Who HERE grows the SAME every year - my borig list

mobiledynamics · March 28, 2018

This may be the wrong forum to ask this questions - as many have like 20X the variaties growing

Who here grows the same every year

We've got a larger scale home renovation for 2018 so I scaled back and just planted my usuals that I know I like

Brandywine Sud.
Cherokee Purple
Black Cherry
Sungold
SS100
Opalka

I did deviate a little and will be trialing the Boar stuff - Large Barred and Green Berkley

CamuMahubah · March 28, 2018

I have Early Girls every year. This year I'm gonna try OP Dirty Girl. This will be the first time I will not have hybrid EG in the garden.

In fact this will be the first year I have no Big Beef.

This year it's gonna be all OP and landracers.

Wow. I haven't even thought of it like that really.

Just blew my own mind. The older I get the easier that is to do LOL.

Gardeneer · March 29, 2018

Up until last year 50%+ of my tomatoes were new try out. But this year out of 24 vars just ONE ls new and that was an impulse purchase.
So I think after all these years I have found varieties that I like. I have resifned to the fact that I don,t have time to keep trying new varieties.

bigpinks · March 29, 2018

Grow big pinks and yellow/red from saved seed. Maybe 5th straight yr. Also Big Beef and Orange Slice. This yr branching out in nine large containers with some new stuff. Garden is 40x40 and I usually have 60-90 plants plus seven or eight other vegetables. Eager to break out the tiller and set onions. Still wet and cold.

b54red · March 29, 2018

It took me quite a few years of planting sometimes in excess of 100 varieties each year to find the ones that I really like and now I am so happy with my boring list. I still try a new one or two each year and sometimes drop one of my old standbys but the ones below are always planted each and every year.

Brandywine Sudduth's
Brandywine Cowlick's
Limbaugh's Legacy
German Johnson pl
Couilles de Tareau
Henderson's Winsall
Red Barn
Giant Belgium
Indian Stripe pl
Spudakee
Neves Azorean Red
Delicious
Pruden's Purple
JD's Special C Tex
Arkansas Traveler

If Kentucky Wonder, Granny Cantrell, 1884 and Dester keep producing those large tasty tomatoes like they have done lately they will be joining the list.

Bill

AlittleSalt · March 29, 2018

I grow Porter every year. Japanese Pink Cherry and Sungold are repeats that make that list too.

VC Scott · March 29, 2018

I have to try a couple new varieties every year. The old reliables are:

Brandywine Cowlicks
Joe's Pink Oxheart
Pink Berkeley Tie Dye
KBX
Red Brandywine

This year I am trying these new to me varieties:

GGWT
Yellow Brandywine Platfoot
Reisentraube

Goodloe · March 29, 2018

I'm pretty boring, I guess...Early Girl...Big Beef...Big Boy every year. I do try to throw in some new ones each year. New varieties for this year include Chef's Choice Pink, Cleota Pink, Chapman, Delicious, Bradley, and Sioux....

Jon

pmcgrady · March 29, 2018

Church
Mexico
Red Barn
Chapman
Goldmans Italian American
BigBeef
Cosmonaut Volkov
Boxcar Willie
Juane Flamme
Millards Macedonian Heart (1# red heart tomatoes,hardly any seeds I named it after the person I got them from, best tomato sauce ever!)

SueCT · March 30, 2018

I am getting there! Room for fewer and fewer new ones each year as the "must haves" grow:

Estler's Mortgage Lifter
Box Car Willie
Brandywine Sudduth
Stump of The World
Kelloggs Breakfast
Cherokee Purple or Cherokee Purple Heart
Sophies Choice & Azoychka (for early tomatoes)
Black Cherry

Then I rotate several hearts and bicolors because I don't have room for all the ones I like already. I do still try to save room for a couple of new ones, but sometimes it means putting Sophies Choice and Azoychka as well as a couple grapes/cherries in pots to make enough room.

mobiledynamics · March 30, 2018

Going to have to try Kellogs Again. Tried it for 2-3 years. Don't recall but it was not a keeper in our book.

I keep on seeing threads about Mortage . Going to have search old threads on this

Nan_PA_6b · March 30, 2018

My mother grows Big Beef and Early Girl every year. She likes their taste, productivity, etc. better than any others. I give her likely newcomers each year to try.

I haven't found most of my "most bestest" favorites yet. The exception: Dotson's Lebanese Heart is so far my favorite for making fried green tomatoes. He'll be grown every year unless someone unseats him.

I grow lots of new ones to discover my (and DH's) favorites in other areas.

Nan

SteveP · March 31, 2018

I seem to always have Big Beef and Mortgage Lifter. I don't grow from seed yet (next year) and have no idea what else I will plant this year. I haven't looked yet to see what's available, I am still almost a month away from planting.

MikeInCypress · April 2, 2018

I grow about 50 Varieties Each year. I always grow Big Beef, Juliet, SunGold, Tycoon, Big Beef, Early Girl, 4th of July, Black Krim, and Maya & Sion's. I grow about 10 different Dwarf and rotate through my heirlooms. This year Azoychka & Taxi are going to be the first to produce.

MikeInCypress

Gardeneer · April 2, 2018

Let me see if i can name all the varieties that am growing , without looking up my list.

ARGG, ANANAS NOIRE
BIG BEEF , BRANDYWINE BRANDY BOY , BROWN HEART
CUOSTRALEE
DELICIOUS
ESTERINA
GERMAN JOHNSON , GERMAN QUEEN
HILLBILLY
INDIGO APPLE INDIGO ROSE
LIMMONY
MAT_SU , MYSTRY
STUPICE , SILVERY FIR TREE, SMALL GRAPE , SARA BLACK
TIGER GRAPE, TIGER HEART.
and that,s all. 23 varieties , about 39 plants. I have just one new comer ;German Johnson

March 28, 2018	#1
mobiledynamics Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: 7B Posts: 281	Who HERE grows the SAME every year - my borig list This may be the wrong forum to ask this questions - as many have like 20X the variaties growing Who here grows the same every year We've got a larger scale home renovation for 2018 so I scaled back and just planted my usuals that I know I like Brandywine Sud. Cherokee Purple Black Cherry Sungold SS100 Opalka I did deviate a little and will be trialing the Boar stuff - Large Barred and Green Berkley

March 29, 2018	#3
Gardeneer Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: NC - zone 8a - heat zone 7 Posts: 4,919	Up until last year 50%+ of my tomatoes were new try out. But this year out of 24 vars just ONE ls new and that was an impulse purchase. So I think after all these years I have found varieties that I like. I have resifned to the fact that I don,t have time to keep trying new varieties. __________________ Gardeneer Happy Gardening !

March 29, 2018	#8
Goodloe Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2018 Location: Steens, MS 8a Posts: 410	I'm pretty boring, I guess...Early Girl...Big Beef...Big Boy every year. I do try to throw in some new ones each year. New varieties for this year include Chef's Choice Pink, Cleota Pink, Chapman, Delicious, Bradley, and Sioux.... Jon __________________ ~Jon~ Downheah, Mississippi

April 2, 2018	#14
MikeInCypress Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Cypress, TX Posts: 963	I grow about 50 Varieties Each year. I always grow Big Beef, Juliet, SunGold, Tycoon, Big Beef, Early Girl, 4th of July, Black Krim, and Maya & Sion's. I grow about 10 different Dwarf and rotate through my heirlooms. This year Azoychka & Taxi are going to be the first to produce. MikeInCypress __________________ "Growing older, not up"

April 2, 2018	#15
Gardeneer Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: NC - zone 8a - heat zone 7 Posts: 4,919	Let me see if i can name all the varieties that am growing , without looking up my list. ARGG, ANANAS NOIRE BIG BEEF , BRANDYWINE BRANDY BOY , BROWN HEART CUOSTRALEE DELICIOUS ESTERINA GERMAN JOHNSON , GERMAN QUEEN HILLBILLY INDIGO APPLE INDIGO ROSE LIMMONY MAT_SU , MYSTRY STUPICE , SILVERY FIR TREE, SMALL GRAPE , SARA BLACK TIGER GRAPE, TIGER HEART. and that,s all. 23 varieties , about 39 plants. I have just one new comer ;German Johnson __________________ Gardeneer Happy Gardening !

March 28, 2018	#2
CamuMahubah Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Alliance Nebraska Posts: 169	I have Early Girls every year. This year I'm gonna try OP Dirty Girl. This will be the first time I will not have hybrid EG in the garden. In fact this will be the first year I have no Big Beef. This year it's gonna be all OP and landracers. Wow. I haven't even thought of it like that really. Just blew my own mind. The older I get the easier that is to do LOL.

March 29, 2018	#4
bigpinks Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: SC Ohio(proctorville) Posts: 192	Grow big pinks and yellow/red from saved seed. Maybe 5th straight yr. Also Big Beef and Orange Slice. This yr branching out in nine large containers with some new stuff. Garden is 40x40 and I usually have 60-90 plants plus seven or eight other vegetables. Eager to break out the tiller and set onions. Still wet and cold.

March 29, 2018	#5
b54red Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Alabama Posts: 7,068	It took me quite a few years of planting sometimes in excess of 100 varieties each year to find the ones that I really like and now I am so happy with my boring list. I still try a new one or two each year and sometimes drop one of my old standbys but the ones below are always planted each and every year. Brandywine Sudduth's Brandywine Cowlick's Limbaugh's Legacy German Johnson pl Couilles de Tareau Henderson's Winsall Red Barn Giant Belgium Indian Stripe pl Spudakee Neves Azorean Red Delicious Pruden's Purple JD's Special C Tex Arkansas Traveler If Kentucky Wonder, Granny Cantrell, 1884 and Dester keep producing those large tasty tomatoes like they have done lately they will be joining the list. Bill

March 29, 2018	#6
AlittleSalt BANNED FOR LIFE Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 13,333	I grow Porter every year. Japanese Pink Cherry and Sungold are repeats that make that list too.

March 29, 2018	#7
VC Scott Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: San Marcos, CA Posts: 352	I have to try a couple new varieties every year. The old reliables are: Brandywine Cowlicks Joe's Pink Oxheart Pink Berkeley Tie Dye KBX Red Brandywine This year I am trying these new to me varieties: GGWT Yellow Brandywine Platfoot Reisentraube

March 29, 2018	#9
pmcgrady Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Central Illinois Posts: 1,836	Church Mexico Red Barn Chapman Goldmans Italian American BigBeef Cosmonaut Volkov Boxcar Willie Juane Flamme Millards Macedonian Heart (1# red heart tomatoes,hardly any seeds I named it after the person I got them from, best tomato sauce ever!)

March 30, 2018	#10
SueCT Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Connecticut Posts: 1,460	I am getting there! Room for fewer and fewer new ones each year as the "must haves" grow: Estler's Mortgage Lifter Box Car Willie Brandywine Sudduth Stump of The World Kelloggs Breakfast Cherokee Purple or Cherokee Purple Heart Sophies Choice & Azoychka (for early tomatoes) Black Cherry Then I rotate several hearts and bicolors because I don't have room for all the ones I like already. I do still try to save room for a couple of new ones, but sometimes it means putting Sophies Choice and Azoychka as well as a couple grapes/cherries in pots to make enough room.

March 30, 2018	#12
Nan_PA_6b Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2016 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 3,194	My mother grows Big Beef and Early Girl every year. She likes their taste, productivity, etc. better than any others. I give her likely newcomers each year to try. I haven't found most of my "most bestest" favorites yet. The exception: Dotson's Lebanese Heart is so far my favorite for making fried green tomatoes. He'll be grown every year unless someone unseats him. I grow lots of new ones to discover my (and DH's) favorites in other areas. Nan

March 31, 2018	#13
SteveP Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Joplin MO Posts: 1,398	I seem to always have Big Beef and Mortgage Lifter. I don't grow from seed yet (next year) and have no idea what else I will plant this year. I haven't looked yet to see what's available, I am still almost a month away from planting.