Topic: Sweet tomato

[claybasket]

i had a bash at growing crystal f1 paid £3 for 6 seed, they are supposed to deep red and sweet as necter,i think my taset buds are dead very disapponted with them ,anyone else try them?

[tim]

I find the typical 'cherry' fine for a bite but far too fiddly small  for anything else except stews.

Much prefer a half-way house - Nectar for instance.

For a mini-plum, Yellow Santa is excellent.

For a really rich beef - John Hawkins.

[Jeannine]

Sungold Select is an OP Sungold XX Jeannine

[BarriedaleNick]

I just made some tomato soup out of Sungold (plus some Red Alert)..

It has to be the sweetest most perfect bowl of tom soup I have ever had - even if I do say so myself..

Might try some Sungold Select if I can find a supplier - http://rareseeds.com/sungold-select-ii.html - maybe??

[Digeroo]

But is it my imagination that Sungold tasted better a few years ago.  Do F1 varieties loose the plot after a few years?  

Tasted my first red alert yesterday flavour ok pity about the nasty tough skin.

Decided to move what I wrote to a new thread.

[Jeannine]

Barrie, rareseeds aka Baker Creek one is not stable, it throughs a red now and again.

XX Jeannine