I'm choosing next year's tomato varieties. Any suggestions?

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Re: I'm choosing next year's tomato varieties. Any suggestions?
« Reply #15 on: September 08, 2022, 10:40 »
Buy some Santini tomatoes from Marks and Spencer and save / dry the seeds.Best tasting grape tomato since Santa became unavailable.
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Re: I'm choosing next year's tomato varieties. Any suggestions?
« Reply #16 on: September 09, 2022, 11:49 »
Thanks Fisherman I like the sound of Lizzano F1 just ordered some from Premier.
Hopefully they will resist the blight if it returns next year. I think this year the heat protected us!
Keep digging

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Re: I'm choosing next year's tomato varieties. Any suggestions?
« Reply #17 on: September 12, 2022, 15:16 »
Mentioned elsewhere, but new to my list and definitely staying on it, is Cherry Baby. (As photo). Another permanent fixture is Scotland Yellow.
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Did it really tell you to do THAT on the packet?

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Re: I'm choosing next year's tomato varieties. Any suggestions?
« Reply #18 on: January 09, 2023, 02:53 »
I finally narrowed my list down to a half dozen:

Two are going to be early-season and late-season tomatoes that produce quickly and a little more tolerant of cool weather:
   - 42-day Tomato,  Early-producing, cold-tolerant cherry, determinate plants.  Can be container-grown, so an option for a late-season tomato grown in a container or two.

   - Stupice, cold-tolerant early indeterminate potato-leaf type, small to medium salad tomatoes.

Goliath Bush  Early, reputedly produces medium to large beefsteak tomatoes on a determinate plant 24 to 36 inches tall, also suitable for containers.

Main season:
   - Purple Ukraine (recommended by some of you), large purple plum-shaped.
   - Hawaiian Pineapple Large beefsteak, yellow with some pink, fruity (compared to pineapple).
   - Marmande Also recommended by some of you, red beefsteak.

All of the above are recommended for their flavor.  Other than container plants, I will likely grow just 2 or 3 of each of these this season.  I'm also sharing some of the seeds with my sister in Indiana.  I will leave enough seeds for the next season or two.

Many of your other recommendations I have saved for another year, though I can't find a few of them in the USA (such as Dívčí Prs;  no luck with Orange Russian either).

« Last Edit: January 09, 2023, 03:02 by Subversive_plot »
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Re: I'm choosing next year's tomato varieties. Any suggestions?
« Reply #19 on: January 10, 2023, 13:41 »
we are trying blooming Butcher and Black Opal from premiere not grown either before both will go in greenhouse??
from bow like to grow

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Re: I'm choosing next year's tomato varieties. Any suggestions?
« Reply #20 on: January 17, 2023, 17:26 »
I’ve done Black Russians since the beginning - about 10 years. But it seems to me they are getting less flavourful. Last year I planted some Costolutto Fiorentino plantlets in pots in my yard, a I was scared of blight at the allotment, after 2021’s washout. They were great, really flavourful beefsteak style and I am going to do them again this year, in pots and in the ground.

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Re: I'm choosing next year's tomato varieties. Any suggestions?
« Reply #21 on: January 17, 2023, 19:00 »
Did Black Opal last year. As small tomatoes go - jolly good.Going back to Tigerella this year. Not done them for a year or two.

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Re: I'm choosing next year's tomato varieties. Any suggestions?
« Reply #22 on: January 17, 2023, 22:15 »
I see Remier stock Sungold cherry tomatoes.
It's an indeterminate & IMO superb tasting cherry tomato.
I usually get my first pickings around the second week in July (greenhouse grown) & from early August to late September get 3-4kg a week from 5 plants. Usually finished by mid October.
Alicante is a good, standard tomato, well flavoured & medium sized.
No idea on beefsteaks, as I've never grown them.

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Re: I'm choosing next year's tomato varieties. Any suggestions?
« Reply #23 on: January 18, 2023, 05:30 »
All of the new comments are helping me build a list of varieties to grow in the future!  :lol:

I'm happy to report that I received my seeds from Reimer's today.  Each tomato seed packet contains at least double the 20 seeds / pkt. promised for the price.  There are well over 100 seeds of Stupice in that packet!  The same is true for Marmande.

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Re: I'm choosing next year's tomato varieties. Any suggestions?
« Reply #24 on: January 18, 2023, 12:12 »
sorry should read blooming Butcher.

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Re: I'm choosing next year's tomato varieties. Any suggestions?
« Reply #25 on: January 18, 2023, 12:25 »
sorry should read blooming Butcher.
Not to worry Steven, you aren't going mad, the Forum software alters some words that could be deemed offensive. That's what is happening to the 'Blood-y' part of your tomato name  :lol: :lol:

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Re: I'm choosing next year's tomato varieties. Any suggestions?
« Reply #26 on: January 18, 2023, 17:43 »
sorry should read blooming Butcher.
Not to worry Steven, you aren't going mad, the Forum software alters some words that could be deemed offensive. That's what is happening to the 'Blood-y' part of your tomato name  :lol: :lol:

"That word" is confusing for us on this side of the pond.  We really only know that it seems to be a word used for emphasis over there, and considered impolite.  Over here, it is not really used, except when talking about a wound (for example), and it is generally neither considered rude or polite  ???.

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Re: I'm choosing next year's tomato varieties. Any suggestions?
« Reply #27 on: January 18, 2023, 18:00 »
Not trying to be a downer Subversive, but have you seen the reviews for Reiner seeds? - they’re not exactly stellar. Maybe you should buy some from another brand too as back up.

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Re: I'm choosing next year's tomato varieties. Any suggestions?
« Reply #28 on: January 18, 2023, 20:51 »
Not trying to be a downer Subversive, but have you seen the reviews for Reiner seeds? - they’re not exactly stellar. Maybe you should buy some from another brand too as back up.

I hadn't looked for reviews, TBH.  I did after your post, not good.:dry:  I appreciate you looking at something that I probably should have checked, so thank you.  I will say that their website says "under new management", maybe that will mean something?

However, I will reserve judgement until I have tried to use the seeds, which I have already received.  I'm chitting a few tomato seeds for plants going into pots/container growing, we will see what happens.  Watch this space!

Added later: I do have other seed sources locally, just not for things like heirloom tomatoes.  I can make do with the usual ho-hum varieties, probably not placing more seed orders this year.
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Re: I'm choosing next year's tomato varieties. Any suggestions?
« Reply #29 on: January 21, 2023, 19:47 »
Not trying to be a downer Subversive, but have you seen the reviews for Reiner seeds? - they’re not exactly stellar. Maybe you should buy some from another brand too as back up.

I hadn't looked for reviews, TBH.  I did after your post, not good.:dry:  I appreciate you looking at something that I probably should have checked, so thank you.  I will say that their website says "under new management", maybe that will mean something?

However, I will reserve judgement until I have tried to use the seeds, which I have already received.  I'm chitting a few tomato seeds for plants going into pots/container growing, we will see what happens.  Watch this space!

Well, I chitted four seeds each of Stupice, Goliath Bush, and 42-day on January 18th.  So far, I have four seeds of 42-day that have germinated, three of Goliath Bush, but none of the Stupice yet (but it is still early).  So, not a complete flop in terms of germination.  Possibly the high number of Stupice seeds sent reflects a lower expected germination rate?

Since my sister really wants some of the Marmande and Hawaiian Pineapple, I am chitting some of those before I mail any seeds to her.  In exchange, I'm getting some Coeur de Boeuf and Gargamel seeds from her! :)




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