Benevento F1

[Fred Hempel]

Originally Posted by Granite26

Looking forward to trying Benevento.
Ordered a few varieties on the weekend and had the seeds half way across country on Thursday!
Excellent!
Thanks

Glad they got there!

[MrsJustice]

I may try them next year.

[Althepal]

I got my seeds from the kickstarter just in time to get a late start this year.

[Fred Hempel]

Folks in the SF Bay Area.

I have lots of available Benevento seedlings.

Direct message me here if interested, or at my Instagram: @artisan.seeds

[dshreter]

Any leads on possible seedlings in the puget sound area? I started mine a month late and I think they are too far behind.

[Fred Hempel]

Originally Posted by dshreter

Any leads on possible seedlings in the puget sound area? I started mine a month late and I think they are too far behind.

I don't know of anyone selling seedlings there.. sorry!

[paradajky]

Hi there, I couldn't find a dedicated thread for the amalfi orange variety, and since I purchased it with the Benevento I thought I would ask here. My Benevento are coming along nice, and interestingly my Amalfi began changing color earlier this week. Here it is today, exactly 55 days since transplant (seeds planted 4/18). What the what? I thought this would be closer to 75-80 days?! I'm excited!
Is it ripe like other tomatoes, when slightly soft, or should I cut into it earlier?

[MrsJustice]

Nice picture.

[Barb_FL]

Very nice; I would pick it now vs letting a bird or anything else get to it first.

Are you growing in 5 gallon buckets? Watering/feeding from the top?

[paradajky]

Barb, yes, in buckets that wick water from gutters below. I don't have dirt where I live, so this was a fun experiment

[KarenO]

Agree it should be picked at this point just to avoid risk of damage. That’s super early, awesome!
KarenO

[Fred Hempel]

That Amalfi Orange looks great!!

Both Benevento and Amalfi Orange are earlier than similar beefsteaks.

That fruit is almost ripe and I would definitely pick it. It might get a bit better if left off the vine at room temp for a day or two, but I wouldn't wait for it to get too soft!

Originally Posted by paradajky

Hi there, I couldn't find a dedicated thread for the amalfi orange variety, and since I purchased it with the Benevento I thought I would ask here. My Benevento are coming along nice, and interestingly my Amalfi began changing color earlier this week. Here it is today, exactly 55 days since transplant (seeds planted 4/18). What the what? I thought this would be closer to 75-80 days?! I'm excited!
Is it ripe like other tomatoes, when slightly soft, or should I cut into it earlier?

[paradajky]

Okay! I went ahead and took it off above the knuckle. 370g. It's my first large tomato in two years I'll dig into it Sunday! Oh boy!!

[ClarkB]

Not to turn this into an Amalfi Orange thread, but I must say that I've been quite impressed with its production and size - 9 picked so far from one plant averaging a little over a pound with the largest at 25.6 oz. Lots of big green ones still on it. No cat facing, just nearly perfect fruit other than maybe a slightly oversized blossom end scar on some of the bigger ones. Very meaty too.

[DK2021]

With the crazy heat and drought we've had, my tomato plants have not been setting a lot of fruit in spite of loads of blossoms, and the fruit that did set before the extended heat wave we had suffered too with BER here and there which in previous years had rarely been a problem. Tried to keep at least the tomato plants watered but as I occasionally travel for work this wasn't perfect. Was watching my first Benevento F1 ripening and sadly it developed some BER on one side. Picked it anyway and cut off the damaged portion before eating the rest--what a delicious tomato! Had it alongside a few other varieties and it stood out as the best in that bowlful at least. This one's a keeper!