Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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July 27, 2016 | #1 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: St. Louis
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Name your favorite Early Tomatoes non-cherry type
Be an impatient gardener, Can you please tell which tomatoes are tried and true favorites of the early varieties?
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July 27, 2016 | #2 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: SC & NC
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I planted two 0-33 because of their cold hardiness and early harvest (55 days est.) Planted on May 15th just harvested my first one yesterday. More like 70 days for me. Flavor is good. Slightly acidic, juicy... Hope to be able to offer seeds of this variety in the seed swap this Fall...
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July 27, 2016 | #3 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2016
Location: Western Tn.
Posts: 39
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Matina, although they're not too much bigger than a large cherry (1.5"-1.75" in dia.)
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July 27, 2016 | #4 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Illinois, zone 6
Posts: 8,407
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Cole is typically my first tomato of the season.
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July 27, 2016 | #5 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2012
Location: massachusetts
Posts: 1,710
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Kosovo large and early and very good. Funny I had some up north before twillis had 0-33 in the carolinas with similar plant out dates.
kosovo may replace fish lake next year if it keeps going like it is. Bloody Butcher cocktail size KBX was surprisingly early this year. Maybe these aren't early enough? |
July 27, 2016 | #6 |
Tomatovillian™
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Gribovsky, Leningradskij Skorospelyi
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July 27, 2016 | #7 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: MA
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There aren't any, so learn to have some patience.
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July 27, 2016 | #8 |
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Early Girl is pretty good.
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July 27, 2016 | #9 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Greenville, South Carolina
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Yeah I kinda agree with Tormato
If I had to pick probably Early Girl just because they perform so well and if dry farmed can taste quite good. |
July 27, 2016 | #10 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Vermont
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Bloody Butcher was first this year, followed closely by Stupice, both salad sized, both tasty. Pink Honey came in next, a nice, though mild, sweet heart. Amazon Chocolate made a good early showing, as well. Matina was early, but a bit bigger than Groundhog described them. Tough skins this year, though, but flavor was good.
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July 27, 2016 | #11 |
Tomatovillian™
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Location: Newfoundland, Canada
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You could have said 'name ANY non-cherry early tomatoes and leave out the 1-2 oz reds', then we really get to the nitty gritty.
Pervaya Lyubov - pink beef slicer Black Early - black beef slicer V Desyatku - beef type yellow slicer - determinate Oaxaca Jewel PL - bicolour beef shape slicer Those have been the earliest non cherry non red round, for me, with DTM within1-5 days of Stupice, Moravsky Div etc. They were all fit to eat, except I haven't tasted Desyatku yet. I want to love it, I do. I will not eat it unripe (repeat after me, I will not eat the first tomatoes until ripe!). There are a bunch more that come in a week to ten days after the Moravsky notch. Quite a few more. Early, not quite as early. |
July 27, 2016 | #12 |
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Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: SF Bay Area
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I get the impression a lot of people think this one is nasty but Juliet is the best early tomato in my garden. Very productive without any disease issues and the first plant to produce and the last tomato harvested in November or so. Gigantic plant though, and has a tendency to sprawl all over the place, which I kinda like. The tomatoes need to be well ripened to taste sweet....
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July 27, 2016 | #13 |
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Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Finland, EU
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Azoychka has been very early here, a couple of seasons in the row, and the taste just gets better as the summer progresses.
Sophie's Choice has been early as well, and when fully ripe, very tasty. |
July 27, 2016 | #14 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Southern WI
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I recommend Stupice. It was early and produced until frost for me.
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July 27, 2016 | #15 |
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Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: NC - zone 8a - heat zone 7
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I have grown Stupice, Matina, Bloody butcher ... They were fairly early but not by much. Plus their fruits were slightly bigger than large cherry.
This year Silvery Fir Tree has been a true winner in earliness and fruits set. I have two of them each in 4 gallon pot. They have over 20 tomatoes each and ready to color break. Nothing out of 30 varieties come close. Some gardeners do not like its acidic flavor but I like it. It is like old fashion taste to me. From now on it is one of my MUST GROW varieties.
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