Geronimo variety. Who has tried it?

TomatoDon · May 12, 2012

Some of you may have read my recents posts about hydroponics and the Geronimo variety, which is new to me. I searched on line and there is more information that I anticipated. This is from one of the seed companies:

"<NEW> 80 days. Lycopersicon esculentum. (F1) Plant produces very high yields of 8 oz red beefsteak tomatoes. Tomato has great flavor and good shelf life. It is also a crack resistance variety. Excellent for salads and sandwiches. Indeterminate. "

I am interested to see if anyone here has grown Geronimo. I don't remember seeing much mention of it here in the past. I am finding it to be an excellent tomato. I am buying some from a hydroponic grower in north Mississippi, and these are the only greenhouse grown tomatoes that I really like. They are a very pretty tomato, basically blemish free, and are just delightful. The taste is excellent, which surprises me since it's still early May and we aren't even in the real growing season here yet.

I started a Flickr photo set about them and tonight I added some pictures of Geronimo up close, the way I bought them. I think anyone would be pleasantly surprised with this tomoto. To me it's like an early version of Better Boy, Big Beef, Goliath and a few others in that category that are very similar. "Catgegory" meaning beefsteak, somewhat tart and "old timey," and doing very well growing in the deep South.

I'd like to start a thread on the Geronimo variety and get input from our friends here who have actually grown it. Here is my Flickr link that has some new pictures of it.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/58612497@N04/

Don

May 12, 2012	#1
TomatoDon Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: MS Posts: 1,523	Geronimo variety. Who has tried it? Some of you may have read my recents posts about hydroponics and the Geronimo variety, which is new to me. I searched on line and there is more information that I anticipated. This is from one of the seed companies: "<NEW> 80 days. Lycopersicon esculentum. (F1) Plant produces very high yields of 8 oz red beefsteak tomatoes. Tomato has great flavor and good shelf life. It is also a crack resistance variety. Excellent for salads and sandwiches. Indeterminate. " I am interested to see if anyone here has grown Geronimo. I don't remember seeing much mention of it here in the past. I am finding it to be an excellent tomato. I am buying some from a hydroponic grower in north Mississippi, and these are the only greenhouse grown tomatoes that I really like. They are a very pretty tomato, basically blemish free, and are just delightful. The taste is excellent, which surprises me since it's still early May and we aren't even in the real growing season here yet. I started a Flickr photo set about them and tonight I added some pictures of Geronimo up close, the way I bought them. I think anyone would be pleasantly surprised with this tomoto. To me it's like an early version of Better Boy, Big Beef, Goliath and a few others in that category that are very similar. "Catgegory" meaning beefsteak, somewhat tart and "old timey," and doing very well growing in the deep South. I'd like to start a thread on the Geronimo variety and get input from our friends here who have actually grown it. Here is my Flickr link that has some new pictures of it. http://www.flickr.com/photos/58612497@N04/ Don __________________ Zone 7B, N. MS