What was this year's best Tomato????

I had quite a good year for Tomatoes, but am still on the quest for the Holy Grail.... Typically, my BEST (flavour-wise) this year was a self-seeded plum that was a total disaster last year!!!!

...... and why do the mini cherry tomatoes always end up HUGE!!!???????

Which ones did you like this year?

 

What variety of plum was it?
This year I had Gardeners Delight for the second year. I like the taste - very sweet - they produce heavily, are reliable and fairly disease resistant.
Next year I may try Sungold.

 

I grew 3 varieties, shirley, alicante and moneymaker. I couldn't tell which was which, especially as i had accidentally mixed them all up before planting in gro bags, But they all gave good results. I have grown cherry toms, but like honeybee they never stop at cherry size. I may try other varieties next year as well as the three named. I sell produce from the drive, and other unusual varieties may be attractive.

 

Ive always grown moneymaker from three to a thousand and to me they are the very best to grow no undue fuss just a good strong tomatoe

 

My usual ones are Gardener's Delight, Moneymaker and Shirley and sometimes Alicante. The overall best cropper I guess is Gardener's Delight which was still going strong until we got a lot of rain in mid October when the fruits started to split.

I did try a new Greek tom - 'Thessaloniki" this year but it was very slow to crop. I had it in the polytunnel, so next year I'll try it in the GH and see if the hotter temperature suits it better.

 

I grow Gardeners Delight as the No1 choice. This year I grew Ferline as well which was OK bigger than GD tased OK & White beauty a heritage variety - these were really disappointing not what you'd call a pretty fruit (B****y Ugly in fact)and tested of absolutley nothing (supposed to be sweet with a honey flavour or something like that)So I won't bothe with them again.

 

I grew some seeds from a tomato sold in Morrisons under the name Dolce Rosso. They were delicious and everyone preferred them to Moneymaker and Gardeners Delight, although the man down the road from whom I bought the Moneymaker plants produced better tasting fruit from his plants than I did.
Next year I shall try Sungold and some of the really big ones, but will concentrate on the Dolce Rosso as I buy the tomatos anyway in winter and don't have to buy any seed!

 

I bought a few different varieties this year as I was too busy decorating the house to sow seeds.(can't tell you the names cos they didn't have labels) I wasn't impressed with any of them and all my 'tasters' agreed that they weren't a patch on last years(sungold).
This years best cropper and the sweetest, were some yellow cherry tumbler tomatoes I grew in a window box, surrounded by various bazils.
i have grown sungold for a few years and have always had a large crop of the sweetest tomatoes, so i'll be growing them again next year.

 

Hi Blackthorn

It was a tomato "Roma", I think... threw the packet and spare seeds away in discust!! But I'm going to try them again.... if I get enough I'll be able to do a load of sauces for the freezer.


I think I may try Sungold too - I have heard a lot about how sweet they are. The boys like to eat the tiny ones like sweets - and they go well in their lunch boxes. And judging by everyone's responses, good old Gardeners Delight for bigger salad tomatoes.

I think one of the reasons the toms were much better this year was because I put some white stuff on the glass to cut down the harshness of the sun - it made a HUGE difference, so next year I am going to treat myself to some proper green shading.

Thanks everyone!!!!

 

If I am eating a 'shop bought' tomato and I like the flavour I save some seed and sow them the following year.

My best variety is one I have named 'Feurtaventura' Feurta for short.

This is one as the name suggests was one I bought when there on holiday in the early 90's and have saved seed ever since.

Next year I am trying a sweet pepper I bought in the Costa del Sol in September it was huge. Nearly the size of a rugby ball.

 

This year i grew shirley, alicante, moneymaker and ailsa craig. They all grew very well and produced large numbers of tasty tomatoes. Some trusses had around 28 tomatoes on them, but i prefered shirley.

 

I was given some straggly, sad-looking Moneymaker plants this year but with a bit of tlc, plenty of water & decent feeding, they cropped fantastically with impressive flavour.

 

I think you have hit the nail on the head there Casey good feeding is the key we grew many varieties when I was a lad we fed them with a liquid cow slurry (it was vile) but they were the tastiest tomatoes around, these chemical cocktails they use for feed are absolutely carp

 

still prefer Gardeners Delight and Sungold to most others. Someone posted ealier in the year that Sungold had been superceded by a new variety but can't remember what it was.

 

Hello each, Just found this site and have just registered, I am waiting for a 12 x 4 lean-to greenhouse to be delivered. Within which I hope to grow Tomato's, chillis, peppers and herbs the Tom,s I have decided to try, already have seeds, are Sungold,Sweet Million and Tornado, any comments would be appreciated.