What am I missing?

shlacm · January 16, 2011

Okay, I possess seeds for roughly 90 varieties... I had originally intended to grow about 10 varieties this year; this was before I actually started making a list and collecting seeds! Then I was thinking maybe I can do 20! At which point I had finally compiled an alphabetical list of everything I have acquired (I decided to grow tomatoes less than a year ago!!! so the accumulation has been rather rapid!). And after counting the items on said list... well, I'm wondering if perhaps I could do more than 20....

But let's pretend I'm only going to grow 20 varieties! Here are the ones that I am completely certain I will grow this year:

1) Atkinson
2) Cherokee Purple, Spudakee (grew the regular CP last year... but it met with many ill fates and I never did get a tomato from any of the plants)
3) Frank's Large Red
4) Gildo Petriboni
5) Grandma Mary's Polish
6) Grandma Oliver Chocolate
7) Lime Green Salad (actually, this one is a small plant, so I'm not "counting" it)
8) Matt's Wild Cherry (repeat: just about the only thing that did well for me)
9) Mr. Brown's
10) NAR (repeat: b/c I got nothing from it last year and that seems completely contradictory to everyone else's experience; different seed source this time)
11) Noire De Crimee
12) Paul Robeson (repeat: b/c it was by far the deer's favorite, but the few I got were very good!)
13) Red Star
14) Snow White Cherry (for the "little ones" though I could conceivably switch it out for something different)
15) Yellow Submarine (b/c my 2 youngest like the cute little yellow ones, and I don't want to grow YP if there is a better option)

I won't put my entire list of "haves" on here... or even the list of "really want to grows," because I'm really looking for people to look at my list and tell me what is missing! Not specific varieties, but what "types" of tomatoes have I neglected? And of course, if you would like to recommend specific varieties, I would appreciate the recommendations... though, if I don't already own it, I reeeeeeeeally should NOT be "collecting" any more right now!!!

Oh, and (once I receive the incredible varieties from Carolyn's offer) I will have about 40 varieties in addition to those above that I REALLY want to grow THIS year!

January 16, 2011	#1
shlacm Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Central VA Posts: 436	What am I missing? Okay, I possess seeds for roughly 90 varieties... I had originally intended to grow about 10 varieties this year; this was before I actually started making a list and collecting seeds! Then I was thinking maybe I can do 20! At which point I had finally compiled an alphabetical list of everything I have acquired (I decided to grow tomatoes less than a year ago!!! so the accumulation has been rather rapid!). And after counting the items on said list... well, I'm wondering if perhaps I could do more than 20.... But let's pretend I'm only going to grow 20 varieties! Here are the ones that I am completely certain I will grow this year: 1) Atkinson 2) Cherokee Purple, Spudakee (grew the regular CP last year... but it met with many ill fates and I never did get a tomato from any of the plants) 3) Frank's Large Red 4) Gildo Petriboni 5) Grandma Mary's Polish 6) Grandma Oliver Chocolate 7) Lime Green Salad (actually, this one is a small plant, so I'm not "counting" it) 8) Matt's Wild Cherry (repeat: just about the only thing that did well for me) 9) Mr. Brown's 10) NAR (repeat: b/c I got nothing from it last year and that seems completely contradictory to everyone else's experience; different seed source this time) 11) Noire De Crimee 12) Paul Robeson (repeat: b/c it was by far the deer's favorite, but the few I got were very good!) 13) Red Star 14) Snow White Cherry (for the "little ones" though I could conceivably switch it out for something different) 15) Yellow Submarine (b/c my 2 youngest like the cute little yellow ones, and I don't want to grow YP if there is a better option) I won't put my entire list of "haves" on here... or even the list of "really want to grows," because I'm really looking for people to look at my list and tell me what is missing! Not specific varieties, but what "types" of tomatoes have I neglected? And of course, if you would like to recommend specific varieties, I would appreciate the recommendations... though, if I don't already own it, I reeeeeeeeally should NOT be "collecting" any more right now!!! Oh, and (once I receive the incredible varieties from Carolyn's offer) I will have about 40 varieties in addition to those above that I *REALLY want* to grow THIS year!