What is making a return to your garden in 2016?

[Lorri D]

Originally Posted by Fiishergurl

Nice! Love Sun Gold and Sun Sugar.... can you tell a difference in them? I can't really but I love them both. I'm growing NPS and Rebel Yell also... :-)

Nice list!!

Ginny in Florida

They do taste slightly different when you have one of each at the same time in the middle of summer.

The big difference for me is at the beginning of the season and at the end of the season. Sun Gold is better from the start and Sun Sugar ends the season better for me.

[efisakov]

* grew first time this year

Carbon Copy* (12 pounds) different taste than BC
Black Cherry (few plants) favorite cherry for years
Snow White* (14 pounds) great for pickling

Grightmire's Pride* (heart, pink) very good taste, 10.5 pounds
Claude Brown’s Y. Giant (y, RL) big meaty beefsteaks, picked 7 pounds and more green on
Biyskaya Roza* (p, RL) very good taste, 8.5 pounds
Grandfather Ashlock (p, PL) 10 pounds, tasty pink
Fred Limbaugh* (p, PL) good taste, 11 pounds
Black Master (bl, RL) early black, good taste, 10 pounds
Blackberry* (bl, RL) sweetest black this year no matter what, 11 pounds
Indian Stripe (bl, RL) and JD's Special C-Tex (bl, RL) both at 12.5 pounds
Barlow Jap (p, PL) after last year hiccup gave big juicy maters, 13 pounds
Cowlick Brandywine (p, PL) late starting variety already gave 14 pounds and keep going
Amazon chocolate (bl, RL) tasty black, big maters (got new better seeds)
Girl Girl's Weird Thing* (bl) good taste, nice looking too, 7 pounds
Elgin Pink* (p, PL) good taste, more than 20 pounds
Brandywine Sudduth (p, PL) nice taste, 14 pounds

there are more but I do not want to get you bored

[Lindalana]

I feel rather depressed. So many tomatoes I want to return but I have nearly full season worth of new tomato seeds already. Bummer really.

[efisakov]

Lindalana, vertical graft is great for that. Last year I did 3 varieties together, this year decided to go for two only.

[rhines81]

Definitely getting rid of the Patio Princess (too hard when ripe and not very flavorful) and Brandywine Pink (ugly PL variety and not very productive - haven't tasted yet though). Going to try the Garden Gem (from University of FL) and already have the seeds. Also going to grow 1 or 2 less Supersweet 100 cherry plant... they have started to ripen and I am about to be totally overrun by them! I'll probably also ditch the Big Boy and add a couple more San Marzanos and maybe try one Giant.

I have 8 pickling cucumber and 8 Marketmore cucumber plants, going to change that to 3 pickling cucumber and 6 Marketmore for 2016 and grow more beans and peas. I am currently up to my arse in cucumbers ... way too many!

Going to have to change up my sweet corn back to what I grew 2 years ago. This year they are very sweet, but VERY small and only 2 cobs per stalk.

Peppers ... I have a bountiful crop, still waiting to ripen but I will grow fewer Leutschauer Paprika and more Cubanelles. The rest of the balance is good but will probably skip the Red Pepper Poppers and add another sweet variety maybe a New Mex variety. Jalapeños (TAMs and Biker Billys) are prolific. Anaheims, Poblanos, Serranos, Habaneros and Cayennes are doing well too. The Northern Bells are doing OK too, will probably keep the same amount.

Will probably add some strawberries and spinach next year as well.

Over all a good year - late start, slow ripening, but pest free and bountiful!

[rhines81]

I forgot, this was the first year I grew lettuce (Black Seeded Simpson and Little Caesar) I am going to double up next near and stagger plantings ... This stuff was (is) delicious, better than any salads I have ever had. Radishes were plentiful and about to pick my 2nd planting. Beets and carrots I am still waiting on, but will probably plant the same quantities of those as well, but earlier next year. The beet tops are also a delicious addition to my salads.

[kygreg]

Originally Posted by Tormato

"Kardia Karpos"

Gary,

My knowing that it is not yet a "variety", what did it produce for you? Hearts? Beefsteaks? Both? PL? RL? Pink? Other color?

My one Kardia Karpos plant this year produced PL pink beefsteaks. They were the sweetest tasting large tomatoes in my garden this year.

Gary

I grew two plants; ditto what you said - PL pink beefsteaks. large and sweet fruits; the largest was about 2lbs; good production but not great. Will grow again; in fact this was my second or third year for them.

[SharonRossy]

I'm impressed with Momotaro. Sweet almost perfectly shaped fruit. Margaret curtain most likely. Cherokee green, Indian stripe NAR, black from Tula, and a bunch of new ones I want to try like George D. Italian, rebel yell, and a few more yet to be decided.

[Gardeneer]

Originally Posted by Lindalana

I feel rather depressed. So many tomatoes I want to return but I have nearly full season worth of new tomato seeds already. Bummer really.

I am also tempted to try a half a dozen or so new varieties that I have read rave
reviews on them like Cuostralie, Indian Stripe, Stumps of The World, AGG, Old German, Carmella, Sakharnyi Zheltyi (?), .. and few more. But the I have to cut back on the ones that have done well for me. 15 total varieties: My final answer.

[clkeiper]

Originally Posted by rhines81

Going to have to change up my sweet corn back to what I grew 2 years ago. This year they are very sweet, but VERY small and only 2 cobs per stalk.


Over all a good year - late start, slow ripening, but pest free and bountiful!

Just curious what you planted before and what you planted this year. I am also wondering how many ears you normally expect on a stalk of corn. I am always delighted if we hit fertilizing just right along with rain and pollination and get two ears per stalk, but that is an anomaly, I think.

[pauldavid]

For me, Indian Stripe is definitely making a return. Tough plant with good production and disease tolerance in my garden.

[Tracydr]

For sure:
Carbon Copy
Spudakee
Porter
One of the Cherokees

I will leave the rest open for now. Would like a large,meaty,productive paste. A heart. And something smooth and productive for making into stewed tomatoes/juice and salsa.
Will try to stay at 15 varieties or less. 1-3 of each variety,max.

[Tormato]

Originally Posted by efisakov

* grew first time this year

Carbon Copy* (12 pounds) different taste than BC
Black Cherry (few plants) favorite cherry for years
Snow White* (14 pounds) great for pickling

Grightmire's Pride* (heart, pink) very good taste, 10.5 pounds
Claude Brown’s Y. Giant (y, RL) big meaty beefsteaks, picked 7 pounds and more green on
Biyskaya Roza* (p, RL) very good taste, 8.5 pounds
Grandfather Ashlock (p, PL) 10 pounds, tasty pink
Fred Limbaugh* (p, PL) good taste, 11 pounds
Black Master (bl, RL) early black, good taste, 10 pounds
Blackberry* (bl, RL) sweetest black this year no matter what, 11 pounds
Indian Stripe (bl, RL) and JD's Special C-Tex (bl, RL) both at 12.5 pounds
Barlow Jap (p, PL) after last year hiccup gave big juicy maters, 13 pounds
Cowlick Brandywine (p, PL) late starting variety already gave 14 pounds and keep going
Amazon chocolate (bl, RL) tasty black, big maters (got new better seeds)
Girl Girl's Weird Thing* (bl) good taste, nice looking too, 7 pounds
Elgin Pink* (p, PL) good taste, more than 20 pounds
Brandywine Sudduth (p, PL) nice taste, 14 pounds

there are more but I do not want to get you bored

Ella, this is Tomatoville.
How in the world would we get bored with tomato reviews?

[rhines81]

Originally Posted by clkeiper

Just curious what you planted before and what you planted this year. I am also wondering how many ears you normally expect on a stalk of corn. I am always delighted if we hit fertilizing just right along with rain and pollination and get two ears per stalk, but that is an anomaly, I think.

I had to look back at my receipts, but the best crop of corn for me was the Northern Xtra-Sweet Hybrid from Burpee which produced about 4 ears per plant sometimes 5. They were very good and sweet but very particular about overcrowding which led me to what I planted this year which was the Butterfruit Hybrid 5122 from Park Seeds. I like the flavor a little better, but the ears are way too small and only 1-2 ears per plant, just not worth the space. The Northern Xtra sweet ended up producing more corn per sq ft of garden space by far.

[Lindalana]

Ella, thanks for graft idea! I will investigate it. Although it does seems to work best for getting fresher seeds of multiple varieties but does not allow to learn habits of new plant, right?

Tomatoes that will be returning to my garden. Tormato, thanks for encouragement LOL


Beef
Biyskaya Rosa-early, productive, tasty
Sakharnyi pudovichok- early productive, still hoping to discover real one
Russian 117 does well even under not so good conditions
Grightmire pride- great heart
Dana Dusky Rose- yummy dark
Malakhitovaya Shkatulka- one of very few GWR I like
Rozovyi Gigant- large, productive
Orange strawberry- oh my, what it does to sauces
Medvezhia Lapa- one of those ole USSR beefs
Mikado Rozovyi- seriously good
Nicolas Doochov- your typical old fashioned tomato, round red with deep taste. Probably gets bigger in the better year.
Mikhalych- must have for most gardens. Winner
Olena Ukrainian- late, but just love taste
Nikolaevna- same, bit on a late side but what a taste to look forward to
Marianne Peace- one of my very very favorites
Muddy Mamba- this year treasure
Black Magic- you are going to love this one. Good disease tolerance too
Guido- LARGE RED. LOTS. Tasty.
Russian Bogatyr- it is midseason and workhorse. One of those people traditionally think as ole Russian tomato
Novikov Giant- not a giant for me but very productive with great taste
Kukla Portuguese beefsteak- great producer, vigorous, your typical red beef. Gotta have something reliable.
George Detsikas- productive early red
Terhune- worth for taste alone
Shirley S- same, divine taste
Orlov Yellow- my few yellow loves, sharper taste, earlier than Brandywine Yellow. Would say AGG for northern growers
Yellow Clusters- new tomato, code name. Keeper. Very uniform large yellow beefs Excellent producer, good resistance to leaf diseases
" pink"- no name yet- early, lovely pink with childhood memories taste
Tsarskiy Lybimets- large midseason beef. Can't have enough of those
Sereginy- totally worth growing. Great find from Tania
Ukrainka- bit on a late side but LARGE barrel looking or hearts. Excellent taste
Gypsy- smaller than I like but great taste
Black Yum Yum- excellent dark and lots
Missuri Pink Love Apple- does well here and great taste
Indian stripe... nuff said
Purple 1884- workhorse and tasty black
Noire Charbonneuse- seems to be best for me. Forget Black Krim.
Crnkovic Yugoslavian- must have.
Galina Red- must have- large red and sweet, what else anyone wants?
Koroleva- superb taste and productive
Breeding efforts from buddy, Jan- code name Jan- I keep thinking it is Brandywine. Well it is that good.
Morgage Lifter Estlers- late but worth the wait.
Maya and Sion- early and plenty. Goes well into fall too. So planting one early and one bit later gets you covered for whole season.
Milka Red Bulgarian- large, red, distinct and good producer
Raspberry Giant- has everything- taste, size, productivity- does very well here year from year
Stump of the world. Just one of the staples.
Earl Faux- again, gotta have.
Sakharnyi Slon- Sugary Elephant, it is sugary

heart
Gloria- sheesh, it is still producing. Superb.
Sensay- early delish heart
Tsar Kolokol- one of my faves
Alice- love hearts
Bychye Sertse Rozovoe- there are many of them... aka strains, tomato of my childhood
Em Champion- ole USSR gig
Mayo delight- it is not late for me- YAY, and superb varieity
Kermit- early productive heart, what else do you want?
Dagestanskiy- lots of hearts, unusual for heart varieites.
Serbian oxheart- same, lots and lots. Excellent taste for both
Monomakh hat- yummy heart, does well even in shadier spot
Kosovo- one of all times fav hearts.
Hungarian Heart- one of all time favs
Mama Alla- early heart and plenty, does well even in shadier spot. Keeper. Named by Tania after her mom


paste,salad, container, cherry
Klein Early- delish early round.
Khirkiv- large plums? barrels? Pretty juicy to be paste but what a divine taste.
Japanese truffles black- seems do well year after year
Purple Russian- love darks
Altajskij Urozajnii- am hoping this one gets more popular, taste is superb!!!
Pirkstine orange- good for salads and great for sauces. Early and plenty
Chernomor- keeper
Shedra Slivka Tarasenko- oh my, it is generous indeed, translated Generous Plum from Tarasenko. Great taste to eat and dry enough for cooking
Pravda- Truth tranlated. Small but mighty. Productive, excellent distinct taste
Hssiao His Hung shin- yellow plum and one plant is PLENTY
Lagidniy- container plum
Perth Pride- dark and tasty
Jaune Flammee- gotta have some sharp taste
Kimberley- goes on and on and on... early and tasty
Matina- lovely early round tomato
Moravskiy Div- early container, winner
Burshtyn- less spice than Jaune Flammee but distinct taste. Yum.
Beliy Naliv- it is your typical winner- compact, early, productive and goes on for long time. Plenty acidic old fashion taste
Blush- just love for eating and salads
Kazachka- great for eating and nice touch to juices and sauces
Dwarf Wild Fred- one of favs
black plum- must have for every garden
0-33- early, tough to kill, fills the spot when you really really want that darn tomato. Acidic
Idaho hillibilly- excellent paste.
Kiss the sky- larger that Black Cherry and arguably better.
Isis candy- love sweet tomatoes
Blue P20- maybe it is a strain but year from year bunch of my friends looking forward to it.
Russian Queen- have been asked multiple times to grow it again. Workhorse
Medovaya Kaplya- one of my favorite yellow pear type
VB RUssia- loved loved taste of it.
Fiolotoviy Krugliy- did very well, very productive and a bit dark. Winner


am sure I have forgotten couple too. Enough reasons to be depressed.
And now Tania says that new collection of Russian seeds from Armavir gardener did very well in trial- sign