High yield heirlooms

[Labradors2]

Originally Posted by Jwb4707

Has anyone tried growing Indian stripe in zone 6a-ish?

It grew well for me, further north .

Linda

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by Jwb4707

Has anyone tried growing Indian stripe in zone 6a-ish?

I've grown it next to you in W MA, in upstate NY and it performs very well.

Actually I think it performs well almost everywhere for everyone when checking the places it's grown in my SSE Yearbook as well as from Tania's page for it and the fact that it appears on many of the lists here at Tville for 2016 growouts.

http://t.tatianastomatobase.com:88/wiki/Indian_Stripe

Carolyn

[jillian]

any opinions on Chocolate Stripes?

[KarenO]

Originally Posted by jillian

yes Karen, I am focusing on dwarfs. Did you like Fred's Tie Dye?

I grew out a lot of the newer and 2014 dwarfs last year. In my greenhouse they mostly did ok but I found them to all be quite susceptible to fungal problems both inside and outdoors in pots. I was surprised as I do not usually struggle with powdery mildew very much at all and other plants grown adjacent to them seemed untouched.
I will give them another shot and see if it repeats before I make up my mind. In all I grew out all the 2014 releases plus a couple of others last year. Fred's tie dye did just Ok for me. But I will grow it again when I get a chance.

KarenO

[Ricky Shaw]

Excellent on the poundage kath. I'm planting Terhune and Rebel Yell in fabric pots and would be pleased with half of what you got. These big plants? And you let them go, or prune?

[pmcgrady]

Mexico hands down two years in a row...
Marianna's Peace does well around here also...
Old German, and German Giant...great tomatoes, but not many of them...
Costoluto Genovese, tons of medium sized great tasting sauce tomatoes

[Jwb4707]

Originally Posted by pmcgrady

Mexico hands down two years in a row...
Marianna's Peace does well around here also...
Old German, and German Giant...great tomatoes, but not many of them...
Costoluto Genovese, tons of medium sized great tasting sauce tomatoes

How was Mexico's flavor? They look huge in the TG's catalog.

[jmsieglaff]

Originally Posted by KarenO

I grew out a lot of the newer and 2014 dwarfs last year. In my greenhouse they mostly did ok but I found them to all be quite susceptible to fungal problems both inside and outdoors in pots. I was surprised as I do not usually struggle with powdery mildew very much at all and other plants grown adjacent to them seemed untouched.
I will give them another shot and see if it repeats before I make up my mind. In all I grew out all the 2014 releases plus a couple of others last year. Fred's tie dye did just Ok for me. But I will grow it again when I get a chance.

KarenO

Karen, and others, have you grown dwarf Wild Fred in addition to Fred's Tie Dye--how would you compare the flavor/plants/etc.?

[pmcgrady]

I'd rate Mexico an 8 out of 10 (never having tasted a 10)

[Jwb4707]

[QUOTE=carolyn137;527414]I've grown it next to you in W MA, in upstate NY and it performs very well.

Actually I think it performs well almost everywhere for everyone when checking the places it's grown in my SSE Yearbook as well as from Tania's page for it and the fact that it appears on many of the lists here at Tville for 2016 growouts.

http://t.tatianastomatobase.com:88/wiki/Indian_Stripe


Carolyn[/QUOTE

Thank you, I'll add it to my list .
]

[kath]

Originally Posted by Ricky Shaw

Excellent on the poundage kath. I'm planting Terhune and Rebel Yell in fabric pots and would be pleased with half of what you got. These big plants? And you let them go, or prune?

To me, they seem like typical indeterminates- Terhune grew taller than Rebel Yell but both RY plants were in a raised bed area of the garden and this was the first I've grown it. I probably kept all of them to 3 or 4 stems at first inside the cage but by the end of July I never do any more pinching or pruning and they both kept going until the end of the season in Oct. I'd love to let the plants go from start to finish, but we have so much dew and humidity in my location that maximizing air flow is pretty necessary if I don't want to spray a lot...and I definitely don't.

[Ricky Shaw]

Good information, thank you so much kath.

[Gardeneer]

Originally Posted by pmcgrady

Mexico hands down two years in a row...
Marianna's Peace does well around here also...
Old German, and German Giant...great tomatoes, but not many of them...
Costoluto Genovese, tons of medium sized great tasting sauce tomatoes

I will grow IS, Costoluto G and Old German this year.
I was very happy with Black From Tula last year . Will grow it again.

BTW, pmc , what is the name of variety shown as your avatar ?

Gardeneer

[taboule]

Originally Posted by KLorentz

My best producers have been, Cosmonaut Volkov, Thessaloníki , Rose , Mariana's Peace , Al-Kuffa , Black Krim , Indian Stripe , Amazon Chocolate , Abe Lincoln , Roma and San Marzano.

Interesting you mention Thessaloniki and BK, as they both consistently produced well for me.

Here's a brandywine in August '15, 1 to 2 pounders.

[efisakov]

No one have mentioned Elgin Pink (PL). Really good taste.
Here its production in ounces:
9.1, 8.8, 8.0, 11.2, 6.7, 4.0, 3.7, 8.6, 10.4, 13.3, 6.9, 9, 9.4, 8.1, 8.3, 9.5, 7.7, 6.8, 4, 4.9, 3.6, 3, 3.8, 13.5(3), 20.5(4), 11.1(2), 38.4(8), 12.8, 6.7, 4.3, 10.2, 9.3, 15.5(5), 8.4, 5.5, 3.9, 6, 4, 4.9, 4.6, 3 = 343.1 ounces/21.4 pounds

JD's Special C-Tex (black, RL) taste is pretty much the same as Indian Stripe. JD's outproduces IS by 30% in my garden every year.
Here is production of JD's in ounces:
7.4, 9.0, 12.2, 13.9, 12.3, 11.8, 18.4, 6.5, 14.2, 5.9, 9.5, 9.7, 6.6, 7.5, 5.4, 13.9(4), 14.9, 5.2, 4.9, 2.8, 7.9(2), 8, 5.2(2), 6.4, 4.1, 4.8, 13.2, 6.8, 7.6, 25.7, 4.9 = 286.6 ounces/17.9 pounds

And I had a fluke tomato that outperformed all in 2015: Carbon NOT. In the packet of old Carbon seeds (I have it for about 6 years to grow my own seedlings) one happened to be pink. I was not happy about it at first, I love my Carbon. It turned to be excellent pink tomato with great production:
NOT Carbon (RL)
13.1, 8.7, 7.5, 9.9, 7.7, 5.7, 7.2, 10.9, 12.6, 7.3, 4.5, 12.6, 8, 5.9, 9.0, 9.6, 10.5, 8.5, 4.2, 9.1, 20.5, 10.2, 11.0, 9.6, 6.2, 6.7, 11.0, 10.1, 9.3, 14.6, 5.8, 5.6, 6.3, 4.8, 8.5, 9.2, 7.1, 5.6, 6.8, 6.1, 3.7, 7, 7.2, 7.1, 4.4, 8.2, 6.3, 8, 6.7, 12.1, 9.8, 4.3, 7.7, 7.9, 9.1, 4.7, 9.2, 7.9, 11, 10.4, 6.2, 5.6, 4.3, 40.5(7), 8, 4.4, 3.9, 5, 5.6, 9.6, 9.8, 7.2, 6.8, 5.7, 4, 6.5, 5, 10.4(3), 10.8(3), 26(few green ripened nicely) = 685.5 ounces/42.8 ounces
It is some kind or cross, most likely. I will attempt to grow its seeds next year.