Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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In a couple days, we're going to be buying some garden seed. I want to look at some hybrid tomatoes while we're at it. I have seed catalogs full of hybrids - especially Tomato Growers and Burpee.
I'm curious, and as the title says, What are some Hybrid Tomato varieties you like? So far, I've grown Celebrity, Early Girl, Sweet 100, and Super Sweet 100. I liked all 4 of them. |
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Sun Gold is definitely THE top-tasting hybrid in my opinion. Although I have a cross of P-20 x Momotaro in the F-4 stage that has outstanding flavor!
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After losing all my tomato plants to Tomato Spotted Wilt virus some years back, I always have at least one resistant variety in the garden. Of the ones I have tried, I think Bella Rosa has the best flavor, and that Amelia is the most reliable.
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There are way too many good hybrids out there to even list.
![]() People relate hybrid to store bought shipping tomatoes and it isn't fare to hybrids. Worth |
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Being an heirloom snob, there is only one hybrid that I grow anymore. That's Mountain Fresh Plus. It's close to being as good as my favorite Brandywines. Thin Skinned, little core, great taste, nice size and decent production.
I had three of them in last years gardens and they were fantastic. Last tomatoes producing after everything else had been pulled. I even saved some seed from the largest, just to see what it does. Enjoy! Camo |
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Big Beef is a mainstay in my garden. XL fruit, good flavor, and long lasting production.
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The only hybrid I ever tried growing was SunGold, and yes, it was good (and productive!). Perhaps not quite up to the hype, but delicious nonetheless. However, with so many wonderful OP varieties demanding my attention and space, I don't think I will have it in my garden next summer.
Mountain Fresh Plus made me very curious...! |
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Big Beef and Sungold. I'm also trying Sun Lemon, Sun Peach, and Sun Chocola, the other cherries in the sun series.
I also really like Orange Blossom F1 from Johnny's. My grandparents always grew Jet Star. I grew Jet Star next to Big Beef in the high tunnel last year. The flavor was identical, but Big Beef had a higher yield and larger fruit. |
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Early Girl is reliable. So is Celebrity.
But SETTFest vets will remember the "grand prize winner" of 2009 (2010?) was a hybrid, and evidently you can now get six-packs of it at some big-box stores: ATKINSON!!! Late producer but will survive high heat. (I like to think our repopularizing this got the attention of some nursery folks...)
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Sungold every year, Brandy Boy is good too, and I used to grow Better Boy every year before I got into heirlooms.
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For good taste and market ability my picks are similar to Robbie’s above, Big Beef and Sun Sugar (Sun Gold’s sibling).
Like Robbie I have grown both Big Beef and Jet Star and I too found that Big Beef had a higher yield and larger fruit. I no longer grow Jet Star. Dutch
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SunSugar - orange cherry
Sweet Treats - pink cherry Sweet Baby Girl - red cherry Big Beef - red beefsteak Better Boy - red beefsteak Juliet - saladette, I use it for canning Mountain Magic - saladette, I use it for canning
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Sungold and Celebrity for me.
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Better Boy has great flavor to complement OPs & heirlooms when you need a break, and especially productive in your part of the country (world record).
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A hybrid that has always grown well for me and tastes good is Champion. I still have seeds I bought several years ago and will be growing 1 Champion plant this year after a long hiatus (if the seed still germinates).
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