Geronimo variety. Who has tried it?

[TomatoDon]

Some of you may have read my recents posts about hydroponics and the Geronimo variety, which is new to me. I searched on line and there is more information that I anticipated. This is from one of the seed companies:

"<NEW> 80 days. Lycopersicon esculentum. (F1) Plant produces very high yields of 8 oz red beefsteak tomatoes. Tomato has great flavor and good shelf life. It is also a crack resistance variety. Excellent for salads and sandwiches. Indeterminate. "

I am interested to see if anyone here has grown Geronimo. I don't remember seeing much mention of it here in the past. I am finding it to be an excellent tomato. I am buying some from a hydroponic grower in north Mississippi, and these are the only greenhouse grown tomatoes that I really like. They are a very pretty tomato, basically blemish free, and are just delightful. The taste is excellent, which surprises me since it's still early May and we aren't even in the real growing season here yet.

I started a Flickr photo set about them and tonight I added some pictures of Geronimo up close, the way I bought them. I think anyone would be pleasantly surprised with this tomoto. To me it's like an early version of Better Boy, Big Beef, Goliath and a few others in that category that are very similar. "Catgegory" meaning beefsteak, somewhat tart and "old timey," and doing very well growing in the deep South.

I'd like to start a thread on the Geronimo variety and get input from our friends here who have actually grown it. Here is my Flickr link that has some new pictures of it.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/58612497@N04/

Don

[gourmetgardener]

I'm really impressed with Geronimo this year.

[TomatoDon]

I posted this thread nearly two years ago and only got one reply. I'm still interested to see if any of you have tried Geronimo, and how you like it. I have eaten some, but they were grown in a hydroponic greenhouse with total climate control all year. I'm interested to know how they do out in nature.

Hope to hear from someone who tried it again outdoors last season.

TD6

[MarineCorps]

Originally Posted by TomatoDon

I posted this thread nearly two years ago and only got one reply. I'm still interested to see if any of you have tried Geronimo, and how you like it. I have eaten some, but they were grown in a hydroponic greenhouse with total climate control all year. I'm interested to know how they do out in nature.

Hope to hear from someone who tried it again outdoors last season.

TD6

Well Geronimo is a greenhouse varitey so there isnt going to be very much about growing it outdoors. The farm I work at grew ~770 of them in a greenhouse last year for the first time. I took home one of the excess plants and tried to grow it outdoors with no sucess, ended up snapping from high winds, the leaves were getting sun scald even in partial sun in 50 degree weather.

[TomatoDon]

Thanks Marine. That's probably all I need to know. The hydroponic farm I visited grows Geronimo exclusively in greenhouses, but I haven't heard of anyone in that same area growing it outside.

The hydroponic farm is about an hour or so from me, and there is an Amish community in that general area also that grows tens of thousands of tomato seedlings every year. I have never seen or heard of the Amish growing Geronimo.

The hydroponic farm is really cool. Here are a few links to it, including some neat videos on You Tube. Every plant you see is a Geronimo.

http://stbethanyfresh.com/

http://msucares.com/news/print/agnew...t_bethany.html

https://www.facebook.com/stbethanyfresh

http://www.youtube.com/results?searc...20BEthany&sm=3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEhaQVht1Pk
This is a very informative video. I was surprised to learn that they only leave 8-10 leaves per plant.