Suggestions of Crack/Split-Resistant, w/High Yield & Full Flavor? - Page 3

b54red · March 14, 2013

I know that a nice dry hot spell followed by heavy rain will cause almost all varieties of tomato to split. The ones with thicker skins tend to do better but they will also split with enough water. The only tomato that I think has never split is Lumpy Red, so that means this year it will split badly.

2nd Foundation · March 18, 2013

Thanks for all the responses! I can't wait to try some of the varieties you have suggested! It's going to take years to trial, haha!....I only have spots for 15 or so right now.

2nd Foundation · March 18, 2013

Gary, the seeds came in the mail today! Big thank you! I'll let you know how they do this year hopefully if all goes well and I can get it together!
~Caroline

2nd Foundation · March 18, 2013

Fingers still crossed that nctomatoman might post some suggestions, as I am nearby in his area. But I'd love to hear from any Carolinians or Southerners. I'm about an hour north of Raleigh in central North Carolina.

dice · March 23, 2013

The first pictures I ever saw of Black from Tula were large split
beefsteaks, so I would guess that it cracks about the same as
Black Krim. I grew it last year, and it did not have much problem
with splitting, but then it was not an up-and-down year with regards
to water and temperature (consistently cold and wet up until
mid-July, and then consistently dry and sunny for the next six
weeks).

edit:
The late Dan and Val McMurray's Coastal Pride Red
had the toughest skin I have ever seen on a tomato.
(I felt that it should have been named Rhino Hide after
growing it one time.)
http://t.tatianastomatobase.com:88/w...stal_Pride_Red

It was mid-late season for me. I have also grown Coastal
Pride Orange, and it did not have that characteristic
(extremely tough skin).

efisakov · March 26, 2013

Carbon, for me is in that category of almost perfect tomato. Must warn you, its shape vary. The taste is similar to CP, but it grow much taller and more productive. I am surprised that not that many people are raving about it.

b54red · March 26, 2013

I had really good luck with Carbon this past fall; but it is usually one of the few black tomatoes that always seems to get fusarium early in the summer. I'm hoping I can get some grafts of Carbon onto a more fusarium resistant rootstock this year. I would rank Carbon somehere between Indian Stripe and JD's Special C Tex. It makes larger tomatoes than IS and generally produces much better than JD's.

March 18, 2013	#32
2nd Foundation Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Central North Carolina 7b Posts: 71	Thanks for all the responses! I can't wait to try some of the varieties you have suggested! It's going to take years to trial, haha!....I only have spots for 15 or so right now. __________________ "If there was any race other than the human race, I'd go join it." ~Thomas Gore "The good thing about science is that it is true whether or not you believe in it." ~Neil deGrasse Tyson

March 18, 2013	#33
2nd Foundation Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Central North Carolina 7b Posts: 71	Gary, the seeds came in the mail today! Big thank you! I'll let you know how they do this year hopefully if all goes well and I can get it together! ~Caroline __________________ "If there was any race other than the human race, I'd go join it." ~Thomas Gore "The good thing about science is that it is true whether or not you believe in it." ~Neil deGrasse Tyson Last edited by 2nd Foundation; March 18, 2013 at 10:33 PM.

March 18, 2013	#34
2nd Foundation Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Central North Carolina 7b Posts: 71	Fingers still crossed that nctomatoman might post some suggestions, as I am nearby in his area. But I'd love to hear from any Carolinians or Southerners. I'm about an hour north of Raleigh in central North Carolina. __________________ "If there was any race other than the human race, I'd go join it." ~Thomas Gore "The good thing about science is that it is true whether or not you believe in it." ~Neil deGrasse Tyson

March 23, 2013	#35
dice Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: PNW Posts: 4,743	The first pictures I ever saw of Black from Tula were large split beefsteaks, so I would guess that it cracks about the same as Black Krim. I grew it last year, and it did not have much problem with splitting, but then it was not an up-and-down year with regards to water and temperature (consistently cold and wet up until mid-July, and then consistently dry and sunny for the next six weeks). edit: The late Dan and Val McMurray's Coastal Pride Red had the toughest skin I have ever seen on a tomato. (I felt that it should have been named Rhino Hide after growing it one time.) http://t.tatianastomatobase.com:88/w...stal_Pride_Red It was mid-late season for me. I have also grown Coastal Pride Orange, and it did not have that characteristic (extremely tough skin). __________________ -- alias Last edited by dice; March 23, 2013 at 01:30 PM. Reason: Coastal Pride Red note

March 26, 2013	#36
efisakov Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: NJ, zone 7 Posts: 3,162	Carbon, for me is in that category of almost perfect tomato. Must warn you, its shape vary. The taste is similar to CP, but it grow much taller and more productive. I am surprised that not that many people are raving about it. __________________ Ella God comes along and says, "I think I'm going to create THE tomato!”

March 14, 2013	#31
b54red Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Alabama Posts: 7,068	I know that a nice dry hot spell followed by heavy rain will cause almost all varieties of tomato to split. The ones with thicker skins tend to do better but they will also split with enough water. The only tomato that I think has never split is Lumpy Red, so that means this year it will split badly.