2013 Tomato Growing

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  1. ARMANDII

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    Last year I grew:.....
    Gardeners Delight
    Sungold
    Sungold Select II
    Elegance
    Striped German
    Brandywine (Sudduth)
    Also, I grew from saved seed 2 varieties of shop bought tomatoes

    Maybe a fluke (given the peculiar year weatherwise) but one of those shop varieties produced a very pleasant tasting tomato which I saved seed from - and to keep decisions as simple as possible - that is probably all I am going to grow this year.
     
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      I just decided to grow 'Delicious' for the biggest tomato competition.
       
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        So you're not using the red balloon you used last time, JWK???:scratch: :loll:
         
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        I was accused of that!
         
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        Oughtn't it to have something like "Hercules" in its name? :heehee:
         
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        JWK was outdone by you, Vincie, 'cos you had a bigger red balloon [which you got from Ziggy:heehee:]
         
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        bah humbug! ooops, wrong time of year.......

        Damn it, I've excluded myself from the biggest tomato competition on the grounds I grew the "biggest" red balloon last year! :dancy:
         
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          It was the face painted on it, Vince, that gave it away.:snork: It was a cracking tomato though wasn't it!:thumbsup: :snork:
           
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          Can I add to the list
          Big Zac
          Early Goliath
          Better Boy
          Aisla Craig
          Sungold F1
          Gardeners Delight
          Tigerella
          Alicante
          Maskotka
          Money Maker

          I will be late planting, as if I started them off, it would be too cold to place them in the cold greenhouse, so they would get too leggy

          Otherwise ready to go

          Jack McH
           
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            Still can't work out how you grow Tomatoes under 2 miles of ice Jack:dunno:
             
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              Jack, you have a heated propagator?
               
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              Thanks Jack, I've added your selections to the list at post#1.

              The top list becomes:

              10 Gardeners Delight
              8 Sungold F1
              5 Alicante
              4 Ferline F1
              4 Maskotka
              4 Moneymaker
              4 Rosada
              4 Shirley
              4 Sungella
              3 Ailsa Craig
              3 Better Boy
              3 Big Zak
              3 Black Krim
              3 Early Goliath
               
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              Following the obvious liking for Gardeners Delight, I've decided to try them. Where they are going, I don't have a clue!:scratch:
               
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                I'm afraid I buck the trend as I tend to mainly use seeds I have collected myself!

                I am not a great lover of cherry varieties but my grand kids do so I grow Gardeners Delight for them.

                Because they can be grown outdoors and ripen very quickly, I put a couple of plants in a bucket every year and let them grow them in their own gardens, and I grow two or three plants in my greenhouse as back up for them.

                As I mentioned I save my own seed, and for convenience I give them a name befitting where I got them e.g. About fifteen years ago I brought a tomato back from Feurtaventura so I have named this variety "Feurta"

                Similarly I went to a tomato tasting at Tatton Park show and saved a few seeds of one I liked and naed it Tatton.

                Other varieties I grow are Richard's, Josie's & Keith's and these samples from friends.

                I also have a variety that was bred for M & S where the seeds are not available to the general public!

                My principle reason for doing this is;

                a) it is a challenge and

                b) I grow varieties that suit my personal tastes!

                If I am growing commercial tomato seeds I tend to grow the old varieties such as; Alicante,Ailsa Craig and Moneymaker as I feel some of the newer ones are often rather bland in taste!



                Sorry these varieties won't fit in with your statistics but I just thought I would mention my methods and preferences.
                 
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