Riesentraube

[VC Scott]

I knew Riesentraube means "giant bunch of grapes" in German. I didn't know why until I grew it this year. I can't wait to try a ripe one.

[Worth1]

Originally Posted by VC Scott

I knew Riesentraube means "giant bunch of grapes" in German. I didn't know why until I grew it this year. I can't wait to try a ripe one.

I see two of them you can eat now.
Not enough people grow this one.

Worth

[VC Scott]

Originally Posted by Worth1

I see two of them you can eat now.
Not enough people grow this one.

Worth

I am waiting for them to get really red. The first time I grew Sun Gold, I thought it was pretty good. It took until September before I realized how orange they were supposed to be.

Then again, if I leave it overnight, a mouse might get that red one or maybe a bird tomorrow morning....

[whistech]

I guess I have poor taste buds because I just did not care for the taste of Riesentraube. This year is my first year of growing tomatoes in many, many years and the Riesentraube plant produced a ton of good sized cherry tomatoes, but to me, they tasted somewhat bland and sour.

I'm almost afraid to mention that I grew Sun Gold F1 and was not impressed with the taste of it. It tasted good and is extremely productive, but I just can't see why so many people get so exicited over it. I will say it's the mocking birds favorite tomato.

[NarnianGarden]

Originally Posted by whistech

I guess I have poor taste buds because I just did not care for the taste of Riesentraube. This year is my first year of growing tomatoes in many, many years and the Riesentraube plant produced a ton of good sized cherry tomatoes, but to me, they tasted somewhat bland and sour.

I'm almost afraid to mention that I grew Sun Gold F1 and was not impressed with the taste of it. It tasted good and is extremely productive, but I just can't see why so many people get so exicited over it. I will say it's the mocking birds favorite tomato.

This just shows how different people have different tastebuds, also the soil and growing conditions can make a huge difference.

That said, I have read so many people saying that SunGold is not tasty to them - it is sweet, but has somewhat unpleasant lingering aftertaste.
My commercial cherry plant has beautiful fruits, but they tend to be towards sour now - too much fertilizer I suppose. Some help was needed because the leaves were so pale and yellow ... but the taste is way too strong now.

[Sun City Linda]

It is at, near or over 100 degrees everyday where I live. I am picking everything at blush now. Fruit cooked on the vine hardly ever tastes good

[VC Scott]

I do pick large fruited varieties shortly after first blush, but the cherries I leave until fully ripe. I have found, in my limited experience, that cherries don't continue to ripen after picking.

[Patihum]

I'm growing it for the first time this year. Thought the flavor was pretty good and there's sure a lot of them. Only problem is I've found you have to be careful when picking the ripe ones because if you move the green ones too much they'll fall off the vine.