New addition to the family New Big Dwarf

[Gobig_or_Gohome_toms]

Was out with my wife buying flowers for the pots and window boxes and the nursury that carries heirlooms happend to have two beatiful looking New Big Dwarfs in 7 inch pots and me not having an early tomato and grow them in containers I thought I had to buy one of them. So I am not the proud owner. I figure I can squeeze one more conatiner on my upper deck since the 3 that are up there are all determinantes.

Needless to say I am super excited but my wife does not have the same passion and just thinks I am nuts.

What is everyones experiance with this variety?

[stratcat1]

This is my third year growing New Big Dwarf. It's container grown and is simply a delicious, pink tomato!

john

[feldon30]

Above average flavor. Production varies a lot from year to year. Dense foliage can pick up fungal diseases. Worth a grow.

[gardenscout]

I am trying it this year too. Nice stout little seedlings, going in the ground this week.

I'll report back, as I hope you will too.

[amideutch]

Gobig, she will get excited when eats her first one. I grew mine in a container and all I can say is a great variety and I think many of the dwarfs in the dwarf project had NBD in their lineage. Ami

[barkeater]

It was one of my favorites when I grew it, but it wasn't early at all. Big one pound beefsteaks on a 4' tall plant, with very dense rugose foliage.

[b54red]

I loved the taste of the tomatoes, but I only got 2 from around 8 plants planted at different times. It was too vulnerable to disease and unlike some toms once it got any foliage disease it totally stopped blooming and setting fruit. If you live somewhere with less heat and humidity I think it would be a great variety; it just didn't work for me this year and this was my best year for growing tomatoes in 30+ years of gardening.

[mdvpc]

I love NBD but its not early for me.

[cleo88]

I'm going to grow NBD in a container on my sunny deck in 2010 - thanks for all the input in this thread. Some nice person sent me seeds many months back when I was looking for a good container tomato. I'll report how it goes next year!

[Gobig_or_Gohome_toms]

Originally Posted by cleo88

I'm going to grow NBD in a container on my sunny deck in 2010 - thanks for all the input in this thread. Some nice person sent me seeds many months back when I was looking for a good container tomato. I'll report how it goes next year!

Grew it again this year allot of not so pretty tomatoes but I do like the flavor and it has done well for me in a pot on my upper deck that gets very warm. I am really thinking about 2010 and it might have to take a year break given my limited space.

Craig

[Aussiemark]

How big are the pots people are growing these in? I was thinking about trying some dwarfs but was not sure how big a pot you needed to get decent results?

Mark

[Gobig_or_Gohome_toms]

In this thread it is the second to last picture in my fisrt post, my indeterminants were in 20" pots and I think the NBD pot is a 16".
http://www.tomatoville.com/showthrea...ghlight=gobigs

[paprika]

Originally Posted by b54red

I loved the taste of the tomatoes, but I only got 2 from around 8 plants planted at different times. It was too vulnerable to disease and unlike some toms once it got any foliage disease it totally stopped blooming and setting fruit. If you live somewhere with less heat and humidity I think it would be a great variety; it just didn't work for me this year .

This was my same experience this year. Out of 8 of us in my small (and unfortunately now defunct) gardening circle that grew NBD out of the same packet of seeds, all those in the South and Southeast experienced the same as b54red, all those in more Northern growing areas(Ohio,Il. and NY) had great results in flavor and productivity.

TimothyT

[ContainerTed]

I grew it this year in a 5 gallon SWC and it was VERY productive. It got to about 4.5 feet above the container and produced all summer long. Size was great and most would "almost" cover the bread on sandwiches. My one plant got some shade during the day like all my toms do. Flavor was ... Well, my wife (who has very discerning tastebuds), liked it.

Ted

[b54red]

I may try it in a pot started very early in the greenhouse this year and set it out away from my garden and see if it does anything.