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AKmark January 23, 2014 01:56 PM

New Big Dwarf
 
I found this one at TGS, and it was listed as a 60 day dwarf from before 1915. Looking elsewhere, it seems it is more commonly listed as a 90 day variety. Anyway, I took note of the parents and bought a pack from TGS.
Has anybody here tried this variety? I cannot find much here on it.
Thanks MO

Wi-sunflower January 23, 2014 02:45 PM

I've grown it and would say it's a productive variety somewhere between both of those numbers. For a dwarf it has decent medium sized fruit.

Carol

KarenO January 23, 2014 03:03 PM

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Hi Mark,
I grew it outdoors in a bed last summer. One of the later ones to ripen for me, not until September in my garden. It's a nice tomato though, good size, nice shape, pink and tasty. Next to the GWR emerald giant the most productive of the few dwarfs I grew but a bit late for outdoors in my area. I think I would grow it in a pot next time so I could move it into the greenhouse for a few extra weeks at the end of the season.
I know taste is variable and subjective but for me it had a big traditional tomato flavor, not sweet.
Karen

nancyruhl January 23, 2014 03:10 PM

I grow it every year. It is a great red beefsteak on a dwarf plant. I grow it in an "earthbox" and that speeds up the growth as the soil warms much quicker. As I recall, it doesn't come in early as Rosella Purple or Summertime Gold, but it certainly isn't as late as 90 days. I would say it is more like 75 days. I think you will be happy with it.

Worth1 January 23, 2014 03:12 PM

Mark I grew a row of 50 plants one year and I liked it.
Short stocky and about the only thing you need to support them is a stick.:)

One of the first to put on fruit which is good for yours and my growing season.
Yours because of the cold mine because of the heat.

Worth

zipcode January 23, 2014 03:47 PM

Good taste, thin skin, productive, quite big fruit (around 350g - 0.7 lb?)
Prone to catfacing, disease magnet - needs dry conditions.
The disease part makes me not plant it anymore unfortunately, starts very well but just doesn't get far.

KarenO January 23, 2014 04:46 PM

[QUOTE=nancyruhl;388185]I grow it every year. It is a great red beefsteak on a dwarf plant. I grow it in an "earthbox" and that speeds up the growth as the soil warms much quicker. As I recall, it doesn't come in early as Rosella Purple or Summertime Gold, but it certainly isn't as late as 90 days. I would say it is more like 75 days. I think you will be happy with it.[/QUOTE]



NBD is described as a pink tomato when I look it up. The ones I grew were pink as well.
Karen

AKmark January 23, 2014 07:18 PM

Thanks everyone, I am going to try them in smart pots, two per pot. I will post the results. Thanks again.
Karen they are actually in an envelope now. (lol) Worth, it is strange how both of us has a short growing season.

amideutch January 24, 2014 12:46 AM

One of the first varieties I grew after joining TVille. I was and still am impressed by this variety. Many of the Dwarf Project varieties has NBD in the lineage.

[url]http://www.tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=2470&highlight=New+Big+Dwarf[/url]

feldon30 January 24, 2014 11:45 AM

It's a remarkable pink beefsteak. Love the flavor and fruit size considering how small the plant is.[URL]http://tatianastomatobase.com/wiki/New_Big_Dwarf[/URL]

creister February 7, 2014 11:15 AM

I'll echo the others, it is productive and tasty.

Greatgardens February 15, 2014 04:01 PM

I'll dissent. Grew it last summer in an Earthbox. Well grown. Biggest tomato was probably 6 oz; most 3-4 oz, "gnarly-looking" toms. (Size is basically the same as Dwarf Champion.) Perhaps it doesn't like containers? My seed was from a reputable source.
-GG

dfollett February 15, 2014 09:37 PM

Produced ok, but everything was catfaced

Irv Wiseguy February 17, 2014 10:01 PM

I'm growing them for the first time this year too. Interested to see how well they do in a 10 gallon pot.

Irv

amideutch February 18, 2014 12:46 AM

No problem growing NBD in containers. My seed source was

[url]http://www.victoryseeds.com/tomato_new-big-dwarf.html[/url]


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