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Re: Blight resistant tomato varieties
« Reply #100 on: July 17, 2015, 16:33:00 »
Crimson Crush ripe tomato from one of the three plants I've got growing outside in the veggie plot. Fruit a large salad size, firm and juicy, skin not too thick, taste was pleasant, better than a supermarket tomato but with some room for improvement. Hard to rate how good they taste at the moment as like many tomatoes, I think the flavour improves as they get into the swing of production.

I nearly forgot to take a picture and was halfway through eating it before I remembered!
i must say you cut them beautifully
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Re: Blight resistant tomato varieties
« Reply #101 on: July 20, 2015, 09:32:42 »
Thank you  :happy7:
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Re: Blight resistant tomato varieties
« Reply #102 on: July 20, 2015, 12:47:25 »
Have just eaten my first not too ripe (the way I like tomatoes) Crimson Crush. I agree with Jayb - an okay flavour, but not enough acidity for my taste. A bit bland.

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Re: Blight resistant tomato varieties
« Reply #103 on: July 21, 2015, 08:42:54 »
Shame, I hoped it was just me. I'm going to leave the next few ripen longer to see if it makes a difference.
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Re: Blight resistant tomato varieties
« Reply #104 on: July 26, 2015, 02:58:28 »
The first on the truss to ripen looks to be atypical being more like a small beefstake. Mine were very fleshy with few seeds. However, I suspect later fruits will have more seed matter and therefore an entirely different flavour profile.

The fleshy ones I have eaten so far have been okay - nothing to shout home about. I have no blight at all - so far they are very healthy plants.

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Re: Blight resistant tomato varieties
« Reply #105 on: July 28, 2015, 17:13:23 »
Having read the posts first I tasted my first Crimson Crush with low expectations, but am happy to report that it was really flavoursome.  I tried it on someone else who didn't know the full story and they said "exquisite".

There are some tomatoes I find bland:  OSU Blue, Galina (other yellows too), but this is good.

I'm wondering whether that might be because I've ended up growing it like a bush rather than a vine?  I've read in a couple of places lately that leaves produce the flavour.  More leaves more flavour?

I gave one plant to my mother who is growing it like a vine - I'll have to taste hers and compare.

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Re: Blight resistant tomato varieties
« Reply #106 on: July 28, 2015, 22:27:18 »
I am growing ferline and strillo again this year. They are holding up to the never ending rain. I am not bothering with tomatoes after this year, only me and not worth the effort

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Re: Blight resistant tomato varieties
« Reply #107 on: August 01, 2015, 15:04:30 »
these are my blight resistant t and m no name there doing ok
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Re: Blight resistant tomato varieties
« Reply #108 on: August 02, 2015, 07:59:19 »
Having read the posts first I tasted my first Crimson Crush with low expectations, but am happy to report that it was really flavoursome.  I tried it on someone else who didn't know the full story and they said "exquisite".

There are some tomatoes I find bland:  OSU Blue, Galina (other yellows too), but this is good.

I'm wondering whether that might be because I've ended up growing it like a bush rather than a vine?  I've read in a couple of places lately that leaves produce the flavour.  More leaves more flavour?

I gave one plant to my mother who is growing it like a vine - I'll have to taste hers and compare.


Thats interesting, it would be good to hear what you think. Maybe worth an experiment next year. I tend to strip off a lot of leaves to increase air circulation hmm.........

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« Reply #109 on: August 02, 2015, 10:26:03 »
Having read the posts first I tasted my first Crimson Crush with low expectations, but am happy to report that it was really flavoursome.  I tried it on someone else who didn't know the full story and they said "exquisite".

There are some tomatoes I find bland:  OSU Blue, Galina (other yellows too), but this is good.

I'm wondering whether that might be because I've ended up growing it like a bush rather than a vine?  I've read in a couple of places lately that leaves produce the flavour.  More leaves more flavour?

I gave one plant to my mother who is growing it like a vine - I'll have to taste hers and compare.

I wonder? - Galina's here are actually outstanding this year, especially the early ones that had the heat when they developed.  I have often noticed with tomatoes that can be a bit 'blah' like Sandpoint and Whippersnapper for example, that a few hot sunny days really improves their flavour.  Certainly here sun is more important than leaves, I would have said. 

But more leaves means more chlorophyll and more opportunity for the plant to take up any sunlight.  And convert it into flavour?  Unfortunately also more blight risk due to less airflow, like PKL said.

However with blight resistant tomatoes it is a great experiment to grow them as a bush, for flavour improvement.  Yes the comparison with your Mother's tomatoes will be interesting.     :wave:
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Re: Blight resistant tomato varieties
« Reply #110 on: August 05, 2015, 07:56:12 »
Having read the posts first I tasted my first Crimson Crush with low expectations, but am happy to report that it was really flavoursome.  I tried it on someone else who didn't know the full story and they said "exquisite".

There are some tomatoes I find bland:  OSU Blue, Galina (other yellows too), but this is good.

I'm wondering whether that might be because I've ended up growing it like a bush rather than a vine?  I've read in a couple of places lately that leaves produce the flavour.  More leaves more flavour?

I gave one plant to my mother who is growing it like a vine - I'll have to taste hers and compare.



Isn't taste a funny thing, I don't mind OSU Blue, not the tastiest tomato but ok and I agree with you I haven't been that struck by Galina either. I find yellows can be a bit hit or miss, usually a miss for me. Good to hear Crimson Crush flavour is coming through for you  :happy7: I'm hoping the flavour picks up here, must admit they have not had a whole lot of attention since planting out and I've not been side shooting much. I love seeing the huge tomato plants they are able to grow in sunnier climes, they seem to just be loaded down with fruit, I'm sure sun and lots of foliage help with taste and sweetness as leaves are the powerhouse of the plant. Over here its more of a compromise to keep the plants healthy and for the fruit to ripen in our summer season.
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Re: Blight resistant tomato varieties
« Reply #111 on: August 05, 2015, 09:17:07 »
My Ferline and T&M experimentals aren't as good as Johhnyco15's, but are getting somewhere - they seem to be thriving despite the fact that I should have planted them further apart, so are currently a great bushy mass. They've thrived where my other solanums (spuds) have basically struggled, and are dying off. I intend to leave them like that as if they remain blight free in the worst possible situation...

Will be very interesting to see what they are like when they ripen - how good do they need to be to be grown again? Maybe no more than OK, as I'd given up on them owing to blight nearly every year in the past.

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Re: Blight resistant tomato varieties
« Reply #112 on: August 07, 2015, 21:23:22 »
Hmm, I noticed today one of my outside Crimson Crush plants isn't looking so good, it has some blighty suspect looking leaves. I'll have a closer look tomorrow.
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Re: Blight resistant tomato varieties
« Reply #113 on: August 10, 2015, 11:16:46 »
Crimson Crush, not looking so good.
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Re: Blight resistant tomato varieties
« Reply #114 on: August 10, 2015, 14:09:22 »
Oh dear. That look suspiciously ike the big "B", doesn't it?

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« Reply #115 on: August 10, 2015, 22:13:43 »
I'm afraid it does look that way  :sad10:
I think I must live in a Late blight hot spot  :BangHead:
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Re: Blight resistant tomato varieties
« Reply #116 on: August 11, 2015, 00:15:00 »
Hmmm ... well unless I'm very much mistaken - bang goes Crimson Crush's claim to blight resistance!

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« Reply #117 on: August 11, 2015, 00:29:02 »
No blight here yet, touch wood :angel11:. Rain all a.m. though, so it could be on its way.

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« Reply #118 on: August 11, 2015, 06:58:24 »
Hmmm ... well unless I'm very much mistaken - bang goes Crimson Crush's claim to blight resistance!

Possibly yes and no, I'm leaving my plants to see how they cope. I'm hoping they might be the similar to Sarpo Mira potatoes, which can become infected with LB, but the important thing is they are able to fight back and grow through the initial infection stage. It may be the same with Crimson Crush although if the fruits are affected it's a wipe out, even if the plants themselves rally. It would seem Suttons and dobies were wrong to claim them as the first truly resistant variety though.
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« Reply #119 on: August 16, 2015, 07:48:11 »
Crimson Crush seem to be holding there own, LB didn't get into to main stem of the plant pictured above, so the plant is still growing and only a couple more new patches have developed. Which happily don't seem to be spreading and most of the fruits are looking healthy at the moment. I left the infected leaves until yesterday before removing, they were quite crispy. The other two CC plants alongside don't seem to be affected.
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