How about tricots?

[tomatoguy]

Let's see. This is season number 38 for me and number 10 for starting from seed. I never saw a tricot until last year. Now I have another one. Last year I had what was traded to me as Matchless Austin Strain in a tricot and a dicot version. According to Carolyn, this is really the Quarter Century variety. They were good small tomatoes, nothing to write home about. The tricot plant was maybe 30-35% larger with that much more production as well. This year I have a Gregory's Altai tricot. No side by side comparison since this will be the only GA I will grow. I love the GA taste but hate the splitting. Probably wouldn't grow it at all if it weren't a tricot. It was transplanted to my 20 gallon container yesterday.

I was wondering if it was just a fluke that suddenly I am getting tricots. Is anybody else getting tricots when they haven't before? Are some varieties more prone to being tricots? For those who grow a bunch of plants, what portion of your plants are tricots? I usually grow about 70 plants per year.

mater