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.

 

[skinyea]

Lemon boy. did not taste like t was fresh. right off the vine , tasted store bought. never again

 

[armjr]

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.

The only non-red tomatos I grow and like are Black Krim and Yellow Pear.

I don’t plant Determinant tomatoes. Ironically, my tomatoes are acting like determinant plants this year. Lots of foliage, lots of tomatoes, and none are ripening… I’ve got about 150 plants in the ground and we’ve gotten just a handful of big tomatoes and a double handful of cherries… they’ve outgrown the cages and are growing across the rows for support. I have tunnels I crawl around in looking for something orange….

Alan

 

[yardiron]

In NJ here and mine are still in the flats being transitioned outdoors for a few hours a day. I'm at least a week from going in the ground. I've been fooled by the early warm weather here before and in three of the last five years we had snow flurries and frost late in May.
My plants are begging for more room, they're already trying to climb the wall out of the flats they're in.

I wanted to get the ground tilled this weekend but by the time I got home Saturday it was already raining.
We're supposed to have showers now for the entire week and temps in the high 40's over night.

I learned years ago that all the non-red tomatoes were a waste of space in my garden, as were most determinate types.
I find that indeterminate varieties grow nearly out of control here, getting to 7 or 8ft tall and more but determinate types barely hit a couple foot tall and put on a few smaller tomatoes and are done.

Personally, I found all the non-red varieties bland or even off putting flavor wise. A neighbor swears by them but he's the first one to tell you he doesn't like tomatoes. His garden there is 90% peppers with a few potted odd color tomato plants and enough lettuce to attract every rabbit and groundhog from miles around.

 

[gary350]

This year I am growing, Big Beef again, 1" heirloom cherry tomatoes, jelly beans. Big Beef does well in TN hot 100° dry desert. The 1" heirlooms and jelly beans do well also. Harvest day tomatoes will be high acid but after 3 days in the kitchen acid turns sweet. If we have extra hot temperatures 107° or 109° that is very rare the 1" cherry potatoes will continue to grow nice tomatoes. I have been saving my 1" heirloom seeds for 47 years no one sells them anymore and I don't remember the original name.

I never grow determinate tomatoes, plants that die after having only 2 weeks of ripe tomatoes are a waste of time and waste of garden space. We want ripe tomatoes until first frost kills the plants Nov 1st.

 

[Oliver Buckle]

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

I did very well with "Outdoor Girl" one year, keep meaning to try them again and forgetting at the crucial time. However, I guess Texas and East Sussex are pretty different climates.

 

[armjr]

I plant a few Early Girl plants. That gives us fresh tomatoes earlier. Now that I have the greenhouse up I can get my “in ground” plants started in January, and this year I’ll try some year round plantings.

My greenhouse is 15’x 45’. A blessing and a curse. I love what it will produce but I can’t keep myself from sticking every pruned twig in a pot…

Alan