Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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July 19, 2019 | #31 |
Tomatovillian™
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Anybody have updates? Here are mine.
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July 25, 2019 | #32 |
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For me, I agree with what Remy said above. Uluru Ochre is the champ for taste. It loses in looks by a long shot. I also love Dwarf Orange Cream. This year I have Uluru Ochre, Dwarf Wild Fred, Rosella Purple and a non- Dwarf Tomato Project dwarf New Big Dwarf. I have grown a ton of the dwarves and love them. Saucy Mary was pretty unique as it was green and tasted like a green apple. Kind of neat. I don't think there are any bad ones in the group. The biggest restriction I had in my choices this year were that we have a short growing season here in Prince Edward Island so a lot of the ones I wanted to grow had too long an expected DTM so I didn't take the chance with them.
Hey Craig... I have seen lots of people say that Green Giant and Cherokee Green are the best GWRs. How does Emerald Giant of the other greens from the project compare to them? Do they taste as good or are they just close? Pete
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July 25, 2019 | #33 |
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I like Pit Viper, Tasm Choc, BrandyFred, Fred's TD, Wild Fred. I see a trend here.
Everyone on the project, thank you for your efforts. |
July 25, 2019 | #34 |
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Some were so much bigger than expected!
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July 26, 2019 | #35 |
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I liked Tasmanian Chocolate (of course - what could go wrong with a black tomato?), and Arctic Rose was good flavored as well. Out of all dwarfs I have grown, it was two yellow ones which blew me away. Summertime Gold and Summer sunrise were just fantastic.
(Why on earth I did not sow them this season? I always think of them and then succumb to temptation to try something else..) |
July 26, 2019 | #36 |
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I've liked all that I have tried, but for flavor, my favorites have been Loxton Ladd for orange, Summertime Gold for yellow (though I currently prefer one from the Tipsy line that is yet to be released), and Rosella Purple for pink. I also love the recently released Numbat for a sweet GWR one.
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July 31, 2019 | #37 |
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I thought Sweet Scarlet was the best tomato I had eaten in a very long time.
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July 31, 2019 | #38 |
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I'm trying to match some tomatoes with some colors and names.
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August 9, 2020 | #39 |
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2020 dwarf tomatoes.
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August 9, 2020 | #40 |
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Very nice
The dwarf varieties are indeterminate aren't they? They grow dense foliage and thick stems but keep growing until frost? Have you guys tried Uluru Ochre, Tasmanian Chocolate, Dwarf Wild Spudleaf, Tastywine or Dwarf Blazing Beauty? I will be growing those varieties and will share pictures if i do ok at growing them.... |
August 9, 2020 | #41 |
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I grew Blazing Beauty last year. There's probably a picture in the 2019 pics. I believe it was the only orange one I grew.
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August 9, 2020 | #42 | |
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Yes i see one small tomato that looks like it's labelled 'Blazing beauty'. Do these dwarf varieties grow smaller fruit than normal tomatoes or just smaller, more squat plants? Thanks again. |
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August 9, 2020 | #43 |
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From what I've read, most but not all of the project tomatoes are indeterminate, and the plants are about 4 feet, but the tomatoes come in all sizes. I had some pretty big ones this year.
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August 9, 2020 | #44 |
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Tasmanian Chocolate, Rosella Purple and Big Dwarf all had great flavor this year, production was not that great.
Dwarf Pink Passion and Rosella Crimson (with 8 to 10 ounce tomatoes) were big producers with good taste. I will grow them all again next year. |
August 10, 2020 | #45 |
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I have only grown Tasmanian Chocolate (something I plan on rectifying). Year 1 of the Taz was promising enough that this year I allotted two Taz's space in my too small greenhouse. And their production and quality is superb, the best of any variety I have in there (well, the Chef's Choice Stripped is right up there as well, but this thread is about Dwarfs).
The Taz's started ripening their fruit mid-season and the fruit itself is a tasty dark tomato in the Cherokee Purple class with a quality and production I have never gotten from any Cherokee Purple. No splits, rots, cracks, or scabs. The greenhouse environment no doubt contributes to lack of warts and blemishes, but my Damsels in the same greenhouse exhibited a fair bit of top cracking, the Taz's and Chef's Stripped none at all. (I hate cracks and splits, leads to rot and fruit flies and waste) My two greenhouse Taz's are currently pushing well past 4' tall and are so vigorous and bushy I have had to start pruning them back and tying selected leaders to string supports. The people I gave Taz starts to this spring are very happy, all reporting good production of tasty fruit with good quality. I will try some Rozella Purple, Boronia, and Pink Passion in hopes of getting earlier fruit but I will keep Taz. (I am very impressed with my Chef's Choice Stripped. Jury is still out on my CC Bicolor, nice big tomatoes, but kind of late. I don't know why my CC Stripped is so much earlier, it isn't supposed to be, but it is.) Last edited by PaulTandberg; August 10, 2020 at 01:46 PM. |
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