Mrs. Benson

b54red · December 29, 2010

Has anyone else had any luck with this variety? I planted it out numerous times this past season only to have it die of one thing or another before producing any fruit. The ones I planted in early spring and summer started off great but fell to one calamity or another.
I have finally gotten a ripe tomato on a Mrs. Benson. It is one that I put in a bucket in early September and then placed on my porch when the cold weather got here. The plant has almost no leaves thanks to a fierce attack of spider mites which has continued despite numerous attempts to keep them at bay. I'm beginning to feel like this variety must be closely related to Cuostralee and may not be worth growing here deep in the south.

December 29, 2010	#1
b54red Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Alabama Posts: 7,068	Mrs. Benson Has anyone else had any luck with this variety? I planted it out numerous times this past season only to have it die of one thing or another before producing any fruit. The ones I planted in early spring and summer started off great but fell to one calamity or another. I have finally gotten a ripe tomato on a Mrs. Benson. It is one that I put in a bucket in early September and then placed on my porch when the cold weather got here. The plant has almost no leaves thanks to a fierce attack of spider mites which has continued despite numerous attempts to keep them at bay. I'm beginning to feel like this variety must be closely related to Cuostralee and may not be worth growing here deep in the south.