Crandrew's Beach Garden

[Crandrew]

Originally Posted by tedln

Crandrew,

I'm curious about something! When I select a tomato variety that I want to grow, I usually research varieties other folks have tried and reported good results on. From those comments and my research, I determine what I want to grow. I'm usually not interested in growing a variety which has been produced and named by only one or two people. I prefer to grow tomatoes which have seed availability for many other people.

The two varieties you mentioned are totally unfamiliar to me. What is your process to select varieties to grow?

Ted

Ted-
My process for selection is identical to yours. I base my selection on folks collective experiences. The peppers were selected as I was searching through the SSE available seeds. Both of those varieties are actually pretty well known for being good and tasty producers. Well and sometimes you base your selection on emotional factors. Such as "my grandfather used to grow it" or "its from my hometown" or "I used to pick this variety as it grew wild from a volunteer my neighbor planted in the Forrest behind the house" etc.
As an example one of my choices this year was green zebra, then I read a few bad things about the plant and fruit. Luckily it got hit with disease so I replaced it with some late starts I had So partly I chose as i go, as my taste develop or as varieties are brought into spotlight by other members.
Some have reported bad results with Black Krim, but so far its by largest and most healthy producer...go figure.