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Originally Posted by efisakov
Hi, Alfredo,
how is your Pruden's Purple production and taste? Is it worth growing?
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Hello Ella,
Pruden's Purple has always produced very well for me, I've grown it several times and in different gardens in NJ. It does become a monster of a plant in size (I've easily grown it to 8-9ft each time, gets a little tricky to give those support using my wannabe "homemade bamboo extensions"
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But I love the challenge of growing the various heirloom indeterminate tomato plants that big.
More foliage=more flavor in my opinion. And well, it just looks so lush having a tomato plant that big (I have 2 Pruden's Purple plants this season, both are getting to the 8ft high mark soon).
I would highly recommend growing Pruden's Purple at least once. It's been my favorite tasting/producing tomato variety for the past 10 years.
If it's as productive for you as it has been for me I think you'll be pleased with it. It definitely has a taste profile comparable to the Red Brandywine (Landis Valley) which I just tried for the first time this season.
If you do give it a try, I hope you like it as much as I do.
~Alfredo