black Cherry
Pineapple
Brandy Boy
Lemon Boy

There are lots of others I like very well, that might make the list after this year. Lots of large pinks I liked (Brandywine Sudduth's, Terhune, Stump of the world) but I haven't decided which are the standout. But I'd certainly grow some of them. Same for reds.

The last two are hybrids - but like old faithful - they really pump them out. I like lemon boy, not particularly by itself, but as a contrast with a red or pink and a black.

Tam,
What did you like about Captain Lucky? I grew it this year in a container and none of my container plants performed well including CL. I will try it again next year planted in the soil.

Ted

[tam91]

I liked everything about it! I grew it in a container also. It was one of my most productive plants, and I just loved the taste. Plus it was beautiful sliced.

This year, my Captain Lucky's are again some of my most vigorous healthy plants, in a container and in the ground.

I'm growing out a few plants this year, including 3 in isolation, so I hope to save plenty of seed if all goes well.

[b54red]

These are on my grow every year list but with my fusarium problems I can't count on anything making every year with the exception of Big Beef. Now that I've said that Big Beef probably won't make next year.

Big Beef
Indian Stripe
Lumpy Red
Stump of the World
Cherokee Purple
Neves Azorean Red
Zogola
Spudakee
Black Krim
Brandywine Cowlick's
Brandywine Sudduth's
Limbaugh's Legacy
Eva Purple Ball
KBX
Dr. Wyches Yellow
Ramapo
Terhune
Kosovo
Fish Lake Oxheart
Donskoi

[duderubble]

Cherokee Purple and Better Boy have always been on my always grow list. I'm thinking I may give the Better Boy Spot to Jetstar next year as I've never done well with planting something early. This year everything seems to be very productive in my small (11 plants) garden so I'll have to wait on taste to see what gets a spot beyond Cherokee Purple.

[ScottinAtlanta]

My Definitely Grow Again from 2012 performance are:

The outstanding variety this year is Super Sioux. My goodness, what a setter of beautiful pale green globes.

Abe Lincoln has done well - first time I have tried it. My family reports it as "delicious".

The PL Japanese trifele black is prolific and healthy, but none are ripe yet, so can't conclude about taste.

[barkeater]

Bloody Butcher, Ramapo, Brandywine, and Black Cherry are always on my grow again list.

Tam,

I've grown Hillbilly for a couple of years. It makes a really large tomato which when sliced truly looks tie dyed. It has red, green, yellow, and pink colors all through the flesh. It also tastes very good. Is that how the Captain Lucky fruit looks also?

Ted

[tam91]

It was pretty multi-colored, tie dyed would be a pretty good description I think. There should be some photos on a couple threads. Mine was a bit redder than some, but still multi-colored.

[chalstonsc]

Royal Hillbilly, Gruntovyi Gribovskiy 1180, and Big Beef for disease resistance, taste and productivity.

[QAGuy]

Kelloggs Breakfast, Lemon Boy, Sweet 100, Cherokee Purple, Sudduth Brandywine, Dona (when I can find it) and Momotaro.

With only room for 9 plants, that's 7, so not a lot of room for experimenting!