My first Tomato

[a sunny day]

I was hoping to have a tomato ready for Christmas, but Moravsky Div has really surprised me...

[Sun City Linda]

Beautiful!

[Father'sDaughter]

Envious! They look great and it seems the plant is productive. They are on my wish list to try for next year. Enjoy!

And they taste as good as they look.

Ted

[a sunny day]

Yes they do! Not sure about cooked as it wasn't so great on our pizza last night. But I can't believe how quick it has produced tomatoes.

Last year Siberian tomatoes were my earliest, but not ripe until 31st December and Jaune Flamme was not far behind... still very early for where I live. I was the first one by a mile to sell some at our local sustainability shop. I have planted Siberian and Jaune Flamme at the same time this year as Moravsky Divbut they are no where near ripe.

My other most magnificent looking tomato is Sakharnyi Pudovichok, huge, beautiful looking ribbed tomatoes but because of their size they are not in the running for an early tomato.

I grew MD for the first time this year. They tied with Fourth Of July for earliest tomato, but MD had the best "genuine tomato" taste and outstanding production. I seem to remember some discussion about whether it is a determinate or indeterminate variety. It produced an abundant harvest early in the summer and bloomed and produced a second abundant harvest in mid summer. In both productive phases, most of the tomatoes ripened at the same time. By mid summer, my MD plants were large and very healthy looking, but both plants suddenly died at the same time while other varieties near them continued growing and producing. This year, I plan on having some young plants ready to replace them when they die and hopefully get production from them throughout our long growing season. Based on taste and production, they are certainly worth some extra effort.

Ted

[a sunny day]

Hi Ted, I don't mind if mine die in summer because I've got at least 80 plants in this year of different varieties. I have four planted, three producing and one so heavy with tomatoes but no sign of a ripe one. I took the bags off that one re seed saving, maybe a mistake but I'm really growing them for their early tomatoes. Pasta last night was really delicious!

Originally Posted by a sunny day

Hi Ted, I don't mind if mine die in summer because I've got at least 80 plants in this year of different varieties. I have four planted, three producing and one so heavy with tomatoes but no sign of a ripe one. I took the bags off that one re seed saving, maybe a mistake but I'm really growing them for their early tomatoes. Pasta last night was really delicious!

I don't mind if a few of my sixty plants die in the heat either because it creates a few empty spaces to try some different varieties in the heat of summer. I used to germinate the late season varieties, but now I just purchase them because my farm and ranch supply store always has a lot of varieties I haven't tried.

Next spring, I plan on only planting sixty plants of the fifteen best I grown over the years. That will include Moravsky Div. I will try some different varieties in mid summer to first frost.

Ted

[Fiishergurl]

Wow! Awesome!!

Keep the pictures coming. What else do you have planted that are either solid repeats or something new you are excited about?

Ginny

[a sunny day]

Hi Ginny, I have lots of tomatoes growing that I'm excited about. I have 11 varieties from the Dwarf Tomato Project.

And also I'm excited about Red Pear (Gransasso Strain), Santa Maria, Wes, Kosovo, Russian 117, Malakhitovaya Shkatulka, Grub's Mystery Green, Piennolo del Vesuvio, Brad's Black Heart, Morado, Black Krim, Golden Queen, Orange Minsk and Golden Cherokee.

And from last year, Orange Strawberry, Opalka and a big pink oxheart.

[Fiishergurl]

Very nice. Love the dwarfs! And it seems like you have a lot of heart varieties. What do you like about them? I havent grown one yet.

Ginny

[Worth1]

Originally Posted by Fiishergurl

Very nice. Love the dwarfs! And it seems like you have a lot of heart varieties. What do you like about them? I havent grown one yet.

Ginny

Less seeds great taste.

Worth

[a sunny day]

Yes, less seeds great taste, and I love how heavy and dense they are, and the look of them. I think it's a bit of a European thing. My parents are from Holland and they are my mum's favourite tomato, and I have a Croatian friend in her late 60's and she and her husband also love them. And the old fella who gave me the seed of the pink oxheart that I'm actually talking about is from Malta. When he showed me the tomato that the seed later came from, he held it up and said, "Why would you grow anything else".

[a sunny day]

Not my second tomato for the season but my most spectacular to date... Sakharnyi Pudovichok!

Together all three weighed 1kilo.

[ginger2778]

How do the Sakharnyi P. Taste? I have one that looks to be more than 1 lb starting to ripen.