Topic: Tomato time again..what are you growing?

[pigeonseed]

Looking forward to going out and picking some to go with breakfast,

Oh lovely! Hardly seems possible at this time of year, does it?

[kt.]

Cherry tomato:   Gardeners Delight,  Berry F1,  Golden Cherry (yellow cherry tomato)

Salad tomato:   Shirley,  Ferline F1

The only reason for growing gardeners delight this year is because I got free seed with a magazine.  I have grown moneymaker in the past and intended to grow Vanessa F1 this year...... but Shirley and Ferline were 1/2 price at the time of purchase ;) ;)

[plainleaf]

here are a few i started already:
white wonder
great white
white tomesol
beefsteak
porterhouse
true black brandywine
cherokee purple
san marzano

[goodlife]

I noticed some tomato varieties keep popping up in quite few of your lists...they must have earned their 'place'..and indeed they do get into my GH as regulars too..good 'old' gardeners delight and tigerella..particularly 'gd' is hard to beat ;D
Does anybody know who, where and when it was developed?

[northener]

Sungold and Fantasio(surprised no one mentioned them)

[lottie lou]

Biggies: Black Seaman, Marmande
Middles: Tigerella, harzfeuer, Harbinger
Tinies:   Polen, Rosada, Black cherry and possibly 100s & 1000s if I can find my seeds

[plainleaf]

goodlife i don't know why anyone would grow gardeners delight. Since it's taste is insipid.

[chriscross1966]

Sungold and Fantasio(surprised no one mentioned them)

I thought I did for Sungold.... I've got 10 seeds going.....

[goodlife]

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goodlife i don't know why anyone would grow gardeners delight. Since it's taste is insipid.Gosh..I'm suprised you say so.. I find it really nice..I have never found it insipid :o Actually most of the toms I've grown have been half decent providing they've been picked/eaten in right stage of ripeness for that variety or the plants not been over watered as this will dilute the flavours too.
Hmm..I don't know what else to say now ::)..are we talking about same 'gardeners delight' ;)..well we all have our favourites and not all taste same for different mouths...plum lemon is one that I grow for the looks but it is variety I don't really enjoy eating, doesn't do much to my taste buds ::)..

[Bubbly Berry]

Sungold & Gardeners Delight both lovely lickle toms  :)

[petengade]

I noticed some tomato varieties keep popping up in quite few of your lists...they must have earned their 'place'..and indeed they do get into my GH as regulars too..good 'old' gardeners delight and tigerella..particularly 'gd' is hard to beat ;D
Does anybody know who, where and when it was developed?

Found this.
 love them straight from the plant

http://t.tatianastomatobase.com:88/wiki/Gardener's_Delight

[lottiedolly]

For the greenhouse

San Marzano II, Tigrella, French Black,

For a hanging basket - trial

Balconi red or similar

For outdoors

Gardeners Delight, Black Seaman and a selection of russian ones that i have been given to see how they grow outdoors

[superdupa]

Set mine away yesterday they are,
shirley x 20
federline x10
ailsa craig x5
gardeners delight x5
sweet million x5
sungold x20
money maker x10
outdoor girl x10
wont use all will  give some away  and intend too swap,will still have 30 plants growing

[green lily]

 I'm growing Delicious and Amish for the polytunnel and GD and super marmande outdoors. I have moneymaker seed but never been excited by it so don't bother. I find a few plants spread out do better than cramming them in. Also have butternuts squashes, peppers ans cues to fit in the tunnel.... so mustn'y
t be greedy ;)

[1066]

This is my long list, and thanks to the seed saving circle on here it is considerably longer than last years long list   ::)

Black Cherry
British Green Tiger
Marmande
Sungold
Tigerella
Blaby Special
Galina  ;D
Green Doctors
Alicante
Mexican Honey
and some Tumbling Tom for the neighbours

Have yet to make the final decisions........

[vegmandan]

I'm sorry, but as usual I have to try a daft variety and this year it's the P.G Strain which was grown to over four pounds per single tomato. ???

Well you've got to try something stupid haven't you ?

Apart from that it's just : Shirley,Gardeners Delight and Sweet Million.for me.

[goodlife]

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Well you've got to try something stupid haven't you ? Oh no..not stupid..who says growing have to be boring..what ever tickles you fancy... ;D
.where did you get the seeds from? Are you after growing record breaker or is it just for fun?
All those lovely toms people are going produce..can you imagine how it would look if we all would have our crop on same stall for sale..I bet it would look like magic..and the queue of people of staring the weird and wonderful, proper tomatoes..not the pale and sickly supermarket sort... ;D ;D