please recommend thin-skinned toms?

greggf · August 4, 2006

I know that skin thickness can be weather-related and variety-related. Are there any other variables that can produce nasty thick skins?

Also, can anybody recommend varieties that are inevitably thin-skinned year after year, regardless of the weather, etc.?

For whatever reason, every variety up here has industrial-strength skin this season........even varieties that have been fine in the past.

=gregg=

jerseyjohn61 · August 5, 2006

Brandywine as in all pinks, Aunt Ginny's Purple,
Mortgage Lifter, to me, are all, get to em' before
they get runny types. Thin skinned and short
keepers. Fantastic, but gather and eat your
rosebuds while yee may.........jj61

landarc · August 5, 2006

I hope somebody knows for sure, but, I seem to get thick skinned maters when I water too much during fruit development.

greggf · August 5, 2006

We have indeed been getting tropical rainfall amounts all season, during fruit formation. So that looks implicated. Hopefully somebody will know if that is a cause of the problem.

=gregg=

montanamato · August 5, 2006

St. Pierre always has very thin skin. Likes cool weather and hot, and is good sized. Everyone I have ever gave, sold or bartered with on this seedling always wants it again the next year.

Sources I know of are Baker Creek and Sand Hill
Jeanne

jcarter · August 5, 2006

My favourite is Dufresne (aka Dufresne #2, they are the same). Disegard the "neutral" rating on Dave's Garden Web. This is a great tasting, pink tomato that I think deserves far more attention than it has been getting. Like you, I prefer thin skinned tomatoes. Unfortunately, it is a late season tomato (80 days rings a bell).

August 4, 2006	#1
greggf Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Boonville, NY Posts: 419	please recommend thin-skinned toms? I know that skin thickness can be weather-related and variety-related. Are there any other variables that can produce nasty thick skins? Also, can anybody recommend varieties that are inevitably thin-skinned year after year, regardless of the weather, etc.? For whatever reason, every variety up here has industrial-strength skin this season........even varieties that have been fine in the past. =gregg=

August 5, 2006	#3
landarc Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Left Coasty Posts: 964	I hope somebody knows for sure, but, I seem to get thick skinned maters when I water too much during fruit development. __________________ Lets see...$10 for Worth and $5 for Fusion, man. Tomatoes are expensive! Bob

August 5, 2006	#2
jerseyjohn61 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Central New Jersey Z/6 Posts: 554	Brandywine as in all pinks, Aunt Ginny's Purple, Mortgage Lifter, to me, are all, get to em' before they get runny types. Thin skinned and short keepers. Fantastic, but gather and eat your rosebuds while yee may.........jj61

August 5, 2006	#5
montanamato Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Montana Posts: 1,038	St. Pierre always has very thin skin. Likes cool weather and hot, and is good sized. Everyone I have ever gave, sold or bartered with on this seedling always wants it again the next year. Sources I know of are Baker Creek and Sand Hill Jeanne

August 5, 2006	#6
jcarter Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Perth, Ontario. Canada. Posts: 23	My favourite is Dufresne (aka Dufresne #2, they are the same). Disegard the "neutral" rating on Dave's Garden Web. This is a great tasting, pink tomato that I think deserves far more attention than it has been getting. Like you, I prefer thin skinned tomatoes. Unfortunately, it is a late season tomato (80 days rings a bell).