The 2015 Spitters List - Page 8

imp · January 14, 2016

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Originally Posted by Worth1

Almost nothing beats the taste of Black Cherry in the morning right off the vine before you have had coffee or anything.
This is normally when I taste test a tomato and many other vegetables.
Worth

Before coffee?!! Does the world even really exist before coffee?!

Fiishergurl · January 14, 2016

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Originally Posted by imp

Before coffee?!! Does the world even really exist before coffee?!

Hahahaha... no it doesn't!

heirloomtomaguy · January 14, 2016

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Originally Posted by imp

Before coffee?!! Does the world even really exist before coffee?!

Amen to that!

IronPete · January 14, 2016

I will never, EVER grow another tomato that's name starts with the two words "Sub-Arctic". Bland and overly disease prone!!! Kellogg's Breakfast stank the joint out this year but only because it grew 100' tall and produced no tomatoes. No, I did not hit is with too much nitrogen. Just weird results. I will try it again now that I have moved to PEI as the results will likely be different in the beautiful red soil here. Pete

IronPete · January 14, 2016

...yes, I was exaggerating about 100' tall. But 10' it definitely his and that was growing in a 5 gallon self watering container!!!

Worth1 · January 14, 2016

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Originally Posted by IronPete

I will never, EVER grow another tomato that's name starts with the two words "Sub-Arctic". Bland and overly disease prone!!! Kellogg's Breakfast stank the joint out this year but only because it grew 100' tall and produced no tomatoes. No, I did not hit is with too much nitrogen. Just weird results. I will try it again now that I have moved to PEI as the results will likely be different in the beautiful red soil here. Pete

I have hit tomato plants with so much nitrogen the leaves burned and still had a bumper crop.
Worth

NarnianGarden · January 15, 2016

Ah yes, the notorious Sub-Arctic!! Blech.

Wasn't even early for us...
Anyay, I am glad I got to try it - and shall happily pass the seeds on to the next patient

Gerardo · January 15, 2016

kellogg's bfast enjoys the cooler weather. It struggled all summer long and just this last month it got lush, pretty, and of course, with 2 tomatoes. I know I shouldn't have, still, I enjoyed going at it with my machete.

My only real spitter for 2015 was Harless Creek Gold. They described it as softball sized, and it was indeed softball sized and just as hard. A testosterone filled early teenager with window breaking proclivities would love these....and that's not an admission of guilt.

Cole_Robbie · January 15, 2016

Interesting. I have Harless for the first time. I will limit it to just one plant. I also have Sweet Ozark Orange, which seems to get better reviews.

Gerardo · January 15, 2016

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Originally Posted by Cole_Robbie

Interesting. I have Harless for the first time. I will limit it to just one plant. I also have Sweet Ozark Orange, which seems to get better reviews.

I grew them both last season. SOO is by far superior on all fronts. HCG is also on the late side, ok yields, just too firm for my tastes.

TomatoDon · January 15, 2016

Hi Ginny. I sent you a PM.

MarlynnMarcks · January 15, 2016

I used to grow Sub Arctic Maxi in Michigan. I started the seeds in Feb and put the plants out in April under walls of water in a tall terra cotta vehicle. I got the earliest tomatoes ever. When the weather got warm enough to make real tomatoes, I pulled them up and threw them out.

NarnianGarden · January 15, 2016

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Originally Posted by MarlynnMarcks

I used to grow Sub Arctic Maxi in Michigan. I started the seeds in Feb and put the plants out in April under walls of water in a tall terra cotta vehicle. I got the earliest tomatoes ever. When the weather got warm enough to make real tomatoes, I pulled them up and threw them out.

I think that if one is looking for an early red (compact) tomato, Aurora does nicely - also Stupice, or Sophie's Choice. Anything but SubArctic. (Of course SAP is much better when cooked..)

IronPete · January 15, 2016

If they switched the word 'arctic' for 'par' it would make more sense. Sub par. Not early. Tasteless. Killed by the blight in under 14 seconds! OK, I may be exaggerating a bit but not a lot, lol!

Black Cherry is my most reliable early. I sun dried some using BrokenBar's method of soaking them in a cheap red wine, sprinkling with a little seasoning and then dehydrating them. I made 5 bags and was in heaven until the 3rd day. That was when my grown kids found and devoured them!!! Waaaaaaaaahhhhhh!!! :'-(

Pete

January 14, 2016	#109
IronPete Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Charlottetown, PEI, Canada Posts: 302	I will never, EVER grow another tomato that's name starts with the two words "Sub-Arctic". Bland and overly disease prone!!! Kellogg's Breakfast stank the joint out this year but only because it grew 100' tall and produced no tomatoes. No, I did not hit is with too much nitrogen. Just weird results. I will try it again now that I have moved to PEI as the results will likely be different in the beautiful red soil here. Pete __________________ Thanks; Iron Pete "We can agree to disagree."

January 14, 2016	#110
IronPete Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Charlottetown, PEI, Canada Posts: 302	...yes, I was exaggerating about 100' tall. But 10' it definitely his and that was growing in a 5 gallon self watering container!!! __________________ Thanks; Iron Pete "We can agree to disagree."

January 15, 2016	#116
TomatoDon Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: MS Posts: 1,523	Hi Ginny. I sent you a PM. __________________ Zone 7B, N. MS

January 15, 2016	#119
IronPete Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Charlottetown, PEI, Canada Posts: 302	If they switched the word 'arctic' for 'par' it would make more sense. Sub par. Not early. Tasteless. Killed by the blight in under 14 seconds! OK, I may be exaggerating a bit but not a lot, lol! Black Cherry is my most reliable early. I sun dried some using BrokenBar's method of soaking them in a cheap red wine, sprinkling with a little seasoning and then dehydrating them. I made 5 bags and was in heaven until the 3rd day. That was when my grown kids found and devoured them!!! Waaaaaaaaahhhhhh!!! :'-( Pete __________________ Thanks; Iron Pete "We can agree to disagree."

January 15, 2016	#112
NarnianGarden Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Finland, EU Posts: 2,550	Ah yes, the notorious Sub-Arctic!! Blech. Wasn't even early for us... Anyay, I am glad I got to try it - and shall happily pass the seeds on to the next patient

January 15, 2016	#113
Gerardo Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: San Diego-Tijuana Posts: 2,598	kellogg's bfast enjoys the cooler weather. It struggled all summer long and just this last month it got lush, pretty, and of course, with 2 tomatoes. I know I shouldn't have, still, I enjoyed going at it with my machete. My only real spitter for 2015 was Harless Creek Gold. They described it as softball sized, and it was indeed softball sized and just as hard. A testosterone filled early teenager with window breaking proclivities would love these....and that's not an admission of guilt.

January 15, 2016	#114
Cole_Robbie Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Illinois, zone 6 Posts: 8,407	Interesting. I have Harless for the first time. I will limit it to just one plant. I also have Sweet Ozark Orange, which seems to get better reviews.

January 15, 2016	#117
MarlynnMarcks Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Port St Lucie, Florida Posts: 180	I used to grow Sub Arctic Maxi in Michigan. I started the seeds in Feb and put the plants out in April under walls of water in a tall terra cotta vehicle. I got the earliest tomatoes ever. When the weather got warm enough to make real tomatoes, I pulled them up and threw them out.