Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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January 2, 2020 | #1 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Santa Monica, CA
Posts: 64
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Best New Tomato From Last Year and Your Must Grows Every Year
Hi All,
I wondered if you had some new discoveries last year in regard to tomatoes that you will actually be growing again. Also, what are your 5 favorite must grows? I didn't discover a new one I want to grow again but here are some of my must grows every year. Sweet Treats - pink cherry type. So sweet and delicious. Chika - red cherry type. Plant stay small maybe 5 feet max. Really flavorful and sweet Sunchocola - Purple cherry type. Richness of a black tomato in little package. Orange Paruche - Looks exactly like Sungold with an added savoriness. Aunt Ruby's German Green - Large Beefsteak. Rich, sweet with some tang. It's got it all. Rosella Purple - dwarf purple Beefsteak. Richness and sweet like all the blacks but in a smaller plant. There you have it. My must grows. Good luck to all in 2020. Karma |
January 2, 2020 | #2 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Sykesville, MD
Posts: 42
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New one's for me that will make another rotation are Amish Rose and Cherokee Green
In every rotation is: Sungold F1 Cherokee Purple Neves Azorean Red Marianna's Peace |
January 2, 2020 | #3 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Posts: 3,194
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Every year is Sungold and Post Office Spoonful. Still searching for "must-grow" big ones.
Last year's really good one, great taste & production, would grow again: Butter Apple (seds from J&L) Last year's good one, great taste, gorgeous, but light on production: Dark Galaxy. |
January 2, 2020 | #4 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: connecticut,usa
Posts: 1,150
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Husky cherry red.
Good heat resistance and was one of the last plants standing. Semi determinate so you get flushes of pick-able tomatoes. Also easy to clone. |
January 2, 2020 | #5 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: MA
Posts: 4,958
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Every year is...
SunGold Aunt Ginny's Purple Stump Of The World Seek-No-Further Love Apple** Swoon** Bacon Lettuce and This** perhaps a new, unnamed, unstable, cherry co-discovery** Hundreds more every 2nd, 3rd, 4th, or 5th year. **I'm slightly partial to my own discoveries, and like to trial them against many other tomatoes. Best "new" one for me is Olive Hill. But, I stay generally a year or two behind others in trialing varieties, waiting to see consistently great reviews over a few years. |
January 2, 2020 | #6 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Montreal
Posts: 1,140
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Absolute must grows for me are: Rebel Yell, Momotaro OP, ISPL, Sungold. NAR usually has a rotation. Tried Dotson Lebanese Heart last summer and it might make it’s way back. I am still deciding if Black Cherry will be back- and other than that, still deciding.
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January 2, 2020 | #7 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: SE PA
Posts: 53
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Finally got Ambrosia Orange to grow true. It's spectacular. If you like super-sweet cherries, It's a must grow.
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January 2, 2020 | #8 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Back in da U.P.
Posts: 1,839
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three from my anna russian cross project.
a smallish orange plum tomato i will call lempi line. a saladette size oxheart type i will call aili line. a fat pink plum shaped i will call mama helen line. also plan to grow out red field cherry cross again to make sure flavor is consistent from plant to plant. unsure what stage this one is at. keith
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January 2, 2020 | #9 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Santa Monica, CA
Posts: 64
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Thank you. I will try it!
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January 2, 2020 | #10 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Santa Monica, CA
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Thank you Sharon. I think this is the year I will try Rebel Yell. Lots of people seem to love it.
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January 3, 2020 | #11 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: MA/NH Border
Posts: 4,917
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Last year I finally discovered what all the fuss was about Sungold. I get it now, and I'll gladly plunk down my pennies every four-five years for new pack of seeds.
Also started exploring more of the dwarfs and last year tried Sleeping Lady and Golden Gypsy -- both will be back! |
January 3, 2020 | #12 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Finland, EU
Posts: 2,550
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Last year’s best tasting.. if only I could remember..!
Probably one of the cherries - Dr Carolyn. Only approproate, as a memorial to Carolyn who passed away last summer. I will grow it again this season. Another must each year.. something black. Crimean or Tula, never mind! Also.. a pink cocktail from Russia Something green Yellow plum shaped Last edited by NarnianGarden; January 3, 2020 at 08:35 AM. |
January 3, 2020 | #13 | |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Sykesville, MD
Posts: 42
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January 3, 2020 | #14 | |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: MA
Posts: 4,958
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My guess is that you like SunGold in the just barely underripe (to most of us) stage. The darker it gets, the sweeter it gets, until it then gets overripe and losses almost everything. A SunGold is a terrible thing to waste. |
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January 3, 2020 | #15 | |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: MA
Posts: 4,958
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Wasn't it Noire de Crimee? |
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