what percentage of new-to-you varieties do you grow?

kath · June 24, 2013

This was a really interesting and fun idea for a thread and I'm surprised by the consistency of my results. I only included the years since I joined Tomatoville and became tomato-crazed.

Before that, I only grew a few hybrid varieties each year and Sungold was the only repeat so the % of new varieties was always very high back then.

In 2010, 130 out of 137 varieties were new-to-me: 95%

In 2011, 213 out of 224 varieties were new-to-me: 95%

In 2012, 94 out of 128 varieties were new-to-me: 73%

In 2013, 58 out of 80 varieties are new-to-me: 73%

Sungold will forever be on my grow list and the other repeats have usually been either black slicers, pink hearts or beefsteaks, and the favorite bi- or tri-color at the moment.

In the future, the reduction in total varieties grown and % of new-to-me varieties will continue because I don't think I need to try many more than 500 varieties to find my staples.

This is the 3rd or 4th year for growing the following varieties that have repeatedly been real winners for us here:

Amazon Chocolate (PL)
Barlow Jap
Fish Lake Oxheart
Giannini
Hawaiian Pineapple
Hays' Tomato
JD's Special C-Tex
Sungold F1 (for many years)
Terhune
Work Release Paste

There are several others that have been brought back from last year that have real promise as keepers, too, so this year I'm looking for the "best of the best".

kath

June 24, 2013	#16
kath Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: zone 6b, PA Posts: 5,664	This was a really interesting and fun idea for a thread and I'm surprised by the consistency of my results. I only included the years since I joined Tomatoville and became tomato-crazed. Before that, I only grew a few hybrid varieties each year and Sungold was the only repeat so the % of new varieties was always very high back then. In 2010, 130 out of 137 varieties were new-to-me: 95% In 2011, 213 out of 224 varieties were new-to-me: 95% In 2012, 94 out of 128 varieties were new-to-me: 73% In 2013, 58 out of 80 varieties are new-to-me: 73% Sungold will forever be on my grow list and the other repeats have usually been either black slicers, pink hearts or beefsteaks, and the favorite bi- or tri-color at the moment. In the future, the reduction in total varieties grown and % of new-to-me varieties will continue because I don't think I need to try many more than 500 varieties to find my staples. This is the 3rd or 4th year for growing the following varieties that have repeatedly been real winners for us here: Amazon Chocolate (PL) Barlow Jap Fish Lake Oxheart Giannini Hawaiian Pineapple Hays' Tomato JD's Special C-Tex Sungold F1 (for many years) Terhune Work Release Paste There are several others that have been brought back from last year that have real promise as keepers, too, so this year I'm looking for the "best of the best". kath Last edited by kath; June 24, 2013 at 02:41 PM.