Tomato Growing Thread 2012

Hi F/C.
I grew Faworyt a couple of years ago, not bad!

 

Hiya Dave.

Floridity, how do they perform/taste? I'm growing Rosada(f1), and the taste is VERY good. The only downside is that they CAN be quite small, at least for me. They're not 'all that' when eaten raw, but once cooked they are transformed.

Cheers...Freddy

 

Thanks for that John. Have you compared them to Rosada(cooked)?

 

If I remember right, they need to be limited to 4 per truss

 

Thanks John, you may well be right about under feeding. I've fed mine as I normally do but we've had more or less constant rain and the feed could be being washed out. I'll snip the tip of the plant as it's about as tall as I want it and increase feed and wait and see what happens.
My first year growing floridity and I'm very pleased with the taste and texture. Those in the tunnel are developing reasonably well and are a bit ahead of the gardeners delight.

 

Hiya John.

I've grown them (in the greenhouse) for maybe three years, and the size has always been a bit variable, from small to medium, relatively speaking. For me. it's all about the taste. As you know, it's been a rubbish year for toms, so mine haven't performed as I would like, but the Rosada still (for me)have that amazing taste, when cooked

 

I have had my first ripend fruit, and I ate them :-) Only one ripened of each

The shirley F1 I will have to retry as it was a bit bland but also small, so no real opinion
The Supersweet was nice, sweet and tangy
The Gardeners delight was the best so far
I am still awaiting the Ailsa Craig, the Money Maker, Tigerella and the Maskotka

Jack McH

 

My tomato plants have had a gazillion flowers on now for a while, but have thus far only produced 3 toms between them all of which were ready a couple of weeks ago.

 

Take the Ailsa Craig back and swap them for something else. I think even Monty Don said on GW that he doesn't understand why they are so popular because he doesn't know anyone who thinks they taste better than pretty much any other Tom.

I grow, and like, Ailsa Craig Onions though.

Ditto with Moneymaker - cracking name, rubbish taste.

Mind you, Jack is saying his Shirley have no flavour, mine neither. Lack of Sun I reckon ...

Don't overfeed / water them though Jack (assuming they are indoors - sorry, I've forgotten)

 

So far I have harvested Early Tanana which appear to be on a par with Moneymaker for taste,Latah which with a bit of sun on them taste OK,Koralik which are exceptionally sweet,a couple of Losetto's which are OK and some Sungold which this year are pretty tasteless.