What tomato variety will you NOT grow again?

[ThatsMyPurseIDontKnowYou]

Saw tons of people online recommending Brads Atomic Grape.

Was just not impressed. They took forever to ripen, didn't produce very much, and didn't have much taste at all.

Another one was Rebel Starfighter Prime. Super cool looking, great low acid taste. But off a massive plant I got like 5 tomatoes the entire summer. Meanwhile the moneymaker growing next to them was dumping out baseball sized fruits every day.

 

[Meadowlark]

Any tomato with "Boy" or "Girl" in the name. They just aren't good choices for my East Texas environment.

 

[ThatsMyPurseIDontKnowYou]

Any tomato with "Boy" or "Girl" in the name. They just aren't good choices for my East Texas environment.

Agreed. I have never had luck with Better Boy or Early Girl.

 

[Ruderunner]

Hillbilly. Too sensitive to ground moisture changes. If I had a greenhouse I'd probably do them.

 

[ThatsMyPurseIDontKnowYou]

Hillbilly. Too sensitive to ground moisture changes. If I had a greenhouse I'd probably do them.

Oh really? Dang that sucks, I have a couple seedlings started this year.

 

[Anniekay]

Tomatoes that aren't red. I get that they're a novelty and taste different but I haven't found a non-red tomato that I liked eating.

 

[Ruderunner]

Oh really? Dang that sucks, I have a couple seedlings started this year.

My problem is keeping them watered enough since we have a well. They do ok but when we get a heavy rain they suck up the water too fast and split the skins.

I've considered putting them in pots and under a shelter to keep the rain off.

They are pretty, can get huge and taste ok. I had one grow to 2.5 pounds.

 

[smitty55]

Any tomato with "Boy" or "Girl" in the name. They just aren't good choices for my East Texas environment.

Well I bought some Brandyboy seed so I hope they work fine for my environment.
As for something I won't grow again in my case it's German Pink heirloom, I tried it last year and was quite disappointed.

 

[yardiron]

Tomatoes that aren't red. I get that they're a novelty and taste different but I haven't found a non-red tomato that I liked eating.

I find the same thing, I've tried a dozen or so different varieties, usually because someone gave me extra seedlings and never once found one I wanted to plant again.

My favorite was always Better Boy tomatoes and Porter House as a second variety but lately neither has been very good here. It seems the hybrids have good years and bad years.

I've started buying extra seeds, that way if a year turns out to be really good, i at least have seeds to repeat the same again the following year. Lately though BB hasn't been good here in five years or so.
Last year was really bad. For this year I'm going to look for plants for at least part of my garden but have seeded 15 or so Garden Monster plants. They were so-so for me last year but they lasted till late Nov. and gave me more overall production and 50 jars of really good sauce and canned tomatoes. despite the sketchy start they had last year. They seemed to recover in the cooler fall weather and kept producing till the end giving me another 5 gallons of sauce to can even after Sept.