Azoychka growers, anyone? - Page 2

SharonRossy · July 3, 2014

Well part of the adventure of growing tomatoes is the sheer number of possibilities. I confess to not having a lot of patience if a variety doesn't do well for me. Realizing every year has it's challenges and growing conditions and taste are integral factors.
But I do like to have at least one early tomato cause most of the heirlooms are mid to late. At least the ones I've been growing. The only reason I didn't toss the one seedling was that it had some really great reviews. Then again a lot of people love green zebra which only gave me ber and frustration. So I haven't grown it for a few years. I'm assuming azoychka is orangish when fully ripe?

ddsack · July 3, 2014

I've always thought of them as a yellow, but they do get more of an orange cast as they age and mellow.

SharonRossy · July 3, 2014

Nice! Just hoping the squirrels don't have their way with them! I've already lost one Valencia tomato to a four legged thief!

Beebonnet · July 3, 2014

This is about my 4th year of growing it on the Or coast. I just love it. The flavor of it is wonderful and then all of a sudden you get a lemony flavor. Just yummy. It seems to grow bigger and stronger as the season goes on. Then, in the fall when other tomatoes are leaving you, Azoychka goes on for awhile because it tolerates cold better than most. Mine are more of a pale yellow than the ones shown above, but maybe that is because we have cooler summers here.
It has very tiny seeds and not many of them. My seeds this year seemed stronger. I was happy about that.

Beebonnet · July 3, 2014

Oh...I didn't see the ones on the fence when I posted before. That is the color and shape (kind of flat) mine are.

SharonRossy · July 3, 2014

Mine are finally starting to set a lot of fruit. I'm excited to taste it.

topazgirl170 · July 5, 2014

I am growing Azoychka's first time this season. I got my seeds from Tatiana. I've transplanted two plants. No flowers yet.

SharonRossy · July 6, 2014

It looks like iit could be quite prolific. But I'm seeing a lot blossoms drop, not just from Azoychka but from a few varieties this year. Waiting! .....

billbird2111 · July 7, 2014

Azoychka! Tastes like BACON out here on the West Coast! Love that tomato. I've had both good and bad years with it.

Beebonnet · July 8, 2014

Bacon...Hmm-m. It is complex all right. Delicious on a bacon and tomato san. Up north of you we get a more lemony flavor at the end with other flavors....maybe its bacon. I have had good and bad years, too. This year mine has already set 4-5 tomatoes. That's really early for our climate.
Keeping fingers crossed now for a great tomato year.

SharonRossy · July 8, 2014

Mine is finally setting fruit and growing like crazy. I'm hoping the wait will be worth it. But I'm finding other varieties slow like AGG. I'm also discovering squirrels attacking my plants, even my basil. Don't think I'm going to be a happy camper if the start stealing my maters!

billbird2111 · July 9, 2014

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Originally Posted by Beebonnet

Bacon...Hmm-m. It is complex all right. Delicious on a bacon and tomato san. Up north of you we get a more lemony flavor at the end with other flavors....maybe its bacon. I have had good and bad years, too. This year mine has already set 4-5 tomatoes. That's really early for our climate.
Keeping fingers crossed now for a great tomato year.

I have found that I can get stuck into a rut if I grow the same heirlooms year after year after year. It's similar to the rut I was stuck in when I believed that hybrids were the only tomatoes that existed -- and tomatoes had to be red and perfectly round.

Anything else was an imposter!

So -- this year's garden does not have an Azoychka. You won't find a Brandywine. There's nary a Marianna's Peace, Cherokee Purple or Campbell's 1327. They are all great varieties. But I've grown them. For many years now. Time to try something different!

So this year's garden contains new items like Pink Berkeley Tie Dye, Solar Flare, Brad's Black Heart, Black Boar and a few others from Wild Boar Farms. Sprinkled in with those are many others that I've never tried before.

That's the nice thing about growing heirlooms. There are so many to choose from.

July 3, 2014	#17
ddsack Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Northern Minnesota - zone 3 Posts: 3,231	I've always thought of them as a yellow, but they do get more of an orange cast as they age and mellow. __________________ Dee **************

July 7, 2014	#24
billbird2111 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 57	Azoychka! Tastes like BACON out here on the West Coast! Love that tomato. I've had both good and bad years with it. __________________ All Heirlooms, All The Time

July 3, 2014	#16
SharonRossy Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Montreal Posts: 1,140	Well part of the adventure of growing tomatoes is the sheer number of possibilities. I confess to not having a lot of patience if a variety doesn't do well for me. Realizing every year has it's challenges and growing conditions and taste are integral factors. But I do like to have at least one early tomato cause most of the heirlooms are mid to late. At least the ones I've been growing. The only reason I didn't toss the one seedling was that it had some really great reviews. Then again a lot of people love green zebra which only gave me ber and frustration. So I haven't grown it for a few years. I'm assuming azoychka is orangish when fully ripe?

July 3, 2014	#19
Beebonnet Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Coos Bay, OR Posts: 8	This is about my 4th year of growing it on the Or coast. I just love it. The flavor of it is wonderful and then all of a sudden you get a lemony flavor. Just yummy. It seems to grow bigger and stronger as the season goes on. Then, in the fall when other tomatoes are leaving you, Azoychka goes on for awhile because it tolerates cold better than most. Mine are more of a pale yellow than the ones shown above, but maybe that is because we have cooler summers here. It has very tiny seeds and not many of them. My seeds this year seemed stronger. I was happy about that.

July 5, 2014	#22
topazgirl170 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: 8A -Charlotte, NC Posts: 34	I am growing Azoychka's first time this season. I got my seeds from Tatiana. I've transplanted two plants. No flowers yet.

July 6, 2014	#23
SharonRossy Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Montreal Posts: 1,140	It looks like iit could be quite prolific. But I'm seeing a lot blossoms drop, not just from Azoychka but from a few varieties this year. Waiting! .....

July 8, 2014	#25
Beebonnet Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Coos Bay, OR Posts: 8	Bacon...Hmm-m. It is complex all right. Delicious on a bacon and tomato san. Up north of you we get a more lemony flavor at the end with other flavors....maybe its bacon. I have had good and bad years, too. This year mine has already set 4-5 tomatoes. That's really early for our climate. Keeping fingers crossed now for a great tomato year.