Help! Need To Narrow Down My List!

pdxwindjammer · March 20, 2011

Tomorrow I need to sow my seeds using the paper towel method. I have far too many that I want to plant so I need help narrowing down my varieties. I will have to save some of these for next year.

I live in Portland, OR so we really do well with early tomatoes and we don't plant out until May or so.

Which of these paste:

San Marzano
Polish Linguisa

Which of these small early:

Early Rouge
Siberian
Sub Arctic Plenty
Belyi Naliv
Bloody Butcher

Which of these medium:

Paul Robeson (black, grew last year and loved it)
Sophie's Choice
Oregon Spring
Clear Pink Early

Which Yellow:

Orlov Yellow
Azoychka

These are the ones I am definitely growing:

Thessolonikki
Donskoi
Japanese Black Trifele
Black Cherry
Sun Sugar F1
Aunt Ruby's German Green
Lime Green Salad

Thanks!

creister · March 20, 2011

Early Rouge was not that early here. I liked it, but wasn't early. Azoychka is early and productive, taste is more like a good red tomato, not mild. Sophies Choice is early, productive and realatively large for being so early. It's flavor is good, but mild. The plants do not grow very large either. Maybe 18-24 inches, but will load up with the tomatoes. Perfect to grow in a 5 gallon bucket.

The others I have not grown. Hope this helps.

pdxwindjammer · March 20, 2011

Thanks creister!

I had read that Sophie's Choice was a nice, compact plant. I Like that idea because if I grow compact varieties I can grow more plants! I have very limited space, unfortunately.

Boutique Tomatoes · March 20, 2011

My wife mostly just tolerates my tomato variety obsession, but for the past two years she has asked if I would plant more Polish Linguisa as she positively loves it for sauces and soups. It's probably the only variety that she does ask for. It's fairly productive for us here and tends to ripen all at once which makes putting it up easier.

dice · March 20, 2011

I would move Oregon Spring, Early Rouge, and Clear Pink Early
into the medium category, and move Bloody Butcher up into
the small early. (I have not grown Oregon Spring, just going by
online descriptions of the size of the fruit.)

pdxwindjammer · March 20, 2011

Thanks Dice. I moved a couple of them. I grew Early Rouge last year and they were in the small catagory for me.

dice · March 20, 2011

Early Rouge should be about baseball sized. Maybe you had
a plant from a crossed seed?
http://t.tatianastomatobase.com:88/wiki/Early_Rouge

For me, Clear Pink Early was milder flavored and a little
smaller plant than Early Rouge, about 3-4', roughly the
same size fruit, more oblate shaped. A week to 10 days
earlier, too. (My Early Rouge plants by mid-September had
longer stems than several indeterminates.)

OneoftheEarls · March 20, 2011

Polish...but there are better pastes

Early Rouge...Canadian variety would withstand more cold

Clear Pink...good producers and good through cold as well

Azoychka has more tried and trued friends.

Earl

pdxwindjammer · March 21, 2011

Thanks for the answers!

cleo88 · March 21, 2011

Sophie's Choice is a perfect container plant - mine didn't even get two feet tall, but they give a nice medium size fruit. It is very early here in New England. I have similar DTM concerns and I am trying Red Siberian and Moravsky Div for my super early ones (as well as Sophie's).

March 20, 2011	#1
pdxwindjammer Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 625	Help! Need To Narrow Down My List! Tomorrow I need to sow my seeds using the paper towel method. I have far too many that I want to plant so I need help narrowing down my varieties. I will have to save some of these for next year. I live in Portland, OR so we really do well with early tomatoes and we don't plant out until May or so. Which of these paste: San Marzano Polish Linguisa Which of these small early: Early Rouge Siberian Sub Arctic Plenty Belyi Naliv Bloody Butcher Which of these medium: Paul Robeson (black, grew last year and loved it) Sophie's Choice Oregon Spring Clear Pink Early Which Yellow: Orlov Yellow Azoychka These are the ones I am definitely growing: Thessolonikki Donskoi Japanese Black Trifele Black Cherry Sun Sugar F1 Aunt Ruby's German Green Lime Green Salad Thanks! Last edited by pdxwindjammer; March 20, 2011 at 02:05 PM.

March 20, 2011	#5
dice Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: PNW Posts: 4,743	I would move Oregon Spring, Early Rouge, and Clear Pink Early into the medium category, and move Bloody Butcher up into the small early. (I have not grown Oregon Spring, just going by online descriptions of the size of the fruit.) __________________ -- alias

March 20, 2011	#7
dice Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: PNW Posts: 4,743	Early Rouge should be about baseball sized. Maybe you had a plant from a crossed seed? http://t.tatianastomatobase.com:88/wiki/Early_Rouge For me, Clear Pink Early was milder flavored and a little smaller plant than Early Rouge, about 3-4', roughly the same size fruit, more oblate shaped. A week to 10 days earlier, too. (My Early Rouge plants by mid-September had longer stems than several indeterminates.) __________________ -- alias

March 20, 2011	#2
creister Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Abilene, TX zone 7 Posts: 1,478	Early Rouge was not that early here. I liked it, but wasn't early. Azoychka is early and productive, taste is more like a good red tomato, not mild. Sophies Choice is early, productive and realatively large for being so early. It's flavor is good, but mild. The plants do not grow very large either. Maybe 18-24 inches, but will load up with the tomatoes. Perfect to grow in a 5 gallon bucket. The others I have not grown. Hope this helps.

March 20, 2011	#4
Boutique Tomatoes Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Northeast Wisconsin, Zone 5a Posts: 1,109	My wife mostly just tolerates my tomato variety obsession, but for the past two years she has asked if I would plant more Polish Linguisa as she positively loves it for sauces and soups. It's probably the only variety that she does ask for. It's fairly productive for us here and tends to ripen all at once which makes putting it up easier.

March 20, 2011	#8
OneoftheEarls Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Up North Posts: 660	Polish...but there are better pastes Early Rouge...Canadian variety would withstand more cold Clear Pink...good producers and good through cold as well Azoychka has more tried and trued friends. Earl

March 21, 2011	#9
pdxwindjammer Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 625	Thanks for the answers!

March 21, 2011	#10
cleo88 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Sharon, MA Zone 6 Posts: 225	Sophie's Choice is a perfect container plant - mine didn't even get two feet tall, but they give a nice medium size fruit. It is very early here in New England. I have similar DTM concerns and I am trying Red Siberian and Moravsky Div for my super early ones (as well as Sophie's).