What tomato variety WILL you grow again?

[cpp gardener]

I had forgotten that one. Just about my favorite.

 

[smitty55]

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!!

I'm trying BrandyBoy for the first time this year, I had them shipped to my sister int the US and she mailed them to me. I don't expect them to be as good as my Greeks but if they're half decent and resistant to early blight I'll be happy.

 

[No-Hope]

I'm doing cherry tomatoes, better Boy tomatoes, and plum tomatoes this year. All three are simple and incredibly tasty in their own way. I'm very excited

 

[Kevin B]

I'll go with any variety of cherry or grape, because I can usually get a fair number as the continue to bear fairly rapidly, and I haven't developed a sufficiently sensitive palate to say which tastes best. Meanwhile, Anything larger is subject to vandalism by wildlife before I can harvest anything. If they don't eat it, they knock it down.

 

[Mike313]

In my limited experience, tomato varieties that produce abundantly are less flavoursome. The ones I have grown repeatedly are 'Coure di Bue' and 'Black Russian'. Both are great in sandwiches, in salads or just on their own with a pinch of salt. I especially like them on a slice of ciabatta bread (cut-side fried in olive oil, allowed to go cold then rubbed with garlic) with thinly-sliced mozzarella cheese. I buy tinned 'San Marzano' tomatoes for making pasta sauces etc. I use a lot so haven't got the time or the space to grow enough to satisfy my needs.

 

[Oliver Buckle]

I'm trying BrandyBoy for the first time this year, I had them shipped to my sister int the US and she mailed them to me. I don't expect them to be as good as my Greeks but if they're half decent and resistant to early blight I'll be happy.

If you want something resistant to blight my missus brought me some RAF seeds back when she went on holiday to Madeira. Raf is an acronym of the French name , which means 'resistant to blight', and they definitely are. They are a descendant of Marmande. I didn't find them fantastic, but at the end of last season everything else was wiped out and these just kept on going.

 

[smitty55]

If you want something resistant to blight my missus brought me some RAF seeds back when she went on holiday to Madeira. Raf is an acronym of the French name , which means 'resistant to blight', and they definitely are. They are a descendant of Marmande. I didn't find them fantastic, but at the end of last season everything else was wiped out and these just kept on going.

That's the idea behind these Brandy Boy, they are supposed to have most of the benefits of the parent heirloom Brandywine but with disease resistance. I've grown Brandywine in the past to try them but they still don't compare to my Greeks. I have a bed at a community garden that is rampant with blight so I'll try them there and grow my Greeks here at home although its only been two years since last growing them here. Fortunately the blight mostly affects the foliage and not the fruit so much and I'm going to try some new things to try and minimize the blight like some copper as a soil drench along with neem oil and washing soda as fungicides.

 

[Heirloom farmer1969]

I'm trying BrandyBoy for the first time this year, I had them shipped to my sister int the US and she mailed them to me. I don't expect them to be as good as my Greeks but if they're half decent and resistant to early blight I'll be happy.

They're much better disease resistant than the original Brandywine.
The tomatoes looks and taste exactly like the heirloom variety.
Only difference i can tell is the vines are a little more manageable averaging about 5 to six feet in height.
If you like the original brandwines, you'll love brandy boy!!

 

[smitty55]

They're much better disease resistant than the original Brandywine.
The tomatoes looks and taste exactly like the heirloom variety.
Only difference i can tell is the vines are a little more manageable averaging about 5 to six feet in height.
If you like the original brandwines, you'll love brandy boy!!

I never grow hybrids so this will be a change. Just curious if you ever tried growing some seed from them. I know it's a shot in the dark as you never know what you'll get from an F1.

 

[Oliver Buckle]

I never grow hybrids so this will be a change. Just curious if you ever tried growing some seeic d from them

There was a study recently of people who had moved to the UK some time ago and brought exotic vegetables with them. They had been growing from saved seed for ten years or more. Exotic vegetables have become fashionable and the seed companies have been trying to breed varieties suited to the British climate, but the researchers found they were not nearly as well adapted as the ones that had been selected by gardeners saving seed for ten years.
They suggested that saving seed from the best year on year one would probably select for a variety particularly suited to your soil type and micro-climate.

 

[Chuck]

There was a study recently of people who had moved to the UK some time ago and brought exotic vegetables with them. They had been growing from saved seed for ten years or more. Exotic vegetables have become fashionable and the seed companies have been trying to breed varieties suited to the British climate, but the researchers found they were not nearly as well adapted as the ones that had been selected by gardeners saving seed for ten years.
They suggested that saving seed from the best year on year one would probably select for a variety particularly suited to your soil type and micro-climate.

I've been saving tomato seeds for years. When I have numerous plants of the same variety I save the seeds from the earliest and from the biggest when ripe. I think it only works for a particular soil and climate though. I planted some saved seeds from where I lived before moving and they didn't grow near as well here as they did there. Numerous varieties and nothing grew as well.

 

[River]

Hands down Sun Gold are the best

I will have to try Barry’s crazy next year