Big disappointment - Page 2

shlacm · August 17, 2010

Tried the first Super Sioux... it had a little flavor! Not much, but much better than the others. I tried another Country Taste and Babywine, even more BLAH when fully ripe.

Here's hoping than 2 of the 19 prove worthy of regrowth!!!

Sunsi · August 17, 2010

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Originally Posted by travis

I've found container grown tomatoes never have superior flavor to those grown in the natural earth.

I was forced to grow in containers for a couple of years and that is what I found too. They always tasted watered down and sort of had a bitter after taste, bleh!

platys · August 19, 2010

I've grown both in the ground and in containers, and haven't noticed a big taste difference at all. I give away most of them, and it always cracks me up when people rave about the grown in IL dirt taste, and how you just can't get better tomatoes than that. This year, I'm using MG potting soil and tomato tone fertilizer.

Next year, I plan on growing more in dirt, but its just a convenience thing. You really have to baby container grown plants a lot, and watch them like a hawk.

August 17, 2010	#16
shlacm Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Central VA Posts: 436	Tried the first Super Sioux... it had a little flavor! Not much, but much better than the others. I tried another Country Taste and Babywine, even more BLAH when fully ripe. Here's hoping than 2 of the 19 prove worthy of regrowth!!!

August 19, 2010	#18
platys Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2010 Location: Naperville, IL Posts: 176	I've grown both in the ground and in containers, and haven't noticed a big taste difference at all. I give away most of them, and it always cracks me up when people rave about the grown in IL dirt taste, and how you just can't get better tomatoes than that. This year, I'm using MG potting soil and tomato tone fertilizer. Next year, I plan on growing more in dirt, but its just a convenience thing. You really have to baby container grown plants a lot, and watch them like a hawk.