Bred by Johnnys (JohnnySeeds.com)

Barb_FL · August 7, 2018

I'm about order CherryBomb (F1 Cherry) and wondered what experiences you had with other Bred By Johnny's tomatoes.

Here's the bred by Johnny tomato list:
http://www.johnnyseeds.com/search/?q...to+&lang=en_US

I like thin skinned cherry tomatoes. In the '17-18 year I grew these hybrids: several of SunSeries, Esterina, Sakura. All performed/tasted great.

I also have a dehydrator now and the end of season tomatoes still left on the vine in July while I was tearing down the plant were great dehydrated.

BTW - I didn't know Johnny's developed Diva cucumber.

pmcgrady · August 7, 2018

Johnny's knows how to charge for seed, but they are good seeds...unfortunately most are hybrids or so they say.

Cole_Robbie · August 7, 2018

Taxi was one of their first varieties of tomato. It is an early yellow with massive yields. Flavor is mild and light, not anything like a late summer yellow tomato, but it is a great variety for market growers.

The Johnny's catalog basically tells me what I am going to see at market next summer. One family orders so much seed that they sent a sales rep to our market to talk to them in person. He asked me for directions. I saw his sales rep gear and mentioned that my market table earlier in the morning had been full of Artisan cherry tomatoes. He burst into a huge smile and gave me a hat. As he walked away, it occurred to me that he probably thought I bought the seeds from Johnny's, which was not the case.

NarnianGarden · August 8, 2018

Their Clementine cocktail tomato looks appealing, but then I am a sucker for orange/golden varieties (especially smaller ones) ..
But so many of those cultivars look the same - a red grape or cherry tomato, how unique and different can they really be?!

Worth1 · August 8, 2018

Witchcraft.

Worth

**carolyn137** · August 8, 2018

Quote:

Originally Posted by Barb_FL

I'm about order CherryBomb (F1 Cherry) and wondered what experiences you had with other Bred By Johnny's tomatoes.

Here's the bred by Johnny tomato list:
http://www.johnnyseeds.com/search/?q...to+&lang=en_US

I like thin skinned cherry tomatoes. In the '17-18 year I grew these hybrids: several of SunSeries, Esterina, Sakura. All performed/tasted great.

I also have a dehydrator now and the end of season tomatoes still left on the vine in July while I was tearing down the plant were great dehydrated.

BTW - I didn't know Johnny's developed Diva cucumber.

http://www.tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=37951

Carolyn

MickyT · August 8, 2018

I grew Cherrybomb last year as I wanted to test it's late blight resistance, but we didn't end up getting late blight at all. It is a good tasting, good yielding red cherry with uniform fruit and ripening. It's about average when it comes to cracking.

habitat_gardener · August 9, 2018

I'm growing Clementine F1 this year, from a plant I purchased locally. Until this week, it was outproducing SunSugar F1! Now SS has kicked in. Both started about a month ago -- around the same time as the 90+ temperatures.

Clementine is a beautiful tomato, very consistent, with a good flavor, though once the OPs/heirlooms started producing, I found I wasn't eating it as much.

Barb_FL · May 23, 2019

Updated Results from my Bred by Johnny's. Too bad I don't see a place to leave reviews on their site.

5 Star Grape - The most amazing, healthy, productive plant. My plant got hailed in late March and came back even more productive. It is a HUGE plant.

Cherry Bomb - In the fall, I was disappointed b/c I grew it in the same Earthbox as Nectar (Parkseed) and Nectar was superior in every way - larger, sweeter fruit.

BUT, taking cuttings and then clones of the plants, I'm loving Cherry Bomb. Very productive this spring.

I'm going to check out Clementine and some of the others for the fall season.

May 23, 2019

Quote:

Originally Posted by Barb_FL

Updated Results from my Bred by Johnny's. Too bad I don't see a place to leave reviews on their site.

5 Star Grape - The most amazing, healthy, productive plant. My plant got hailed in late March and came back even more productive. It is a HUGE plant.

Cherry Bomb - In the fall, I was disappointed b/c I grew it in the same Earthbox as Nectar (Parkseed) and Nectar was superior in every way - larger, sweeter fruit.

BUT, taking cuttings and then clones of the plants, I'm loving Cherry Bomb. Very productive this spring.

I'm going to check out Clementine and some of the others for the fall season.

Thanks, Barb.
Btw, I’ve grown Diva the last 2 years. Good cuke!

August 7, 2018	#1
Barb_FL Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Indialantic, Florida Posts: 1,999	Bred by Johnnys (JohnnySeeds.com) I'm about order CherryBomb (F1 Cherry) and wondered what experiences you had with other Bred By Johnny's tomatoes. Here's the bred by Johnny tomato list: http://www.johnnyseeds.com/search/?q...to+&lang=en_US I like thin skinned cherry tomatoes. In the '17-18 year I grew these hybrids: several of SunSeries, Esterina, Sakura. All performed/tasted great. I also have a dehydrator now and the end of season tomatoes still left on the vine in July while I was tearing down the plant were great dehydrated. BTW - I didn't know Johnny's developed Diva cucumber.

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August 7, 2018	#2
pmcgrady Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Central Illinois Posts: 1,836	Johnny's knows how to charge for seed, but they are good seeds...unfortunately most are hybrids or so they say.

August 7, 2018	#3
Cole_Robbie Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Illinois, zone 6 Posts: 8,407	Taxi was one of their first varieties of tomato. It is an early yellow with massive yields. Flavor is mild and light, not anything like a late summer yellow tomato, but it is a great variety for market growers. The Johnny's catalog basically tells me what I am going to see at market next summer. One family orders so much seed that they sent a sales rep to our market to talk to them in person. He asked me for directions. I saw his sales rep gear and mentioned that my market table earlier in the morning had been full of Artisan cherry tomatoes. He burst into a huge smile and gave me a hat. As he walked away, it occurred to me that he probably thought I bought the seeds from Johnny's, which was not the case.

August 8, 2018	#4
NarnianGarden Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Finland, EU Posts: 2,550	Their Clementine cocktail tomato looks appealing, but then I am a sucker for orange/golden varieties (especially smaller ones) .. But so many of those cultivars look the same - a red grape or cherry tomato, how unique and different can they really be?!

August 8, 2018	#5
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	Witchcraft. Worth

August 8, 2018	#7
MickyT Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2017 Location: North Vancouver, BC, Canada Posts: 46	I grew Cherrybomb last year as I wanted to test it's late blight resistance, but we didn't end up getting late blight at all. It is a good tasting, good yielding red cherry with uniform fruit and ripening. It's about average when it comes to cracking.

August 9, 2018	#8
habitat_gardener Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: California Central Valley Posts: 2,540	I'm growing Clementine F1 this year, from a plant I purchased locally. Until this week, it was outproducing SunSugar F1! Now SS has kicked in. Both started about a month ago -- around the same time as the 90+ temperatures. Clementine is a beautiful tomato, very consistent, with a good flavor, though once the OPs/heirlooms started producing, I found I wasn't eating it as much.

May 23, 2019	#9
Barb_FL Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Indialantic, Florida Posts: 1,999	Updated Results from my Bred by Johnny's. Too bad I don't see a place to leave reviews on their site. 5 Star Grape - The most amazing, healthy, productive plant. My plant got hailed in late March and came back even more productive. It is a HUGE plant. Cherry Bomb - In the fall, I was disappointed b/c I grew it in the same Earthbox as Nectar (Parkseed) and Nectar was superior in every way - larger, sweeter fruit. BUT, taking cuttings and then clones of the plants, I'm loving Cherry Bomb. Very productive this spring. I'm going to check out Clementine and some of the others for the fall season.