Anyone have experience with two varieties: Supersonic and Kellog yellow?

Elliot · May 20, 2011

right now i am planting Miracle sweet, Juliet and red grape. Every year I try a new variety or two. One is Kellog yellow and the other is called Supersonic. Does anyone have any experiece with these two latter plants?

Tom C zone 4/5 · May 20, 2011

Could you be asking about Kellog's breakfast?

Its a pretty good yellow tomato, if yes.

Elliot · May 20, 2011

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Originally Posted by Tom C zone 4/5

Could you be asking about Kellog's breakfast?

Its a pretty good yellow tomato, if yes.

Yes, Kellogs breakfast. Tell me more about it. Is it prolific? Every year I try a new plant and this year I am trying supersonic and Keloggs breakfast

Elliot

Tom C zone 4/5 · May 20, 2011

KB is a honkin' big interminate plant. Big yellow oblate tomato.

Last time I grew it was in NH. There I would call it a late producer.

Productive? yes.

Elliot · May 20, 2011

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Originally Posted by Tom C zone 4/5

KB is a honkin' big interminate plant. Big yellow oblate tomato.

Last time I grew it was in NH. There I would call it a late producer.

Productive? yes.

I gfow everything in large containers with miracle grow potting soil. Would this work in that setting?

Elliot

Tom C zone 4/5 · May 20, 2011

In affirmation
I don't know. I never grow tomato to fruit in containers. I might use a pretty big container, its a big plant.

In opposition
This forum forbads me from fully stating my low opinion of "Miracle grow", in, on, or near anything growing.

PaulF · May 20, 2011

Kellogg's Breakfast and it's potato leaf counterpart, KBX are both great additions to a tomato line-up. As mentioned, they are orange not yellow. Much has been written on this and other forums about these varieties. Do a search to get lots of information, I think almost all of it positive.

So far as growing in pots, my personal opinion and experience is that growing in pots diminishes the full potential of a tomato. The plants are smaller as is the fruit. If that is all the room a grower has, then pots are better than nothing. No matter what, I would give Kellogg's Breakfast or KBX a thumbs up.

SmartAlex · May 20, 2011

I tried KB one year and got third in the iDig biggest tomato contest. It was HUGE. They are a pretty tomato. A little too sweet (and huge) for my taste, but trouble free and a good producer.

tomakers · May 20, 2011

I've grown Supersonic for about 30 of the last 35 years. I think it is a very good tomato. Quite prolific and tastes good. The Harris catalog, where it originated: http://www.harrisseeds.com/storefron...rsonic-f1.aspx
Kellogg's Breakfast is a very good orange tomato but, I prefer the potato leaved version. It does make some LARGE tomatoes.
JMO,
Tom

dice · May 24, 2011

I suggest trying Brandy Boy in your verticillium infested garden.
It is big, tasty for a hybrid, and holds up to verticillium as well
as anything that I have grown. They can be difficult to ripen out
here in our short summers, so it is not a main cropper for me,
but it may do better for you with a little more mid-summer heat.
No later than Supersonic, anyway, for me.

Elliot · May 24, 2011

I tried Brandy Boy last year. Good tomatoes but low yield. My yard is funny. things grow and things don't grow depending on the lighting.

barkeater · May 24, 2011

I grew Brandy Boy last year and it was absolutely nothing like Brandywine, soft, a light almost a faded bubblegum pink and very fluted. I did have a heavy very late yield that did make a very thick sauce when run through my Victorio strainer.

Supersonic was good in its day but was quickly eclipsed by Ramapo in NJ when I farmed. I tried SS up here in VT when I moved up and it was a very soft and not juicy tomato that was great for sauce but not for fresh eating.

May 20, 2011	#1
Elliot Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Hicksville, New York Posts: 503	Anyone have experience with two varieties: Supersonic and Kellog yellow? right now i am planting Miracle sweet, Juliet and red grape. Every year I try a new variety or two. One is Kellog yellow and the other is called Supersonic. Does anyone have any experiece with these two latter plants?

May 20, 2011	#2
Tom C zone 4/5 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: SE Ohio Posts: 253	Could you be asking about Kellog's breakfast? Its a pretty good yellow tomato, if yes. __________________ Beyond the mountains, there are more mountains.

May 20, 2011	#4
Tom C zone 4/5 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: SE Ohio Posts: 253	KB is a honkin' big interminate plant. Big yellow oblate tomato. Last time I grew it was in NH. There I would call it a late producer. Productive? yes. __________________ Beyond the mountains, there are more mountains.

May 20, 2011	#6
Tom C zone 4/5 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: SE Ohio Posts: 253	In affirmation I don't know. I never grow tomato to fruit in containers. I might use a pretty big container, its a big plant. In opposition This forum forbads me from fully stating my low opinion of "Miracle grow", in, on, or near anything growing. __________________ Beyond the mountains, there are more mountains.

May 20, 2011	#7
PaulF Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brownville, Ne Posts: 3,296	Kellogg's Breakfast and it's potato leaf counterpart, KBX are both great additions to a tomato line-up. As mentioned, they are orange not yellow. Much has been written on this and other forums about these varieties. Do a search to get lots of information, I think almost all of it positive. So far as growing in pots, my personal opinion and experience is that growing in pots diminishes the full potential of a tomato. The plants are smaller as is the fruit. If that is all the room a grower has, then pots are better than nothing. No matter what, I would give Kellogg's Breakfast or KBX a thumbs up. __________________ there's two things money can't buy; true love and home grown tomatoes.

May 20, 2011	#8
SmartAlex Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Western NY Posts: 38	I tried KB one year and got third in the iDig biggest tomato contest. It was HUGE. They are a pretty tomato. A little too sweet (and huge) for my taste, but trouble free and a good producer.

May 20, 2011	#9
tomakers Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Cranberry Country, SE MA - zone 6? Posts: 353	I've grown Supersonic for about 30 of the last 35 years. I think it is a very good tomato. Quite prolific and tastes good. The Harris catalog, where it originated: http://www.harrisseeds.com/storefron...rsonic-f1.aspx Kellogg's Breakfast is a very good orange tomato but, I prefer the potato leaved version. It does make some LARGE tomatoes. JMO, Tom __________________ I never met a fish I didn't like.

May 24, 2011	#10
dice Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: PNW Posts: 4,743	I suggest trying Brandy Boy in your verticillium infested garden. It is big, tasty for a hybrid, and holds up to verticillium as well as anything that I have grown. They can be difficult to ripen out here in our short summers, so it is not a main cropper for me, but it may do better for you with a little more mid-summer heat. No later than Supersonic, anyway, for me. __________________ -- alias

May 24, 2011	#12
barkeater Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NE Kingdom, VT - Zone 3b Posts: 1,439	I grew Brandy Boy last year and it was absolutely nothing like Brandywine, soft, a light almost a faded bubblegum pink and very fluted. I did have a heavy very late yield that did make a very thick sauce when run through my Victorio strainer. Supersonic was good in its day but was quickly eclipsed by Ramapo in NJ when I farmed. I tried SS up here in VT when I moved up and it was a very soft and not juicy tomato that was great for sauce but not for fresh eating. __________________ barkeater