I'd like to grow a nice variety of tomatoes this year and I've got a couple of your normal basic red types (Sungella and Sub Arctic) and a small red cherry kind that I can't remember the name of.
What I'm missing through are the more interesting types, the yellow, black, striped kinds. So I thought I'd ask what people recommend...
I'm growing them outside in the open air on the plot if that makes any difference by the way...
Thanks :)
This should run and Run.... I'm going to keep an eye on it, I have over thirty vars but grow most in the cold Ghouse and Poly... but as Poly has no cover at the moment...
::)
Purple russian plum tomatoes I have been told are very hardy and lovely to eat and bottle, I have just ordered some seeds
you'll be inundated ;D
taste has to count as well as appearance though but I'd opt for the black russian, purple russian and green zebra, black sea man, elberta girl - all quite unusual to look at but flavour is meaty, not too acid which is what I like
for foliage I think silvery fir tree is the prettiest I've grown, bush variety so looks good in a pot
Thanks calendula you just answered one of my questions aswell I have just ordered some green zebra ones cause they looked really intresting, do they grow well outside or better in a greenhouse same question for black russian
I keep saying I will try that silver fir tree!
;D
caseylee - both are cordons, so better inside and tied up and the usual needs for indeterminate varieties
Grew Tigerella and Black Prince last year, Tigerella was great and growing it again this year but Black Prince although a good taste wasn't very prolific so giving it a miss this time.
Striped stuffer were great for me last year! productive and a really unusual pepper looking tomatoes, as it says on the tin, great for stuffing!
Have you tried green tomatoes???? i really rate the flavor! :) can't wait for summer!
I am trying (after reading several tom threads on the forum) the following:
Emerald Evergreen (Baker Creek)
Cherokee Purple (Baker Creek)
Black Plum (Thanks Mikey)
Japanese Black Trifele (USA swop)
To grow alongside
Sweet Million
Sweet Olive
Marmande
Yellow Pear
and Eristics blight resistant tom
Also putting in a couple of containers on the patio of tumbling tom red and gartenperle.
I DO, DO hope that we get a good summer.
For something different, tasty and interesting I would be looking for something other than red and plain round.
Green... large Aunt Ruby's German Green
" smaller Green Zebra..striped dark and lighter green
Bi Colour large Orange Russian, gold/red streaked. heart shaped
" cherry Isis Candy, marbled red/yellow
Black medium Paul Robeson beautiful flawless tom taste is smashing
" cherry Black Cherry
Orange Oxheart Orange Strawberry
" cherry stay with Sun gold
White large Hughs very sweet
" plum Old Ivory Egg
Yellow large Brandywine Yellow Platfoot strain
" small Yellow Pear..look like old fashioned Christmas lights
Bear in ind there are thousand of tom varieties, this is a very basic answer.
XX Jeannine
I've got black russian this year too. The 'Plants of Distinction' site has loads of interesting varieties.
Wow, thats a great selection! Thanks for the replies everyone. :)
Now to go and play hunt the seeds...
Thanks again! :)
not used them for a long time but totally tomatoes used to stock some interesting choices
http://www.totallytomato.com
I got one of their catalogues once, my order would have run into hundreds...
:o
That looks like a great site.
They seem to be American though? I assume they ship to the UK without any trouble then?
according to their site...
PUERTO RICO, CANADA and foreign countries - No shipments of any kind.
>:(
Quote from: Cuke on April 01, 2008, 15:12:46
That looks like a great site.
They seem to be American though? I assume they ship to the UK without any trouble then?
you'll need to contact them - I haven't used them for ages but they used to have a UK franchise, sadly is didn't operate very well and my order took forever, I complained and they gave it to me for free :o and I'm still using the seeds there were so many in the order
shame if they don't ship out anymore
I would recomend `Money Maker`-it`s wonderful. Please offer them for sale around my vicinity. (tee hee)
Interesting is so much a mater of taste . And I still hope to be `back on my feet` to have some for sale late season
I always like to grow a few plants each of several varieties, some that I know are reliable croppers but mostly varieties that are new to me.
This year I am growing:
Amish Paste
Arkansas Traveller
Aussie
Black Cherry
Black From Tula
Bloody Butcher
Cherokee Chocolate
Cuor di Bue
Garten Pearle
Giant Belgium
Grushovka
Homesweet
Japanese Black Trifele
Millefleur (centiflor)
Muchamiel
Nyagous
Orange Strawberry
Paul Robeson
Potiron Ecarlate
Prairie Fire
Purple ukraine
Red Cluster Pear (centiflor)
Reistomate Pocketbook
Siletz
Silvery Fir Tree
Tamina
White Beauty
This year we are growing:
Chipano F1
Moneymaker
Cream sausage
Royal Chico
San Marzano Lungo F1
Gardeners Delight
Blaby
tomato blight free trial A4a
white sausage
marmande
roma v8
caspian pink
japanese black trifele
yellow pear
green sausage
brandywine
gold medal
Balconi Yellow
First year of growing stuff so this year I'm only growing:
Gardener's Delight
Sub Arctic Plenty
Marmande
Alicante
San Marzano 2
Tigerella
I picked some different shades and shapes because some of them are for a sensory garden for children with autism. Glad I found the thread because now I know some even more unusual ones that I can grow for them!
Since you are growing them outside I would recommend two already mentioned San Mazarno, though if you have never grown them before bear in mind that the fruits are almost inedible raw though they are fantastic cooked and massive in size. As an eater beyond compare (personal opinion) ;) go for Cherokee Purple.