Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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October 15, 2016 | #31 |
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Medovaya Kaplya is a must-grow in our garden. Sweet, tastes very good, prolific.
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October 16, 2016 | #33 |
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http://www.victoryseeds.com/tomato_s...weet-gold.html
Summer Sweet Gold was amazing last year .......
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October 16, 2016 | #34 |
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PNW_D was SSG 90 days for you as Victory lists? Seems like a long time for a regular yellow tomato...
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October 16, 2016 | #35 |
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I'm in the Pacific Northwest Al .........
looking back at my tomato pics, it seems the first harvest of Summer Sweet Gold was Aug. 9th - which is relatively early for tomatoes here .... however, 2015 was one for the record books in terms of heat units and the plant was grown in a container http://pnwtomatoes.blogspot.ca/2015/...-tomatoes.html
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October 16, 2016 | #36 |
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I'm in the PNW also! I know how ripening can get delayed here, I was just curious if the 90 days Victoryseeds.com quoted as DTM was somewhat correct or not. So far out of 2 seasons for me the later varieties just haven't performed well for me at all such as pineapple.
I had a feeling the 90 days wasn't correct or it could have just been a off season. Al |
October 17, 2016 | #37 | |
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This is a good list of the released Dwarf T.P. varieties through 2015, with dtms and descriptions: http://nctomatoman.weebly.com/dwarf-tomato-project.html Steve |
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October 17, 2016 | #38 |
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Thanks James! I know the climate here in the PNW makes a lot of DTM's listed from elsewhere useless due to our cold nights and reduced humidity. I tend to trust Victoryseeds since they are just down the road (almost) from me. I was just curious what another fellow PNW gardner was experiencing with this one. It can be frustrating though how some varieties just don't perform here at all but I guess the people from all over the US feel the same way!
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June 1, 2017 | #39 | |
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Was esterina just more sweater than sun sugar or did it also "taste" better? And is esterina a true yellow cherry or it has same orange color as sunsugar/sungold? Last edited by Kunfayakun; June 1, 2017 at 07:47 AM. |
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June 1, 2017 | #40 |
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I think it's easier to find good tasting yellows/gold than reds for example. Reds tend to have a more acidic byte, but also much sweeter, yellows are generally more balanced to my tastebuds.
Galina cherry is a must grow. Azoychka is a bit more sour but in a good day it's fantastic (very soft though). Very early for it's size. Aunt Gertie's Gold also can be fantastic with the best texture in a tomato but it's legitimately stingy with production, tried in 2 different gardens. Sungold can be good, but splitting combined with really thick skin, and less than efficient in production, I pass on it now after a few years. |
June 1, 2017 | #41 |
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Lucky Cross and Dr Wyche's
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June 1, 2017 | #42 |
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A good Kellogg's breakfast takes me to another place......
Looks like I will have to try some of the others in this thread though. |
June 2, 2017 | #43 |
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I'm with Worth1 and "Lemon Boy"... yes, it's a hybrid but the flavor, shelf life and production are all great with this variety, and there are 4 plants out in the garden flowering like crazy.
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June 2, 2017 | #44 |
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For me its Sweet Ozark Orange and Dwarf Mr. Snow. Growing Summer Sweet Gold and Blazing beauty this year.
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June 3, 2017 | #45 |
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Little Sun is a delicious, compact variety
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