Mountain Fresh hybrids. Any comments or suggestions

crystals1943 · May 23, 2017

I live in the Charlotte NC area. I grow all my tomatoes in pots/containers. For the 1st time, I'm trying a couple of Mountain Fresh hybrids. Any suggestions or comments ... especially about taste.

Thanks ... Crystals1943

peppero · May 23, 2017

A friend has given me some but they had little taste. They do stay firm and fresh but they are not going in my garden.

Jon

**carolyn137** · May 23, 2017

Randy Gardner in NC has bred many more varieties than you can imagine and there's a whole series of Mountain ones.

All of them are very popular, and have been for many years for both commercial farmers as well as home growers.

My great farmer friend Charly Brizzell grew lots of them,my brother always wanted me to get seeds for them when he was still up here in NYS but is now in NC and had so many diseases in NC I tried to get Randy to drive up from Fletcher to help with diagnosis..

I know Randy very well and have for many years.He wanted to introduce better taste into some of his hybrids and asked if I would send him seeds he could use for that.

I used to trial some of his varieties for him as did Fusion,aka Darrell Jones, who is a Tville member and posts often.

Just one link for now

http://vegetablegrowersnews.com/arti...ing-cultivars/

Carolyn

Cole_Robbie · May 23, 2017

I have three plants of Mountain Fresh in my high tunnel, which I am now discovering has soil-borne disease, probably fusarium. They look fine, even though the plants next to them are dying. They are not setting as much fruit as I would like, but at least they are alive, I am guessing due to disease resistance bred into them.

crystals1943 · May 26, 2017

Thanks for the feedback. As I get older, I'm continually trying to make gardening easier by finding tomato plants that can withstand our hot and humid summers with less maintenance from me ... plus, I'm getting lazier with age.

I tried Mountain Pride last year and it was a prolific producer and survived well. However, taste never got above 'just ok.'

crystals1943

May 23, 2017	#1
crystals1943 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Zone 7b - SC Posts: 8	Mountain Fresh hybrids. Any comments or suggestions I live in the Charlotte NC area. I grow all my tomatoes in pots/containers. For the 1st time, I'm trying a couple of Mountain Fresh hybrids. Any suggestions or comments ... especially about taste. Thanks ... Crystals1943

May 23, 2017	#3
carolyn137 Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Upstate NY, zone 4b/5a Posts: 21,169	Randy Gardner in NC has bred many more varieties than you can imagine and there's a whole series of Mountain ones. All of them are very popular, and have been for many years for both commercial farmers as well as home growers. My great farmer friend Charly Brizzell grew lots of them,my brother always wanted me to get seeds for them when he was still up here in NYS but is now in NC and had so many diseases in NC I tried to get Randy to drive up from Fletcher to help with diagnosis.. I know Randy very well and have for many years.He wanted to introduce better taste into some of his hybrids and asked if I would send him seeds he could use for that. I used to trial some of his varieties for him as did Fusion,aka Darrell Jones, who is a Tville member and posts often. Just one link for now http://vegetablegrowersnews.com/arti...ing-cultivars/ Carolyn __________________ Carolyn

May 23, 2017	#2
peppero Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: selmer, tn Posts: 2,944	A friend has given me some but they had little taste. They do stay firm and fresh but they are not going in my garden. Jon

May 23, 2017	#4
Cole_Robbie Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Illinois, zone 6 Posts: 8,407	I have three plants of Mountain Fresh in my high tunnel, which I am now discovering has soil-borne disease, probably fusarium. They look fine, even though the plants next to them are dying. They are not setting as much fruit as I would like, but at least they are alive, I am guessing due to disease resistance bred into them.

May 26, 2017	#5
crystals1943 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Zone 7b - SC Posts: 8	Thanks for the feedback. As I get older, I'm continually trying to make gardening easier by finding tomato plants that can withstand our hot and humid summers with less maintenance from me ... plus, I'm getting lazier with age. I tried Mountain Pride last year and it was a prolific producer and survived well. However, taste never got above 'just ok.' crystals1943