lets talk productivity

TightenUp · October 4, 2012

and keep cherries out of it

purple calabash along with cher purple(SWC) outproduced all this season, what kicked butt as far as productivity goes...forget about taste here

Redbaron · October 4, 2012

Strange as it might seem. For me Golden Jubilee out produced everything by at least double. Even the hybrid reds of which I grew a couple. Out produced Rutgers too. Taste wasn't bad for a yellow. I prefer more acidic myself, but most people who like yellows like them due to low acid.

We did have a strange year for tomatoes though. I only grew 1 Golden Jubilee too. So it could have just been a fluke of nature. But I would say 90-95% were of market quality. all medium large and consistent with a couple extra large ones. I remember one day in particular picking 12 off it at once. Once the heat got over 100 though, it shut down. I still have hope there will be a fall crop that beats the frost. They are growing fast.

**carolyn137** · October 4, 2012

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Originally Posted by TightenUp

and keep cherries out of it

purple calabash along with cher purple(SWC) outproduced all this season, what kicked butt as far as productivity goes...forget about taste here

Are you talking about results only from this past season and I ask b'c the same variety can give me different yields in different seasons depending primarily on the weather.

tam91 · October 4, 2012

Costoluto Genovese went crazy for me in a tough year. Indian Striple Potato Leaf did really well also.

shelleybean · October 4, 2012

German Head is one of the most productive tomatoes I've grown. Tasty, too!

TightenUp · October 4, 2012

Quote:

Originally Posted by carolyn137

Are you talking about results only from this past season and I ask b'c the same variety can give me different yields in different seasons depending primarily on the weather.

feel free to mention top producers over the long haul as well as this past season. i only have one year of heirlooms to go by but i know you have a few more

cornbreadlouie · October 4, 2012

These were the best for me this year:

Aunt's Ginnys purple
Bosque blue
muchacha/other hirsutum cross from J&L Gardens
Cuore del Drago pumped out beautiful paste tomatoes on a regular basis
what I think is an f2 of an accidental cross that was supposed to be black krim.
green zebra cherry produced a ton of slightly bigger than a golf ball tomatoes

TightenUp · October 4, 2012

my apologies, i left guernsey island off my list which was a surprising fav and really productive. its also shaping up to be one of my best really late tomatoes. this could be the first and last tomato taken out of my garden

Blk_Vegan · October 5, 2012

In my garden Tarasenko 6 was the most productive this year. A little above average taste.

edweather · October 5, 2012

We got 2 whole crops from my Brandywine Suddeth's this year. First flush early, then another complete crop late. At least 40, 1 pound+ tomatoes total.

Fusion_power · October 5, 2012

Big Beef is one of the most productive varieties around. It has set the record here in the southeast for about 15 years. Several years ago, I got seed from a Big Beef X Eva Purple Ball cross. I grew them out for about 7 generations to the point that they are stable. I sent a pack of the seed to Randy Gardner who used them in a cross with one of his disease tolerant lines. He sent me back a small pack of seed last fall (2011) and I grew them out this year (2012) with 3 plants in my garden. They were the most productive plants I have ever grown. I harvested an average of 85 pounds from each of the three plants under average garden conditions, in other words, without any special feeding or extra nutrients. This compares with a general average of about 8 pounds per plant for the other @450 tomato plants that I grew this year. The sheer pounds of tomatoes was enough to impress me thoroughly.

DarJones

Sun City Linda · October 5, 2012

Ok Dar.....what are they, and where do we get them?

salix · October 5, 2012

Dar, you are teasing us again! How was the taste, texture, size etc. ?

Father'sDaughter · October 5, 2012

My biggest producers this year were:

Russo Sicilian Togeta
Costoluto Genovese
Pink Honey
Sorrento

Honorable mention would have to go to:

Franchi Giant Red Pear
Opalka
Rocky
Virginia Sweets (more for weight than numbers)

And, as an example of how things can change from year to year -- in 2011, I had an overall good year for tomatoes. I had two Sorrento plants, but they only produced about three or four fruit, if I recall. I wasn't going to grow it again, but I decided to toss just one plant in the garden this year to give it another try. That one plant produced 12 pounds of tomatoes.

ljp · October 5, 2012

I don't really measure. However, Ernesto gave me honking big ripe tomatoes (10-14 oz) and large number. Polish Linguisa had good production as well (much improved from last year). Also, Mortgage Lifter and Oxheart Red gave me ripe tomatoes and reasonable production. I got lots of green tomatoes -- most of my plants only gave a few ripe tomatoes.

October 4, 2012	#1
TightenUp Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Jersey Posts: 1,183	lets talk productivity and keep cherries out of it purple calabash along with cher purple(SWC) outproduced all this season, what kicked butt as far as productivity goes...forget about taste here __________________

October 4, 2012	#2
Redbaron Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 4,488	Strange as it might seem. For me Golden Jubilee out produced everything by at least double. Even the hybrid reds of which I grew a couple. Out produced Rutgers too. Taste wasn't bad for a yellow. I prefer more acidic myself, but most people who like yellows like them due to low acid. We did have a strange year for tomatoes though. I only grew 1 Golden Jubilee too. So it could have just been a fluke of nature. But I would say 90-95% were of market quality. all medium large and consistent with a couple extra large ones. I remember one day in particular picking 12 off it at once. Once the heat got over 100 though, it shut down. I still have hope there will be a fall crop that beats the frost. They are growing fast. __________________ Scott AKA The Redbaron "Permaculture is a philosophy of working with, rather than against nature; of protracted & thoughtful observation rather than protracted & thoughtless labour; & of looking at plants & animals in all their functions, rather than treating any area as a single-product system." Bill Mollison co-founder of permaculture

October 4, 2012	#4
tam91 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Crystal Lake IL Posts: 2,484	Costoluto Genovese went crazy for me in a tough year. Indian Striple Potato Leaf did really well also. __________________ Tracy

October 4, 2012	#5
shelleybean Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Virginia Beach Posts: 2,648	German Head is one of the most productive tomatoes I've grown. Tasty, too! __________________ Michele

October 4, 2012	#7
cornbreadlouie Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: SF bay area... north bay Posts: 242	These were the best for me this year: Aunt's Ginnys purple Bosque blue muchacha/other hirsutum cross from J&L Gardens Cuore del Drago pumped out beautiful paste tomatoes on a regular basis what I think is an f2 of an accidental cross that was supposed to be black krim. green zebra cherry produced a ton of slightly bigger than a golf ball tomatoes __________________ Do You Like Worms?

October 5, 2012	#9
Blk_Vegan Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Memphis, TN Posts: 131	In my garden Tarasenko 6 was the most productive this year. A little above average taste. __________________ Success in life is not guaranteed but a life with no purpose is guaranteed to fail.

October 5, 2012	#10
edweather Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Southeast GA, USDA 9a, HZ9, Sunset Z28 Posts: 396	We got 2 whole crops from my Brandywine Suddeth's this year. First flush early, then another complete crop late. At least 40, 1 pound+ tomatoes total. __________________ You'll be surprised what you'll never have to do, if you put it off long enough.

October 5, 2012	#11
Fusion_power Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,250	Big Beef is one of the most productive varieties around. It has set the record here in the southeast for about 15 years. Several years ago, I got seed from a Big Beef X Eva Purple Ball cross. I grew them out for about 7 generations to the point that they are stable. I sent a pack of the seed to Randy Gardner who used them in a cross with one of his disease tolerant lines. He sent me back a small pack of seed last fall (2011) and I grew them out this year (2012) with 3 plants in my garden. They were the most productive plants I have ever grown. I harvested an average of 85 pounds from each of the three plants under average garden conditions, in other words, without any special feeding or extra nutrients. This compares with a general average of about 8 pounds per plant for the other @450 tomato plants that I grew this year. The sheer pounds of tomatoes was enough to impress me thoroughly. DarJones

October 5, 2012	#12
Sun City Linda Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: SoCal Inland Posts: 2,705	Ok Dar.....what are they, and where do we get them?

October 5, 2012	#13
salix Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: north central B.C. Posts: 2,310	Dar, you are teasing us again! How was the taste, texture, size etc. ? __________________ "He who has a library and a garden wants for nothing." -Cicero

October 5, 2012	#14
Father'sDaughter Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: MA/NH Border Posts: 4,919	My biggest producers this year were: Russo Sicilian Togeta Costoluto Genovese Pink Honey Sorrento Honorable mention would have to go to: Franchi Giant Red Pear Opalka Rocky Virginia Sweets (more for weight than numbers) And, as an example of how things can change from year to year -- in 2011, I had an overall good year for tomatoes. I had two Sorrento plants, but they only produced about three or four fruit, if I recall. I wasn't going to grow it again, but I decided to toss just one plant in the garden this year to give it another try. That one plant produced 12 pounds of tomatoes.

October 5, 2012	#15
ljp Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Edmonton Alberta Posts: 189	I don't really measure. However, Ernesto gave me honking big ripe tomatoes (10-14 oz) and large number. Polish Linguisa had good production as well (much improved from last year). Also, Mortgage Lifter and Oxheart Red gave me ripe tomatoes and reasonable production. I got lots of green tomatoes -- most of my plants only gave a few ripe tomatoes.