Tigrella (in) "normal" striped tomato Stupidly productive, but poor flavour and tenancy to go to mush. 14kg from 10 plants so far, at least double that left on them.
Cherry cerise (in)Tiny cherry Good taste, so far not overly productive, but could just be later 200g from 10 plants many green left.
Golden sunrise (in) yellow small tomato Great taste, soft and tends to split easily. 3kg from 10 plants, probably the same left (not growing in a prime location)
Zyska (det) Plum A dry paste type not the strongest flavour and very hard to find the fruit in it's jungle like bush. 5kg from 12 plants at least 3x that left
Victorian dwarf (det) Beefsteak Really short plants less than a 40cm tall, good flavour and consistency highly recommend it, especialy as it's a beefsteak that ripens! 9kg from 8 plants to date 3x that left.
Sibirskiy Stambovyi (det) standard size tomato but beefsteak inside. The earliest tomato I grew this year produced ripe fruit after 6.5 weeks in the greenhouse. (3 and a half months from sowing) Really good flavour and a nice consistency. size seems very variable. 10kg from 12 plants same again left. Probably won't produce as much as VD or tigrella.
I'll be growing Sibirskiy and Victorian dwarf again. I may keep Zyska I much prefer it over Roma VF that I have grown before, but it was a much better tomato year this year so it's probably not a fair comparison. golden sunrise splits too much for me and cherry cerise will get dropped for sungold, by far the best cherry tomato in my opinion. Tigrella will be dropped for another interesting looking tomato, it's an ok tomato but not outstanding.
I have one tigerella bought from GC also Heinz, gardeners ecstasy and a variety called Heart something which supposedly has heart shaped fruits. All growing in poly tunnel lots of green fruits none ripe as yet. I bought those green collar things to put on top of growbags and they seem really good plants are doing very well.
This year I've planted all the tomatoes direct in the veg garden rather than in big pots as in other years. It's really helped with the watering in what has been a difficult summer and crops are good so far.
I'm growing our usual favourite Sungold (4 plants) for the first time Rosella (a lovely smokey flavoured cherry tomato ... delicious and yielding well ... 4 plants) and three plants of Marmande ... not my favourite tomato for flavour but somehow I acquired the seeds so grew some. Two of the Marmande plants developed two lead shoots ... on one plant I removed one of the shoots, on the other I left both ... cropping on each has seemed similar ... we've had one instance of BER on the Marmande so far.
I'll grow Sungold and Rosella again, but although I like large solid tomatoes I'm not impressed by Marmande and probably won't bother with it again.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Sungold seems to be a favourite I will definitely try it next year. Like the sound of rosella too. Tigerella seems unpopular I just couldn't resist the stripy look of it!
I planted Gardner’s
delight as I did last year in the greenhouse and in pots outside. Stopped at 5
trusses and good yields.
For the first time this
year I grew Crimson Crush which are known as a blight resistant variety and
it seems they are. No sign of blight or even a crumpled leaf anywhere as
opposed to Gardner’s delight which although gave good yields are now showing
signs of distress.
Crimson Crush have given
excellent yields and I’m now boiling the excess for a minute to peel the skins and then freezing
for pastas and other such dishes as friends and family can’t eat them faster
than I offer them
Quite a large solid tomato
and excellent for growing outside given their blight resistance and great for topping pizzas. I’ll be trying
these again next year.
'The power of accurate observation .... is commonly called cynicism by those that have not got it.
Having only ever had middling success in Belgium I got carried away and planted loads in this new garden. Too close as it turns out and none has wanted to be a cordon or be supported and they are all laden with fruit so I'm off to thin out excess stems and try and find which plant is which for next year. Will have to find that recipe for Fried Green Tomatoes......
We had generous rainfalls from planting time in April and May to late June. Since then an odd storm and very high temperatures so some blossom end rot despite regular waterings and especially on the big beefy tomatoes but nothing we couldn't cut out or that spoiled flavour. Same with a few split skins.
No blight either - touch wood - despite having potatoes nearby in the potager.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
The Alicante ripened first, 3 plants, but is showing stress after a hard year in the greenhouse, but one truss had BER the others ok but yet to ripen. Black Cherry ripening nicely now lots to come 2 plants. Gardeners Delight, 2plants, lots of fruit but yet to ripen. These are my test group not removing leaves as opposed to removing most around fruit on others. Black Russian 3 very disappointed low fruit numbers not worth it's space had both tom and potato type leafed. Lastly Sungold 2 plants third year growing lots of fruit yet to ripen.
Next year Sungold, Alicante and something new I think. Maybe Black Cherry too.
I have Sweet Millions and Roma in the greenhouse, both of which have ripened much earlier this year and Fandango, which are supposedly blight resistant outside in large pots. The fandango are enormous, I had one which weighed 401grams , although they have suffered a bit from blossom end rot they show no signs of blight but that could possibly be that the dry weather has been less conducive for it. We have been eating the cherry tomatoes and using the others for cooking. Several lots of tomato soup (with hidden courgette )in the freezer and quite a bit of tomato pulp too.
I always grow Sweet Millions (switched from Gardener's Delight after a tip from my neighbour) which rarely get to the table as I eat them like sweets whilst messing about in the greenhouse! They are a taste explosion and better skins than GD.
Also in GH Pomodoro which I grow for pasta sauce, new variety outdoors this year is Harbinger. Still waiting for edible ripe fruit from Pomodor as had to discard most of the first lot with BER, never had so many go with that before.
Definitely going to try Sungold next year, too many good reports to ignore that one!
Gave up on Moneymaker and Alicante some time ago as I wasn't impressed by the lack of flavour, similarly Tigerella and Red Pear.
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I'm growing our usual favourite Sungold (4 plants) for the first time Rosella (a lovely smokey flavoured cherry tomato ... delicious and yielding well ... 4 plants) and three plants of Marmande ... not my favourite tomato for flavour but somehow I acquired the seeds so grew some. Two of the Marmande plants developed two lead shoots ... on one plant I removed one of the shoots, on the other I left both ... cropping on each has seemed similar ... we've had one instance of BER on the Marmande so far.
I'll grow Sungold and Rosella again, but although I like large solid tomatoes I'm not impressed by Marmande and probably won't bother with it again.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I planted Gardner’s delight as I did last year in the greenhouse and in pots outside. Stopped at 5 trusses and good yields.
For the first time this year I grew Crimson Crush which are known as a blight resistant variety and it seems they are. No sign of blight or even a crumpled leaf anywhere as opposed to Gardner’s delight which although gave good yields are now showing signs of distress.
Crimson Crush have given excellent yields and I’m now boiling the excess for a minute to peel the skins and then freezing for pastas and other such dishes as friends and family can’t eat them faster than I offer them
Quite a large solid tomato and excellent for growing outside given their blight resistance and great for topping pizzas. I’ll be trying these again next year.
'The power of accurate observation .... is commonly called cynicism by those that have not got it.
George Bernard Shaw'
We had generous rainfalls from planting time in April and May to late June. Since then an odd storm and very high temperatures so some blossom end rot despite regular waterings and especially on the big beefy tomatoes but nothing we couldn't cut out or that spoiled flavour. Same with a few split skins.
No blight either - touch wood - despite having potatoes nearby in the potager.
Next year Sungold, Alicante and something new I think. Maybe Black Cherry too.
Also in GH Pomodoro which I grow for pasta sauce, new variety outdoors this year is Harbinger. Still waiting for edible ripe fruit from Pomodor as had to discard most of the first lot with BER, never had so many go with that before.
Definitely going to try Sungold next year, too many good reports to ignore that one!
Gave up on Moneymaker and Alicante some time ago as I wasn't impressed by the lack of flavour, similarly Tigerella and Red Pear.