Topic: Tomato varieties

[gilgamesh]

It's JUNE so I've potted them up. We have one each of the following varieties in the greenhouse (and there will be others outside - more or less 1 of each).

Christmas Grapes
Banana Cream
Lemon Tree
Vintage Wine
Gardeners Delight
Yellow Plum
America (1980s Spanish seed - supposed to be like Alicante, perhaps?)
Odd unknown one given to my wife at a Bring & Buy
Big Boy

plus, outside, Tumbling Tom in a hanging basket.

I'll keep you posted on results ....

[derbex]

Well done -you're more adventurous than we are -partly because the packets don't seem to run out.
We have :

Gardeners Delight,
Alicante,
Sungold
2 Balconi Yellow -on a windowsill as we don't have a balcony or even a balconi :)

Jeremy.

[aquilegia]

I'm growing five varieties:

Roma
Christmas Grapes
yellow plum
black plum
berner rosen

(the last four thanks to EJ)

I started off with 48 plants, mostly Romas. Gave some away to mum, will give more to mum in law. Most of mine are going to have to brave living outdoors as I only have a mini greenhouse.

I also have a packet of alicante seeds which were free, but I think I have enough to be getting on with!

[Multiveg]

I have Riesentraube & Maltese Plum from HSL, Bloody Butcher, Beefeater, Red Star & Latah (from VidaVerde). I think thats the lot.

[Mimi]

Not so many for me,
Good old gardeners delight,
Santa,
Some sown from seeds  saved from an Asda baby plum tomato
Nicholaevna pink,
and Tumbling toms in some baskets. :D

[tim]

Santa, Harbinger, Red Debaro, Rose de Berne, The John Hawkins, Simpson's Sweet Miracle, Green Zebra, Rudolph. All from Simpson's. = Tim

[Mrs Ava]

Will probably forget one, but...

Christmas grapes
Vintage Wine
Super Marmande
Bosnie
Yellow plum
Black plum
Werner Rosen
Golden Queen
Green Zebra
Unamed beefsteak variety
Unamed bush one from Stephan  ;D


Couple of each!  Boy oh boy!!  Mum and sister have had some, and I snapped a few as I was potting up  :-\ but I have plants everywhere!!!
Thanks to Stephan and Ruud for some of the seeds!  ;D  :-*

[allotment_chick]

Suddenly, my whole world is full of tomato plants!  Despite my own advice to wait another week, I put some out at the weekend - I hope they like the rain...bit worried about the temperature, though....

I'm growing about 40 plants (blight permitting) and the varieties are:
Sun Belle (fab small yellow plum - bite size!)
Big Boy
Big Mama
Big Beef
Moneymaker (I know, I know - but VERY reliable and lovely roasted!)
Marmande
Roma
one each of Black Russian, Caspian Pink and Cherokee Purple (with thanks to Stephan)

Still eating last years crop from the freezer - and joy! Found another bag at the weekend. :D
AC x

[Mimi]

Just one question,   :-\
Do the tomatoes that go outside, HAVE to be outdoor ones.  Have too many plants for the greenhouse and I just can't bring myself to consign them to the compost bin.

[tim]

Almost ALL toms will grow outside - depending on location - unless otherwise specified. Waste nothing!! = Tim

PS But 'beef' ones take an awful time.
PPS Don't we all seem to go for the fancy names? Why?

[ruud]

I have the following tomatoes,do you have some spare time to read it,growing in the back garden and at my allotment:Golden green,Andes,Heidi,Mano,Sunset red horizon,wonderlight,lescana,evergreen,tigerella,jersey devil,riesentraube,black,brandewine suddutch,isis candy,mexico,rutghers select,ecotipo lungo,black ethiopian,super sweet,cherokee purple,speckled roman,martinos roma,green sausage,tiblisi,hungarian giant,black russian,olirose,vjerino paradijz sjeme,heinz,gold nugget,purple calabash,tomato tree,black plum,green salad,polish potatoleaf,italiaan oxheart and finally pink brandewine that is all foks.

[tim]

OK,OK!! That's AT LEAST 160lb of tomatoes. So - you & how many others?? = Tim

[Wicker]

Just the five varieties for us:-

Cristal
Ferline
Ailsa Craig
Sun gold AND
Moneymaker  :D Like AC think its reliable and we use  it to make lots of sauces for freezing!!

Of course,we have swappsies with other lotties and try other varieties that way.

[Mimi]

Yes, but Ruud, do you really like tomatoes ;D ;) ;D

[tim]

- and which do you prefer - for what purpose?? = Tim

[ruud]

Tim,you can believe it or not but its only me.I shall make some fotos.I like the brandywine types,but i like tomatoes in general.I did a lot of seedswapping with some yanks,and so the ball is rolling.You can say i am collecting different types of tomatoes now.

[Mimi]

Yes but Ruud, what on earth do you do with all those tomatoes ???

[ina]

I grow Firline blight resistant tomatoes and that's it.

Had enough of the bloody blight year after year. Too many allotmenteers around who don't dispose of their blighted potato/tomato plants in time, at all or properly.

They did very well last year and great tasting too but last year there was not a lot of blight around so we'll have to see this year how resistant they really are.

[ruud]

Mimi,i will freeze alot of them and make all kind of things of it for excample my own ketchup.Green ketchup,black ketchupthe kids like it all those colours.I make also a lot of pastasauce and will freeze that too.Than i got a lot of family and neighbours who are found of free tommies and last but not least i need a lot of seed for storage,so i can swap them next winter for other variaties.I have got a trail to a e-mail adress of a block in belgium who has got more than 200 variaties of tomatoes,from him i want to swap some japanese tomatoseeds,thats my next goal for next summer.

[Wicker]

Ina, wonder if your Firline are the same as our Ferline? this is our first year growing this variety so hope we get good results.