Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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December 29, 2011 | #1 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Bedford, VA
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I know this will be difficult but...
Please try
I would like you tell me the ONE tomato you ABSOLUTELY have to plant each year. I'm looking to try a few new varieties this year. Oh yeah, Happy New Year!!! |
December 29, 2011 | #2 |
Tomatoville® Moderator
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Hendersonville, NC zone 7
Posts: 10,385
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Sungold.
'nuff said! If it really must be an open pollinated variety Cherokee Purple
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December 29, 2011 | #3 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Phoenix, AZ (zone 9b)
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I see both of those mentioned on a LOT of must-have lists.. That says quite a lot.
For me, one must-have is Rouge de Marmande. I grow it every year.
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December 29, 2011 | #4 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Plantersville, Texas Zone 8
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Im pretty much a boring person but by this time of the year I am longing for tomatoes so bad I'll do just about anything for one especially this year since the heat and dought here killed everything before summer got here....
I plant early girls every year so I can have tomoatoes before May.........only have one 50 foot row of planting space so 15 early girls go in the ground then assorted varieties that I want to try from year to year.
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December 29, 2011 | #5 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Alabama
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Down here where the humidity and heat like to stay near 100 all summer, I couldn't get by without Indian Stripe.
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December 29, 2011 | #6 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Elgin, Illinois
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there are many
THIS YEARS FAV. WAS AMAZON CHOCOLATE. SUNGOLD IS A CHERRY IS THAT NOT CORRECT?
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December 29, 2011 | #7 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Den of Drunken Fools
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Cherokee purple.
No problem figuring that one out. Worth |
December 29, 2011 | #8 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Michigan
Posts: 32
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yellow Brandywine is one that I try not to go without.
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December 29, 2011 | #9 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Ontario
Posts: 600
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I LOVED Evergreen this year. I will plant it every year from now on, just in case it tastes like this year's!
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December 29, 2011 | #10 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Crystal Lake IL
Posts: 2,484
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Black Cherry.
I love all sorts of big tomatoes, but can't pick just one.
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December 29, 2011 | #11 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Southern Connecticut
Posts: 435
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Sungold is a must grow in my garden.
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December 29, 2011 | #12 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Lake Minnetonka MN
Posts: 229
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If I could only grow one, I would hunt down whomever was trying to repress my tomato growing needs, kill them, chop them up, compost them, and use them to fertilize my myriad of varieties I must grow
Tom |
December 29, 2011 | #13 |
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Z6 WNY
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Tom!
For me it would be Stump of the World. Remy
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December 29, 2011 | #14 |
Tomatovillian™ Honoree
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: NE Co
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Another vote for Cherokee purple (or indian stripe) The brandy wines are just to unrliable here for me.. An may I suggest if allowed a second one, one, and only one, stupice for early eating.
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December 29, 2011 | #15 | |
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Den of Drunken Fools
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Quote:
If you break the rules you go to Tomatoville prison and stay locked up for the remainder of the 2012 season. You are now on probation. No 2nd choice. Worth |
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