2020 Tomato Grow List Revised

GoDawgs · November 21, 2019

Pickles and I have been discussing tomatoes for next year. 2019 was a test year and we had one each of 15 varieties (many new to us) going, a mix of a few old and mostly new to us. The problem was that there were never enough tomatoes ready all at once to get any decent canning done. Many didn't hold well once picked so a lot went bad while waiting for more to ripen. In addition, there were a lot of new-to-us varieties, some of which didn't do so well. Thus, a shortage of canning tomatoes.

The new strategy will be to grow several plants of each of two or three determinate varieties up at the house for canning. Early Girl, Rio Grande and Red Siberian (the last two of these were newbies here) did well this year. The mostly indeterminates will be grown in buckets in the garden.

Thanks to loulac for posting about the Tomatofest seed sale! After browsing through their hundreds of varieties all evening, there will now be seven new tomatoes for spring with the emphasis on their ability to do well in hot climates and being dual purpose, for canning and fresh eating.

Porter Days: 72, Indeterminate, Red, Mid-Season
Santiago Days: 68, Indeterminate, Red, Early Season
Super Sioux Days: 71, Semi-Determinate, Red, Mid-Season
Ten Fingers of Naples Days: 72, Determinate, Red, Mid-Season
Camp Joy (Cherry) Days: 81, Indeterminate, Cherry, Mid-Season
Early Annie Days: 60, Determinate, Red, Early-Season
Mom's Paste Days: 84, Indeterminate, Red, Late-Season

I'll be interested in watching the 'Early Annie'. If she does well, she'll join the others up at the house in 2021. For cherry purposes and due to flavor issues, 'Camp Joy' will be replacing 'Juliet'.

This is the first bit of planning for next year. It's amazing how just going through a catalog will get tired gardening juices revved up!

November 21, 2019	#1
GoDawgs Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2018 Location: Augusta area, Georgia, 8a/7b Posts: 1,685	2020 Tomato Grow List Revised Pickles and I have been discussing tomatoes for next year. 2019 was a test year and we had one each of 15 varieties (many new to us) going, a mix of a few old and mostly new to us. The problem was that there were never enough tomatoes ready all at once to get any decent canning done. Many didn't hold well once picked so a lot went bad while waiting for more to ripen. In addition, there were a lot of new-to-us varieties, some of which didn't do so well. Thus, a shortage of canning tomatoes. The new strategy will be to grow several plants of each of two or three determinate varieties up at the house for canning. Early Girl, Rio Grande and Red Siberian (the last two of these were newbies here) did well this year. The mostly indeterminates will be grown in buckets in the garden. Thanks to loulac for posting about the Tomatofest seed sale! After browsing through their hundreds of varieties all evening, there will now be seven new tomatoes for spring with the emphasis on their ability to do well in hot climates and being dual purpose, for canning and fresh eating. Porter Days: 72, Indeterminate, Red, Mid-Season Santiago Days: 68, Indeterminate, Red, Early Season Super Sioux Days: 71, Semi-Determinate, Red, Mid-Season Ten Fingers of Naples Days: 72, Determinate, Red, Mid-Season Camp Joy (Cherry) Days: 81, Indeterminate, Cherry, Mid-Season Early Annie Days: 60, Determinate, Red, Early-Season Mom's Paste Days: 84, Indeterminate, Red, Late-Season I'll be interested in watching the 'Early Annie'. If she does well, she'll join the others up at the house in 2021. For cherry purposes and due to flavor issues, 'Camp Joy' will be replacing 'Juliet'. This is the first bit of planning for next year. It's amazing how just going through a catalog will get tired gardening juices revved up!