Clarington, the best sauce tomatoes are the likes of Roma, San Marzano, etc. San Marzano is the variety you'll find in the better quality Italian tinned toms.
Thank you Italophile, I have a pack of Roma here that I didn't get to try last year so I will give them a go!
I harvested a few cherry tomatoes this morning, January 16th, on my glazed balcony. They are still growing despite it being dark from about 3.30 p.m till about 8.30 p.m. It is minus 9 C outside but since I have the door open it is +10 on my glazed balcony.
I missed this being bumped back up for me the other day KEF, thank you. I just found it now by searching for tomato threads. Some very interesting and differing opinions, it seems to me there is no right solution really but I need to bear in mind it is cooler up here! I have looked at a few varieties and we love tomatoes so am wondering whether to try 2/3 different types, I may even try a cherry tom in a hanging basket as won't have room in the GH for 3
Another question, if I want green tomatoes should I sow some later, say May time and pick them at the end of the season while green? I think I've decided on Sungold for the cherry variety....undecided on others yet.
Hi Tracey, yes I'd recommend growing several different varieties - as many as you can fit in really! That way you are likely to get a good crop on at least some of them even if some succumb to the weather or diseases etc. I always grow at least one blight resistant variety whatever else I choose. Had ten varieties last year and although it was a slow start with the poor spring, the great summer meant all of them did well - quite a rare thing in my experience!
A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
I would love to grow that many Bob, but my greenhouse is only 6x8! Blight resistant, would that be something like Moneymaker? I'm a bit reluctant to grow those as I love really tasty toms and have heard they aren't that tasty.
Tracey, you don't have to delay planting for green toms. Just harvest the fruit early. Here in Italy they're very keen on green toms in their salads. You see a lot of them in greengrocers' shops.
There are also a number of heirloom varieties that are green at maturity - ie, they never turn red.
Thanks Italophile, never been to Italy but would love to go and love Italian food I didn't realise though that you could actually eat green tomatoes, I thought they were under-ripe like that. So the green varieties that you can buy, are they suitable for green tomato chutney do you know?
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Thank you Italophile, I have a pack of Roma here that I didn't get to try last year so I will give them a go!
(Apologies for the delayed thanks)
I harvested a few cherry tomatoes this morning, January 16th, on my glazed balcony. They are still growing despite it being dark from about 3.30 p.m till about 8.30 p.m. It is minus 9 C outside but since I have the door open it is +10 on my glazed balcony.
Bump back up for Tracey5
Hi Tracey, yes I'd recommend growing several different varieties - as many as you can fit in really! That way you are likely to get a good crop on at least some of them even if some succumb to the weather or diseases etc. I always grow at least one blight resistant variety whatever else I choose. Had ten varieties last year and although it was a slow start with the poor spring, the great summer meant all of them did well - quite a rare thing in my experience!
http://www.thompson-morgan.com/tomato-selector-guide
Tracey, you don't have to delay planting for green toms. Just harvest the fruit early. Here in Italy they're very keen on green toms in their salads. You see a lot of them in greengrocers' shops.
There are also a number of heirloom varieties that are green at maturity - ie, they never turn red.