Lemon Boy - WOWZA

Baizanator · July 17, 2012

As previously mentioned, all of my tomatoes succumbed to Southern Bacterial Wilt this year and I only had one Lemon Boy trudging along. Well, it finally petered out the other day but I was able to get one harvest of fruit off of it. I will say that, having never grown it before, I am IMPRESSED by the taste of this variety. It is truly delicious.

tam91 · July 17, 2012

I like lemon boy. It isn't my favorite tomato, but is great in combination with some other colors. And it is usually kind of "old faithful" - very productive.

QAGuy · July 17, 2012

Lemon Boy is on my must grow list. Certainly not my favorite, but it's like tam91 says...Old Faithful.

Always produces, even in the heat of a SoCal summer. Others quit setting fruit, but LB
just doesn't seem to know when to quit.

Worth1 · July 17, 2012

The last time I grew it was back in 2004 I think.

Got stuck on the new to me stuff and haven't grown it for a while.

Might have to do it again next year, I always have liked them.

Worth

jennifer28 · July 17, 2012

Was Southern Bacterial wilt a big problem in your area? How did that happen? It makes me sad to hear.

Baizanator · July 17, 2012

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Originally Posted by jennifer28

Was Southern Bacterial wilt a big problem in your area? How did that happen? It makes me sad to hear.

I guess it is just in the soil here. I had my plants in containers but they containers had holes on the bottom and were sitting on the soil in the yard. I've since ordered 6 EarthBoxes so that should clear things up since the potting mix that comes with them is not local.

jennifer28 · July 17, 2012

I just find that growing in containers is trickier for me. ContainerTed got me on to growing in containers. I was doing some container growing at school for the kids, but then Ted really put me on to some good varieties for container growing. Oh well. I like Rozalinda for container growing.

ContainerTed · July 17, 2012

Jennifer, Rozalinda, which came to me from Andrey_B, is also my favorite container tomato. It's just the right size and tastes so good.

Regarding Lemon Boy, I have grown it for two years in a row and it is first to come to my mind when I hear the term, "tomato machine". It really looks good in a salad with some Black Cherry and Mini Rose tomatoes. What great and delicious contrasts in color and taste. It inspires the eyes and the taste buds.

TightenUp · July 17, 2012

ted

whats your fav growing method for indet tomatoes? are you pruning, caging, staking, trellising? any of the above?

ContainerTed · July 18, 2012

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Originally Posted by TightenUp

ted

whats your fav growing method for indet tomatoes? are you pruning, caging, staking, trellising? any of the above?

Right now, I grow them in the main garden and they are staked with no pruning. Sometime I'll take a branch off if the shoot or sucker vine breaks off or will simply half way snap off the main stem, but not very often. This year I'm doing about half and half.

I also grow at least one indet up at the house for early table toms. This is usually a very mature (3 feet tall or more with some fruit already set) hybrid like Big Boy or (this year) Big Beef purchased from a local vendor. This is to get some larger tomatoes earlier in the season. Usually by the time I get 10 or 12 fruit off this plant, the main garden harvest begins.

zabby17 · July 18, 2012

I've always liked Lemon Boy, too---it was the first non-red tomato I encountered as a gardener and led me to look for more and eventually discover there was a huge world of colours and flavours out there beyond the Better Boys and Early Girls.

I don't have LB this year but I expect I'll grow it again---reliable, tasty, beautiful.

Meanwhile I've come to love Yellow Perfection, a machine that churns out salad-size (4 oz) yellows, and a couple of really meatyyellows for making yellow tomato sauce: Yellow Bell and Plum Lemon.

This year I am trying Azoychka as a large yellow, and one labelled "Yellow Roma type" sent by a fellow gardener....

Glad to hear LB survived when it counted!

Z

MikeInCypress · July 17, 2012

You can't beat Dwarf Summertime Gold and Dwarf Mr. Snow for container growing. I got between 15 and 20 fruit from my Dwarf Summertime Gold and I thought the taste was an 8 out of 10. Dwarf Mr Snow was almost as good. For Fall I am growing Dwarf Summertime Gold, Iditarod Red and Yukon Quest. I will be gone almost all of October they will only get watered, not babied while I am gone.

MikeInCypress

grow24122 · July 18, 2012

This is my first year growing them and they have been a big producer for me.

Ken4230 · July 18, 2012

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Originally Posted by Baizanator

As previously mentioned, all of my tomatoes succumbed to Southern Bacterial Wilt this year and I only had one Lemon Boy trudging along. Well, it finally petered out the other day but I was able to get one harvest of fruit off of it. I will say that, having never grown it before, I am IMPRESSED by the taste of this variety. It is truly delicious.

It's a shame that you lost them, but at least you got to taste one. Did Lemon Boy have a citrusy taste? I've never grown one.

Baizanator · July 18, 2012

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Originally Posted by Ken4230

It's a shame that you lost them, but at least you got to taste one. Did Lemon Boy have a citrusy taste? I've never grown one.

It was VERY citrus-like. My wife got the lemon sour look on her face but I didn't think it was that sour. I enjoyed it tremendously.

July 17, 2012	#1
Baizanator Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Hamilton, Texas Posts: 382	Lemon Boy - WOWZA As previously mentioned, all of my tomatoes succumbed to Southern Bacterial Wilt this year and I only had one Lemon Boy trudging along. Well, it finally petered out the other day but I was able to get one harvest of fruit off of it. I will say that, having never grown it before, I am IMPRESSED by the taste of this variety. It is truly delicious.

July 17, 2012	#2
tam91 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Crystal Lake IL Posts: 2,484	I like lemon boy. It isn't my favorite tomato, but is great in combination with some other colors. And it is usually kind of "old faithful" - very productive. __________________ Tracy

July 17, 2012	#3
QAGuy Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Glendora, CA Posts: 167	Lemon Boy is on my must grow list. Certainly not my favorite, but it's like tam91 says...Old Faithful. Always produces, even in the heat of a SoCal summer. Others quit setting fruit, but LB just doesn't seem to know when to quit. __________________ "We have met the enemy and he is us" - Pogo

July 17, 2012	#8
ContainerTed Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: 6a - NE Tennessee Posts: 4,538	Jennifer, Rozalinda, which came to me from Andrey_B, is also my favorite container tomato. It's just the right size and tastes so good. Regarding Lemon Boy, I have grown it for two years in a row and it is first to come to my mind when I hear the term, "tomato machine". It really looks good in a salad with some Black Cherry and Mini Rose tomatoes. What great and delicious contrasts in color and taste. It inspires the eyes and the taste buds. __________________ Ted ________________________ Owner & Sole Operator Of The Muddy Bucket Farm and Tomato Ranch

July 17, 2012	#12
MikeInCypress Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Cypress, TX Posts: 963	You can't beat Dwarf Summertime Gold and Dwarf Mr. Snow for container growing. I got between 15 and 20 fruit from my Dwarf Summertime Gold and I thought the taste was an 8 out of 10. Dwarf Mr Snow was almost as good. For Fall I am growing Dwarf Summertime Gold, Iditarod Red and Yukon Quest. I will be gone almost all of October they will only get watered, not babied while I am gone. MikeInCypress __________________ "Growing older, not up"

July 17, 2012	#4
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	The last time I grew it was back in 2004 I think. Got stuck on the new to me stuff and haven't grown it for a while. Might have to do it again next year, I always have liked them. Worth

July 17, 2012	#5
jennifer28 Two-faced Drama Queen Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Bellevue Psychiatric Hospital Posts: 955	Was Southern Bacterial wilt a big problem in your area? How did that happen? It makes me sad to hear.

July 17, 2012	#9
TightenUp Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Jersey Posts: 1,183	ted whats your fav growing method for indet tomatoes? are you pruning, caging, staking, trellising? any of the above?

July 18, 2012	#11
zabby17 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Ontario Posts: 211	I've always liked Lemon Boy, too---it was the first non-red tomato I encountered as a gardener and led me to look for more and eventually discover there was a huge world of colours and flavours out there beyond the Better Boys and Early Girls. I don't have LB this year but I expect I'll grow it again---reliable, tasty, beautiful. Meanwhile I've come to love Yellow Perfection, a machine that churns out salad-size (4 oz) yellows, and a couple of really meatyyellows for making yellow tomato sauce: Yellow Bell and Plum Lemon. This year I am trying Azoychka as a large yellow, and one labelled "Yellow Roma type" sent by a fellow gardener.... Glad to hear LB survived when it counted! Z

July 18, 2012	#13
grow24122 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: virginia Posts: 14	This is my first year growing them and they have been a big producer for me.