GWR Throwdown aka Borderline Obsession

fordido · May 20, 2016

Thanks to this group, I've caught the tomato fever. And I have it bad. If I'm not outside obsessively checking over my tomato babies, I'm inside reading posts dating all the way back to 2008.

The last two years, I only grew two cherries & a Cherokee purple and still had more tomatoes than I knew what to do with.. So, naturally this year I've graduated to 16 tomato plants. Just what I needed! haha Thanks to reading an obscene number of your posts & years of general lurking, I have a great grow list this year, if I do say so myself. This group is a wealth of knowledge!

2016 Grow List
Stump of the World
Rebel Yell
Dester
Brandy Boy
Kellogg's Breakfast
Hawaiian Pineapple
Gary'O Sena
Indian Stripe
Paul Robeson
Little Lucky
Great White
Solar Flare
Pink Berkeley Tie Dye
Large Barred Boar
Nectar cherry
AND
Aunt Ruby's German Green

Well, actually not ARGG because a gosh darnoodley cutworm took it out the day after I planted it!!

Which means I'm now completely obsessed with the idea of a GWR. I've never seen one, much less tasted one. So next year, I'm devoting 2 spots in my garden to a tiny GWR Throwdown.

So please chime in with your votes on which two should battle head-to-head for my first GWR taste test! Points deducted from any varieties that lean toward the tart side of the spectrum, I like my tomatoes balanced but with a definite hit of sweetness. Here are my current contenders:

Aunt Ruby's German Green
Cherokee Green
Green Giant
Malakhitovaya Shkatulk
Absinthe
Hugh's (whoops, this is a yellow! Thx Carolyn)
Humph
Grub's Mystery Green

Assuming I'm a GWR fan, I hope to make my way through the entire list eventually. But in the meantime, which two varieties would you pick to convert my boring supermarket-tomato eating friends & family to the dark (green) side?

And thanks in advance for enabling my obsession. For some reason, I'm getting no support from my husband whatsoever!!

May 20, 2016	#1
fordido Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Missouri Posts: 31	GWR Throwdown aka Borderline Obsession Thanks to this group, I've caught the tomato fever. And I have it bad. If I'm not outside obsessively checking over my tomato babies, I'm inside reading posts dating all the way back to 2008. The last two years, I only grew two cherries & a Cherokee purple and still had more tomatoes than I knew what to do with.. So, naturally this year I've graduated to 16 tomato plants. Just what I needed! haha Thanks to reading an obscene number of your posts & years of general lurking, I have a great grow list this year, if I do say so myself. This group is a wealth of knowledge! 2016 Grow List Stump of the World Rebel Yell Dester Brandy Boy Kellogg's Breakfast Hawaiian Pineapple Gary'O Sena Indian Stripe Paul Robeson Little Lucky Great White Solar Flare Pink Berkeley Tie Dye Large Barred Boar Nectar cherry AND Aunt Ruby's German Green Well, actually not ARGG because a gosh darnoodley cutworm took it out the day after I planted it!! Which means I'm now completely obsessed with the idea of a GWR. I've never seen one, much less tasted one. So next year, I'm devoting 2 spots in my garden to a tiny GWR Throwdown. So please chime in with your votes on which two should battle head-to-head for my first GWR taste test! Points deducted from any varieties that lean toward the tart side of the spectrum, I like my tomatoes balanced but with a definite hit of sweetness. Here are my current contenders: Aunt Ruby's German Green Cherokee Green Green Giant Malakhitovaya Shkatulk Absinthe Hugh's (whoops, this is a yellow! Thx Carolyn) Humph Grub's Mystery Green Assuming I'm a GWR fan, I hope to make my way through the entire list eventually. But in the meantime, which two varieties would you pick to convert my boring supermarket-tomato eating friends & family to the dark (green) side? And thanks in advance for enabling my obsession. For some reason, I'm getting no support from my husband whatsoever!! Last edited by fordido; May 21, 2016 at 08:22 AM.