Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Anmore, BC, Canada
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Black Krim, Carbon, and Noire Charbonneuse are really awesome purple/black tomatoes, in addition to Cherokee Purple.
I love Paul Robeson too.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: zone 5b northwest connecticut
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i used to always get good cp but in the past years it is hit or miss. very few fruits, plants die early, taste is off. when it is good it is great and when it isn't then it isn't worth growing. i thought it was seeds i was saving and so i bought seed from tgs, same problems.
one and only one year it had smoky flavor and that was the best year ever. growing it again this year and the plant is again very short, not many fruits, i'm starting to think it just isn't worth it as there are many others that are as good and better than aren't so problematic. tom
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#18 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: North Charleston,South Carolina, USA
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Romania/Germany , z 4-6
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Chernomor is my favourite black for now (the PL indeterminate one). Has a stronger flavor, and less sweet, and a great color inside. Texture a tad mealy however, and goes bad much faster than Indian stripe. Indian stripe is also very good, if only it were less sweet, and less catfacy.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Evansville, IN
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#21 |
Two-faced Drama Queen
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Bellevue Psychiatric Hospital
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I am SO not naming names as to who still writes about CP and IS not being related...
LOL As I wrote, I wouldn't know 100% unless I actually had them genetically tested and what is most important to me is that they both taste good ![]() |
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#22 |
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Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Bellevue Psychiatric Hospital
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Ok, I decided that I WILL indeed name names.
It's Leeroy Jenkins. He insists they are not related and won't stop blogging about it. If you don't know who he is, google him. |
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#23 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Long Island NY
Posts: 1,992
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Good one Jennifer!
Leeeeeeeeeeerooooy........ |
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Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Bellevue Psychiatric Hospital
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
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I've cut back from growing hundreds of varieties each year, (and doing taste tests and reviews on them), to growing only twenty tomato plants this year. Therefore I had to eliminate hundreds of my favorites and go with the best of the best. Paul Robeson was one of those eliminated a few years back. It just doesn't produce the numbers of tomatoes that those remaining blacks do. Those still being grown also taste better than many of the older varieties that I used to grow. I don't know about your area, but for me here in south central Pa. I highly recommend the Blacks I continue growing year after year: Amazon Chocolate, Dana's Dusky Rose, Bear Creek, and Black Master. I still prefer my Pinks even more, those like: Cowlick Brandywine, Brandywine Glicks, Brandywine Sudduths, Liz Birt, Barlow Jap, Earl's Faux, German Johnson-Benton Strain, Purple Dog Creek, Terhune, and my DDRXBW-C (a Dana's Dusky Rose/Brandywine-Cowlick cross) Not just great in taste, but also high in production and are good sized slicers. The only red was Tarasenko6 but it went down in one of the many severe wind storms to hit our area, as did my German Johnson-Benton Strain from original seed (not the seed from last years grafted plant) and my P.L. Liz Birt. I'll miss them but I should get enough from those still remaining to fulfill my needs. Good Luck and Enjoy! Camo |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Wasilla Alaska
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Thanks for the list which was well recieved, I will try your suggestions next year. Also, thanks for the list of pinks, I lovem too, Caspian Pink, Brandywine Sudduth's and Heirloom, Mrs Maxwell's are my favorites. Thanks again, Mark O.
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#27 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: peru, Iowa zone 5a
Posts: 167
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What I am hearing a lot of is that Cherokee Purple and Indian Stripe are very similar in appearance and taste, but people have a lot less trouble with Indian Stripe.
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#28 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: peru, Iowa zone 5a
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What exactly is catface. Does anyone have a picture.
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#29 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: zone 6b, PA
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#30 |
Two-faced Drama Queen
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Bellevue Psychiatric Hospital
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Kath, you could sell that one on ebay! Love it.
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