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January 8, 2017 | #1 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: New England
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Looking for Best Flavored Hybrids
All seed listings make every hybrid sound delicious and productive......And therefore difficult to select a limited few.
Which are the best flavored hybrids for my area. Weather has been yo-yoing year to year....From a very cold rainy late March weather up to mid June then jump into a very short warm summer and Indian Fall to last summer very hot with nine days of ninety degree day in a row and a general lack of rain. This is New England! Figure a few heat loving and a few cold loving and a few in the middle. |
January 8, 2017 | #2 |
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I haven't tried a lot of hybrids, but these taste good to us:
Early Girl Sungold Big Beef Sweet 100 Supersweet Cherry 100 Momotaro Celebrity |
February 3, 2017 | #3 | |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: New England
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Have you tried the other gold / yellow cherry tomato that Tomato Growers sells??? Im asking because it is supposed to be crack resistant. |
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January 8, 2017 | #4 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: N.C.
Posts: 1,827
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Big Beef is my standard
Greg |
January 8, 2017 | #5 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: San Diego-Tijuana
Posts: 2,598
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Marbonne tastes good.
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May 31, 2017 | #6 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Asia
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January 8, 2017 | #7 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: New England
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Thanks for all the replies!!!!'!!!
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February 3, 2017 | #8 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: New England
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Big Beef f1 purchased!!!!
Not done shopping... |
February 3, 2017 | #9 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Greenville, South Carolina
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I'd add that when choosing hybrids, flavor isn't at the top of the list for traits I'm looking for. Customers that want to grow/eat hybrids are the types that think a tomato is red/round/easy/and taste like a store bought. I go for best prod/disease resistance instead since more bland tomatoes typically make customers more happy than less of slightly better tasting tomatoes, thats my 2cent. But I do grow BB F1 pretty much every year. It has both traits.
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January 13, 2018 | #10 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: south carolina
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I am down in Lexington, SC, just outside of Columbia.Do you grow any heirlooms?If so do you have any tricks for keeping them healthy?Family favorite is Cherokee Purple but have to fight to keep plant healthy / alive!!
Thanks Rick |
January 13, 2018 | #11 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Vermont
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Among all the heirlooms I grow (over 200 varieties per year in recent years), a few hybrids hold their own, and make my grow list every year. Big Boy F1 and Big Beef F1 top the list for beefsteaks, and Jet Star F1 is not bad, but a very reliable producer. Sungold F1 and Esterina F1 are always in my cherry patch. Cherry Bomb F1 from Johnny's produced stunning numbers of really tasty red cherries, and Juliet F1 fills a niche I haven't been able to find an OP replacement for, as it is bullet-proof in my fungus-laden garden.
Shawn
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January 13, 2018 | #12 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: south carolina
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Thank you very much for your reply.One I can vouch for even in my horrible growing conditions is Big Beef.Has performed better than all others over last 5/6 years.Spring to first frost.Only plant I have grown that will do that.
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January 13, 2018 | #13 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: south carolina
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Me again, is there any schedule of spraying, foliar feeding, ect. that you use to keep your heirlooms healthy.You are in a totally different growing environment but would appreciate any help or suggestions.
With temps. 95+s July & August and max humidity perfect environment for every foliar disease. Thanks Rick Padgett |
July 31, 2018 | #14 | |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Sunol, CA
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Cherry Bomb is great!
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February 3, 2017 | #15 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Zone 6a Denver North Metro
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I'll probably grow a couple Big Beef every year, for give-aways and a production benchmark, even though I love the heirlooms so much more.
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