Real Box Car Willie

Mark0820 · January 13, 2011

The last two years, I planted what I thought was Box Car Willie, but I'm not sure it was Box Car Willie.

Based on reviews on the Internet, I thought BCW was a tall, indeterminate plant. My plant grew about 3 to 3 1/2 feet. The tomatoes were slightly fluted (in my opinion) and some were kind of pointy on the bottom (not shaped like a heart, but the bottom wasn't flat. They had kind of a roundish bottom with a point.).

The production also wasn't very good. Initially, I had 6 tomatoes. Then, I read a review on Dave's Garden that this plant really likes to grow in mud. I started watering it every other day, and it set lots of fruit. However, the plant wasn't sturdy enough to handle the fruit, and it eventually collapsed to the ground in a pile.

The taste wasn't very good. Oddly enough they weren't really mushy from all of the water either. I ended up throwing them in the sauce pot.

My gut instinct tells me this wasn't Box Car Willie, but really have no idea. I contacted the person I purchased the seed from, and they said they got their seed from Totally Tomatoes. Can someone tell me what a Box Car Willie plant and tomato should be like?

January 13, 2011	#1
Mark0820 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Cincinnati Posts: 907	Real Box Car Willie The last two years, I planted what I thought was Box Car Willie, but I'm not sure it was Box Car Willie. Based on reviews on the Internet, I thought BCW was a tall, indeterminate plant. My plant grew about 3 to 3 1/2 feet. The tomatoes were slightly fluted (in my opinion) and some were kind of pointy on the bottom (not shaped like a heart, but the bottom wasn't flat. They had kind of a roundish bottom with a point.). The production also wasn't very good. Initially, I had 6 tomatoes. Then, I read a review on Dave's Garden that this plant really likes to grow in mud. I started watering it every other day, and it set lots of fruit. However, the plant wasn't sturdy enough to handle the fruit, and it eventually collapsed to the ground in a pile. The taste wasn't very good. Oddly enough they weren't really mushy from all of the water either. I ended up throwing them in the sauce pot. My gut instinct tells me this wasn't Box Car Willie, but really have no idea. I contacted the person I purchased the seed from, and they said they got their seed from Totally Tomatoes. Can someone tell me what a Box Car Willie plant and tomato should be like?