Sold On Lemon Boy.

[Worth1]

Originally Posted by heirloomtomaguy

I hate to be the only one, but for me there are far better tomatoes to grow than lemon boy. Everytime i grew it it produced well but what it produced was cracked meh tasting tomatoes. Sorry i wish i could like it but with 3 years of growing it with the same results i will never grow it again. Alright now let me hear how im wrong.

I wont tell you you are wrong how could you be?
I can tell you that the things have had every chance to be garbage here this year and they have came through tasting great.
The San Marzano tomatoes have turned out to be possum food.
They love the things and will consider them to be a varmint trap for better tomatoes.

worth

[Cole_Robbie]

Worth, have you tried Taxi? I don't know how well it would do in the Texas heat, but that is one rock star of a yellow tomato. I have mostly stopped trying new yellow varieties. None of them grow like Taxi. My plants in the high tunnel are six feet tall. I just picked the first tomato off of them yesterday.

[Worth1]

Originally Posted by Cole_Robbie

Worth, have you tried Taxi? I don't know how well it would do in the Texas heat, but that is one rock star of a yellow tomato. I have mostly stopped trying new yellow varieties. None of them grow like Taxi. My plants in the high tunnel are six feet tall. I just picked the first tomato off of them yesterday.

I just have to get what the grocery store offers in small $1.50 plants.
Maybe some day I will be able to start from seed again.

Worth

[tam91]

I don't think it is the best tomato - if I only had to pick a few, I wouldn't include it. But when growing a variety of tomatoes, I think it is a nice addition. I've never had them crack personally.

[Gerardo]

I'm gonna have to procure some decent vinegar now. What a great meal. Lemon Boy on the list for next year

[Worth1]

Originally Posted by Gerardo

I'm gonna have to procure some decent vinegar now. What a great meal. Lemon Boy on the list for next year

It isn't exactly the same as aged vinegar but it works pretty darn good.
Take a cheap bottle of Balsamic vinegar put it on the stove and very slowly reduce it down to a thick syrup or at least to one 4th of what it was.

You can then use it on vanilla ice cream tomatoes and so forth.
It becomes sweeter.

Worth

[Gerardo]

Thanks for the great tip Worth. I'll do both (reduce the less-expensive one and buy a good one) and compare. Have a great one.