Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Danbury, CT
Posts: 492
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So I saved some seeds from store bought Honey Bombs and grew them out in 2023. I think they look pretty close, but they did not taste as good and will not be invited back. To be fair, it was a very rainy summer and not a great tomato year in general. They cracked like crazy, another negative for me. DTM was 48 days from plant out (8 weeks old at plant out).
I also grew Flavor Bombs from seeds saved from 2022 grow. 2023 seemed the same as 2022. Tasted very good. I saved seeds again and will grow again. I don't seem to have pics of my 2023 Flavor Bombs. DTM was 38 days from plant out (plants 8 weeks old at plant out). For reference my Sungold DTM was 33 days. ![]() Looking very similar to store bought Honey Bombs here. ![]() Honey Bombs with lots of cracking in our too rainy summer of 2023. I wasn't very motivated to pick them since I have other better tasting tomatoes to choose from. Jen |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: CT
Posts: 68
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Zone 6 - CT
Posts: 155
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I grew Flavor Bomb last year - it is not getting invited back.
It was an oddball. Started, grew trusses, flowered, than every single flower would break off. About - 4 feet, the thing took off. Was the largest ever cherry grown in my years of garden. Tons of fruit, took forever to ripen, then the skins were a tad touch. Flavor was good. I did like having 2 colors of cherries in my salads though, so Reinhard Kraft's Purple Sugar will make it's first appearance this year along side our usual Sunsugar. |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Danbury, CT
Posts: 492
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Zone 6 - CT
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Yes, I believe I posted initially that we were going to grow it again this year. It was super productive and we liked the colorful salads we got with it. Typo - skins were a tad tough, not touch... oops! I did post on the problems growing it when it first started - in all my years I've never had a tomato like it. I thought maybe it was because I saved seed from a store bought cherry tomato. I'm not saying I'll never grow it again. I decided to try RK's Purple Sugar to see if we like it better.
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