Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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April 7, 2013 | #1 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: San Diego,Ca
Posts: 462
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Yout thoughts on these cherry/plum types, need help choosing
I would love some feedback on a few types of cherry and plum tomatoes. I will be growing them in 7gal. containers.
Please help me choose 4-5 to try. Pros and Cons would be appreciated. I have these to pick from: Black plum Gold cherry Juliet Wild cherry Green grape Pink ping pong Chocolate cherry Black cherry Any info on others not listed would be great too, so I can add them to my looking for list. Thanks so much |
April 8, 2013 | #2 | |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Vermont
Posts: 1,001
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Juliet is a trouper plant in my garden - it grows vigorously and produces copiously no matter what blights and molds infect its neighbors. The fruit is a bit larger than most cherries, and is not the sweetest, but they make great chopped tomatoes for pico de gallo, or salsa, if you chop, salt, and let drain for a few minutes. Green grape I found to be a nice, sweet, green tomato - it's going back in my garden this year. Nice for tasty color variety in a bowl of snackers. Black Cherry took me a little while to warm up to, until I found I was picking them a bit under ripe - they need to be dead ripe to have much flavor, but then, Oh my! And productive! I had a couple of plants in my greenhouse, and they grew (and kept producing) until they were well over 17' long, (I strung them horizontally after they hit 7'high from side-to-side in the GH) almost to the end of October (zone 4/3 border!) And they dehydrate fantastically, if you can get extras. But that's all from your list I have any experience with. Shawn
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April 8, 2013 | #3 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: San Diego,Ca
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Thank you for the input Shawn. This is my first time growing anything and it's a great help to hear from folks about the different kinds of tomatoes that they have experiance with. I've read about them all but it doesn't tell everything about them. I will try the Juliet and Green grape. I haven't had any luck with the black cherry germinating, they were from a trade. Maybe I should get some fresh seeds and try again. Thanks again for the info!
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April 10, 2013 | #4 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: copperas cove TEXAS
Posts: 637
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i can only give you input on 2.the black cherry is one of my favorite for flavor and its prolific.the black plum is so so in flavor but you get enough to feed a army.
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