What tomato variety WILL you grow again?

[ThatsMyPurseIDontKnowYou]

I would have to say the one we liked the most last year and that has definitely made it into regular rotation is Barry's Crazy Cherry tomato.

Massive clusters of yellow pear shaped cherry tomatoes.

Which, surprisingly, Brad Gates is both the Brad in Brad's Atomic Grape and the Barry in Barry's Crazy Cherry. And while I love the cherries, I hated the atomic grapes!

 

[freelancerakash11]

it"s very help full

 

[cpp gardener]

It’s been awhile since I’ve grown tomatoes, but regular Yellow Pear was our favorite.

 

[Anniekay]

I like sweet million for cherry tomatoes and heatmaster since I live in a 6 month long sauna here in S. Ga. !! I plant moneymaker in early spring then the heatmasters.

I tried the yellow pear tomatoes and wasn't crazy about them.

 

[Ruderunner]

I think cherry tomatoes are evil. The seeds get everywhere and you end up with sprouts all over. I'm not a big fan of the texture either.

I do like San marzano, black krim and lemon boy. I'm not too picky but generally go for indeterminate varieties

 

[cpp gardener]

Only weedy if you don’t eat every single one of them just as soon as they get ripe!

 

[Oliver Buckle]

I am one for old fashioned varieties that look the way I feel a tomato should, so Moneymaker and Ailsa Craig.
Ailsa Craig was bred in 1908, Moneymaker probably slightly later, both well over a hundred years ago, and seed for both still widely sold.
RAF, it's a French variety, from Marmande. Not amazing looking fruit, butt the name is is from the initials of resistant to disease, and at the end of the season when disease is starting to spread it remains immune.

 

[RootLover1]

Tiny Tim was awesome in the field, really sturdy (in direct sunlight) and requiring almost zero care.

 

[redback]

I think cherry tomatoes are evil.

Me too. If you have a good year, you never stop picking them. For every decent size tom. you have to pick ten cherries.
Black Krim, Brandywine and Money Maker are my best performers.

 

[Heirloom farmer1969]

I've grown brand wines since I was old enough to walk!!
But now I only grow what's called brandy boy from burpee seeds every summer.
It's a hybrid with the exact same taste as the brand wines with more and better tomatoes.
For cherry tomatoes, I grow sweet millions every year. I can literally eat them by the handfuls with a salt shaker and an adult beverage after I'm done for the day!!

 

[Mr FootOfDavros]

We did moneymaker last year and all in all they worked out pretty well.

We got plenty of tomatoes, although a lot left green by the end of the season. The ones I did in the grow bag with the mini tent around it did best. But I did quite a few seedlings which I decided to save. I had two or three in pots which did okay and again fruited.

But I also just chucked a few into some soil at the front of our house which I'd spent some time digging out old shrubs and shifting stones from earlier in the year. Our front garden only gets limited afternoon light as it's west facing and we're the right hand side semi. Amazingly the plants there also grew tall and strong and produced tomatoes as well! They were only green and came just too late I think. But still, maybe if they'd been out a few weeks earlier they might have given as well.

Anyway, I think that's a good show for the moneymakers.

This year I've decided to try crimson crush and see how they compare. Also got some sungold cherries to try.

 

[ThatsMyPurseIDontKnowYou]

We did moneymaker last year and all in all they worked out pretty well.

We got plenty of tomatoes, although a lot left green by the end of the season. The ones I did in the grow bag with the mini tent around it did best. But I did quite a few seedlings which I decided to save. I had two or three in pots which did okay and again fruited.

But I also just chucked a few into some soil at the front of our house which I'd spent some time digging out old shrubs and shifting stones from earlier in the year. Our front garden only gets limited afternoon light as it's west facing and we're the right hand side semi. Amazingly the plants there also grew tall and strong and produced tomatoes as well! They were only green and came just too late I think. But still, maybe if they'd been out a few weeks earlier they might have given as well.

Anyway, I think that's a good show for the moneymakers.

This year I've decided to try crimson crush and see how they compare. Also got some sungold cherries to try.

Moneymakers are a solid choice. I grow those too. Nice baseball size maters.

 

[ThatsMyPurseIDontKnowYou]

Tiny Tim was awesome in the field, really sturdy (in direct sunlight) and requiring almost zero care.

If you like those you should try orange hat.

 

[RootLover1]

If you like those you should try orange hat.

Gotta give it a try, maybe as an indoor windowsill side hustle? Wonder if it's rare considering there is only one offer for seeds from Canada on eBay and nothing on German Amazon.

 

[Oliver Buckle]

I grow Moneymaker, and then Ailsa Craig as a slightly later tomato, and curiosity made me wonder who Ailsa Craig was, not a who but a place. It's a small island in the mouth of the Clyde, and it is where the granite for curling stones is quarried. Then I discovered there was a person, in the 1950's a woman who called herself that did the rounds of Stirling towns and villages challenging all comers to three rounds, no holds, boxing matches to supplement her household allowance. She had well over 400 fights with trawler men and miners and won every one.
The name is Gaelic, almost, for 'fairy rock'.