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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: bill22 on May 07, 2006, 12:17:39
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Hi All
I'm growing just two, gardeners delight and costoluto fiorentino.
I'm still growing the GD from a packet of seed bought 8 years ago
What are others growing and why?
regards
bill
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How long is a piece of string?? Out of 2000 varieties, it's anybody's guess? Why? 5 I know - 3 are new. Like every year.
But to keep it rolling =
Santa
Nectar
Harbinger
Mortgage Lifter
Fiorentino
Palla di Fuocco
Soleane
Supersweet
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This is my first attempt at tomato growing, so have tried to grow a few different varieties:
Gardeners delight (does anyone not grow these! )
Totem
Moneymaker
Sweet olive
dombito
Gartenpearle
tumbling tom red and yellow
Ailsa craig
Caz
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I'm growing
Gardeners Delight
Ferline
Tschernomor Black
San Marzano Redorta
Sungella
Pink Brandywine
Yellow Brandywine
Crimean Rose
Sub Arctic Plenty
Cyril's Choice
Plumb Fryer
Why? Well flavour mostly
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Grow different ones each year but always a few ..
RED ALERT - they seem quite hardy and produce early fruit - delicious
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How boring am I: Gardeners Delight and Gartenperle. Should really be growing Ferline because I've lost the last 2 years' crops to blight. Bordeaux whatsit at the ready, I'm not going to be defeated this year.
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This Year: Gardener's Delight
Urbikany
Latah
Costoluto Fiorentino
Moneymaker
Last Year: Black Russian
Riesentraube
Yellow Pear
Gardener's Delight
Why? Beginner's picks based on flavour recommendations. No F1 varieties.
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This year
Greenhouse:
Sweet Million
Ailsa Craig
Monika
Alicante
Allotment
Tornado
Gardeners Delght
Ailsa Craig
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Gardeners delight from own saved seed! :)
Cream sausage
Black russian
Tornado
First two I have grown before the other are new to me
Jules
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Gardeners Delight (keep getting free seeds!!)
Sungella
Ailsa Craig
Golden Sunrise
Orange Banana
Costoluto Fiorentino
San Marzano
Purple Calabash
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See what I mean!!
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Gardeners Delight
Tigerella
Moneymaker
Yellow Perfection
And whatever my Dad gives me when the time comes as he is the family's tomato expert.
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First time growing tomatoes on my own this year :P
Black Cherry (Plants of Distinction) - gift from A4a member
Black Prince - because my mum used to grow it
Black Tula - ditto
Green Zebra - free gift with black toms from the seed company
Japanese Black Trifele - gift from lottie neighbour
Nyagous Black - couldn't resist the name
Purple Russian - for flavour
San Marzano 2 (Franchi) - for passata
'Italian tomatoes' - leftover seedlings from lottie neighbour's seed tray
;D
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Far too many!!-but I am learning-only about 30 varieties this year. I think the village is now a `Moneymaker` free zone now-but there may be one or two I have yet to convince.
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Gardeners Delight
Orange Berry
White Beauty
Great white
Green Zebra
Franks
Taxi
Missouri Love Apple
Black Ethiopean
Super marmande
Golden Queen
Costoluto Fiorentino
Riesentraub
Sweet Million
Alicante
Galina
Omar Libanese
Pala di Fuoco
This is some serious self control as I have lashings more! I am still planning to do a minor sowing over this coming week to try and extend the season by having a few choice plants in the greenhouse for winter cropping. Mananged to pick a couple of Golden Queen around Christmas time last year so it can be done.
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i was sent some toms by an a4a member and these are they i don't know my self what will come of these so iv only got one plant of each
plum lemon
noire de cosseboeuf
rose de berne
azoychka
and im also doing one plant of
gartenperle
iv got 4 plants off ailsia craig
and 5/6 plants off roma vf (Italian pasta sauce yum )
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Totem
Gartenperle
Why ? Cos I'm a newbie at this growing lark and didn't realise that Gardeners Delight was a mandatory, nor did i realise that if i didn't grow less that 10 varieties i would stand out like a sore thumb as a newbie and cos Gartenperle said "ideal for hanging baskets" on the packet, and Totem was a bush and said "particularly useful if space is limited". Space was very limited at the time.
Next year i shall be a bit more adventurous.
;D
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Mrs KP-we are just weird ;D. It`s a bug thing-once you get it it never goes away. And Gardener`s Delight is not mandatory-just a reliable tom with good flavour.
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hee hee cleo, i think i'm the weird one. think i'm a bit late for finding a new breed now, and i'm really only set up for the few plants i've got (although i've just sown the last four in the pack of Totems to extend the season and have a couple of standbys). i've already warned the OH that i want an allotment next year so the back garden will need/can house another greenhouse ;D
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If you do want more you could try the nurseries for semi-mature plants but the range will be more limted than the sparkling lot others on here have. My Yellow Perfection were only given to me yesterday. Looking forward to them as they are a "Heritage English Variety" according to the onle (US) site I could find info on.
PS I indeterminate the same as cordon or is it between cordon and bush?
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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
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:)
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?
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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
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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
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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.
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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 :-\
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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.
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drool-Black from Tula,Brandywine-I have fallen in love with City Chick-
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Virgin grower so just trying 2 --moneymaker and costolutu fiorentino which we aquired from the 'swapshop'.
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Gardeners' Delight from seed, Alicante and Sun Baby from bought in plants.
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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
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Dombito and Alicante. Just been given 3 Ferline plants can they grow outdoors? run out of room in the greenhouse.
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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
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santa adelia from seeds sent by the mother in law from bolivia. probably illegal!
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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.
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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.
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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!
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Couldn't agree more, Tim. Especially 5. Every tom you grow will be a delight :)
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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
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This year I'm trying some tomato seeds from America.
Carnival
Celebrity
Cobra
Azoychka
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No idea what they will be like, but this is my list for this year:
Sakura
Orange Bourgoin
Cerisette
Harbinger
San Marzano
Big Boy
Sultana
Gartenperle (free from mag)
mat
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So long as you remember the purpose of the variety - like San Marzano for passata, drying? etc. And the plum ones freeze quite well.
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I have two wishes when I pop off;
1-Play Stevie Ray Vaughn`s version of `Little Wing` when the curtains close
2-Let folk know he gave the best years of his life fighting `Moneymaker`
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Growing for a purpose this year !
Roma - lots - bush plum tomato for purees, passata, preserving - grew last year and was good
Incas - as above, but never grown before
Gardeners Delight - a couple of plants for salads
Garden Pearl - a couple for the back garden because I like them
Marmande - Beefsteak semi cordon/bush - never grown a beefsteak type before and was told this was reliable and reasonable flavour, for sandwiches
Yellow round and pear shaped tomatoes, don't know the name, saved seeds from some given to me by a chap on the allotment - make lovely yellow coloured sweet chutney.
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I'm growing the following:
Auriga
Aurora
Golden Sunrise
Sub Artic Plenty
Salt Spring Sunrise
Palla di Fuoco
Galina
Costoluto Fiorentina
Ferline
Legend
Fantasio
Green Zebra
Just for the fun of it and hoping not to lose everything this year!
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too many but here goes
Sungold (tasted these last year for first time and loved them)
Golden Cherry
Gardener's Delight
White Tomesol
German Pink
Gartenperle
Black Ethiopian
POrter
Brandywine
Cosoluto de fiorentino
Moneymaker
Green grape
Ildi
Yellow Cherry
Green Zebra
Tigrella
Tangella
and a few that have lost their labels so will be a nice surprise.
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Forgot the plum lemon.
I only got an allotment in April last year and loved growing my own toms. So when i got the seed catalogues and saw how many different varieties there were I got a little excited and bought lots. ;D
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Only growing 2 types:
Gardeners Delight (for salads)
San Marzano (for sauces)
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First growing tomatoes (first time growing anything edible!)
So am trying:
Moneymaker
Gardener's delight
Fantasio
Alicante
Hopefully for eating and chutneys (should there be a glut ;) )
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Roma
Green grape
Cream banana
Black trifele
gardenpearl
Moldovan Green
Cherokee
Taxi
Picardy
Gregory altai
Pink acordian
Homestead 24
Principe borghese
Washington cherry
Plum lemon
Latah
Hayslip
Bradley
New Yorker
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Costoluto Fiorentina seems to feature a lot in folks' lists....anyone tell me a bit more about it?
Just never heard of it before.
Thanks,
Mothy
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Just for starters ;)
http://www.irinas-tomaten.de/Tomatenliste/Liste_A-Z/body_liste_a-z.html (http://www.irinas-tomaten.de/Tomatenliste/Liste_A-Z/body_liste_a-z.html)
http://www.amishlandseeds.com/index.htm (http://www.amishlandseeds.com/index.htm)
http://www.seedfest.co.uk/seeds/tomatoes/cold/cold.html (http://www.seedfest.co.uk/seeds/tomatoes/cold/cold.html)
http://www.tomatobob.com/varieties.htm (http://www.tomatobob.com/varieties.htm)
http://www.tomatofest.com/ (http://www.tomatofest.com/)
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Tomato: Costoluto Fiorentino
Medium-large, old-fashioned, misshapen, heavy, ribbed beef tomato from Florence. Indeterminate (cordon - not a bush as stated by some other seed companies). Very meaty and ideal for slicing. Fruits of 150-180g. @450 seeds. Sow Feb-May. RHS AGM award winner. The RHS said about this variety: "Plant indeterminate; stopped at 200cm. First picked 28 July. Produced an average of 54 fruits per plant. Fruits are bright red and have a very corrugated, flattened shape, 8cm diameter, 5cm length with more than 10 locules and few seeds; firm, juicy, red flesh; average weight of one fruit 127 grams High yield of medium sized, attractive bright red, highly ribbed, succulent fruit with good fruity flavour."
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If I could only grow one it would be a white one as they are oh so sweet!
The amount of toms we are all growing is amazing! We could unite and take over the tomato retail world! I can't wait to see the photos as these fruits reach perfection! ;D
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Tomatoes, one of my favourites. 8)
This year : Green Grape, Brandywine Suduth strain (every year, the very best tomato invented by woman), Boxcar Willie, Purple Cherokee, Amish Salad, Garden Peach, Costeluto, Black Cherry, Yellow Plum, Summersweet,
TripL crop, Old Virginia, Amish Paste, Ananaa, plus several more I can't think of at the moment................. :-\
I cleared out my tomato box last week and sold the residue of tom seeds on e-bay as a job lot; I've grown the above, plus others, for a number of years, and need a change now. I have come by some really interesting varieties on e-bay, so worth a look if you are interested in unusual tomatoes.
I grew some white ones alst year, but disappointed at how yellow they were............ ;D
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Late coming to this thread but, as every year, I am amazed at the numbers of varieties grown by people!! We only have room for c15 plants in our g'house so there we have Ferline (very reliable allrounder), Roma (sauces etc) and Golden Sunrise (nice to eat and nice yellow chutney). Outside (but under partial cover) we grow Sungold just because we love eating them!! So, nothing exciting but everyone delish.
Oh, nearly forgot - every year Mr W "brings on" plants for an Italian lottie neighbour and, Cleo, guess what they are?? That's right Moneymaker - no accounting .................. ::)
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So long as you remember the purpose of the variety - like San Marzano for passata, drying? etc. And the plum ones freeze quite well.
Sorry Tim, yes, I have chosen them for a purpose (well, except the free ones!) when I said I don't know what they are like, I meant quality/etc... Yes, I do hope to use the San Marzano for sauces/puree. Not thought of drying them... may well try this; thanks :D
mat
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You can't have too many tomatoes, no matter how many you grow, they are so versatile. I like to use a mixture of different kinds for sauces which I bottle and freeze, dry some, eat lots fresh, puree, soup, face packs, wine, you name it............ ;D
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Mothy - I was surprised that they did not go redder.
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The amount of toms we are all growing is amazing! We could unite and take over the tomato retail world! I can't wait to see the photos as these fruits reach perfection! ;D
It's amazing isn't it, this thread gets more impressive!
Am hoping for humungous A4a seed swap activity at the end of the year ;D ;D ;D
Which white one would you grow for sweetness EJ?
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Thanks mainly to Ruud, :-* :-* :-*
I am growing far too many and have been giving them away to friends and neighbours to have a go with non moneymaker types! ;D
Ferline (6 for the plot to fight the blight!)
Black Seaman
Mamouth white
Roma
Picardy
Purple calabash
Pink Brandywine
Red Brandywine
Cream sausage
Red Horizon
Small yellow ones (no idea of the name!)
and many more!!! Hubby nearly fell over when he saw how many I am attempting to grow! He will be smiling when they are his plate though! ;)
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White beauty is delish! ;D I like my eating toms to have very thin skin and sweet juicy flesh. I don't mind if they are full of pips or full of flesh, but I like them sweet, but tomato-ee, if you understand.
Sowed another 6 varities today...will add to the list later. ;D
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Thank you emma jane, have added to the looooong list of 'must try next year' (but near the top ;))
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About thirty, mostly from HDRA Heritage seed Library, when I get past twenty different varieties we usually have to have a cull. One Broad Ripple Yellow Currant will be growing itself, it is a great indicator of soil temp, when they show up it is OK to plant out Pumpkins,squash etc...
Just try to get rid of it!
;D
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Saddad - do you save your own tomato seed then? Thinking about trying it myself this year. :-\ Any tips?
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yes it is dead easy will answer properly when I get back, being dragged out shopping by OH now!
:-X
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I use the fermentation method, select some seeds from a ripe tomato, choose a mid season one: not the first plant or the last plant to come into flower (unless you want to encourage early/lateness) best to use half a dozen plants and take about ten seeds from each. Stick them in an egg cup with water for 3-4 days and a bit mouldy, the water not the seeds!, you can give it a swirl and strain each day if the thought of mould offends you, this gets the jelly off the seeds, wash and strain. You should then get clean seeds, put them on kitchen towel in a light airy warm dry sunny place (leave them lieing around to dry fully takes about a week. You can then pick them off put in a dry place in a small envelope......
If you don't remove the gel they may go mouldy and it does inhibit germination.... they are good for 3-5 years...
Really you should isolate the plants by about 3 meters as they do their own fertilisation but insects can mes it up, I don't bother but rogue out funny seedlings/plants and only save from good examples!
It is a lot easier than it sounds!
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Thanks to Wattapain for the info and Tim for the picture!!
They really are beef tomatoes.
Cheers
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Only the first full season on the Allotment but last year we did Alacante
Gardeners Delight and we were given a Ildi plant which are a yellow plum
type and very sweet and produce about 75 fruits from each truss so saved
some seeds and are growing them also this year
http://www.tomatogrowers.com/yellows.htm
Bill.......
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If that is an F1 Hybrid you will get all sorts of seedlings next year! Saving your own doesn't work from F1's.
;D
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If that is an F1 Hybrid you will get all sorts of seedlings next year! Saving your own doesn't work from F1's
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Hi Saddad
Not to sure weather that was about my post but not to sure what you mean?
I save the seeds from the Ildi we grew last year and sowed them this year
they came up ok and are now in the greenhouse in situe about a foot high.
Bill.......
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I think what saddad means Bill is that although you will get lovely tomato plants from the seeds, the chances are the fruit will revert back to it's original parents, so whatever varieties were combined to come up with Ildi.
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Im growing 8 varieties
these were given to me by my brother who got them in italy
Rio Grande
S. Marzano 2
Pomodoro d'inverno a Grappoli
Cuor di Bue
and these were from Real Seeds
Gigante Liscio
Gardeners Delight
Palla di Fuoco
Vaca
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Glad to see that I'm not the only one who got carried away this year!
I've planted:
red pear
yellow pear
clemantine
Ildi
jelly bean (My son thinks I'm god now that I can grow sweets as well as tomatoes!)
risentraube
green grape
white cherry
great white beefsteak
black plum
japanese triefle
black prince
black krim
hill billy
german johnson
purple calabash
jersey devil
eva purple ball
siberian red
lemon plum
chinese kavalero (?)
and 3 other varieties of which I can't remember the names.
The only thing that stopped me planting mre was the fact that I ran out of window/shelf/desk/table top space!
It was tomatoes that got me into gardening too: I didn't know anything about them at all, and so planted a sungold and a white cherry in mid July hoping for a crop at Christmas (plants were kept indoorsin the dining room next to the radiator). We got a few at Christmas, and more at easter. Pruned heavily (I didn't know any different) fed and watered, and they cropped prolifically throughout the summer. I brought them indoors again in september after pruning and feeding, and my wife made me get rid of them in October as they were too big. Anyway, no more flowers had set - I think that they might have been a bit root-bound by that stage!
We moved house last month, and cleared out the freezer - I found some white tomato sauce that I made from the last of them - Yum!
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i am growing
gardners delight
tigerella
harlequin
moneymaker
i have grown the moneymaker and gardners delight before and both are very nice but i have never grown the tigerella or harlequin before so fingers crossed
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Red Alert
Alisa Craig
Alicante
Golden Sunrise
Gardener's Delight
Tigerella
Italia
and several more had I had any space (and money left for compost!!) ::)
one question: first time growing the 'Italia' plum tomato - anyone know if it's a determinate variety or not and what it tastes like? many thx!
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I have:
san marzano
black from tula
cuor di bue
orange bourgoin
maraziol gold
mexican midget
principe borghese
and more seeds germinated than I thought would, so my dining room table is covered with small 4 leaf plants in pots - 50 or so??! They are off to the greenhouse tonight though as OH is fed up with being relegated to the sofa for his tea!
This tomato variety growing is addictive - and I am only in my first year ;D
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One of my varieties is Tangella, an orange/tangerine coloured tom from the HDRA heritage seed library, now they have an extensive collection and you can get 5-6 packets for your annual membership and they all breed true if you save your own seeds, that's why we have over 30 varieties this year!
;D
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...the 'Italia' plum tomato - anyone know if it's a determinate variety or not and what it tastes like? many thx!
It's a determinate type (bush), haven't tried it myself but understand that it is said to have a good flavour.
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Anyone grown Cyril's Choice before? Very peculiar looking plants :o
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I'm growing nadja, Clear Pink Early, Prima, Mobil, korall, Taxi, Black Seaman, Stupice and Buckbee New 50 days, all courtesy of Ruud. I've got thriving young plants of every variety, so I can confidently say I'm growing them all now.
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Anyone grown Cyril's Choice before? Very peculiar looking plants :o
Does it have pototo-like leaves mt? Some of my black ones do too!
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It's not the leaves as such it's the overall shape of the plant, very stocky with short thick branches, it's built like a bull terrier if you know what I mean ???
I'll try & post some photos if I remember
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Hello
this yr im growing a few, Why its good fun and i like to try new also for finding the best flavour for my area
Auntie Madge (New Supplied by terces A4A Thk you )
Alsia Craig (New)
Ferline (did well last yr)
Gardeners delight (did very well last yr)
Green Saussage (New)
Fantasio (New)
Beef steak (did well last yr)
Super sweet 100 (did well last yr)
Over the next coupke of days im going to plant out some of them a bit of a coat as there looking like they need foot space lol
good luck everyone
carl
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Carloso - I did Green sausage one year, they were nice !
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I just noticed that Robert Brenchley mentions that he is growing Stupice. I am also. Does anyone have any feedback on this tomato? As far as I understand it will crop outdoors.
Any info?
Niamh
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That's what I've been told as well, but I haven't grown any of these before. We'll see how they do.
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OK, heres our list- albeit a lot smaller than most of you guys!!
Purple Calabash
Gartenperle
Sun Ray Gold
Gardeners Delight
Yellow Current
Alisa Craig
After reading this thread, I'm going to have to expand the tomato operation next year!!
Truff
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We have seven varieties this year:
Gardeners Delight (of course)
Ailsa Craig (good old fashioned favourite)
Tigerella (family favourite :) )
and for cooking, freezing, and indeed for eating in salads ...
Principe Borghese
Cuor di Bue
Astro F1
Follia F1
We've got a dozen seedlings of each, so allowing for losses, say 70 plants in total. That's a LOT of Tommy R Toes. :o
My desert island choice would have to be Tigerella
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I'm growing nadja, Clear Pink Early, Prima, Mobil, korall, Taxi, Black Seaman, Stupice and Buckbee New 50 days, all courtesy of Ruud. I've got thriving young plants of every variety, so I can confidently say I'm growing them all now.
Many of mine were from Ruud too, thank you Ruud, they are all growing merrily and I can't wait to see the results.
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Gosh, I am only growing Gardeners Delight - is it too late to sow the gartenperle seed I got as a freebie with a magazine?
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Watch that green sausage mate, it is very laid back, definitely horizontal at times so they can get slugged. Stupice is from Eastern Europe, Czech/Hungary way and so is used to much hotter summers, I would probably keep it under glass or in a tunnel!
You'd probably get a crop from pearl if you sowed her now but watch out for blight, if growing outdoors, at the end of August.
Collectively that is one hell of a lot of Tomatoes!
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I am growing quite a few varieties this year. I have previously only grown 2 varieties...but I have been bitten by the tomato bug! My picks for 2006 are:
Gardeners Delight
Gartenperle
Ildi
Balconi Red
Ozark Pink
Gregoris Altai
Principe Borghese
Siletz
Bellstar
Tiny Tim
Micro Tom
Sweet Olive
Alaskan Fancy
Many Thanks also to Ruud, who provided me with some of the varieties on the list.
We all seem to be growing so many tomatoes...perhaps in a couple of months we should start another thread...."Tomato Recipes"!
Happy Gardening!
Creckless