shepp 2,285 Posted March 7, 2009 Report Share Posted March 7, 2009 Can anybody recommend a good variety of tomatoes for me to grow this year? I think i grew alicante last year and was not that impressed. I'm after quality rather than quantity. Thanks Shepp Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest jt750 Posted March 7, 2009 Report Share Posted March 7, 2009 Shirley mate.Nice size nice colour and good disease resistance. I think last year the weather was that bad everyone had a torrid time with crops Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shepp 2,285 Posted March 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2009 Shirley mate.Nice size nice colour and good disease resistance. I think last year the weather was that bad everyone had a torrid time with crops Cheers for that, yes mine were all flesh and no flavour. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mattydski 560 Posted March 7, 2009 Report Share Posted March 7, 2009 It may not be the plants fault, last year was very bad for tomatoes in general. I grew 4 different varieties, I only had about 3 tomatoes ripen on about 7 plants. May be worth trying again.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
micky 3,325 Posted March 7, 2009 Report Share Posted March 7, 2009 gardners delight there the best of the lot Quote Link to post Share on other sites
quickdrawmcgraw 0 Posted March 7, 2009 Report Share Posted March 7, 2009 gardners delightthere the best of the lot Ailsa Craig...me Dad swore by them. Had a go last year but they were poor. This year hopefully they'll do allright without that blighty thing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest jt750 Posted March 7, 2009 Report Share Posted March 7, 2009 I grew gardeners delight for many years but the best cherry tomato i ever grew was sungold. It cropped early long long trusses of orange tomato's and they never seemed to stop.Best thing was it was vine and not a bush type which suited me better Quote Link to post Share on other sites
quickdrawmcgraw 0 Posted March 7, 2009 Report Share Posted March 7, 2009 I grew gardeners delight for many years but the best cherry tomato i ever grew was sungold. It cropped early long long trusses of orange tomato's and they never seemed to stop.Best thing was it was vine and not a bush type which suited me better Have you seen those hundreds and thousands variety?. Loads of little toms from a flowering basket. I fancy having a grow at those. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tiercel 6,986 Posted March 7, 2009 Report Share Posted March 7, 2009 When you talk about Tomatos you are talking personal taste. To me Shirleys while being a good cropper lacks somewhat in the taste department. Alicante, Moneymaker and Alisa Craig are pretty much the same. I have tried a few heritage varieties along with some exotic varieties. Out of the heritage varieties I would recommend Hearald not too bad a cropper but to me brilliant taste, although they are prone to greenback so keep the greenhouse well shaded. Out of the exotic varieties, while they are not in the same class to the more moden varieties yield wise there are some spectaculer and unusual tastes to be had with them. For an outdoor tomato I am caught between Mermandé and Gardeners Delight both given a fair summer are tops for taste, but yet again totally different. TC Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest jt750 Posted March 7, 2009 Report Share Posted March 7, 2009 Yes those are my personal tastes. I don't garden anymore (difficult in a flat) but when i did grow up to 2 years ago i always tried a new variety alongside the 2 i mentioned to see how they got on.I found some cropped heavier without a great deal of flavour and some cropped lighter and more flavour. At the end of the day its each to their own and what suits your methods Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MRD 3 Posted March 7, 2009 Report Share Posted March 7, 2009 gardners delightthere the best of the lot I grow 4-5 types but Gardeners Delight!? Yummy! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jayd 0 Posted March 7, 2009 Report Share Posted March 7, 2009 The father in law gets a good crop 'o' toms every year, he does use a greenhouse though. Maybe that's why? They're good quality toms too... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
antg 1,765 Posted March 7, 2009 Report Share Posted March 7, 2009 I grew gardeners delight for many years but the best cherry tomato i ever grew was sungold. It cropped early long long trusses of orange tomato's and they never seemed to stop.Best thing was it was vine and not a bush type which suited me better i grew the SUNGOLD also and they were great. loads on the plants and kept producing very well. ill be getting some more in thats for sure Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scrubworm 0 Posted March 7, 2009 Report Share Posted March 7, 2009 rouge de mamande ,i guess you would get them in england ,i grew them for the first time this year and the few i got tasted superb. everyone here had a bad year for toms ,bush fires ,very hot summer ,drought ,etc . the end of our season now .why not plant a variety .i even stuck a fine piece of copper wire through the stalk base of one bush ,as someone at work said to ,ha ,dont know if that did any good as twas a crap season .cheers . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
droid 11 Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 gardners delightthere the best of the lot What he said. Grows fine outside in a Growbag. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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