Best BLT in Atlanta is......

ScottinAtlanta · August 7, 2014

Spear's Tennessee Green. It is fleshy, juicy, tart and crisp but with a strong tomato taste. Large enough for one slice, one sandwich. One of the best tomatoes I have ever tasted and superb on a BLT.

Here is my STG today - pumping out tomatoes like a possum pumps out pups.

Sun City Linda · August 7, 2014

hahah "Like a possum pumps out pups" Must be a Southern thing

Nice looking tomatoes!

Cole_Robbie · August 7, 2014

I had exactly the same experience. I put wasabi horseradish on my STG BLT.

natural · August 8, 2014

Spears has always produced for me as well.

I just cannot pick a favorite GWR tomato.

First it was Green Giant, then Cherokee Green. Then Grubs Mystery Green. Then I tried Spears and placed my vote for it (mainly because I've had trouble with Grubs going down to disease early the last few years).

This year I finally tried Malachite Box. Wow! I really liked it as well. I need to do a side-by-side comparison growout of all of my GWR's next year.

Bill

ScottinAtlanta · August 8, 2014

I really wanted to try a Malachite Box - planted two super vigorous seedlings for 2014 - they grew like mad, flowered, began producing green toms, and then BANG - both down with disease over night.

Spears Tennessee Green, just beside them, never blinked, never had a yellow leaf, just kept producing. I know which one I will plant again.

natural · August 8, 2014

Scott, I had the same issue with Malachite Box. Both plants produced a few very good tomatoes and then went down to disease.

We should compare notes some time since we live close to each other.

Bill

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August 7, 2014	#2
Sun City Linda Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: SoCal Inland Posts: 2,705	hahah "Like a possum pumps out pups" Must be a Southern thing Nice looking tomatoes!

August 7, 2014	#3
Cole_Robbie Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Illinois, zone 6 Posts: 8,407	I had exactly the same experience. I put wasabi horseradish on my STG BLT.

August 8, 2014	#4
natural Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: North GA Posts: 530	Spears has always produced for me as well. I just cannot pick a favorite GWR tomato. First it was Green Giant, then Cherokee Green. Then Grubs Mystery Green. Then I tried Spears and placed my vote for it (mainly because I've had trouble with Grubs going down to disease early the last few years). This year I finally tried Malachite Box. Wow! I really liked it as well. I need to do a side-by-side comparison growout of all of my GWR's next year. Bill

August 8, 2014	#5
ScottinAtlanta Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Atlanta, Georgia Posts: 2,593	I really wanted to try a Malachite Box - planted two super vigorous seedlings for 2014 - they grew like mad, flowered, began producing green toms, and then BANG - both down with disease over night. Spears Tennessee Green, just beside them, never blinked, never had a yellow leaf, just kept producing. I know which one I will plant again.