Orange Jazz

[Hudson_WY]

Here is our photo experience with "Orange Jazz" so far this season. It sure is prolific! The plant has been very healthy, aggressive and disease resistant for us. I hope the taste is as good as what others have written about Orange Jazz! It won't be long now until we find out!

[Fred Hempel]

Great job! Your plants look great!

[Koala Doug]

Those photos are amazing... I certainly hope you continue to update this thread as the season progresses.

[Tormato]

My first Orange Jazz "seedling" didn't make it. The one seed produced two seedlings that each lacked chlorophyll. Edgar and Johnny Winter, anyone?



The second seed was a success.

[Fred Hempel]

One seed?

Tormato, you like to live dangerously!

[BigVanVader]

OJ is a beast. If the tomatoes were a bit smaller it would be pretty close to perfect. Fun as hell to grow too, seeing all those huge maters

[Hudson_WY]

Originally Posted by Koala Doug

Those photos are amazing... I certainly hope you continue to update this thread as the season progresses.

Yes - I’ll will update as the plant progresses. I am very interested to see if the fruit has a fibery core as many have noted.

[Hudson_WY]

Originally Posted by BigVanVader

OJ is a beast. If the tomatoes were a bit smaller it would be pretty close to perfect. Fun as hell to grow too, seeing all those huge maters

I hope that includes the taste? Do you like it’s taste? How would you describe it?

[clkeiper]

yours is a beauty. I grew it last year and had only one plant. I was a bit disappointed for what I like in a tomato, it was beautiful, just a little too soft and bland for me. taste and texture is a preference. maybe you will think it is to die for. but it is beautiful. maybe I will try it again next year to see if it was an anomaly or it just isn't one I love. I liked the texture of sweet ozark orange much better.

[BigVanVader]

The taste is good. A bit more acidic than I like in a orange tomato, but many family members & customers loved it. Taste is so subjective, but it most defiantly isn't bland. Some of the bigger ones tend to have a core, but when they weigh 2lbs that is typical.

[Fred Hempel]

Sometimes it does. Often it doesn't.

Originally Posted by Hudson_WY

Yes - I’ll will update as the plant progresses. I am very interested to see if the fruit has a fibery core as many have noted.

[Fred Hempel]

As with some of our other tomatoes, the best flavor and texture are often present before the fruits reach "full" color.

Sometimes picking "early" is the solution.

Originally Posted by clkeiper

yours is a beauty. I grew it last year and had only one plant. I was a bit disappointed for what I like in a tomato, it was beautiful, just a little too soft and bland for me. taste and texture is a preference. maybe you will think it is to die for. but it is beautiful. maybe I will try it again next year to see if it was an anomaly or it just isn't one I love. I liked the texture of sweet ozark orange much better.

[MarlynnMarcks]

I grew it and it produced a few very large tomatoes with mild but delicious taste

[ginger2778]

Fibrous huge core here. I might need better seeds.Tried it twice, just to be fair.

[Fred Hempel]

Interesting.


Tomatoes are unpredictable. Orange Jazz is one of those that has a high ceiling, but it seems to be variable depending on climate, soil and probably some other things as well.

Originally Posted by ginger2778

Fibrous huge core here. I might need better seeds.Tried it twice, just to be fair.