Hybrid Tomatoes You Like - Page 3

clkeiper · January 28, 2015

Depends on what you like, too AND what does best in your climate.
We grow :
Ultra Pink (Stokes)
sun sugar, sun gold
goliath, early goliath
Big beef
celebrity was good for a few years but has changed since we started growing.
better boy performed the worst last year. We were cold for all of the Summer and it succumbed first from the blight. We sprayed a few fungicides and did harvest a crop, but it was a struggle.

BigVanVader · January 28, 2015

I will be growing Better boy and Brandy boy this year. Better boy was the first tomato I grew and I haven't grown it since then, but it does well in my climate and is as close to a sure thing for production I have found. Taste is just ok fot me but probably my fav all around hybrid. Never grew Brandy boy but it was on the rack at Lowes so I bought a pack. Hoping it taste like a Brandywine.

Rairdog · January 28, 2015

Better Boy seems to be my most resistant tomato when others fail due to Septoria and Late Blight so I always grow them. Honestly, since my soil is so sweet, they usually taste the best and are less blemished. I'm just getting into heirlooms and Op's so the jury is still out.

Cole_Robbie · January 28, 2015

Brandy Boy didn't do so hot for me, but that was in a high tunnel, and I only had a couple plants. Maybe other people here will have different results.

I agree that something has happened to Celebrity. I grew it two years ago, and the fruit were like red rocks. I know everyone doesn't get that result, or else it would not be so popular. I grew Big Beef next to it, and it was great.

Worth1 · January 28, 2015

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Originally Posted by Cole_Robbie

I agree that something has happened to Celebrity. I grew it two years ago, and the fruit were like red rocks. I know everyone doesn't get that result, or else it would not be so popular. I grew Big Beef next to it, and it was great.

I have noticed they are a little harder also maybe.

Worth

Cole_Robbie · January 28, 2015

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Originally Posted by Worth1

Sun Green sounds interesting.
A brix scale up there with sun gold.

Worth

My total price for those 25 seeds ended up being $23.40 after shipping and order fee.

I tell you, there's a sucker born every minute. What kind of fool pays $23 for a pack of tomato seeds?

Labradors2 · January 28, 2015

Good grief! And for GREEN tomatoes too! Now you are going to HAVE to say that they taste great after paying all that money for them!

Linda

MikeInCypress · January 28, 2015

Hey Mojo:
Atkinson is OP. Not a hybrid. It does great around Houston. My fav Hybrids are SunGold, Big Beef, Brandy Boy, & Bush Early Girl.

MikeInCypress

AlittleSalt · January 28, 2015

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Originally Posted by Cole_Robbie

My total price for those 25 seeds ended up being $23.40 after shipping and order fee.

I tell you, there's a sucker born every minute. What kind of fool pays $23 for a pack of tomato seeds?

$23. Wow.

I have driven two counties away to save $4 before. It only took $10 in gas.

clkeiper · January 28, 2015

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Originally Posted by Cole_Robbie

My total price for those 25 seeds ended up being $23.40 after shipping and order fee.

I tell you, there's a sucker born every minute. What kind of fool pays $23 for a pack of tomato seeds?

Don't fret... sell them as single tiny slicers.

Uh, yeah... that's a lot of money and I keep fretting over another 3.99 shipping charge from my wholesale supplier.

So, just where did you get them for that fabulous price? I saw them somewhere...but, I don't remember where.

Worth1 · January 28, 2015

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cole_Robbie

My total price for those 25 seeds ended up being $23.40 after shipping and order fee.

I tell you, there's a sucker born every minute. What kind of fool pays $23 for a pack of tomato seeds?

Wow.

Worth

AlittleSalt · January 28, 2015

I bought Early Girl - Ferry~Morse and Tomatillo, Green - Burpee today. I chose Early Girl because back in our first garden in 2010 - it was the only tomato that grew and produced in our horrible soil. Now, 5 years later, I want to see how it does in our vastly improved soil.

That first garden was so bad. It was blow-sand that had never been amended, fertilized, anything. When watering, the water beaded on top of the ground. I read online, that is called hydrophobic soil. I'm not positive that's what it is actually called or not? But yeah, dirt that acted like it was afraid of water.

Ed of Somis · January 28, 2015

salt...I think you will find the EG's are very dependable producers. For me, I just do not care for the bland taste. Just me...

Worth1 · January 28, 2015

Salt I think you will be amazed at how well early girl does in the new soil.

Worth

Worth1 · January 28, 2015

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Originally Posted by Ed of Somis

salt...I think you will find the EG's are very dependable producers. For me, I just do not care for the bland taste. Just me...

In Texas they have a big bold Texas taste.

Worth

January 28, 2015	#31
clkeiper Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: ohio Posts: 4,350	Depends on what you like, too AND what does best in your climate. We grow : Ultra Pink (Stokes) sun sugar, sun gold goliath, early goliath Big beef celebrity was good for a few years but has changed since we started growing. better boy performed the worst last year. We were cold for all of the Summer and it succumbed first from the blight. We sprayed a few fungicides and did harvest a crop, but it was a struggle. __________________ carolyn k

January 28, 2015	#38
MikeInCypress Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Cypress, TX Posts: 963	Hey Mojo: Atkinson is OP. Not a hybrid. It does great around Houston. My fav Hybrids are SunGold, Big Beef, Brandy Boy, & Bush Early Girl. MikeInCypress __________________ "Growing older, not up"

January 28, 2015	#32
BigVanVader Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Greenville, South Carolina Posts: 3,099	I will be growing Better boy and Brandy boy this year. Better boy was the first tomato I grew and I haven't grown it since then, but it does well in my climate and is as close to a sure thing for production I have found. Taste is just ok fot me but probably my fav all around hybrid. Never grew Brandy boy but it was on the rack at Lowes so I bought a pack. Hoping it taste like a Brandywine.

January 28, 2015	#33
Rairdog Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2014 Location: Noblesville, IN Posts: 112	Better Boy seems to be my most resistant tomato when others fail due to Septoria and Late Blight so I always grow them. Honestly, since my soil is so sweet, they usually taste the best and are less blemished. I'm just getting into heirlooms and Op's so the jury is still out.

January 28, 2015	#34
Cole_Robbie Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Illinois, zone 6 Posts: 8,407	Brandy Boy didn't do so hot for me, but that was in a high tunnel, and I only had a couple plants. Maybe other people here will have different results. I agree that something has happened to Celebrity. I grew it two years ago, and the fruit were like red rocks. I know everyone doesn't get that result, or else it would not be so popular. I grew Big Beef next to it, and it was great.

January 28, 2015	#37
Labradors2 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Ontario Posts: 3,893	Good grief! And for GREEN tomatoes too! Now you are going to HAVE to say that they taste great after paying all that money for them! Linda

January 28, 2015	#42
AlittleSalt BANNED FOR LIFE Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 13,333	I bought Early Girl - Ferry~Morse and Tomatillo, Green - Burpee today. I chose Early Girl because back in our first garden in 2010 - it was the only tomato that grew and produced in our horrible soil. Now, 5 years later, I want to see how it does in our vastly improved soil. That first garden was so bad. It was blow-sand that had never been amended, fertilized, anything. When watering, the water beaded on top of the ground. I read online, that is called hydrophobic soil. I'm not positive that's what it is actually called or not? But yeah, dirt that acted like it was afraid of water.

January 28, 2015	#43
Ed of Somis Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Somis, Ca Posts: 649	salt...I think you will find the EG's are very dependable producers. For me, I just do not care for the bland taste. Just me...

January 28, 2015	#44
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	Salt I think you will be amazed at how well early girl does in the new soil. Worth