Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
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My sister loves tomatoes but has quirky taste buds. Her brain is set strictly to pass/fail mode. It's either a good enough tomato or it isn't. If it's red/pink, and got strong enough flavor with some tartness, it'll pass. (Although she'll eat a bowlful of Sungolds if you put them in front of her.) If BB passes the test, she won't care at all if others are better later in the season, since she doesn't acknowledge "better."
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Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Vermont
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I've tried lots of early tomato varieties, and most are, at best, bland. But three have made my "every year" grow list. Bloody Butcher tops the list for me, being both the earliest and the tastiest. But not far behind, and beating BB for production, are Stupice and Matina. What, for me, drops them all lower on the list for what I'm going to eat today as the season progresses is not their flavor, but their size. As the bigger ones come in, it's easy to overlook the salad sized tomatoes. But I'm a Market Gardener, and I've got customers who stop by every week just to get a big bag of those tasty salad sized tomatoes. And BB is their favorite.
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#18 |
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Good to know, Farmer Shawn! Bodes well for me.
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Join Date: May 2014
Location: Zone 6 Northern Kentucky
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Might try that Bloody Butcher this year.
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Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Omaha Zone 5
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I have grown quite a few Stupice variations from MMMM seeds, picking from a new envelope each year. Like a child, each is a little different, but love them all. I also neglect the smaller tomatoes once the bigger reds and pinks start coming. They just get hurriedly picked for the sauce box. I get busy admiring size and colors and exploring and charting the newcomers. When harvesting gets crazy and tomatoes are coming in too fast to pick each one at the perfect time, the stinkbugs start their attack on the ripe larger fruit, the earlies get my attention again. The stinkbugs didn't touch my two backyard Stupice plants. - Lisa |
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: MA
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Give your sister Aunt Gertie's Gold, and a pair of rose colored glasses. ![]() |
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#23 |
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Blindfold?
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#25 |
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Join Date: Apr 2011
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I still have 7 or 8 weeks to change my plans. Trialing compact indies instead of determinates this go round. http://www.tomatoville.com/album.php...pictureid=3240
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Pervaya Lyubov grows as a fairly compact indie, for me. Compared to determinates, well..., there is no comparison in flavor. |
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Wichita Falls, Texas
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I'm still trying to decide on some varieties myself, so I know the feeling!! I have to try to look through my seed stash for Orange Russian 17, not sure I have seed for that and not finding it for sale anywheres.
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#29 |
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: MA
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Yes, and in more than one sense.
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#30 |
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Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Omaha Zone 5
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I saw basketfulls of what was described as two heirloom keeper varieties in a facebook feed but lost the link. One was a slicer and the other a gold striped plum.
Would like to add these or similar to my grow list. Starting another new thread for suggested full sized keepers. I had a huge supply of orange slicers all the way to Thanksgiving this year. All the various reds molded. - Lisa |
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