Like many, I'm besotted by growing and eating tomatoes. So much so I haven't even admitted to myself how many I'm growing. I love some of the better known varieties but delight in trying new to me varieties, whether they are new hybrids or Heritage tomatoes from around the globe.
So far this year I'm having a bit of a striped theme, a green theme, some unusual colours theme, oh and what might do well in a hanging basket/bag/pot theme! As well as still on my quest for the ultimate cherry tomato, one that might rock Sungolds pedestal for me! I've also got a few types I'm growing out on the go and some super super Heritage varieties I'm really pleased about trying.
Amongst others I'm growing, I'm very much looking forward to tasting home grown Camone. I tried these tomatoes earlier in the year and I thought they were outstanding, very firm texture whilst being juicy and sweet with a great tomato flavour. I've saved seeds and I am looking forward to seeing how they grow and what their storage is like. They hands down beat any other tomato I've eaten winter time and I would be extremely happy if mine taste anywhere near as good, even mid summer.
As part of the green theme, I can't wait to taste and compare Green Doctor, Green Doctors Frosted and Green Zebra Cherry. Although the Zebras are in the striped theme too!
So just wondering what tomato/tomatoes you are growing this year that you are most looking forward to?
Oh well..this years selection...Sun Belle, Stupice, Black Russian, "Irish Delight", Super Marmande, Sugar Lump, Reise, Banana Currant, Austin's Red & Yellow Pear, Volkov, Morgage Lifter, Ceylon, Greenwich, Mexico Midget, Yellow Butterfly, Daffodel, Bloody Butcher, Double Rich, Garden Pearl, Legend, Alaskan Fancy, First in the Field, Fargo, Marmande, Sannibel, Nebraska Wedding, Sub Arctic Plenty.phew ;D!...and...I have some surrogate growers in lottie who grows another 30 odd varieties for me for just seed harvesting... ::)
Half of my this years selection is purely for seed saving..well the fruit too, some of them new for me,so I'm looking forward for those and only couple are varieties that I will grow every year just for the culinary pleasure. Daffodel and Austin's Red Pear I have my hopes set for...I love cherry-types .
Oh yes...I grow hanging basket/ container types too..just to get taste buds going before the maincrop is getting ready.. ;D ;D
Oh yes no;2....and I'm growing what ever you send me... ;)
for a tomato to rival sungold I suggest T&M's tomarvellous. I grew them last year and they all got eaten straight from the plant. Hubby didnt even save me any for seed saving.
So this year I have T&M's tomarvellous and their sister variety tomazing, Sungold of course. Country taste & harbinger these two were hubbys just pick a packet choices.
Ive also got from Tatianas - Black Cherry, Matts Wild Cherry, Anmores treasures (tumbler), cosmonaut volokov, and Chernomor
I'm trying a few American heritage cultivars this year that are new to me, so I'm interested how they turn out. Berkley tie die sounds interesting, as does Delicious (grows to a huge size apparently), and I am also trying the Irish version of Gardener's Delight which is a supersweet version apparently!
I have grown "Irish Delight" now for couple of years...It is perfectly nice tomato...but..It propably is just me.. but.. the proper Gardeners Delight still seem to be a tad better, yes Irish one is sweet but I like a bit of tang too...I'm having another go this year again..just to be sure..and If I'm not 100% happy with it..well it have to go..this hobby of collecting seeds is getting out of hand..
Delicious is good..if anybody like they toms large,,well this it is..even average fruit will grow good size.. ;D...One of those "1 slice will cover slice of bread" tomatoes..
mmmm, got tigerella, golden sunrise, marmande, oxheart, black krim, garden pearl, all growing well, just sowed orange banana and Hsl tomato most prolific, just started showing , still got to go to saddad's sale yet ;D
Boring selection of tigarella, gardeners delight and moneymaker. First year growing my own so have stuck to tried and tested ones. Space is at a premium, but am gathering ideas for more exotic ones from you lot in preparation for next year ;D
No..not boring...they would not be around if people would not like them..I think we all have some of the usual ones...I do..all three what you have...and even I do grow some fancy ones..I still think...(yes I dare say so)..that gardeners delight has taste that is hard to beat...It is one of the few that I grow almost every year..
Lot of the "exotic" ones are just lookers...they do not necessary have that wonderful flavour... :o
Less for me this year.
Christmas Grapes
North Pole
Black Cherry
White Wonder
Stupice
Green Sausage
Zapotec Pleated
Cherokee Purple
Brandywine
Orange Fleshed Purple Smudge
Gold Medal
Japanese Black Trifele
Orange Banana
Japanese Black Trifele x Orange Banana F1
I am most looking forward to seeing wat my F1 looks like, I'm not 100% sure what to expect as there are several dominant genes in play.
OHHHH...I can see some interesting swaps brewing on.....I hope we all save plenty of seeds for later on ;) ;D ;D
Come on everybody..let's "spill the beans"...what have you got???? ;D...yes I admit...I'm nosy... ;D
forgot, I'm also doing micro tom, swap with a plot mate ;D
Quote from: brownowl23 on April 23, 2010, 12:51:12
for a tomato to rival sungold I suggest T&M's tomarvellous.
So this year I have T&M's tomarvellous and their sister variety tomazing, Sungold of course. Country taste & harbinger these two were hubbys just pick a packet choices.
Ive also got from Tatianas - Black Cherry, Matts Wild Cherry, Anmores treasures (tumbler), cosmonaut volokov, and Chernomor
I grew Tomazing last year, it was very good. but for me it did not have the edge on Sungold. Harbinger I think is a nice tomato, good heavy crop too. I'll be really interested to hear how Anmores Treasures does and the taste.
Quote from: Mrs Gumboot on April 23, 2010, 18:54:59
Boring selection of tigarella, gardeners delight and moneymaker. First year growing my own so have stuck to tried and tested ones. Space is at a premium, but am gathering ideas for more exotic ones from you lot in preparation for next year ;D
Not boring at all, 3 sorts for your first tomato season is great, think where you may be in a years time. After this season you can decide what you liked about each, what was not so great and then either grow them again if they were your ideals or look around for others that meet your want/desire list? If you are looking for something to try later on let me know :)
Sounds like you are producing for a seed shop Goodlife ;D Lots of interesting varieties and I agree cherry types are scrummy.
A few to keep you busy then Deb P ;D
Nice list Amphibian, I'm liking the sound of JBTxOB, let us know how you get on.
Micro toms look gorgeous, I've got a couple of smalls but not quite that tiny ;D
..seed shop..me?..oh no, don't like selling,,but bargain, swap, give away..anything else yes..but not sell...
In a spirit of the goodlife seeds are my currency... ;D 8) ::) ;)..just like tom and barbara...swap and bargain...
A repeat of last year's:
Black Krim which I liked the best for taste,
F1 Polfast (because it is very early and finished early Aug.),
Anna Russian (a big ox heart type but flavor doesn't have enough acid for my taste though hubby likes it) and very tiny and few seeds,
Pruden's Purple (medium sized, very good flavor) but maybe not a robust enough plant
Burpee's Better Boy (because I had some seed lying around)
New for me this year:
Cherokee Purple
Stupice (because many of you over the Pond raved about it)
Subarctic (heard it was very early, then after I bought it I heard it tastes terrible :-\ )
Quote from: GrannieAnnie on April 24, 2010, 00:50:23
Subarctic (heard it was very early, then after I bought it I heard it tastes terrible :-\ )
Hi GrannieAnnie...Sub Arctic Plenty is design to be very early...and with earlies..well the flavour is not the best..but I would not discribed terrible neither ;D There is quite a lot of toms that flavour changes a lot if not picked in right stage or grown in wrong climate etc.
But it does do what it says...grow in cooler conditions..and provides quite well in that situation ;) I don't know about your climate and growing conditions but I cannot fault the humble tomato. I treat it as early taste for the season...and I wait pantiently untill the more "taste bud bursters" catch up ;D ;D
Another one here who can't really admit how many tomato plants I'm growing (and have you come completely clean Jayb? ;D) I've got
Japanese Black Triefle
Kenilworth/King George
Isis Candy
Black Cherry
Taxi
Olivade
Clear Pink Early
San Marzano
Costoluto Fiorentina
Orange Banana
Queen of Hearts
Champagne Cherry
Stupice
Ananas Noire
British Green Tiger
Green Zebra
Read on a tomato site the other day (think it was an American one) that you only needed 2 plants per person and 4 if you were pasting/canning. Hmmmm. Only 2 of us here.......
Quote from: plot51A on April 24, 2010, 09:35:48
Read on a tomato site the other day (think it was an American one) that you only needed 2 plants per person and 4 if you were pasting/canning. Hmmmm. Only 2 of us here.......
Yes, as I was reading everyone's list the question came up "How big are their families?"
Maybe the second word in the title explains? ;D
Quote from: plot51A on April 24, 2010, 09:35:48
British Green Tiger
Is this the M&S one? I never did manage to track down any in my local.
QuoteRead on a tomato site the other day (think it was an American one) that you only needed 2 plants per person and 4 if you were pasting/canning. Hmmmm. Only 2 of us here.......
My daughter can polish of the fruit from about ten plants on her own, my black cherry's appear to yield no ripe fruit, I am sure it is an illusion.
Quote from: goodlife on April 23, 2010, 21:37:44
..seed shop..me?..oh no, don't like selling,,but bargain, swap, give away..anything else yes..but not sell...
In a spirit of the goodlife seeds are my currency... ;D 8) ::) ;)..just like tom and barbara...swap and bargain...
I watched an episode of the Goodlife a little while back, had a good giggle, not seen it for years.
Quote from: plot51A on April 24, 2010, 09:35:48
Another one here who can't really admit how many tomato plants I'm growing (and have you come completely clean Jayb? ;D)
I showered this morning!
Yep, its all in the themes ;D Oh I forgot to say an anything new to me theme too ;D
Quote from: amphibian on April 24, 2010, 09:49:09
Quote from: plot51A on April 24, 2010, 09:35:48
British Green Tiger
Is this the M&S one? I never did manage to track down any in my local.
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Got them in a swap, so I don't know but assume so. Will be saving seed, blight permitting.
Grannie - If you want early fruiting varieties with some taste, then you need some like Polar Star, Siberian or even the humble Kotlas.
I usually grow about 2 dozen varieties, but I'm easily led astray with the addiction. ;D
2 plants per person :o...more like 22 ;D...and then you need few for chickens treats..and some for thank you gifs and visiting in presies..and ...and...
People faces allways lighten up when you visit them with basket of home grown toms,cumbers and baked loaf..and you are always asked to join barbeques.... ;)
Chickens like tomatoes, that's good to know. I think I had better sow some more then ;D ;D ;D. I've only got 37 seedlings emerged out of 44 + 10 plants. Oh dear famine.
Hey there is still plenty of time to sow another batch just for you girls...maybe you could do trial ..which variety they prefer? ;D ::)
Do they do a worm flavoured tomato ;D. Little so & sos are still running to the back of the coop ever time I go to the guinea pigs. It's going to be fun as I have veg patches behind them too ;D. What breed/breeds do you have?
Yes there is worm flavoured ones...but I'm just out of seeds for those ;)My 4 cuckoo marans love any flavour though..and I have 2 mongrels who haven't had a proper taster yet..but yes...we are all tomato crazy here (trying keep in topic)..dog likes tomatoes too and she is not fussy what sort they are as long as they are served with few bisquits, meat & gravy..anything goes...my bees have shown a bit of interest for tomato flowers but they are only ones in family that are not that much bothered about the fruit ;D
Growing tomatoes is a dangerous addiction.
I started with four,but I just needed another fix-they looked so good(well not Moneymaker).
I`m recovering though-only 22 varieties this year,when it got to 50 I had to ask myself some deep questions ;D
Cleo..what are your 22 varieties....?..yeah..nosy ::)
Mines not that exciting
Sub Artic Plenty
February Jewel
First In The Field
Yellow Brandywine
Totem
Moneymaker
Super Beefsteak
your selection look ok Lilian...Have you grown those before? I haven't grown February Jewel before..
What is it that people think that something more widely available is not exciting....of course it is...it own grown...will taste so much better than shop ones and you normally get more than you would buy...Now if you can eat belly full of tasty toms and have pleasure of growing them...yum...if that is not exciting I don't know what is... ;D ;D
sorry...Lilian my "little" moan wasn't personally for you..just general stuff ::)
Quote from: goodlife on April 24, 2010, 13:36:39
2 plants per person :o...more like 22 ;D...and then you need few for chickens treats..and some for thank you gifs and visiting in presies..and ...and...
People faces allways lighten up when you visit them with basket of home grown toms,cumbers and baked loaf..and you are always asked to join barbeques.... ;)
This is half the pleasure of growing for me, sending a mate home with a bag full of blue spuds and some sweetcorn and some veg like tomatillos, that they have never even seen before. We often chuck in a sourdough loaf too.
Yep..I always say to mother in law when she is due to pay visit ..not to do her weekly shopping until afterwards...I'll make veg box up and she don't need to buy much after that...and It makes me feel good too..
Just to read somebodys appreciation from they face is best thank you for me ;D ;D
I love growing, eating and cooking with tomatoes, they come in so many shapes, sizes and colours.
So far, sown and up this year are the following 30 varieties ;D
Banana Legs
Black Cherry
Black Krim
Black Pineapple
Black Sea Man
Brandywine
Gardeners Delight
Garden Peach
Garden Pearl
German Strawberry
Green Sausage
Green Zebra
Grubs Mystery Green
Ildi
Koralik
Milifleur
Pineapple
Red Tumbling Tom
Red Zebra
Reisetomate
Roma
Sub Arctic Plenty
Sunset's Red Horizon
Sweet Millions
Sweet Pea Currant
Tigerella
Wapsinpinicon Peach
White Wonder
Xuxa
Zapotec
5 varieties sown and failed to germinate :'(
Brown Berry
Cosmonaut Volkov
Purple Cherokee
Snow White Cherry
Plus, a few more varieties to make a late sowing yet.
Never mind with those failed ones..It is irritating though.. ::) but with all that lot it is not that you don't nothing left to bite into.. ;D
Did you use all you seeds up with failed ones?
No I have 2/3 of each left so I could re sow.
Ah..so all is not lost ;D
No all is not lost ;D I always expect a few failures it part and parcel of growing.
Don't we all ::)..are you going to re-sow them?..I alway do...cannot stand defeat ::) At the moment I have one variety that is giving me headache..I've sown three small lots now and still nothing seem to be happening..and new packet too...well if I could get just one to come through >:(..surely there is just one..one hopes ::)
Quote from: greensausage on April 24, 2010, 22:24:12
5 varieties sown and failed to germinate :'(
Brown Berry
Cosmonaut Volkov
Purple Cherokee
Snow White Cherry
Out of 2 cosmonaut Volkov planted I only got one germinate.
I have mixed my chernomor and my wild cherry together, or should I say my over zealous twin toddlers didnt follow mummies instructions and I wasnt watching. So ive got two of one of those varieties and one of the other. Im guessing that the small one is likely to be the wild cherry.
Quote from: goodlife on April 24, 2010, 22:52:53
Don't we all ::)..are you going to re-sow them?..I alway do...cannot stand defeat ::) At the moment I have one variety that is giving me headache..I've sown three small lots now and still nothing seem to be happening..and new packet too...well if I could get just one to come through >:(..surely there is just one..one hopes ::)
Yes, will resow tomorrow when I sow some other varieties, I dont like been beaten either.
Which variety are you having a problem with Goodlife?
Oh..kids get everywhere ::)..oh well..they WILL learn one day..yep the wild one should be smaller..
It's greenwich.. >:(..some actually did germinate..I did one lot on wet paper in small dish and as I tranplanted them..someone took labels off into pots and few days later ..I had clumsy accident ::)..by then I didn't know anymore which dish was which seed.. ::) after that I've been trying to re-sow..
But tomorrow I'm going to have a little poke in my jiffy's to see if anything is happening..if not ..one more try and in wet paper it is again..
My toms this year.. well none, at least not yet.
Because I was not certain I would get a Canadian lottie this year I wasn't sure if I would be able to grow anything other than a couple of Tumblers in hanging baskets but... I did promise to start a selection of different toms for my best friend and her married children who have always grown basic garden centre stuff so I planted just two seeds of the varieties below. The idea was different shapes, colours and harvesting dates. Of course it also gave me the satisfaction of being able to plant for someone!!!
Orange Banana
Whippersnapper
Japanese Black Trifele
Purple Calabash
Mary Robinson German bi color
Piccolo
Black Cherry
Fireworks
Tommy Toe
Big Beef
Ananas Noir
Sugary
San Marzano
Manitoba
Jersey Devil
Bush Early Girl
Ferline
OTV Brandywine
Matina
Jolly
Lillian's Yellow
Rose Beauty
Of course both seeds germinated and as I now DO have my Canadian lottie I will be able to keep the second plant for myself..
meanwhile.. I shall still be planting this week what I really want for myself..list to follow.
XX Jeannine
And my other half thinks I have a tomato addiction. He has no idea. ;D It barely even registers on the tom-crazyometer.
This year' I've got 11 varieties growing away with that wonderful tomatoey zest for life:
Gardener's Delight
Golden Plum
Golden Sunrise
Ildi
Italia
Maskotka
Moneymaker
Pineapple
Roma
Super Marmande
and Tigerella
Now suffering tomato envy reading all your lovely lists, particularly for the lack of any black toms in my lot.
For next year, which black/ black-ish toms are your faves?
Quote from: greensausage on April 24, 2010, 22:24:12
Grubs Mystery Green
This is a great tomato, I've grown it for about 4 seasons and we love it on sandwiches. One that makes our list each year.
Paul Robeson XX Jeannine
Jeannine..did you manage to take much seed stock with you when moving overe there or is it all bought from over there?
Quote from: triffid on April 25, 2010, 01:15:55
For next year, which black/ black-ish toms are your faves?
I second Paul Robeson, although the harvest for me is not big, still well worth it though. I also enjoy Black Master, Black from Tula and Black Krim.
Grubs Mystery Green is one I'm very much looking forward to trying too this year ;D
My list this year is a little shorter than some, I have my addiction under control now.
Gardeners Delight
Saint-Pierre (seeds bought in France)
Moneymaker
San Marzano
Costoluto Fioretino
All doing OK at the mo!
I'm trying to work out where I'm going to fit all of mine!
ahhh I love dark coloured tomatoes! My favourite so far is 'Purple Cherokee', which looked STUNNING, with a rosy-pink base, darkening in deepening purple brush strokes to the top. And the flavour was incredible. They were fat juicy beefsteaks which were so sweet but also a bit winey/smokey. Just generally amazing.
I can't believe that when I was a kid I thought tomatoes were disgusting. I'm totally hooked now and can't wait for those little plants on my windowsill to grow up and produce a big crop this year! Will post about the results of what I'm growing in a few months time.
I love Japanese Black Trifele, yields well for me and holds out against foliar diseases better than most.
My 22 varieties?
I can`t remember sat here but you can be assured Money Maker is not one of them.
Some I like but am not growing this year include; Sungold,Aunt Madge
Caspian Pink,Black from Tula,Black Seaman,Cherokee Purple,Yellow Brandywine--the list would be longer than those I am growing this year ;D
Good life, I took everything I had, I wasn't sure wether I was allowed and daren't ask so we popped packets inside teapots, shoes, evrywhere, it was a heck of a job when we unpacked , mind you a lot of it had been bought there. When I flew I had some rare seeds that were sent to me after the furniture left..they travelled very well in my bra!!
Of course I have been back a year so have added some now.
I do find most everything can be got these days, I think if you are serious about seeds you have to think and shop globally, or develop swappers in other countries.
XX Jeannine
There are loads of swaps available in the US and Canada if you look around. Often varieties you can't find over here.
Our outside night temps have been running 3.3 to 7 degrees C. (38-45 F.) and
our tomatoes have been planted outside a couple weeks now. Most of them
are looking like they're holding their own- of course covered with plastic milk jugs
at night. "Cherokee Purple" are especially bushy and growing strongly, but strangely
"Subarctic" are just sitting there despite their brave and boastful name.
Quote from: Jeannine on April 25, 2010, 19:45:23
..they travelled very well in my bra!
XX Jeannine
;D ;D ;D..did you have to buy larger cup size bra...for the special mission..l ;D
Well, there's only two of us (and a nearly four month bump, but that's not eating much in the way of toms yet!). I was planning six plants, which gave us a decent crop for eating/canning last year, but am now running at 10 I think as I haven't quite given enough away. Bit worried about how I'm going to fit everything in as we don't have a huge area. Are just in the process of moving and the new house has no garden that isn't patio or woodchip so this year will have loads of space for grow bags. Next year may have greenhouse so might be able to be a bit more adventurous with the selection.
Oh lets hope we get even half decent summer ...you need all the help to get some crop from outdoor ones....last three years I haven't got any...rain,rain,rain...blight..... >:(
OK,, did I miss some thing here!!!! JayB you started this thread but where is your list?? Come on...
Well I planted my " for me" list today, some are swaps, thank you to those who recognise their own.
Juliet,
Tim's Black Ruffles
Humph
Delicious
Mashenka
Harvard Square
Maiden's Kiss
Sadko Pink
Orlinoe Serdtse
Black Zebra Cherry
Beauty King
Pork Chop
Green Zebra Cherry
Chernamor
Boars Hoof
Black and Crown Boar
Brad's Black Heart
Pink Boar
Berkley Tie Dye (red)
Madame Jardels Black
Sasha'a Pride
Couple of experimental ones.
And left a small pot ready for Queen of Hearts which is in the mail.
If they arrive in time I ordered a few from over the line but I will be pushing it.
So all tucked up under my new grow light garden..it is so smashing to have!
Your list please Jayb
XX Jeannine
I am only growing-
Green Grape
Japanese Trifle Black
Red Alert
Balconi Red
Wladek's
Tigerella
Blaby Special
White Wonder
Costoluto Fiorentino
Gold Rush Current
Gardener's Delight
Prudence Purple
Garden Peach
Fuzzy Peach
Grace Lahmans Pink
Oilrose
San Marzano 2
Chocolate Cherokee
Maskotka
La Roma 2
Fablonelistnys
Bijskij Zeltyi
I planted four of each thinking some may not germinate and you can guess what has happened.
Do you find that one year you give plants away and the next people start looking expectant, grow bags at the ready?
We do spread happiness.
Luckily I haven't "adverticed" too much...I have some regurlars who get plants from me and I've been happy to keep to that...actually I have found some people almost scared to grow something which name doesn't sound "English"..or in line moneymaker etc.. ;D
Quote from: GrannieAnnie on April 25, 2010, 19:54:18
Our outside night temps have been running 3.3 to 7 degrees C. (38-45 F.) and
our tomatoes have been planted outside a couple weeks now. Most of them
are looking like they're holding their own- of course covered with plastic milk jugs
at night. "Cherokee Purple" are especially bushy and growing strongly, but strangely
"Subarctic" are just sitting there despite their brave and boastful name.
I thought Sub-arctic Plenty's trick was being developed by the US armed forces to handle the insanely long days they get in midsummer in their Alaskan and Greenland bases (if they still ahve Greenland bases), most plants can't exploit the daylength because their CO
2transprt system gets clogged up with oxygen, they need a dark spell to sort themselves out....SAP is just more efficient (rather than having the alternate transport systmes that some plants do)
chrisc
I am being reasonable also so have:
Marmande beefsteaks (haven't had luck with them previously but hoping this year for no blight)
Moneymaker (why do people moan about this? I am trying them, if they are tasty, the seeds are cheap enough, if not, guess I haven't lost much)
Gardener's Delight (trying on A4A recommendations ;D)
Tigerella, which i grew last year and loved
Totem, which is a bush type with small tomatoes
Pannovy which need pricking out now
Herzfeuer which i got from Lidl but which gave me lovely sweet salad toms in the past couple of years
and something called an Ananas, which is a yellow beefsteak, someone saved seed for me, so it's a bit of a gamble, might turn out totally weird.
I stopped doing the long Italian types as I found they got the rot too much. Also I really love eating them raw rather than cooked ;D
My `display` has been out for a couple of days now.
If I had the room on the blackboard I woud have chalked..
Tomato* Plants 60p
Cucumbers £1.15
*But if you want Moneymaker keep driving as they sell them at the Garden Centre three miles away for 79p.
As it is it`s just the top two lines without the asterisk ;)
Ananas
Ananas noir?--it`s on probation this year,it didn`t perform well last year but I`m not perfect so it`s getting a second chance
I have Ananas the orginal pineapple and Ananaa Noir the more recent black pineapple Cleo, which one is being baughty XX Jeannine
Quote from: Jeannine on April 25, 2010, 22:49:11
OK,, did I miss some thing here!!!! JayB you started this thread but where is your list?? Come on...
Your list please Jayb
XX Jeannine
I don't mean to be avoidant, but I can't cope with a list at the moment as I'm evading how many I've got growing in the hope it will help them all fit in! It does seem to be a ridiculous amount of varieties though and several grow outs :o I don't know what I'm thinking of, just obsession I guess. If I'm brave enough I'll add some in later.
What I'm most looking forward to changes on a daily basis and seeing flowers starting to open is just a tease, but brings it all that little bit closer ;D
Liking your lists though Jeannine and MarkfieldR. I can't wait to hear how quickly they progress.
Cleo that's a fab idea, just wish I had some people going past.
looking like I may have to try Japanese Black Trifele as so many of you have this on your lists
I had a look on ebay, can't remember what I was looking for. A Femspot cucumber sold for £4.20 + £1.99 P&P. Amazing.
Hi everyone from sunny Portugal!
I have sown three types of tomato this year - Tigrella, Black Cherry, and some seeds I bought in Crete around 5 or 6 years ago! The Tigrella have been slow to germinate and not so strong looking. The Black Cherries are doing well and as for the Cretian ones! Well, I thought that as I had had these big beefsteak type seeds for SO long, I had better sow quite a few as they may have poor germination. NO WAY !! They popped up first from their slightly larger reddish seeds, in large quantities and now I have grown them on in pots, they are really big strong plants! I just hope they taste as good as the ones we found in the restaurants out there ! I am looking forward to our first summer and first veg here in Portugal!
SusanJ....I can just see you picking your salad plate in restaurant ..just to save some seeds into a napkin ;D ;D....did it happen like that?
Good luck for you firs harvest...I bet you are a little ahead with season over there :)
Welcome to A4A Susan.... hope you enjoy the challenge of gardening in Portugal! :)
This is my list till now;Giant red
Stupice
Norms cross
Rhodes heirloom
Allicante
Caspian pink
Basinga
Native sun
Buckbee new
Chapman
Wayahead
Early kus ali
Chudo rinka
Woodle orange
Thessalonili
Crimson cushion
Eli
O.S.U blue fruit
Georgische fleischtomate
Wes
Sebastopol
Moneymaker
Beefmaster
Tomberries
Koral rannikh
Wapsipinicon peach
Murhurlu
Volovsko srce
Wins all
Spudakee purple
Bloody butcher
Beijing yellow
Tlacolula pink
Clint eastwood rowdy red
Palmiras northern italian
Clear pink early
White oxheart
Hong yuen
Jeffs mystery pink oxheart
That is all maybe i will sow some dwarves,for in the border.You cant have enough toms. ;D ;D ;D
Oh Ruud..your list looks delicious ;D...let me know when you are ready for few swaps ;) Some of those names are truly weird...can't even twist my tong to try say them.... ;D
Goodlife you havenot to pronounce them,just eat them and enjoy ;D ;D ;D ;D
mother allways told not to eat and talk same time... ;D but pronouncing some of those will sound same...
Oh boy..I do not need encouraging for to eat....some times I have enjoyed too much and felt like there is shloshing sounds coming from my tummy..so much toms in one go... ;D ;D...and the enjoyment factor?....over the the scale! ;D ;D
Not crazy..getting mad :o..I have just sorted my greenhouses...all toms are grouped by where they are going to and cordons and bush ones separated..now I only have my own plants left...ahh..pressure off..... ::)...or is it...?
OH came back from work and asked if I have some spare outdoor toms for a mate...?..nope...."surely our of all that?" ::)
So I ended up going back to lottie and taking some cuttings... ::)..I've done with tom seeds for this season..for sowing I should say.. ;D
well I was worrying about my tomato plant addiction! I can stop worrying now :o i really really want some Box car Willy seeds, i read about them the other day and am now determined to get them but cash flow probs are preventing me. I will not be defeated!
Ginny, Heirloom seeds in America have box car willie.
A Femspot cucumber sold for £4.20 + £1.99 P&P. Amazing.
That`s obscene,I know F1 seed is expensive but all I can say is ` a fool and their money`
Jeannine-it`s Ananas Noir on probation.
And sales here have gone crazy !!-after years I seem to have converted the good folk of the region,no Money Maker or the `usual` suspects` but toms I like(well one has to have a few `tumbler`) 200 plants sold in a week.
Thanks grannyjammy I will have a look on there. I think I have a bit of space left for another few tomato plants. :D Of course looking at seed sites makes you want more doesn't it? I will have to resist or take the back wall off the house and replace it with glass.
Cleo, I was dissapointed with Ananas Noire but I have grown it again to make sure it wasn't a one off seed. I found it bland almost tastless and the skin seemed soft..not at all what I expected.
What did you find wrong?
XX Jeannine
What did you find wrong?
It didn`t crop well and the flavour was nothing special. But it was in the least favourable spot in the tunnel so I am giving it another chance this year