Most productive (non-cherry) tomato you have grown?

[BigVanVader]

I have a Wes tomato with nearly 70 fruits on it, and they are all of decent size and some are quite large double or triple fused fruits. I have 3 Wes and the other 2 plants don't have nearly as many fruits but still 40 or so each. I haven't been growing tomatoes that long but I have never seen so many tomatoes on 1 plant. Is this a common occurrence when conditions are perfect? What are some other varieties that y'all have found consistently produce like this?

[Captain Neon]

My wife often talks about a single Roma plant that I grew alongside a Super Sweet 100, some Better Boys, and some Brandywines we grew in North Central Missouri (farmers grew tomatoes commercially there in the '40s) that she swears produced over 50 ripe tomatoes every day for over a week. We had plenty leading up to that week, but more manageable, and also continued good production until frost in November. After that, I won't put one in the ground again and only grow cherries and Romas in pots.

[pauldavid]

For me its Arkansas Traveler. I am growing Homestead for the first time and they are really loaded up with fruit.

[BigVanVader]

Originally Posted by pauldavid

For me its Arkansas Traveler. I am growing Homestead for the first time and they are really loaded up with fruit.

This is one I got seeds for a little to late to start so I will have to wait till next year, now even more excited about it! Homestead looks like a good one for my heat and humidity as well.

[PaulF]

I keep track of all kinds of statistics and since it is getting ready to rain (again) I was able to spend a little time with this question.

While I do have notes on numbers of tomatoes, usually the smaller the tomato the more fruits are produced, so I feel total weight from one single plant is my standard for productivity.

My last year growing in Iowa (2004) these were the best for me and I try not to compare to where I am now. Russian #117: 125 tomatoes for 56 pounds, Brandywine (Suddath): 68 tomatoes/69 pounds, Kelloggs Breakfast 60/87 lbs.

In Nebraska these are the leaders for total tomatoes from one plant: India 127, Russian Apple Tree 117, Tsar Kolokol 90.

For total weight of tomatoes from a single plant: Mexican Yellow 51 lbs., Russian Rose and Neves Azorean Red each 50lbs., Crnkovic's Yugoslavian 48. lbs.

To pick one variety no matter where I have lived, Kellogg's Breakfast/KBX would be my pick for most productive and the flavor is also at the top of my list.

[BigVanVader]

Wow thanks for the great info Paul! KBX is on my list for next year, I started some NAR this year but sold several and then my sister wanted my last 2 so I didn't get to grow any I plan to weigh the production from all my heart/beefsteak varieties this year so I can track how much the production goes up as my soil improves since I started at a new place with basically hard pan clay this year.

Oh and that production from Brandywine is impressive, I grew it last year and got hardly any tomatoes. It was a bad year for growing anything though, hot spring followed by constant rains.

[PaulF]

That Brandy production was an anomaly, a once in my lifetime productiveness. Usually it is half that at best, but the flavor trumps low numbers.

[AlittleSalt]

Boring I know, but Celebrity produced so many tomatoes that we got sick of them.

[Tracydr]

Marglobe. I think I got 50lbs from one plant.

[JLJ_]

Originally Posted by Tracydr

Marglobe. I think I got 50lbs from one plant.

Good old Marglobe! Grandma's favorite, and therefore, of course, mine, too.

Marglobe (with some help from its children and grandchildren) is the main workhorse that produces our year's supply of tomatoes, so we don't have to buy grocery store tomatoes.

Of course, quite a few others contribute their bit, too.

[pauldavid]

Originally Posted by AlittleSalt

Boring I know, but Celebrity produced so many tomatoes that we got sick of them.

There is nothing wrong with Celebrity. I have ate thousands of them probably. Thats all my aunt ever grew.
I was telling her all about my heirlooms. When I finished, she asked "But are you growing Celebrity too?"

[Gardeneer]

Juliet : Is it grape ? But mine were little bit smaller than Roma.
Anyway. I grew it, I think, 5 years ago. I could not keep up with it.
No other tomatoes (even cherries) have been that prolific in my garden.

Gardeneer

[NarnianGarden]

Azoychka and Rumi Banjan were the heaviest producers last year. Many varieties have loads of flowers, but fail to set fruit, or succumb to BER.

[zipcode]

Crnkovic has been my most productive non-hybrid yet. Has great vigour and it's one of the few big pinks that doesn't have a problem with pollination in difficult situations.

[shelleybean]

It's been a long time since I've grown it but I think German Head produced the most for us. As a plus, they were good sized with very little cracking and had great flavor.