Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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March 23, 2021 | #46 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Ústí nad Labem in the north of the Czech Republic
Posts: 332
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Hello,
I strongly believe that UK standards are pretty high. As I have a source of seeds in Britain, I have grown quite a few from there. Thompson and Suttons: Mountain Magic, Crimson Crush, Cocktail Crush, Tomato Berry. All of them are excellent toms and the first three are really late blight resistant, which was why I started with them. They're going to be the staple varieties in my garden this year again. Even more so than last year. I've heard Suttons are launching or have already launched Crimson Plum, another lb resistant variety. Have you heard anything about it? Yes, I also got seeds from the US, but not from the seller directly. They don't ship to the EU (probably because some complicated certification is required), so I had to get a contact person there and the letters slipped through. Have you ever received any seeds straight from a US official commercial supplier? Milan HP |
March 23, 2021 | #47 | |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: MA
Posts: 4,971
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March 23, 2021 | #48 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Madison, OH, zone 6
Posts: 471
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March 23, 2021 | #49 | |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Dec 2020
Location: UK
Posts: 60
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Will have to try them for next year I had an order from RFarms but that was end of last year, and am aware of a couple of people who’ve had successful orders with Baker Creek and Wild Boar Farms, but again not sure if it’s just that they have slipped through the net or wether it’s just ok? I assume the former though! |
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March 23, 2021 | #50 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Ústí nad Labem in the north of the Czech Republic
Posts: 332
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Me too.
It's really funny (tomato seed exchange and trade are only marginal) that politicians still believe they can "direct and control" our behavior. They call it "power". And reality is that they won't be able to in a million years. The covid pandemic proves it quite clearly. Cheers to people and their solidarity. But within reason. Milan HP |
March 24, 2021 | #51 | |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: Alabama
Posts: 15
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Big Beef
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March 25, 2021 | #52 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: SE PA
Posts: 972
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Last year I had a whole bunch of solid 16-18 oz big beefs from the early trusses with plants at 2-3 stems each. Just boom boom boom they came. It was fairly dry and HOT, but also my first full year with drip tape under the black plastic mulch, so they got water when needed. A goal this year is for cuostralee and stump to match that this year, grown similarly. I did order more big beef seed as well since my 250 pack was about out, but I won't be growing as large a percentage of them. I also picked up so Estiva that I haven't grown for while. Need to can salsa this year and they are perfect for that.
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