Shirley tomatoes

As any one grown these toms there is an offer on one of the sites and I was goiong to try them

 

They are a very reliable, and tasty, greenhouse tomato to my mind.:thumb:

 

My prof grower friend cocked a snook at me when I told him I grew moneymaker. A few days later he gave me some Shirley F1 young plants and said try these. They grew well and cropped well but they had thick skins and to my mind didn't taste as good as moneymakers. That's just my observation, anyhow.

 

I haven't tried Shirley tomatoes Nathan but I have sent off to T & M for a packet of Sub Arctic Plenty. I believe it was Marley Farley who mentioned them in a post and I thought he was having a bit of a joke :hehe: but apparently they do well and ripen in cooler conditions, whether or not the flavour is any good remains to be seen.

 

Used to grow them and they were good, but moved to growing Sparta two years ago and found them to be tastier and less prone to virus.

 

I'll stick with moneymaker, good, reliables, tasty crop,

Why change ?

 

I didn't know about the virus susceptability Dave W but after having to wait till the end of summer for ripe toms last year, I thought it was time to try something different. I suppose the answer is for a sunny summer then all varieties will be blight free and do well, I'll also be growing Ailsa Craig and Sungold.

 

I am going to grow Gardeners Delight,sungold and shirley all ones i have grown before ,also Japanese Black Triffle,just to see what it's like.Hope we have more sun this year. joyce