I grew Super Mama for the first time this year for soups and sauces. All flesh and no seeds. They cropped so well I've been giving them away to my neighbours, who are very impressed. There are still a lot in the garden but getting blighted now with the cooler weather.
One of my plot neighbours grows enormous beefsteak toms up to a kilo each, not pretty to look at, but good taste and great for soup and cooking. He gave me a plant this year and we could make a batch of soup with just 2 fruits, don't know the name though.
Another Sungold fan here, plus Lylia Cerisette for a red cherry. I don’t grow beefsteak toms as my soil is not deep enough or good enough to sustain them, no matter how much I pile on the home-made compost, manure etc.
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
Like Bob I’ve tried so many varieties ...6 or so different each year. Have you tried Mariannas Peace and Soldaki .....? both old American Heritage varieties . If I had acres of greenhouse space I’d definitely grow them again ...amazing flavour. Thanks for all the suggestions ....they are all noted for next year !
I've not tried those jo17 but have put them on the list for next year. I've also tried lots of heritage varieties and, although it's a bit hit-and-miss with regard to crop size, health and flavour, there are some really great ones out there. I always recommend folk to keep trying different ones if they have the space until they find a few varieties which both grow well and taste good to them. Now I have 2 greenhouses, one is dedicated to toms but a few 'spare' plants always seem to make it into the other! It's great to have the extra space though.
A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
That's how I ended up with outside plants @BobTheGardener bumper germination this year.😁 Am planning not to try too many seeds next year, but that has its drawbacks if they don't all thrive. 😁
I grow a beefsteak called Victorian Dwarf. it's a 1950's American determinate tomato. I get my first ripe tomatoes from it around mid August, and it finishes just over a month later in September. average size is around 300-400g and I get between 3 and 4 kg per plant. They taste nice but are quite a soft tomato so they do not keep at all.
I picked a few wild ones several years back (this is Brazil remember) and they were pretty good (cherry type) My wife threw the washing up water on the compost heap. We now have the bl**dy things everywhere! Not really a complaint.
For the last 24 years I’ve been on a quest to find the best tasting tomatoes in existence . For me me top cherry is Sungold without a doubt . I found the ultimate beefsteak , Soldaki a heritage variety , thanks to a fellow Gardeners World contributor , but it only produces one or two fruits per plant . Every year I try to match the flavour of Soldaki ....has anyone discovered the best beefsteak for flavour and yield ?
That's like the story of the man whose lifetime quest was to find the perfect woman AND when he found her, she wouldn’t have him as she was looking for the perfect man!
It's subjective, different people have wildly different tastes!
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