Mel M, last year mine weren't too bad for splitting. I had a pile of bricks and concrete blocks (to give the water butt good height) and obviously these warmed up nicely through the day, then gave out warmth through the night, perhaps just enough to keep the temp up a little bit.
I grow my tomatoes on gravel with bottomless pots, best I found for sweetness is Gardeners Delight, if you want a normal size try Stoner a show bench from Robinsons. Splitting is caused by irregular watering you have to adjust to weather and temperature.
Try Piccolo cherry tomatoes if you can obtain the seed? I saved some Italian Piccolo from the supermarket, put seed on kitchen towel for a few days to dry out. Cut kitchen towel with seed on sown in tray, worth trying a few, cost zero.
This list is so disappointing. Really? These varieties from all the wonderful ones available to the modern gardener (and I include everything from old varieties like Brandywine to newbies like Green Envy f1 in that list of potentials).
Ran a taste test this year and money maker got the lowest votes for taste in over 40 trialed varieties! It's absolute rubbish.
Yipeee I've found some saved seed in by seed box for Tommy Toe I grew it for four or five years but thought I'd ran out of seed last year but oh joy, I've found some lurking in the gloom at the bottom of my box ha ha. Tommy Toe is an Heirloom variety often referred to as cherry but the fruit are bigger than that. In my humble opinion it's a superb tomato and one I wouldn't like to be without. It's a nice size for slicing, it tastes very good and doesn't split like a lot of others. It's a really strong grower and that's probably why it's very forgiving of my poor horticultural habits. The yield is good, it seems to be quite resistant and able to cope with the wild temp variations in my greenhouse as well as my rather "forgetful" feeding regime. I had one plant that I left in a quite small pot on the greenhouse floor but it sent roots out through the bottom of the pot and under a plastic sheet and it turned into a triffid ! It was huge, I could almost see it growing and when I cut it back at the end of the year I couldn't believe how little root there appeared to be just beneath the plastic. It does well outside too, AND comes true from saved seed so well worth a go. So my favourites are Tommy Toe for a slicing tom and ILDI a lovely yellow heritage pear shaped cherry, which has up to 80 fruit on each truss AND just for good measure also comes true from saved seed. The fruit keeps well too. Can't wait for summer now, I sowed them today
T&M used to stock Tommy Toe - it's an Australian bred version of Gardener's delight I believe.
For flavoursome red cherry toms, try Chadwick Cherry (heirloom) from Real Seeds (note: they grow into BIG plants and are not for baskets!) and the best modern variety I have tried for many years is Suncherry Premium F1.
Any of the 'sun' series (eg Sungold) will give you good crops of highly flavoured toms with the plants having good disease resistance.
A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
hi out of all the diferent kinds of tomarto.s isometimes try a new one but the one I use allways is allicante ,,marmande is large one ,oxhill also large but most of all I like that I can also grow outside I grow my toms on gravel,,,, and bricks flat ,,, I also look for some cherry toms for the g//children to grow themselves michael
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Mel M, last year mine weren't too bad for splitting. I had a pile of bricks and concrete blocks (to give the water butt good height) and obviously these warmed up nicely through the day, then gave out warmth through the night, perhaps just enough to keep the temp up a little bit.
I always grow Gardeners Delight because it is reliable but it is only OK
My best, and sweetest is Matina which has medium sized toms of a lovely deep red.
Harbinger is also a very good flavour and is a good reliable cropper
I grow my tomatoes on gravel with bottomless pots, best I found for sweetness is Gardeners Delight, if you want a normal size try Stoner a show bench from Robinsons. Splitting is caused by irregular watering you have to adjust to weather and temperature.
Try Piccolo cherry tomatoes if you can obtain the seed? I saved some Italian Piccolo from the supermarket, put seed on kitchen towel for a few days to dry out. Cut kitchen towel with seed on sown in tray, worth trying a few, cost zero.
Ran a taste test this year and money maker got the lowest votes for taste in over 40 trialed varieties! It's absolute rubbish.
Yipeee I've found some saved seed in by seed box for Tommy Toe
I grew it for four or five years but thought I'd ran out of seed last year but oh joy, I've found some lurking in the gloom at the bottom of my box ha ha. Tommy Toe is an Heirloom variety often referred to as cherry but the fruit are bigger than that. In my humble opinion it's a superb tomato and one I wouldn't like to be without. It's a nice size for slicing, it tastes very good and doesn't split like a lot of others. It's a really strong grower and that's probably why it's very forgiving of my poor horticultural habits. The yield is good, it seems to be quite resistant and able to cope with the wild temp variations in my greenhouse as well as my rather "forgetful" feeding regime. I had one plant that I left in a quite small pot on the greenhouse floor but it sent roots out through the bottom of the pot and under a plastic sheet and it turned into a triffid ! It was huge, I could almost see it growing and when I cut it back at the end of the year I couldn't believe how little root there appeared to be just beneath the plastic. It does well outside too, AND comes true from saved seed so well worth a go. So my favourites are Tommy Toe for a slicing tom and ILDI a lovely yellow heritage pear shaped cherry, which has up to 80 fruit on each truss AND just for good measure also comes true from saved seed. The fruit keeps well too. Can't wait for summer now, I sowed them today 
Would like to try Tommy Toe. Any idea who produces then Flowerpotty?
T&M used to stock Tommy Toe - it's an Australian bred version of Gardener's delight I believe.
For flavoursome red cherry toms, try Chadwick Cherry (heirloom) from Real Seeds (note: they grow into BIG plants and are not for baskets!) and the best modern variety I have tried for many years is Suncherry Premium F1.
Any of the 'sun' series (eg Sungold) will give you good crops of highly flavoured toms with the plants having good disease resistance.
hi out of all the diferent kinds of tomarto.s isometimes try a new one but the one I use allways is allicante ,,marmande is large one ,oxhill also large but most of all I like that I can also grow outside I grow my toms on gravel,,,, and bricks flat ,,, I also look for some cherry toms for the g//children to grow themselves michael