Thinking of trying these next year. Do they tend to be easier/harder than others ? And which varieties would you recommend?
How do you plan on using the plum tomatoes.
For cooking mainly. Does it make a difference?
Hi caroline,
Had many pounds of plum tomatoes this year -- lost the seed packet though !
Do remember it said Italian plum - suitable for cooking [ was probably T&M ] - the plants were huge'
had them on bean sticks [ in tubs ] with cross supports to hold them steady - they still blew over in
the wind ! had to take the largest fruit off to lift them up again - honest !
The first sets of fruit were very large, took these off and ripened indoors - the rest came off when
threatend with blight weeks later. wish I could post a pic - bowls of them in every room.
Do give them a go, the whole family have made fresh soup and soup to freeze, about 3 versions of Italian sauce, jars of oven dried toms - these came out very well as the had been blessed with a little
brown sugar and herbs. Word of warning, they must be well dried before bottling in oil as they will grow bacteria [ my mistake - my son did much better ].
We have been feeding off the remaining few - in salads and in fryups, lovely !
They are firmer, fully ripe the flavour is good, believe they are hardier, my Arctic Plenty got blight,
the plums didn't -- may be luck I don't know .
Loads of recipes on the net - can't wait to have another go next year, if the seed packet comes
to light will post you.
floss xxx
caroline7758 yes it makes a lot of difference.
How you plan cooking them also makes a difference to which variety you may want to grow.
I grow Roma, specifically for making batches of pasta sauce to put in the freezer to last us throughout the winter.
I grow and treat them the same way as all the other tomatoes I grow.
our san marzano were fantastic this year, 6' tall, thick skinned, very few pips, still going now, shape of a sweet pepper..great for sauce :)
The variety I would recommend is Olivade. It is available from Moles Seeds, but it is also available from another seed supplier. (Shall have to have a look where) but can thoroughly recommend the variety.
valmarg
Quote from: caroline7758 on October 13, 2008, 14:22:09
Thinking of trying these next year. Do they tend to be easier/harder than others ? And which varieties would you recommend?
I was going to ask the same question ;D
Neil
I like La Roma..bigger yeilds than Roma, however I would like to give a plug to Eristics tomato trial seed.They grew into a lovely huge plum which was very thick walled and meaty so great for sauces. I still have 2 plants going very strong now, very prolific,started early and still producing. I was impressed and will continue to grow this one.
XX Jeannine
Quote from: Jeannine on October 14, 2008, 20:25:37
I like La Roma..bigger yeilds than Roma, however I would like to give a plug to Eristics tomato trial seed.They grew into a lovely huge plum which was very thick walled and meaty so great for sauces. I still have 2 plants going very strong now, very prolific,started early and still producing. I was impressed and will continue to grow this one.
XX Jeannine
Hi Jeannine
Will any of these seeds be in your seed package?
Neil
The other Olivade tomato supplier is D t Brown.
valmarg
My Olivade came from Simpsons Seeds - Moles only deal in quite large quantities.
my favourite plum tom is Aunty Madge I'm still picking loads of these from the greenhouse and outside, they are very resistant to blight, they are a heritage variety so you will have to keep cutting the plant back,
it's a small plum tom which is fantastic for cooking, great taste in my opinion/shades x
Spoilt for choice now!
Caroline.
I'm a huge fan of Orange Banana, if you PM me your address I can send seeds. Makes wonderful pasta sauce, orange and rich in taste.
I have Madge and Orange Bannana and am still picking both... ;D
ooh, yes please, amphibian- sounds lovely- I can tell my friends I'm growing orange banana tomatoes!
Will send you a PM.