Small-Medium Productive Tomato?

Delynnr · February 26, 2012

So I am currently agonizing about my tomato list. I want to add a couple new tomatoes. I obsess about the bigger tomatoes, so I have a pretty good idea what I am going to grow, and what I want. I also grow plants for my parents and they can never get the bigger tomatoes to grow well. Their garden never does as well, despite being within 30 miles of me. I think my mother secretly goes out and applies Miracle Gro like mad when I am away, and ignores my advice.....ahh well.

Anyway, I have a couple of decent small-med sized tomatoes that I currently have seed for. They are good tasting and productive - and overall I am happy with them. But if anyone has any suggestions for tomatoes they think are awesome I am more than willing to try a new one! I really love trying new ones

So currently I am growing:
Bulgarian #7
Big Month
for my small-med sized productive tomatoes. I don't care about color, more about a nice balanced taste and productivity. I seem to love most tomatoes, all across the flavor profile, except for the very bland/semi sweet ones.

The other tomatoes currently on my 2012 list are:
Anna Maria's Heart - it was tasty AND earliest AND most productive tomato in my garden. I am in love

Black Cherry - only growing one cherry and this one makes the cut
Green Zebra - love the color and the bite of this tomato
Black Pineapple - not the best flavor, but awesome color and great production.
Kosovo - also great production and good flavor. I am now a heart convert!
Cuostralee - great flavor (good enough that I am over looking the sub-par production)
Stump of the World - same reasons as Cuostralee
Indian Stripe - good flavor, good production, pretty as well!
Flin Flon - good flavor, good production

I am considering the following:
Wes
KBX
German Red Strawberry
Danko
Fish Lake Oxheart - would love this one, but don't think I will be able to get seeds, ah well, I will put it on next years list!

creister · February 26, 2012

Try Sioux, Break O'Day or Eva Purple Ball. All are productive and taste great.

stormymater · February 26, 2012

I second Sioux. Big urge to grow KBX - FAN-freakin'-TASTIC tomato

I am a fan of Clint Eastwood's Rowdy Red - unassuming red slicer with pow-wow-now taste & good production though it is later to get going. Nice texture too.

b54red · February 27, 2012

I consider Indian Stripe a medium sized tomato and it is very productive for me.
Lumpy Red is another medium sized tomato that was very productive and had the added benefit of having a more compact vine and the fruit was very uniform and smooth unlike the name implies.
Big Beef is one of the easiest and most reliable and tasty of the hybrids; but you might have a few tomatoes that fall into the large category.

Timbotide · February 28, 2012

Bill, How is the flavor of Lumpy Red?

Tim

Gardenrube · February 28, 2012

I second Eva Purple Ball! Great tomato, as is Indian Stripe!

Tracydr · February 28, 2012

Marglobe. I must have had at least 50 pounds of of one plant last year. At one time, I counted 75 tomatoes!
Smallish, about like the little hot house tomatoes at the store. Quite early, average flavor, good for salsas and cooking, although not dry enough for thick tomato sauces. Great productive, determinant tomato.
Not an early, early like Bloody Butcher but I'm sure it was less than 60 days in AZ last year with full sun and nice conditions but cool nights from time of transplanting.

rsg2001 · February 28, 2012

I vote for Eva Purple Ball... it's the most productive medium size tomato that I grow.

But, honestly, if you love Green Zebra, consider also Green Zebra Cherry. It's a large cherry tomato - looks like a mini Green Zebra though tastes somewhat sweeter.

ssi912 · February 28, 2012

abe lincoln was a variety i tried for the first time last year. it was a great producer of small to medium red fruits, even set well in the heat. when i ate them, first taste was sweet, then turned acidic. very pronounced flavor combo. most interesting. i have some seed if you would like to try? take care.

puttgirl · February 28, 2012

I've never grown EPB, but everyone I know who's grown it, no matter where they are, say it's very productive.

Timbotide · March 1, 2012

With all of this talk about EPB I just had to go and sow some seed and see for myself.

Tim

February 26, 2012	#1
Delynnr Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Northern Colorado Posts: 5	Small-Medium Productive Tomato? So I am currently agonizing about my tomato list. I want to add a couple new tomatoes. I obsess about the bigger tomatoes, so I have a pretty good idea what I am going to grow, and what I want. I also grow plants for my parents and they can never get the bigger tomatoes to grow well. Their garden never does as well, despite being within 30 miles of me. I think my mother secretly goes out and applies Miracle Gro like mad when I am away, and ignores my advice.....ahh well. Anyway, I have a couple of decent small-med sized tomatoes that I currently have seed for. They are good tasting and productive - and overall I am happy with them. But if anyone has any suggestions for tomatoes they think are awesome I am more than willing to try a new one! I really love trying new ones So currently I am growing: Bulgarian #7 Big Month for my small-med sized productive tomatoes. I don't care about color, more about a nice balanced taste and productivity. I seem to love most tomatoes, all across the flavor profile, except for the very bland/semi sweet ones. The other tomatoes currently on my 2012 list are: Anna Maria's Heart - it was tasty AND earliest AND most productive tomato in my garden. I am in love Black Cherry - only growing one cherry and this one makes the cut Green Zebra - love the color and the bite of this tomato Black Pineapple - not the best flavor, but awesome color and great production. Kosovo - also great production and good flavor. I am now a heart convert! Cuostralee - great flavor (good enough that I am over looking the sub-par production) Stump of the World - same reasons as Cuostralee Indian Stripe - good flavor, good production, pretty as well! Flin Flon - good flavor, good production I am considering the following: Wes KBX German Red Strawberry Danko Fish Lake Oxheart - would love this one, but don't think I will be able to get seeds, ah well, I will put it on next years list!

February 26, 2012	#2
creister Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Abilene, TX zone 7 Posts: 1,478	Try Sioux, Break O'Day or Eva Purple Ball. All are productive and taste great.

February 26, 2012	#3
stormymater Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Pleasure Island, NC 8a Posts: 1,162	I second Sioux. Big urge to grow KBX - FAN-freakin'-TASTIC tomato I am a fan of Clint Eastwood's Rowdy Red - unassuming red slicer with pow-wow-now taste & good production though it is later to get going. Nice texture too.

February 27, 2012	#4
b54red Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Alabama Posts: 7,068	I consider Indian Stripe a medium sized tomato and it is very productive for me. Lumpy Red is another medium sized tomato that was very productive and had the added benefit of having a more compact vine and the fruit was very uniform and smooth unlike the name implies. Big Beef is one of the easiest and most reliable and tasty of the hybrids; but you might have a few tomatoes that fall into the large category.

February 28, 2012	#5
Timbotide Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Northport Alabama Posts: 304	Bill, How is the flavor of Lumpy Red? Tim

February 28, 2012	#6
Gardenrube Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: South Dakota Posts: 29	I second Eva Purple Ball! Great tomato, as is Indian Stripe!

February 28, 2012	#7
Tracydr Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2011 Location: Laurinburg, North Carolina, zone 7 Posts: 3,207	Marglobe. I must have had at least 50 pounds of of one plant last year. At one time, I counted 75 tomatoes! Smallish, about like the little hot house tomatoes at the store. Quite early, average flavor, good for salsas and cooking, although not dry enough for thick tomato sauces. Great productive, determinant tomato. Not an early, early like Bloody Butcher but I'm sure it was less than 60 days in AZ last year with full sun and nice conditions but cool nights from time of transplanting.

February 28, 2012	#8
rsg2001 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: New York Zone 6 Posts: 479	I vote for Eva Purple Ball... it's the most productive medium size tomato that I grow. But, honestly, if you love Green Zebra, consider also Green Zebra Cherry. It's a large cherry tomato - looks like a mini Green Zebra though tastes somewhat sweeter.

February 28, 2012	#9
ssi912 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2009 Location: St. Simons Island, Ga. Posts: 83	abe lincoln was a variety i tried for the first time last year. it was a great producer of small to medium red fruits, even set well in the heat. when i ate them, first taste was sweet, then turned acidic. very pronounced flavor combo. most interesting. i have some seed if you would like to try? take care.

February 28, 2012	#10
puttgirl Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: SW PA Posts: 281	I've never grown EPB, but everyone I know who's grown it, no matter where they are, say it's very productive.

March 1, 2012	#11
Timbotide Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Northport Alabama Posts: 304	With all of this talk about EPB I just had to go and sow some seed and see for myself. Tim