What is making a return to your garden in 2016? - Page 10

MarlynnMarcks · October 13, 2015

Hope you will let us know how each variety came out and what you liked and didn't like, their characteristics etc.

IronPete · October 13, 2015

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Originally Posted by wxcrawler

I only have room for about 8 plants in my raised beds. These are my favorites, and will be grown every year......

Sun Sugar
Big Beef
Black Cherry
Juane Flamme
Break O'Day
Yellow 1884 Pinkheart

That leaves me two spots to try new varieties. I haven't decided yet if I'll grow Cherokee Green again this year. It's very tempting, because it was excellent.

Lee

Ok. What on earth does a Yellow 1884 Pinkheart look like? Pink? Yellow? Heart? Beefsteak???? Sometimes the names get a little confusing, lol!

IronPete · October 13, 2015

I had a late start this year and poor light but there were still some winners. Cherokee Purple is a superstar. It always has been great for me. The determinate pink Mac Pink was great. On the negative end Kellogg's Breakfast grew a huge plant that produced no flowers till mid September. I culled all the flowers but two trying to get at least one tomato to grow. It did. It developed the blight while ripening on the windowsill. Odds aren't good for it making a comeback! I had Banana Legs which produced fruit quite early but the fruit did not want to ripen and after a few months on the vine I finally ripened the lot on the windowsill. Blanche Du Quebec which is a dwarf that produces mid-sized white toms did really well. I didn't stake them which was a mistake!! They will make a return one day just not in 2016.

I simply have too many seeds! I am moving after Christmas so I will get a place with more garden space. That said, I will need to live to 1000 to get all these varieties into the ground so I won't have space for many repeaters. Bummer. I miss Dr. Wyche but he wasn't productive enough. Most pink potato-tops fall into the same category for me. The good thing about having lots of seed choices is kind of like whats good about lotteries. I'll never win the lottery but the night before the draw I enjoy thinking about how I'd spend it. Its like that with the toms. I spend all winter imagining all the possible layouts that I could try and all the fruit that I may grow. Its never as glorious as the dreams but the first BLT makes it all worth it.

MikeInCypress · October 14, 2015

These ten for sure:
SunGold
SunSugar
Big Beef
Eva Purple Ball
4th of July
Atkinson
Neves Azorean Red
Black Krim
Dwarf Blazing Beauty
Rosella Purple

and 40 more undetermined.

MikeInCypress

wxcrawler · October 14, 2015

Quote:

Originally Posted by IronPete

Ok. What on earth does a Yellow 1884 Pinkheart look like? Pink? Yellow? Heart? Beefsteak???? Sometimes the names get a little confusing, lol!

Iron Pete,

I'll quote from The Tomatoman's Daughter Website.......
"It was developed by my Dad (Darrell Merrell) from a chance cross between “The 1884 Tomato” and an unknown yellow. We have been selecting seed for 12 years and have stabilized it to produce a light yellow skinned tomato with pink on the blossom end and pink striations in the meat and sometimes a pink splotch right in the middle of the meat. It has a creamy smooth, sweet flavor. Prolific, and I mean prolific, production; one of the best producing tomatoes that I grow."

You know they are ready to eat when the pink starts showing up on the blossom end. Sometimes, when you slice them in half from top-to-bottom, the pink in the middle of the meat is in the shape of a heart. Seriously.

It is one delicious tomato and is my favorite beefsteak.

Lee

clkeiper · October 14, 2015

Orange Zinger cherry tomatoes. no sun sugar or sun gold. They split too easily. as much as I like them I grow to sell and I can't sell them split.

drew51 · October 14, 2015

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Originally Posted by kath

I'm hoping to do a paste grow out in 2016, too.

I had good luck with Romeo and Opalka. Pastes are not that easy to grow. Getting them to size is the challenge. Once full grown they do a lot better. That wispy foliage is deceiving as to if the plant is OK or not?
Polish Linguisa was a nice late season tomato. It didn't produce a lot although was nice to have as Romeo and Opalka started producing smaller tomatoes. PL kept the big pastes coming!

Romeo

Opalka

efisakov · October 14, 2015

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Originally Posted by BlackBear

woa woa woa woa woaaaaaa

what a concept ...vertical graft to allow some of us that have many varieties to save space and be able to enjoy 2 varieties in one place/ container ....with a little extra work ???

wow which source of the techniques would you recommend .

Would you start with a disease resistant variety like big beef as root to graft the others onto ?

This thread by Delirium: Triple Variety Tomato Graft Experiment

http://www.tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=29665

is great start with ideas.

I got it from his explanations. Nice reading too. Lots of additional ideas.

I may re-read it again this winter.

Zenbaas · October 15, 2015

Quote:

Originally Posted by efisakov

This thread by Delirium: Triple Variety Tomato Graft Experiment

http://www.tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=29665

is great start with ideas.

I got it from his explanations. Nice reading too. Lots of additional ideas.

I may re-read it again this winter.

Her...?

BlackBear · October 15, 2015

Wow ! if I didn't have enough to manage now as ...I am one of the ones who

needs to live 500 years ..just to try out all the seeds collected ...

This thread is soooooo cool .

back to the drawing board for me and rethink the tomato tinkering

after scanning the thread ...

tomato can be grafted onto Tobacco yes ?as well as peppers ,potato, eggplants ?

Thanks Efisakov

Quote:

Originally Posted by efisakov

This thread by Delirium: Triple Variety Tomato Graft Experiment

http://www.tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=29665

is great start with ideas.

I got it from his explanations. Nice reading too. Lots of additional ideas.

I may re-read it again this winter.

BackyardFarm · October 15, 2015

Paul Robeson is coming back in 2016.

So the first few tomatoes were destroyed by a cat fight in my garden (sad because it was one of the first to flower and set fruit), the vines were also pretty beat up, I had to do some pruning because of the damaged vines beyond repair, and it took a while for my two plants to recover.

But there were several almost ripe ones when I pulled out the garden last week, so I brought them inside to finish ripening.

Paul Robeson came back from the brink of death (those poor destroyed vines!) and omg. Seriously. OMG. My eyes were rolling back so hard I thought they'd go bouncing down the hall. My first one I sliced up for a sandwich and ended up devouring before I could even finish slicing it. Super juicy, rich, full, well balanced flavor with a smooth texture that reminded me of velvet. (Not that I've ever eaten velvet but it was so smooth in the mouth!)

This tomato has earned a permanent place on my planting list. If you like black tomatoes give this one a shot!

BackyardFarm · October 15, 2015

I've heard rue keeps away cats so I may try planting it around my tomatoes. Although I was encouraging the outdoor cat to hang out there to keep away the evil squirrels that were munching my tomatoes. And he was doing a great job until my indoor cat escaped and they decided to fight in the middle of my Paul Robesons and Kelloggs Breakfasts.

Hmmmm. Maybe netting next year. Or wooden trellis. That would be very sturdy and possibly cat proof.

efisakov · October 15, 2015

Plastic fence from Lowes does the job for me. keeps my dog (dachshund) and neighbor cats away from my tomatoes. Squirrels are all different animal to deal with.

BlackBear · October 16, 2015

Just IMO that you probably want some companion plants selected for

your Tomatoes ....Basil , marigolds, etc.
peppers , oregano , borage ,...even lovage
.

Rue and sage does not go with Tomatoes ...many plants do not like Rue ...

also no dill with Toms etc.

I think you pay a big price for mixing Rue in with the Toms ...what works for me is to add a container of Catnip for the cats separate and they focus on that ....as

Catnip is definitely more interesting to cats .

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Originally Posted by BackyardFarm

I've heard rue keeps away cats so I may try planting it around my tomatoes. Although I was encouraging the outdoor cat to hang out there to keep away the evil squirrels that were munching my tomatoes. And he was doing a great job until my indoor cat escaped and they decided to fight in the middle of my Paul Robesons and Kelloggs Breakfasts.

Hmmmm. Maybe netting next year. Or wooden trellis. That would be very sturdy and possibly cat proof.

cjp1953 · October 16, 2015

I'm really into the Black tomatos,Krim,Cherokee Purple had great flavor.My Early girls were the most perfectly shaped tomatos with no blemishes I ever grewTheir flavor was also very good.I had more people tell me my tomatoes had the best taste of any they had tasted.So I'll keep those and add Black from Tula and Paul Robeson from seed I have.Just need more space.

October 13, 2015	#136
MarlynnMarcks Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Port St Lucie, Florida Posts: 180	Your next plantings Hope you will let us know how each variety came out and what you liked and didn't like, their characteristics etc.

October 13, 2015	#138
IronPete Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Charlottetown, PEI, Canada Posts: 302	I had a late start this year and poor light but there were still some winners. Cherokee Purple is a superstar. It always has been great for me. The determinate pink Mac Pink was great. On the negative end Kellogg's Breakfast grew a huge plant that produced no flowers till mid September. I culled all the flowers but two trying to get at least one tomato to grow. It did. It developed the blight while ripening on the windowsill. Odds aren't good for it making a comeback! I had Banana Legs which produced fruit quite early but the fruit did not want to ripen and after a few months on the vine I finally ripened the lot on the windowsill. Blanche Du Quebec which is a dwarf that produces mid-sized white toms did really well. I didn't stake them which was a mistake!! They will make a return one day just not in 2016. I simply have too many seeds! I am moving after Christmas so I will get a place with more garden space. That said, I will need to live to 1000 to get all these varieties into the ground so I won't have space for many repeaters. Bummer. I miss Dr. Wyche but he wasn't productive enough. Most pink potato-tops fall into the same category for me. The good thing about having lots of seed choices is kind of like whats good about lotteries. I'll never win the lottery but the night before the draw I enjoy thinking about how I'd spend it. Its like that with the toms. I spend all winter imagining all the possible layouts that I could try and all the fruit that I may grow. Its never as glorious as the dreams but the first BLT makes it all worth it. __________________ Thanks; Iron Pete "We can agree to disagree."

October 14, 2015	#139
MikeInCypress Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Cypress, TX Posts: 963	These ten for sure: SunGold SunSugar Big Beef Eva Purple Ball 4th of July Atkinson Neves Azorean Red Black Krim Dwarf Blazing Beauty Rosella Purple and 40 more undetermined. MikeInCypress __________________ "Growing older, not up"

October 14, 2015	#141
clkeiper Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: ohio Posts: 4,350	Orange Zinger cherry tomatoes. no sun sugar or sun gold. They split too easily. as much as I like them I grow to sell and I can't sell them split. __________________ carolyn k

October 15, 2015	#146
BackyardFarm Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Wisconsin, zone 4b Posts: 360	Paul Robeson is coming back in 2016. So the first few tomatoes were destroyed by a cat fight in my garden (sad because it was one of the first to flower and set fruit), the vines were also pretty beat up, I had to do some pruning because of the damaged vines beyond repair, and it took a while for my two plants to recover. But there were several almost ripe ones when I pulled out the garden last week, so I brought them inside to finish ripening. Paul Robeson came back from the brink of death (those poor destroyed vines!) and omg. Seriously. OMG. My eyes were rolling back so hard I thought they'd go bouncing down the hall. My first one I sliced up for a sandwich and ended up devouring before I could even finish slicing it. Super juicy, rich, full, well balanced flavor with a smooth texture that reminded me of velvet. (Not that I've ever eaten velvet but it was so smooth in the mouth!) This tomato has earned a permanent place on my planting list. If you like black tomatoes give this one a shot!

October 15, 2015	#147
BackyardFarm Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Wisconsin, zone 4b Posts: 360	I've heard rue keeps away cats so I may try planting it around my tomatoes. Although I was encouraging the outdoor cat to hang out there to keep away the evil squirrels that were munching my tomatoes. And he was doing a great job until my indoor cat escaped and they decided to fight in the middle of my Paul Robesons and Kelloggs Breakfasts. Hmmmm. Maybe netting next year. Or wooden trellis. That would be very sturdy and possibly cat proof.

October 16, 2015	#150
cjp1953 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Cuyahoga Falls,Ohio Posts: 818	I'm really into the Black tomatos,Krim,Cherokee Purple had great flavor.My Early girls were the most perfectly shaped tomatos with no blemishes I ever grewTheir flavor was also very good.I had more people tell me my tomatoes had the best taste of any they had tasted.So I'll keep those and add Black from Tula and Paul Robeson from seed I have.Just need more space.