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Old September 13, 2011   #31
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I loved Brads Black Heart my plant is suffering now with my second group of huge fruits

Also my Berkerly Tie Dye is huge again, but suffering plant as showed
some flowers from today
Both plants love the cold nights
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Old September 14, 2011   #32
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Which one would be recommended for AZ? We typically have a short spring season followed by brutally hot summers and a nice fall with warm days/ cool nights. A short season variety that tolerates dry weather and cool nights or longer season varieties and/or tomatoes that tolerate heat ( like CP and Arkansas Traveler) are examples of what has done well for me so far. I've not tried any of his varieties so far because our growing conditions are so opposite but I just love the looks of some of those tomatoes. I've been thinking that maybe BPTD or Black and Brown Boar might be a good spring or fall tomato?

Tracydr, I'd suggest giving Black and Brown Boar a try. Your climate sounds pretty similar to mine here on the central coast, though we have not had a brutally hot summer for a couple of years. Hot days, yes, over 100, but bearable. Always cool nights, sometimes a 50 to 60 degree drop. Pink Berkeley Tie Die has also done well, would have appreciated some shade cloth more recently, though.


Raybo, what a picture, thanks for posting it! Sure are pretty.

Filmnet, I hope your tomatoes will ripen alright, the fruits look full of such potential. Has your weather been very harsh?
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Old September 14, 2011   #33
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No very nice for 2 weeks finally, these huge fruits just grew over the last 2 weeks. I never had the last fruit so big. I had potatoes growing 2 ft from Tomato plants, My first time for white fly's they fly all around and the first dieing plant they went to , and them to all plants. On my shots, behind the 2 Brad plants there is no plants left.
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Old March 2, 2023   #34
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wow ..... it has been 12 years since this post .....

still the same question ...... so many more to choose from now
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Old March 2, 2023   #35
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Wow, there are so many good ones. Berkeley Tie Dye Green will be a new one for me this year and I have yet to grow a Brad Gates tomato that isn't great. If I could only grow one in a year I would have to choose Lucid Gem. Its just a fantastic tomato that checks all the boxes for my garden. Beautiful, tastes great, very productive and ripens in my short season.
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Old March 3, 2023   #36
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Lucid Gem has been on and off my tentative to grow list a number of times this year ..... back on it goes .......
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Old March 3, 2023   #37
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I grew Lucid Gem, and one from another source, Yellow Dragon, last year, that were rather similar. I loved both.
Some of Brad's blue and black releases are poor choices in my climate. Berk Tie-dye will repeat.

But my all-time favorite is Brad's Atomic Grape.

I have two gardens, each fenced against critters and each about 6K square feet. That enables me to grow approximately 120 tomatoes every year, everything else I like to grow, and fallow enough ground to keep soil biota healthy and let some disease die out for lack of hosts.

Each garden gets a Brad AG, and there is one on my deck, one by the garage, and one by the shed in case I need a quick snack.

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But my all-time favorite is Brad's Atomic Grape.

I think my favourite is Atomic Fusion. Such a great tasting tomato! But I'd hate to have to pick only one.
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wow ..... it has been 12 years since this post .....

still the same question ...... so many more to choose from now

And I was shocked to see that I started the thread! Wish we had the weather I described 12 years ago....
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What a blast from the past! Names we will never see posting again and several from folks who have moved on. And some pretty nice tomato varieties listed. I am surprised I did not respond.

Brad's Black Heart and the Tie Dyes I have tried and enjoyed.
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