New addition to the family New Big Dwarf

Gobig_or_Gohome_toms · May 17, 2008

Was out with my wife buying flowers for the pots and window boxes and the nursury that carries heirlooms happend to have two beatiful looking New Big Dwarfs in 7 inch pots and me not having an early tomato and grow them in containers I thought I had to buy one of them. So I am not the proud owner. I figure I can squeeze one more conatiner on my upper deck since the 3 that are up there are all determinantes.

Needless to say I am super excited but my wife does not have the same passion and just thinks I am nuts.

What is everyones experiance with this variety?

stratcat1 · May 17, 2008

This is my third year growing New Big Dwarf. It's container grown and is simply a delicious, pink tomato!

john

feldon30 · May 17, 2008

Above average flavor. Production varies a lot from year to year. Dense foliage can pick up fungal diseases. Worth a grow.

gardenscout · May 17, 2008

I am trying it this year too. Nice stout little seedlings, going in the ground this week.

I'll report back, as I hope you will too.

amideutch · May 18, 2008

Gobig, she will get excited when eats her first one. I grew mine in a container and all I can say is a great variety and I think many of the dwarfs in the dwarf project had NBD in their lineage. Ami

barkeater · May 18, 2008

It was one of my favorites when I grew it, but it wasn't early at all. Big one pound beefsteaks on a 4' tall plant, with very dense rugose foliage.

b54red · October 20, 2009

I loved the taste of the tomatoes, but I only got 2 from around 8 plants planted at different times. It was too vulnerable to disease and unlike some toms once it got any foliage disease it totally stopped blooming and setting fruit. If you live somewhere with less heat and humidity I think it would be a great variety; it just didn't work for me this year and this was my best year for growing tomatoes in 30+ years of gardening.

paprika · November 4, 2009

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Originally Posted by b54red

I loved the taste of the tomatoes, but I only got 2 from around 8 plants planted at different times. It was too vulnerable to disease and unlike some toms once it got any foliage disease it totally stopped blooming and setting fruit. If you live somewhere with less heat and humidity I think it would be a great variety; it just didn't work for me this year .

This was my same experience this year. Out of 8 of us in my small (and unfortunately now defunct) gardening circle that grew NBD out of the same packet of seeds, all those in the South and Southeast experienced the same as b54red, all those in more Northern growing areas(Ohio,Il. and NY) had great results in flavor and productivity.

TimothyT

**mdvpc** · October 20, 2009

I love NBD but its not early for me.

cleo88 · October 21, 2009

I'm going to grow NBD in a container on my sunny deck in 2010 - thanks for all the input in this thread. Some nice person sent me seeds many months back when I was looking for a good container tomato. I'll report how it goes next year!

Gobig_or_Gohome_toms · October 21, 2009

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Originally Posted by cleo88

I'm going to grow NBD in a container on my sunny deck in 2010 - thanks for all the input in this thread. Some nice person sent me seeds many months back when I was looking for a good container tomato. I'll report how it goes next year!

Grew it again this year allot of not so pretty tomatoes but I do like the flavor and it has done well for me in a pot on my upper deck that gets very warm. I am really thinking about 2010 and it might have to take a year break given my limited space.

Craig

Aussiemark · October 23, 2009

How big are the pots people are growing these in? I was thinking about trying some dwarfs but was not sure how big a pot you needed to get decent results?

Mark

Gobig_or_Gohome_toms · October 23, 2009

In this thread it is the second to last picture in my fisrt post, my indeterminants were in 20" pots and I think the NBD pot is a 16".
http://www.tomatoville.com/showthrea...ghlight=gobigs

ContainerTed · November 4, 2009

I grew it this year in a 5 gallon SWC and it was VERY productive. It got to about 4.5 feet above the container and produced all summer long. Size was great and most would "almost" cover the bread on sandwiches. My one plant got some shade during the day like all my toms do. Flavor was ... Well, my wife (who has very discerning tastebuds), liked it.

Ted

b54red · November 4, 2009

I may try it in a pot started very early in the greenhouse this year and set it out away from my garden and see if it does anything.

May 17, 2008	#1
Gobig_or_Gohome_toms Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Zone 4 Lake Minnetonka, MN Posts: 967	New addition to the family New Big Dwarf Was out with my wife buying flowers for the pots and window boxes and the nursury that carries heirlooms happend to have two beatiful looking New Big Dwarfs in 7 inch pots and me not having an early tomato and grow them in containers I thought I had to buy one of them. So I am not the proud owner. I figure I can squeeze one more conatiner on my upper deck since the 3 that are up there are all determinantes. Needless to say I am super excited but my wife does not have the same passion and just thinks I am nuts. What is everyones experiance with this variety? Last edited by Gobig_or_Gohome_toms; May 17, 2008 at 08:04 PM. Reason: spelling

May 17, 2008	#2
stratcat1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Michigan's Sunrise Side Posts: 83	This is my third year growing New Big Dwarf. It's container grown and is simply a delicious, pink tomato! john __________________ I know where food comes from...

May 17, 2008	#3
feldon30 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 5,346	Above average flavor. Production varies a lot from year to year. Dense foliage can pick up fungal diseases. Worth a grow. __________________ [SIZE="3"]I've relaunched my gardening website -- [B]TheUnconventionalTomato.com[/B][/SIZE] * [I][SIZE="1"]*I'm not allowed to post weblinks so you'll have to copy-paste it manually.[/SIZE][/I]

May 18, 2008	#5
amideutch Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Germany 49°26"N 07°36"E Posts: 5,041	Gobig, she will get excited when eats her first one. I grew mine in a container and all I can say is a great variety and I think many of the dwarfs in the dwarf project had NBD in their lineage. Ami __________________ Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘...Holy Crap .....What a ride!'

October 20, 2009	#7
b54red Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Alabama Posts: 7,068	Little Big Dwarf I loved the taste of the tomatoes, but I only got 2 from around 8 plants planted at different times. It was too vulnerable to disease and unlike some toms once it got any foliage disease it totally stopped blooming and setting fruit. If you live somewhere with less heat and humidity I think it would be a great variety; it just didn't work for me this year and this was my best year for growing tomatoes in 30+ years of gardening.

May 17, 2008	#4
gardenscout Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: N. Rhode Island Posts: 37	I am trying it this year too. Nice stout little seedlings, going in the ground this week. I'll report back, as I hope you will too.

May 18, 2008	#6
barkeater Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NE Kingdom, VT - Zone 3b Posts: 1,439	It was one of my favorites when I grew it, but it wasn't early at all. Big one pound beefsteaks on a 4' tall plant, with very dense rugose foliage.

October 20, 2009	#9
mdvpc Tomatoville® Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 4,386	I love NBD but its not early for me. __________________ Michael

October 21, 2009	#10
cleo88 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Sharon, MA Zone 6 Posts: 225	I'm going to grow NBD in a container on my sunny deck in 2010 - thanks for all the input in this thread. Some nice person sent me seeds many months back when I was looking for a good container tomato. I'll report how it goes next year!

October 23, 2009	#12
Aussiemark Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 49	How big are the pots people are growing these in? I was thinking about trying some dwarfs but was not sure how big a pot you needed to get decent results? Mark

November 4, 2009	#14
ContainerTed Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: 6a - NE Tennessee Posts: 4,538	I grew it this year in a 5 gallon SWC and it was VERY productive. It got to about 4.5 feet above the container and produced all summer long. Size was great and most would "almost" cover the bread on sandwiches. My one plant got some shade during the day like all my toms do. Flavor was ... Well, my wife (who has very discerning tastebuds), liked it. Ted __________________ Ted ________________________ Owner & Sole Operator Of The Muddy Bucket Farm and Tomato Ranch