Black Krim

[KarenO]

Originally Posted by gro2can

lucky you. here in ca. krim will not grow well too cold at night got 6 plants left that are growing 2barely alive.

Where in Canada?
KarenO

[Ed of Somis]

I considered planting BK this year. I just ran out of room...and had to prioritize. My black is Cherokee Purple...which I loved last year. Let me hear about taste tests on this one. Not sure if Cherokee Chocolate will taste better than BK or not. So many choices...

[Tracydr]

I'm growing many blacks as they are usually our favorite. Also, trying some GWR this year since I've heard they have similar flavor. Our two favorite tomatoes since I started growing has been Cherokee Purple and Carbon Copy. This year, I'm trying JD's Special C-Tex, Cherokee Choclate ( very behind, got eaten by a goat), Spudakee, Gary O'Sena, Black Brandywine, Brads Black Heart and a couple of Dwarf Blacks, plus Carbon Copy. I may have a Pruden's Purple out there somewhere, too. I really need to spend some time replacing the little ground labels with tape on the trellis or a bamboo stick with label so that I can figure out what's what.
In all this time, I've yet to taste a Black Krim, except a couple from an area of my garden that was shaded and flood irrigated my first gardening year in AZ. I started some this year but I'm not sure if I ended up with one. I may have given it away to my barn builder or my pony trainer.
Next year,maybe.

[Gardeneer]

I have grown BK twice before, in differen times and places. The last time was in 2013.
The taste was good but I got a lot of green shoulders and some crack.
Plus the fruit size was not that impressive. So I switched to CP.

This year I am growing several in black brown category:

--- Cherokee Purple (repeat)
--- Japanese BT (repeat)
--- Arbuznyi (new)
--- Black Cherry (new)
--- Black from Tula (new)
--- Kumato (new)
---- Ananas Noire (repeat). This is a tri color >> Brown n pineapple n green( as seen in my avatar)
This is the year of brown tomatoes in my garden.
I will grow (probably) BK next season.

Gardeneer

[NarnianGarden]

BK was my gateway drug into the world of tomato passion.
Even in our unpredictable cold / hot Finnish weather, it was a delicious and productive variety.

I am grateful it caught my eye in the seed catalogue - it looked different and exotic enough to hook me!

This year, I got the French version Noire de Crimee (thanks to Carolyn's positive comments on that) and am curious to see if there will be any difference. I have grown a couple of blacks and honestly could not tell them apart in terms of taste or production ... loved them all, Black from Tula, Black prince.. Black pear of course had a different shape.
Looking forward to having a bite of Paul Robeson

[gro2can]

Originally Posted by KarenO

Where in Canada?
KarenO

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