Rebel Yell surprise! - Page 5

AKmark · August 16, 2016

This is a typical RY from my plants. I obtained my seed from GreyGhost a couple of years ago. They have a very good flavor and average about a pound.

b54red · August 17, 2016

It may be just the intense heat or the affect grafting has on them but so far I have not picked a single pounder off any of my three Rebel Yell plants this year. I may try grafting it to a rootstock that promotes larger fruit like Multifort or Estamino next year. The flavor has been very good and the production middle of the road in our summer heat but it is good enough to add to my very small list of tomatoes I grow every year if the seed I saved are viable. Also this has not been my best year for very large fruit with any of the varieties I planted and I think it has to do with the intense heat we endured through June and into August which tends to cause earlier ripening. I can't complain about that since most varieties put out ripe fruit this year well ahead of what was expected.

Bill

August 17, 2016

Bill,

In my area, we had an unusually cool June and early July. All of my plants had very large tomatoes on them but they had a difficult time ripening in the cool weather. Mid July into early August weather suddenly changed into our typical summer weather heat and all my tomatoes ripened within a couple of weeks. We went from a few ripe tomatoes to a flood of ripe tomatoes in just a few days. Now we are back into the cool weather and I don't have a tomato on any of my plants. They are starting to bloom again in the cool weather. I should have a good crop of fall tomatoes. It's been a crazy year, but a productive year.

Ted

drew51 · August 17, 2016

Here this variety failed to perform. Others are doing great, this one is just not producing. I'll give it another year.

Ricky Shaw · August 21, 2016

On par with the Elgin Pink and better than the Brandy Boys. This is a nice tomato for around here, and my first +1 lb heirloom.

SharonRossy · August 23, 2016

I have to say, I'm liking this tomato! Great flavor and texture. It'll be back next year for sure.

Randall · August 23, 2016

I almost grew it this season and decided to just grow SOTW which is a great Pink in my book.

Excited to grow RY out next time around!

kath · August 23, 2016

My 2 Rebel Yell plants were a bust this year with the worst disease of any of my unsprayed plants, lots of radial cracking. The fruit size ranged from 3.2 oz to 20 oz. and had great taste but the plants were terrible so after two seasons I'm letting go of this one permanently.

kath

Randall · August 24, 2016

Good to know, kath! I'll exercise a little self-control and not set out a bunch of them.

Stump did so well that it'll get the position of main Pink again next year. It will be interesting to see how they compare.

Cole_Robbie · August 24, 2016

It is interesting to read how one variety is great for some gardens, but not for others. SOTW was ok for me, but pinker-fleshed and milder tasting.

The pink tomatoes I like tend to have red flash, like RY and Jazz. They have more acid in the flavor and taste like a red. All the other pink tomatoes I have tried just seem like Brandywine clones. They are not bad; they just all seem the same to me.

SharonRossy · August 24, 2016

So far my RY tomatoes are more pink fleshed than red, with a nice acidic flavor. It's right up there for me with my favorite red NAR. Biyskaya Roza is looking like a nice pink also, but the flavor so far has been more like Cole Robbie said, that mild brandywine taste, somewhat sweet. I will say for a hybrid, Momotaro was great last year. This year has been a bust because of critters.

August 24, 2016

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Originally Posted by SharonRossy

So far my RY tomatoes are more pink fleshed than red, with a nice acidic flavor. It's right up there for me with my favorite red NAR. Biyskaya Roza is looking like a nice pink also, but the flavor so far has been more like Cole Robbie said, that mild brandywine taste, somewhat sweet. I will say for a hybrid, Momotaro was great last year. This year has been a bust because of critters.

Momotaro was great for me this year. I grew them beside some Homestead plants. The Momotaro's are dead. The Homesteads are waiting for the cool fall weather to start blooming again. The only thing I didn't like about Momotaro was the tomatoes were a little to mushy for me when they ripened. Their texture reminded me of Black Krim when ripe. The taste and production were great, but the texture was wrong for me.

Ted

August 24, 2016

I've noticed some gardens produced RY tomatoes with radial cracking. I didn't experience any radial cracking on mine. I wonder what makes the difference. If I get a sudden rain storm on my garden when the tomatoes are just starting to ripen, I get a lot of horizontally cracked tomatoes, but not radially cracked.

Ted

Ricky Shaw · August 24, 2016

Perplexing to me on cracking, you read it's not varietal, but these RY and Brandy Boys were next to each other. Both in 15gal fabrics and the same measured ferts and water.

My Foot Smells · August 24, 2016

Brandy Boy rarely gets stretch marks, I have noticed that over the years meself. Very uniform. However, purely cosmetic on the rebel - the proof is in the pudding (taste).

August 17, 2016	#62
b54red Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Alabama Posts: 7,068	It may be just the intense heat or the affect grafting has on them but so far I have not picked a single pounder off any of my three Rebel Yell plants this year. I may try grafting it to a rootstock that promotes larger fruit like Multifort or Estamino next year. The flavor has been very good and the production middle of the road in our summer heat but it is good enough to add to my very small list of tomatoes I grow every year if the seed I saved are viable. Also this has not been my best year for very large fruit with any of the varieties I planted and I think it has to do with the intense heat we endured through June and into August which tends to cause earlier ripening. I can't complain about that since most varieties put out ripe fruit this year well ahead of what was expected. Bill

August 17, 2016	#63
tedln Guest Posts: n/a	Bill, In my area, we had an unusually cool June and early July. All of my plants had very large tomatoes on them but they had a difficult time ripening in the cool weather. Mid July into early August weather suddenly changed into our typical summer weather heat and all my tomatoes ripened within a couple of weeks. We went from a few ripe tomatoes to a flood of ripe tomatoes in just a few days. Now we are back into the cool weather and I don't have a tomato on any of my plants. They are starting to bloom again in the cool weather. I should have a good crop of fall tomatoes. It's been a crazy year, but a productive year. Ted

August 17, 2016	#64
drew51 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Sterling Heights, MI Zone 6a/5b Posts: 1,302	Here this variety failed to perform. Others are doing great, this one is just not producing. I'll give it another year.

August 23, 2016	#66
SharonRossy Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Montreal Posts: 1,140	I have to say, I'm liking this tomato! Great flavor and texture. It'll be back next year for sure.

August 23, 2016	#67
Randall Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: 6a Posts: 396	I almost grew it this season and decided to just grow SOTW which is a great Pink in my book. Excited to grow RY out next time around!

August 23, 2016	#68
kath Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: zone 6b, PA Posts: 5,664	My 2 Rebel Yell plants were a bust this year with the worst disease of any of my unsprayed plants, lots of radial cracking. The fruit size ranged from 3.2 oz to 20 oz. and had great taste but the plants were terrible so after two seasons I'm letting go of this one permanently. kath

August 24, 2016	#69
Randall Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: 6a Posts: 396	Good to know, kath! I'll exercise a little self-control and not set out a bunch of them. Stump did so well that it'll get the position of main Pink again next year. It will be interesting to see how they compare.

August 24, 2016	#70
Cole_Robbie Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Illinois, zone 6 Posts: 8,407	It is interesting to read how one variety is great for some gardens, but not for others. SOTW was ok for me, but pinker-fleshed and milder tasting. The pink tomatoes I like tend to have red flash, like RY and Jazz. They have more acid in the flavor and taste like a red. All the other pink tomatoes I have tried just seem like Brandywine clones. They are not bad; they just all seem the same to me.

August 24, 2016	#75
My Foot Smells Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Pulaski County, Arkansas Posts: 1,239	Brandy Boy rarely gets stretch marks, I have noticed that over the years meself. Very uniform. However, purely cosmetic on the rebel - the proof is in the pudding (taste).