Feedback Needed

[dpurdy]

I grow many varieties of tomatoes each year and continually look for better producing tomatoes for market each year. I grow both heirloom and hybrids. Some are for market, some for wholesale, and we use many for canning and our eating enjoyment.

This is a list of some of the new varieties that I'm trying this year and would like some feedback from anyone who has tried to grow these.

(1) BHN 1021 Beefsteak
(2) Paragon (F1)
(3) Defiant PHR (F1)
(4) Bush Goliath
(5) Polbig (F1)

I'm also looking for some new determinate heirloom varieties to try. I already grow Marglobe and Rutgers. Any useful feedback will be helpful for me to make better choices for my gardens this year. Thanks
dpurdy

[Cole_Robbie]

I had 3, 4, & 5 in the high tunnel last year. None of them impressed me that much; I did a lot better with Big Beef. Polbig is popular with other high tunnel growers, so part of my dislike for it is probably my lack of experience high tunnel growing.

Taxi is a really great OP yellow determinate, if that interests you. My problem with the red OP determinates that I have tried is that they tend to come from northern climates and when my summer gets hot they can't tolerate it.

[travis]

Some heat tolerant, red, determinate tomatoes that have worked well for me in Zone 6b, even in the mid-summer 90*F temps:

Neptune
Cherokee (Red)
Monte Verde
Mozark

... and several F2, F3, and F4 segregations I'm working on from seeds I take out of heat setting F1 hybrid cultivars.

[RJGlew]

Originally Posted by dpurdy

I'm also looking for some new determinate heirloom varieties to try. I already grow Marglobe and Rutgers. Any useful feedback will be helpful for me to make better choices for my gardens this year. Thanks
dpurdy

It's a great determinate, with large production and exceptional disease resistance. Not an heirloom, rather a great AAS award winning hybrid.

rg

[ginger2778]

Originally Posted by Cole_Robbie

I had 3, 4, & 5 in the high tunnel last year. None of them impressed me that much; I did a lot better with Big Beef. Polbig is popular with other high tunnel growers, so part of my dislike for it is probably my lack of experience high tunnel growing.

Taxi is a really great OP yellow determinate, if that interests you. My problem with the red OP determinates that I have tried is that they tend to come from northern climates and when my summer gets hot they can't tolerate it.

You might like homestead. Red determinate developed for Florida and our heat. Very popular market tomato for many years. My grandparents had acreage in Homestead, Fl and the farmers that rented it grew Homestead variety. Pretty good flavor, very good shelf life.

Marsha

[Cole_Robbie]

Thanks. I am going to try to keep the high tunnel going through the summer, so the second planting will be heat-tolerant tomatoes. I will definitely try Homestead. Florida 91 has also been recommended, but I am not sure how it will taste.