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i grow fandango gets blight eventually but last year none and all trusses ripen very well
It would be very nice to have a resistant variety that also taste good, Have grown several including Koralik but no taste for me and only lasted slightly longer.I have more or less given up on tomatoes.It is tempting but they are rather pricey especially since the postage is extra.
I am hoping to try "Fandango" this year but like many it's an F1.
"Peron" (Sprayless) is one of the better well known resistant heritage varieties which I have grown in the past.
The best results regarding resistance that I have had has been with "Garden Pearl" which I fan train to the house wall which is in half pots fixed to the wall and protected with the eves. I notice that when others have failed Garden Pearl remains unaffected
Once you have them its easy to save seed, and if the taste doesnt come up to the hype it could still be used for breeding.
You may also get a happy surprise... sometimes varieties labelled F1 actually aren't. There's a cynical part of me that wonders if seed companies occasionally "accidentally" call something a hybrid so they can charge you £4 for 5 seeds instead of £2 for 20.
It would be very nice to have a resistant variety that also taste good, Have grown several including Koralik but no taste for me and only lasted slightly longer.I have more or less given up on tomatoes.
I haven't given up on tomatoes yet, and I grow the same 4 every year - but I still find that it is a different one each year that is blighted first and worst.
I'm trying a resistant variety from Chiltern Seeds this year, though I can't remember what it's called - claimed to taste superb as well. Given that ours get blight every single bleedin' year, I'd given up until I saw them. As someone said upthread, though, it's wrong not to grow tomatoes!Adrian
Are they Ferline F1?
Code: [Select]I haven't given up on tomatoes yet, and I grow the same 4 every year - but I still find that it is a different one each year that is blighted first and worst. So...what are your 'same 4' that you keep growing? (yes, I'm being nosy... )
I grow Green Tiger (from M&S - aka. "Highlander" from seedsmen) for its unusual meaty flavour - also the round shape seems less blight prone than beefsteak types.