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jennifer28 · January 11, 2012

Carolyn,

Warning: just my opinion

I used to only grow hybrids at one point in my life. Then I got really annoyed with the "suicide seeds" that are meant to be sterile. And I decided that if I purchased those seeds, then I was promoting more production of something that is not good for our world for many reasons. So I stopped buying and growing those.

Here is the rational part: I wanted to have varieties that I knew grew well in my area and growing conditions. What better way to do that than to experiment with heirlooms and save the seeds from ones that worked well for me? I could save a lot of money that way, too. So that is what I did.

What I would truly recommend growing:
You may want to try heirlooms that were designed for market and commercial purposes. This way you get some disease resistance and a plant that was bread to bear a lot of fruit and to be dependable. Tomatoes in this list would be:
Campbell's 146 (you can order them from Sand Hill Preservation)
Rutgers
Campbell's 1327
New Yorker
Heinz H9129
Pakmore (these you can get on ebay)

The rest of the seeds you could get from Tatiana's Tomatobase or Tomatofest. Those are both wonderful suppliers.

I hope you find what works for you! Thank you for reading.

January 11, 2012	#11
jennifer28 Two-faced Drama Queen Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Bellevue Psychiatric Hospital Posts: 955	my opinion- again, just an opinion Carolyn, Warning: just my opinion I used to only grow hybrids at one point in my life. Then I got really annoyed with the "suicide seeds" that are meant to be sterile. And I decided that if I purchased those seeds, then I was promoting more production of something that is not good for our world for many reasons. So I stopped buying and growing those. Here is the rational part: I wanted to have varieties that I knew grew well in my area and growing conditions. What better way to do that than to experiment with heirlooms and save the seeds from ones that worked well for me? I could save a lot of money that way, too. So that is what I did. What I would truly recommend growing: You may want to try heirlooms that were designed for market and commercial purposes. This way you get some disease resistance and a plant that was bread to bear a lot of fruit and to be dependable. Tomatoes in this list would be: Campbell's 146 (you can order them from Sand Hill Preservation) Rutgers Campbell's 1327 New Yorker Heinz H9129 Pakmore (these you can get on ebay) The rest of the seeds you could get from Tatiana's Tomatobase or Tomatofest. Those are both wonderful suppliers. I hope you find what works for you! Thank you for reading.