Topic: Tomatoes: What variety are you growing?

[Justy]

Gardeners Delight ( :))
Golden Sunrise (I hope they are good because the seeds were so expensive!)
and a packet from the Canaries that my parents brought back - just says Tomato Canaries

[bill22]

:)

WOW, 20 replies in  3hrs, gotta be a record surely.

Brilliant response. Thanks for the feedback everyone,

Why did I ask the question!

Well, why not?

 I was interested of course  :)

Sorry Tim, another potentially inane question.

Us newbies eh ::)

If you could only grow one variety, which would it be and why?

[Georgie]

I can only grow one variety as space is so limited.  I'm growing Tiny Tim because it does well in patio pots, ripens quickly, fruits prolifically and tastes good.  We don't eat that many tomatoes here so two plants are sufficient and it leaves room for all the other edibles I like to grow in pots.   ;D

G x

[angle shades]

if I grew just one it would be morden yellow,tastes fantastic on ryvita with philadelphia cheese at lunchtime at lottie when just picked ;D

I'm also growing gardeners delight
                            cherokee purple
                            auntie madge
                            peacevine cherry
                            gartenperle
                            essex wonder
                            broad ripple yellow currant

[greyhound]

I've got:

Gardeners Delight (obviously)
for sweet taste and are also nice pickled when green - worth growing some specially for that.

Sungold
recommendation; want to compare with GD

Roma
for pasta sauce

Harlequin
to see what it's like

Can't choose just one!  I always want a littl'un for sweetness and a big'un for cooking.

[CityChick]

This year I'm trying:

Various different coloured beefsteak ones:

Black from Tula
BrandyWine
Burpees Delicious
Costoluto Fiorentino
Marizol Gold

A selection of different coloured cherry / small ones:

Black Cherry
Cherry Ghost
Golden Cherry
Jelly Bean Hybrid
Christmas grapes
Lily of the valley
Mirabelle Blanche
Sun Baby
broad ripple yellow currant
gardener's delight
mexican midget

Garden Peach (cause it sounded different and said to be a good keeper)

Both of these because they are supposed to be really early (though I sowed really late ::)):

Alaskan fancy
Siberian

These Italian ones for drying and/or cooking:

Principle Borghese
St marzano

No idea which would be my favourite, as I've not grown most of them before :-\

[ruud]

Here is my list for this year,i hope you got some time.Green bell pepper,grushovka,basinga,mule team, costolutoi genovese,federle,nepal,noir de crimee,bordo,granny cantrellls,cleoto pink,kurma,ghanti,green cherokee,rose beauity,naygous,white heirloom,kosovo,mennonite orange,green zebra,auntie madges,purple calabash,wladecks,salt spring sunrise,jersey sunrise,akers west-virginia,wapsipinicon peach and mexico.Were the h..ll will i put them.

[cleo]

drool-Black from Tula,Brandywine-I have fallen in love with City Chick-

[deboydoyd]

Virgin grower so just trying 2 --moneymaker and costolutu fiorentino which we aquired from the 'swapshop'.

[Sprout]

Gardeners' Delight from seed, Alicante and Sun Baby from bought in plants.

[wattapain]

As tim so rightly said - this is an amazing topic.
i'm sure I'm not alone on this, but it was tomatoes that started me on this long and winding road.
First thing I ever grew - and then only a couple of plants (prob moneymaker!!) bought from the only garden centre within 10 miles of us.
Then getting more adventurous - decided to try growing from seed  :o  :P   ( thought it would be too difficult but would have a go!! ;D))
The rest as they say ...
 8) ;D 8)
Terri

[northener]

Dombito and Alicante. Just been given 3 Ferline plants can they grow outdoors? run out of room in the greenhouse.

[Tora]

Varieties I always grow: Money Maker and Gardener's Delight

Growing this year:
Costoluto Fiorentino
Principe Borghese
San Marzano 2
Brandywine
Fuzzy Wuzzy
Taxi
Japanese Black Trifle
Poir meme
Sunbelle
Sungella
Marizol Gold
Alaskan Fancy
Siberian
Mexican Midget
Black from Tula
Riesentraube


Most of these are acquired from the swapshop. Thanks everyone who did a swap with me. :)
Next year I'm definitely trying (got the seeds a bit late):
Black Prince
Banana Creme
Christmas Grapes
Vintage wine
Lemon Tree
Cuor di Bue

You might have guessed it. I love tomatoes ;D

[David R]

santa adelia from seeds sent by the mother in law from bolivia. probably illegal!

[mc55]

I'm planning to grow:

Ace
Gardener's Delight
Roma
Britain's breakfast
Marmande

I've only just sown them though - am I too late ?  Seems most peeps toms are now sturdy young plants, although mine haven't even germinated yet ... maybe I'll need to buy some plants this year.  Perhaps I've been a bit too cautious with the weather.

[sarah]

blimey, what a lot of toms! I'm growing

Gardeners delight - kids love em
Golden sunrise - fancied a yellow one to see what its like
Gartenperle - free with a magazine and have never tried a bush variety.

[tim]

In case anyone should feel that inexperience will bar success:
1. There is no 'best'. Every tom has its merit & purpose - especially in the eye of the breeder. For instance, earliness does not always mean flavour.
2. Since as few as one in three fruit from the same plant may have the true flavour of the variety, on-the-spot comparison can be  quite tricky.
3. Flavour is affected by your feeding & watering regime.
4. Every year we find a new excitement. Experiment is the spice of life.
5. Every tom you grow will be a delight!

[Tora]

Couldn't agree more, Tim. Especially 5. Every tom you grow will be a delight :)

[MrsKP]

thanks for that list Tim, i will definitely cherish each and every fruit i pick, and i'll try to note the feeding/watering regime and compare to next year.  trouble about being a first timer, you just don't know how much is out there !!!

David R, if you've got any seeds left over at the end of the season, i'll definitely have some off you.

living on the wild side  ;D

[MikeB]

This year I'm trying some tomato seeds from America.

Carnival
Celebrity
Cobra
Azoychka