NEW BIG DWARF

[jackman]

Hi everyone I am new to your forum. I am having trouble finding if this tomato is a indeterminate, and if so where to buy the seeds.
Thanks
jackman

[cdntomato]

First, welcome to the forum!!

NBD is a tree-type variety. The best write-up on it can be found at this wonderful company:

http://www.victoryseeds.com/catalog/...mato_pink.html

NBD is a lovely tomato.
Am willing to share seeds but cannot guarantee their purity.
Jennifer

[amideutch]

Welcome again, I'll second cdntomato as I also got my NBD seeds from Victory. Had 100% germination and got some great tomatoes off my plant. Amideutch

[jackman]

Thank you
I see where Victory does not say if it is indeterminate or determinate. For those who grew it did it produce all year?

[cdntomato]

Tree-types and dwarf tomatoes are most often described as forms of determinants, even though they often fruit like indeterminants. Click on tree-type in the Victory Seeds description.

Jennifer

[bluelytes]

Dont know where I got my info from, (possibly from Sandhill, where I bought them), but I show it as being determinate.

Best Regards;
blue

[seeker]

Jackman,

I don't know whether it's determinate or indeterminate, but I've grown NBD for 3 years, and it has always produced all season for me. It's one of my favorites, BTW.

Paula

[bluelytes]

Well, I sit corrected. I did not buy it at Sandhill, it was from TomatoFest, and on their website they say, "Bred in 1919 by S. M. Isbell & Co. bred this variety by selecting crosses from crosses of 'Ponderosa' with 'Dwarf Champion'. Lots of large 1-lb. deep pink fruits on 2' bushy plants. Perfect for patio gardening in pots. Very flavorful.
Days: 90
Size: Determinate
Late Season"

Best;
bluelytes

[jackman]

Where did you buy yours, Paula? If the ones you grew produced most of the year that would be the one I want.
Jack

[PNW_D]

Here is the original offering in the 1915 Isbell catalog (thank you Craig) ....

http://nctomatoman.topcities.com/See...ll_tomato4.jpg

[cdntomato]

...If the ones you grew produced most of the year that would be the one I want.

Jack, that's just what I've been saying it does. Source is not the issue. NBD fruits like an indeterminate variety even though it is a dwarf (determinate). It's a tree-type.

Jennifer

[Tomatovator]

Do these plants still require some sort of support? I was thinking about growing them in an Earthbox.

[ddsack]

I got my NBD from Victory Seeds, and even though it says dwarf in the name, it was certainly much taller than 2 feet, more like 4 or 5 by the end of the season. In this picture you can only see the lower half of the plant. Growing in raised beds, it definitely needed support.



It was a beautiful plant, though not a dwarf in the height category of Silvery Fir Tree, Sophie's Choice, or even Kimberly. It had healthy rugose leaves, and continued to grow and produce medium sized tomatoes until frost.

[biermaster]

I have one that I planted a year ago in August. and wintered over in temporary green house and I am now picking them for the 3rd time. (last fall/winter, early spring. and now 2nd fall/winter) I had to cut it back to about 1/3 when the heat hit in June. It started sending out new branches and when it started cooling off and setting many new tomatoes. Many of them appear to be as large if not larger than what I origninally grew the 1st fall/winter. Great taste. Green one at break make great fried tomatoes

[jackman]

They look great should do well in the 3 half whisky barrels I have.