Brandywine

[ngthuha1988]

please help me to name this kind of tomato

[Cole_Robbie]

It's a red heart, or red ox heart. That's just a type of tomato; there are a lot of heart-shaped red tomato varieties. It's impossible to name a specific variety from just a photo.

[pmcgrady]

Yep looks like a red oxheart

[ngthuha1988]

Thank to all you guys

[JohnJones]

Beautiful tomato by the way.

[b54red]

I have noticed an interesting phenomena with my grafted Brandywine plants. They don't get as large or as leggy as the straight variety ungrafted. On most varieties the very vegetative nature of the rootstock has caused increased growth with most of the heirlooms that I graft. Just an observation that has puzzled me. The plants are actually producing almost double the amount of fruit now that they are grafted than before yet the plant is noticeably smaller. I just checked the plants today and the three Brandywine grafts are all about 3 1/2 feet tall yet they have more fruit on them already than I usually got on plants the whole season before I started grafting. I have several variables that could explain the heavier fruit set like using TTF to fertilize them every week, very heavy mulching, stimulating the blooms with an electric toothbrush and more stringent pruning for my support system. I can't explain why Sudduth's and Cowlick's appear so much smaller when grafted while most varieties are so much larger when grafted to the vegetative rootstock.

Bill

[b54red]

This looks like it will be the year when Sudduth's outperforms Cowlicks in my garden. I just got through with my morning inspection and sucker pinching. I wanted to compare the two so I counted the greenies on them and was amazed as Sudduth's had about twice as many as Cowlicks. Usually they are comparable or Cowlick's has a few more but not this year. One of my grafted onto Estimano rootstock Sudduth's plants actually has more tomatoes on it now than I have ever gotten with a non grafted Sudduth's during a whole season and hopefully it will set a lot more.

Bill

[brooksville]

Haahaaaa, just checked the BW. I now have a renewed spirit. I found 10 greenies on one plant. But the other 2 are still lagging.

Now I have to keep the vines healthy.

John

[creister]

My Sudduth's has two for sure and a bunch of greenes that aren't getting bigger. Hope some of them develop.

[ddsack]

Originally Posted by b54red

I have noticed an interesting phenomena with my grafted Brandywine plants. They don't get as large or as leggy as the straight variety ungrafted. On most varieties the very vegetative nature of the rootstock has caused increased growth with most of the heirlooms that I graft. Just an observation that has puzzled me. The plants are actually producing almost double the amount of fruit now that they are grafted than before yet the plant is noticeably smaller. I just checked the plants today and the three Brandywine grafts are all about 3 1/2 feet tall yet they have more fruit on them already than I usually got on plants the whole season before I started grafting. I have several variables that could explain the heavier fruit set like using TTF to fertilize them every week, very heavy mulching, stimulating the blooms with an electric toothbrush and more stringent pruning for my support system. I can't explain why Sudduth's and Cowlick's appear so much smaller when grafted while most varieties are so much larger when grafted to the vegetative rootstock.

Bill

That is really interesting, Bill! Please continue to keep track of these plants.

[creister]

Yes haw! I have my third confirmed fruit. I found it this evening. Hopefully more to come.

[brooksville]

Bill, just out of curiosity. I planted out starting Mar. 15. all different varieties, in the past when you get an early start, when do you start picking the slicers?

[b54red]

Originally Posted by brooksville

Bill, just out of curiosity. I planted out starting Mar. 15. all different varieties, in the past when you get an early start, when do you start picking the slicers?

I would have to go back and check my records but I think I usually started getting my first large pink beefsteaks about 65 to 75 days after setting them out in the garden the first week of March. I expect to get them sooner this year since I didn't set them out til the first week in April and the higher heat will mean earlier ripe fruit but also will probably mean smaller fruit. The weather can make a huge difference in how long til the date to maturity.

I usually get my first ripe tomatoes about 60 days after set out but they are not the large slicers which are usually somewhat later. This year it looks like my first ones will be either Indian Stripe or Pruden's Purple since they were the first to set fruit and have some of the largest greenies on them but I could be surprised by one of the others.

I planted a bed that I have dedicated to growing as single stem plants on the 18th of April and the plant that has the most fruit is a Brandywine Cowlick's which is surprising. Since it is being kept to a single stem it has rather sparse foliage but a lot of greenies on it that look like they will be unprotected from the sun. I'm looking forward to seeing how that plant does. I have never thought Brandywines were the best candidates for single stem plants because of their rather open habit but I did include a couple in my single stem bed just to see how they do.

Bill

[brooksville]

I think I am going to yank the BW that does not have any fruit. The other 2 have about 13-15 combined. They really have been working hard the last 2 weeks. I am dealing with Septoria and EB. Sprayed the bleach solution this evening and noticed that Mortgage Lifter and JD's had blushing fruit. I will probably pick Sunday before I leave. I do not think that I can leave them until Wed. when we return. So by my math they started blushing 69 days after transplant. Can not wait to taste.

John

[AKmark]

Here is a row of Sudduth's and Cowlick's BW, I also have BW from Croatia, Liams, Landis Valley, YBW, and Platfoot YBW going this year.
BW does very well in the north in a greenhouse where the daytime temperatures do not get too high until mid Summer, if you can add heat at night in the spring they are great producers of excellent fruit. I think they must hate the heat more than a chill, my friends take large starts from me and grow them in unheated hobby greenhouses with good production too.
I got 39lbs from a Cowlick BW last year
Good luck