Tomato myths

[TomatoDon]

Which kind of tomatoes are we discusing here?

Don

[jerseyjohn61]

Fruit, vegetable or berry, Don?
....JJ61

[TomatoDon]

Not quite sure, JJ. They are sort of soft and about hand size. Similar to what I show in my avatar. But not that red. Then, you have the jumbos.

Don

[Emaewest]

Originally Posted by jerseyjohn61

Fruit, vegetable or berry, Don?
....JJ61

They're really more like a berry than anything, aren't they? Just a moderate-to-massive sized berry. :wink:

One of the dominant local tomato myths is "Heirlooms don't grow well here." I asked two local seed companies if they would be getting in more varieties of heirloom tomato seeds, and that is the basic response I got from both of them. They do carry Brandywine and/or Scotia, but they insist that only hybrids are worth growing in our climate. If all I had ever grown were Brandywine and Scotia, I'd be inclined to agree. But with the thousands of varieties out there, you'd think they'd be able to find something else if they looked hard enough.

[TomatoDon]

I think the ones I was referring to, if I have my biology correct, was MammasGrandas. It's the larger variety.

Don

[lightt]

I don't know why this thread has made me want to post a picture of my largest tomatoes from the year before last but it did.....



Terry Light
Oak Hill, Virginia

[TomatoDon]

Thanks Terry! Exactly what I was talkin' bout. Fine tomatoes!

D

[coronabarb]

Funny how men just go ga-ga over tomatoes.

Rhonda, *they* say that about growing heirlooms everywhere, even here in So Cal. I guess *they* don't think you can grow heirlooms anywhere!

[TomatoDon]

Terry, tell us how you fertilize your tomatoes. You certainly grew a good crop. They look so large and succulent. Triple 13?

Don

[Dunkel]

Hmmm and I been calling them melons! LOL I shouldn't have said that but I was inspired.

[TomatoDon]

If I get much more inspired, we're going to have open pollination right here on the forum.

Don

[lightt]

Don asked: Terry, tell us how you fertilize your tomatoes. You certainly grew a good crop. They look so large and succulent. Triple 13?[

Actually they were grown au naturale -- guess that makes them organic?

And Dunkel, I'm shocked! You mean you really can't tell the difference between mellons and tomatoes?

Terry Light
Oak Hill, Virginia

[TomatoDon]

Sounds good, Terry. Now, I want a taste test.

Don

[jermen]

[coronabarb]

keith, I didn't see where you posted what happened to you...

(not to change the subject)