Tomato List 2019

[Botany]

Old German
Black Krim
Rutgers
Brandywine
Sun Gold
Cherokee Purple
Green Zebra
Mortgage Lifter

[rampartc]

1. i use containers and have been picking cherry and sweet 100 for a few weeks

celebrity and a purple variety have set and should be ripe in a week or 2.

i was able to plant in late feb here in new orleans.

[wcast]

3. I'm in zone 5 and will plant my tomatoes on Saturday.

How long will your tomatoes last with your heat in the summer?

[rampartc]

5. mid june max. i may mist them for a few weeks after that if they look good.

i'll be starting a few heat resistant varieties (phoenix or heat wave) maybe this week. i'm a little late on that but we've had a "little rain"

i'll get vegetative growth throughout the summer on those little tomatoes, and if the hornworms don't take then they may start setting again in the fall.

if you hanen't noticed, i love my tomatoes. also peppers and eggplants.

[wcast]

2. My list

Moskvich
Brandywine
Cherokee Purple
Black Cherry
Amish Paste
Roma

Also 3 kinds of Tomatillos
De Milpa
Purple
Pineapple

[steventh]

4. my list

who knows lol
got volunteers from last year's dropped 'maters
good thing since last year's tomato seeds didn't sprout for some reason

[rampartc]

6. some of the best tomatoes are volunteers

[steventh]

7. volunteers have a strong will to live

so I'm glad to have them. My raised beds are full so I'll need to move the volunteers into containers. What size containers do you grow your tomatoes in?

[rampartc]

8. 18" diameter works well but i use a few 12" if i need more

the bigger ones allow a subplanting of marigold or onion.

i like "determinate" varieties like the "celebrity" for contauners but they still need to be staked.

the containers need watering nearly every day and frequent miracle grow.

the volunteers are proving that they are well adapted right where they are. i'd stake them up right where they are growing.

[steventh]

9. 18" diameter pots sound like a good size for the volunteers

and I have a few of those. I'm glad to hear that 12" also would work minus the marigolds. I'll run out of 18" pots because there are so many. I see a lot of tomato sauce in my future lol.

Leaving the volunteers where they are is good advice, but it isn't an option. You wouldn't believe where some of the tomato volunteers appeared. For instance, in the container with a very tall peace rose. Silly tomato volunteers.

You're right about daily watering. I water every day when temperatures are 90 or above. The vicissitudes of container gardening.

Note to self: next year try "celebrity" variety based on recommendations by rampatrc and Johnny's Selected Seeds.

[NutmegYankee]

10. Slightly reduced list this year

Pink Brandywine
Black Cherry
Brandy Boy
Mortgage Lifter
Glacier
Steak House
German Johnson
Martha Washington

The heirlooms are my favorite, but I mix in some hybrids to give me the best chance. Southern New England weather can be cruel.

[MissB]

11. My list

Glacier
Red racer
Brandywine
Sungold
Cosmonaut volkov
San marzano

I also started a bunch of other varieties for my brother and I’m guessing he will only take a few, leaving me with more varieties!

[WhiteTara]

12. What do you do with all those tomatoes?

That must be 30 gallons of tomatoes altogether. I plant one and usually someone will give me another and that's plenty. But I don't can or dry them either.

[Botany]

13. "What do you do with all those tomatoes?"

tomato, mozzarella, prosciutto and basil on a cracker
eat 'em raw in the garden .... sun golds
BLTs
give 'em away
Salsa .... I sometimes can it
mozzarella, tomato, & basil "roll ups"
pick 'em warm and slice 'em ..... little salt and mayo
cheese burger w/tomato

[spinbaby]

14. I'm not doing tomatoes this year

I had one plant last year, installed in a decorative obelisk in the cottage garden in front of the house. By the end of the season, we were thoroughly sick of yellow cherry tomatoes. This year I'm buying my tomatoes at the farmers market.

[bearfan454]

15. Here's mine for this year

Early Girl
Arkansas Traveler
Big Beef
Better Boy
Lemon Boy
Summerset
Champion
Bonnie Centennial
Bella Rosa
Indigo Sun
Homestead
Mountain Pride
Carnival
Boxcar Willie

The garden is coming to an end in a few weeks here in West Texas. I haven't had a garden for a few years. I love a plate of homegrown tomatoes with Kosher salt and Extra Virgin olive oil(first cold pressed) for lunch.

[Botany]

16. Just had my first BCT. Bacon, chard, & tomato.

Old German tomato, lettuce, chard, thick cut bacon, real mayonnaise, and sprouts. Pepperidge farm potato bread ... lightly toasted. Little Dijon mustard too.

[Vinca]

17. My Sun Golds are just starting to produce. We eat them like candy!

[Botany]

18. My Sun Gold plant isn't a Sun Gold .... nice red cherry tomatoes but they sure aren't Sun Golds

the label say they are sun golds

Just picked a real nice Old German.