Tomato Growing Thread 2012

Mine are sown (and up, and leggy-ish ...), same as always though, so not very exciting:

Gardeners Delight
Shirley F1
Sungold F1

Thought I had more Sungold left from previous years, but only found 3 seeds in the packet, but they've all germinated and that will probably be enough. Only 10 seeds in the packet, I'm surprised I sowed more than 5 last year ... but maybe I did.

Still plenty of Gardeners Delight left ... that packet has 2009, 10, 11 and now 12 scribbled on it !! 75 seeds though, and I only grow 6 plants, so probably sow 10 seeds each year, so got to keep that packet alive for another 3 years - what do you reckon?

And the Shirley is a 50-seed packet, but I usually give a few of those away each year so they should only need to last one more year for 3 in total ...

Scrooge signing out !!

 

Costoluto (sown last thurs and germinated)
San Marzano (sown last thurs and germinated)
Phil's Fantastic (For the GC large Tom comp, some germinated)

To to be sown.

Sungella
Sungold F1
Recurrant
Few Others...maybe.

That should be enough...

Steve...

 

Delicious (GC comp, all germinated and doing well)
Big Boy F1 (GC comp, all germinated and doing well)

Harbinger (a first for me, was on special offer so why not, good germination)
Gardeners Delight (old faithful)
San Marzano (poor germination from my first sowing but 2nd sowing much better)

Excellent results from Big Boy and San Marzano last year, hoping for the same this year

 

I won't be sowing mine for a couple of weeks, but they are as follows...

Sungold F1 (for under glass)
Ferline F1 (for outdoors)
Super Marmande (for outdoors)
Rosada F1 (for under glass)
Red Alert (for outdoors) Never tried a 'bush' before

Cheers...Freddy.

Stop press : Just found some 'Legend', so will probably try those too

 

Outdoors

Koralik
Red Alert
Brasero
Sweet Million
Sungold
Auld Sod (might also grow one for seed saving in a tunnel in case of blight)


Poly Tunnels + Greenhouse (and maybe spreading outdoors when I run out of room!)

Red Alert - just a few very early ones, some now 150mm high
Sungold
Sweet Million
Big Zac (F2+)
Some from a big tomato contest winner of unknown parentage
Purple Calabash
German Red Strawberry
Phil's Fantastic
Giant Belgium
Delicious
Mortgage Lifter
Monster
Striped Stuffer
Pink Brandywine (Sudduth's Strain)
Black Prince
Black Krim
Orange Banana
Omar's Lebanese
Marianna's Peace
Gold Medal
Dr Carolyn

Window boxes & garden containers

Balconi (Red & Yellow)
Tumbler
Gartenperle

Other

Alicante - for my MIL who grows nothing else. I've also got some car boot Gardeners Delight seeds still in date and I some Costoluto from a seed swop.


I'll think that's enough.

EDIT: I've got a few more (and deleted Gartenperle as I'm trying to cut the numbers down a bit):

Minibel
Red Robin
Vilma
+ Ailsa Craig & Moneymaker (but not for me to grow!)

 

My first year at growing some different sorts of tomatoes so:

Brandywine (iffy germination)
Super Marmande (good germination)
Pomadoro (very easy germination)
Tigerella (good germination)

Once I find the seeds! if I can remember rightly I'm also going to grow a few of:

Ailsa Craig
Alicante

Good luck to all.

Fens

 

Mine are...

Gardener's Delight
Elegance
and a couple of unknown varieties from shop tomatoes that we liked the taste of (might come true)


Kevin

 

Here we have
Alicante
Shirly F1
Gardeners Delight
still want some Beef Steak
will put seeds in mid to late March I find if I go earlier the later one's catch up so nothing gained.

 

Mine are sown,just waiting :fingerdrum:
Alicante
F1 Beefmaster
Gardeners delight.....

i'll probably do more....can't resist:WINK1:

 

In the greenhouse Im going for
Roma VF
Brandywine Black

& outside where I have space I hope to fill in with
Gartenperle

May get around to starting the greenhouse ones off this weekend if I can find space on the windowsill, but will probably wait for a couple of weeks yet.

Nick.

 

From a seed circle I have the following

Alpatieva 905A
Beijing Yellow
Delhi
Demidov
Dwarf Mr Snow tree
Early Tanana
Green Bell Pepper
Koraliktree
Korol Rannikh tree
Latah
Michael Pollan
Monkeys Ass
Plumpton King
Prairie Firetree
Yellow Out Red In
Red Pear
Slovienian Black
Tasmanian Chocolate Dwarf
T.C. Jonestree
Vova Yellowtree
Eli
Orange fleshed purple smudge

From my own stash I have

Sungold
Losetto
Principe Borghese
Harbinger
Moneymaker
Gardeners Delight
San Marzano
Riesentrube
Golden Sunrise
Beefsteak (origin unknown)
Sweet Million
Minibel
Red Tumbler

And I haven't a clue what to grow

 

Poolcue, I have to admit, that the name "Monkey Ass" kinda caught my eye

Googled it...Monkey Ass Tomato Seeds

 

I feel slightly more comfortable with the 30 varieties on my list now you've listed all of those 35 varieties above.

With lots of mine I'll only be growing a few plants to check out how well they grow, whether I like the toms and so I can save seeds from them.