[upthetump]

as its dark and dreary now, my mind is turning to next year and my growing plan (its how i cope with winter) anyone tried Amish Paste, Purple Ukraine, or Feo de Rio Gordo. i'm interested in any opinions on ease of growing, taste, texture etc. thank you 

[mumofstig]

I've grown Purple Ukraine a few times 
It's quite prolific - given the weight of each tomato, you may have to string up individual trusses to stop the stem bending 
It grows tall and the leaves are whispy/feathery - it almost looks as if it has herbicide damage, but that's normal for this variety.
The fruit seem a bit mealy and watery for salad use, but make a very good sauce - if the colour doesn't put you off 

[m1ckz]

guess ill stick to old favorite  MONEYMAKER lol plus a few cherry toms

[upthetump]

hmm purple sauce eh? i think i'll give them a miss, the Amish paste looks promising tho. i've already got sungold and gardeners delight for salads

[Beetroot Queen]

I can not wait till its time to start planting, I am hoping to regain some focus on something other than allergies.

Not sure what type yet but I fancy more variety this year. A little of everything would do me fine.

[wrinkly1]

i/ve tried all sorts over the year .but keep coming back to old favourites .shirley and g/ delight. never failed me yet.but each to his own. cheers wrinkly1

[TheWhiteRabbit]

I've grown Amish Paste two years running and both have been pretty disappointing - large fruit but haven't managed to get more than a couple off each plant and they seem really susceptible to blossom end rot. The San Marzano and Roma out performed them massively so I'm not bothering with Amish Paste again.

Taste wise they're ok, nothing special.

[cadalot]

next season I'm going with

100s & 1000s
Cherry Cascade
Gartenperle
Heartbreaker Vita F1
Lizzano F1
Moneymaker
Rainbow Blend F1 Hybrid
Red Robin
Sweet’n’Neat Cherry F1
Sweet Million F1
Terenzo F1 Hybrid
Tomatoberry F1 Hybrid 12/2016 Thompson & Morgan – 7 Seeds -   Wyevale 50p
Tumbling Tom Red – 12/2016 - Thompson & Morgan – 7 Seeds -  Wyevale 50p

[missmoneypenny]

This year I did Black Russian (absolutely delicious, taste the way tomatoes should but rarely do. Quite fragile though and have to be transported form lottie to home in a cloth lined box) and Ferline for blight resistance (not as delicious, but v good cropper and a tough little cookie I can just chuck in my rucksack and carry home). No blight at all this year.

[AnneB]

Next year's choice as follows:

Lima Korai
Burpee's Jubilee
Latah
Maskotka
blooming Butcher
Dawson's Russian Oxheart
Indigo Beauty
Roma
Chadwick Cherry

[solway cropper]

Amish Paste have been a disappointment for me as well. There are plenty of similar varieties that will give better yields. This year I grew:
Banana Legs
Black Russian
Black Truffle
Flame
Gardeners Delight
Giant Delicious
Golden Sunrise
Megabite
Orange Pear
Silver Fir Tree
Tigerella
Tumbler
All gave good yields but the best was Silver Fir Tree at over 7 lbs from one plant. Best for taste were Black Russian and Tigerella  but, of course, this is subjective and depends on weather/growing conditions, etc.

[tosca100]

Well, I have the space and the weather to grow masses, but am sticking to Gardeners Delight for salad and bottling, San Marzano for bottling, the local huge pink ones for slicing, and some teeny red and yellow ones, pinched a few from the neighbour and hoping to grow them from the seed, which is tiny.

That's the plan anyway......just a few of each.

[Headgardener22]

I'm waiting for seeds from the seed swap before I make up my final mind but ones that I will definitely grow are:

Summer Cider;
True Black Brandywine;
Brown Berry;
Green Grapes;
My own Oleron Yellow;
Rosella;
German Gold;
Cherokee Purple;
Riesentraube;
Gartenperle;
Orange Berry;
blooming Butcher (or Stupice or Quedlinberger);
Marvel Stripes;
Vintage Wine;
etc... (all depends upon the space)

What I won't grow is:
Any Italian paste tomatoes (I just can't get them to crop well enough to make it worthwhile);
Moneymaker (personally I don't like the flavour);
F1 hybrids

But fortunately we're all allowed our own choices.

[tosca100]

Can I just ask those who grow 15 varieties......what do you do with the fruit? I like a couple of different ones for salad but don't eat mega amounts fresh after the first few gorges, and bottle lots and make chutney with specially grown varieties. But four or five varieties is enough really.

Just curious

[8doubles]

Amish paste has done well for me , large fleshy with few seeds and skins  easily !

A must have in my greenhouse !