What tomato seed have you started ?

[Chris Graham]

Well, i only have a 6x6 greenhouse but have around 21 tomato plants growing.

I hope at a push i may be able to get 12 into it and the rest dotted around the garden  ;)

This tomato growing is really addictive (not to mention the collection of black buckets).

Here is my list (so far ;) )  :

Marmande x 2
Sungold x 5
Alicante x 2
San Marzano 2 x 2
Ferline x 2
Tigerella x 1
Gardeners Delight x 4
Garten Perle x 3

also:
Aubergine Mini Bambino x 4

[Chris Graham]

[quizzical1]

Sown ten each of sweet million, gardeners delight, tamina, and shirley, some for the greenhouse, and some for the garden and up at the plot. Some have just today germinated, but not all yet.
Will probably, as usual, share any excess with the rest of the family for their gardens/greenhouses, as no one else seems to grow from seed but would rather buy ready grown plants.

[Tin Shed]

six of Gardener's delight, Legend, New Yorker, Latah, Costolto and Roma and tigerella to go in soon. We like tomatoes!

[Jeannine]

Hi, 5 of each of the following
Amano Orange'
Ponderosa
Big Beef
Sungold
Sungella
La Roma
Tumbler
Tappy's Heritage
Cherokee Purple
Black(the original)
Couer de Bleu
Brandywine(original pink)
Pocket Book
Mortgage Lifter
Colgar

Plus 3 Shirley I always start for a friend.

I still have few to start though.
Goliath +another Brandywine and an Old Mennonite one, and a yellow ,not decided

I will egt down to only 2 plants of each eventually

XX Jeannine

[Larkspur]

Just the ones for the greenhouse so far, Brandywine, Cuore di Bue, Nebraska Wedding and Cherokee Purple. The outdoor ones are going in in about a weeks time.

[Trevor_D]

Yes, agree with Larkspur: just the GH ones; hold fire with the outdoor ones - they'll grow very quickly. I've got Shirley (my GH mainstay), plus a few Gardener's Delight, Ildi & Harbinger. The rest get sown early April. (Wedding anniversary on the 2nd, so I use that to remind me!)

Trevor

[quizzical1]

Oh well, perhaps I was a bit premature. Not to worry though, as I said, I have only sown 10 of each, so have plenty left if they get too big before I can plant them out.

Our Wedding Ann. is on the 28th of March, so that too could be a guideline.

[tim]

Poor relation? Why am I the only one who doesn't sow until April - for indoors??

[Trevor_D]

We're obviously more impatient than you!!

[Chris Graham]

Good question Tim? Why is that?

I would have thought you would have hundred growing by now.

[tim]

Why!!

[electric landlady]

So far:
12 each of Gardener's Delight, Marmande and Tigerella, sowed just yesterday! Maybe a bit early but they always seem to take a while to get going, and I am definitely very impatient :)

[Barnowl]

A few each of....

New to me:

San Marzano Astro F1
San Marzano
San Marzano Follia F1 
Black Russian
Gartenperle  (for hanging basket)
Sungold F1
Juliet F1
Nectar  F1
Costoluto Fiorentino
Latah Tomato
Urbikany Tomato
Grushovka Tomato

Grown before:

Santa F1
Shirley F1
Cerise
Antico Saporo (?) - an Italian beef

[OliveOil]

black cherry
tigerella
orange banana
moneymaker

[Squashfan]

Why I sow early: I get to the point where I can't wait anymore and plant tomato seeds. Makes me feel like I'm doing something while it's cold n rainy outside!  :) I am resisting seeding anything else tho because it all grows fast and then I have little pots all over the house. That the cats like to knock over. :P
I have in: white princess, black krim, aurora, gardeners delight, a pink one I can't remember the name of, and an orange type. 36 plants in all, will dispense extras to others who can't be bothered to plant from seed. Got a lot from the Dulwich potato day at the end of Jan.

[manicscousers]

tigerella, gardeners delight ,golden sunrise..all up and potted into small fibre pots..will be starting supersteak and supersweets on friday, i can always put the pots in the poly until the weather warms up  ;D

[Jeannine]

I sow ones that have different maturity dates as I am sure most do, the Tumbler,although not one of my favourites is the fastest one I know of and holds me till the first of the others is ready. Sungold goes on forever and I can usually keep a few plants growing in the'at home greenhouse till late November. XX Jeannine

[Chris Graham]

Why!!

I always thought you were the tomato guru  ;)

[tim]

Wrong!!  Stephan & a couple of others are the experts.

I do everything in slow time - consistent with my age. And I'm quite happy to harvest Tomatoes from early July until mid-October/mid-November.

[Tee Gee]

My reason for sowing late is simply this;

If I sowed early I would have no where to plant them  because my greenhouse space is taken up with others things waiting to be planted outdoors.

So it is simply;  needs must.

Plus late sowing give me fresh tomatoes for Xmas when they are expensive in the shops!