Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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October 19, 2020 | #1 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Glendora, CA
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Tomato yields for 2020
A pretty good year, especially for Super Sweet 100.
Yellow pear and Lemon Boy were planted later than the others explaining lowish counts. Cherokee Purple and Kellogg's Breakfast were planted on East and West side of garden. Cherokee Purple W 28 Cherokee Purple E 38 Kellogg's Breakfast W 40 Kellogg's Breakfast W 49 Lemon Boy 33 Yellow Pear 245 Momotaro 51 Super Sweet 100 1630 Black Prince 125 Aunt Ginny's Purple 25 Beefmaster 28 Grand Total 2292
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October 20, 2020 | #2 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Indianapolis Area 46112
Posts: 853
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Was wondering if the "40" in Kellogg's Breakfast W 40 meant 40 tomatoes per plant average??
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October 20, 2020 | #3 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Glendora, CA
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40 tomatoes from that one plant. Each entry is a plant. Not an average.
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October 20, 2020 | #4 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Metro Denver
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WOW! You had a great year. Congrats!
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October 21, 2020 | #5 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Romania/Germany , z 4-6
Posts: 1,582
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The numbers on the Supersweet are quite impressive. The rest seems ok too. I usually record weight, those KB for example could be 2x as much in weight than a Cherokee (for example). I only have a few plants though, so for me a good production is very important, otherwise it's probably too much extra work just for a statistic.
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October 25, 2020 | #6 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Madison, OH, zone 6
Posts: 456
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2020 tomato yields
My productivity for 2020 was down a little from last season, but still pretty good.
SOTW produced 48 tomatoes Odoriko produced 105 tomatoes Lucky Cross produced 33 tomatoes Polish produced 39 tomatoes German Head produced 63 tomatoes Yaponets produced 47 tomatoes Rosovye Krupnye produced 58 tomatoes Tundra produced 22 tomatoes Dan Last edited by Yak54; October 25, 2020 at 12:42 PM. Reason: addition error |
October 25, 2020 | #7 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Madison, OH, zone 6
Posts: 456
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Making up for slightly decreased productivity from last season was an increase in large tomatoes this season. Five varieties produced fruit weighing 30 oz. or more with Rosovye Krupnye giving me 4 tomatoes that weighed more than 30 oz. I was impressed.
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October 25, 2020 | #8 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Central MN, USDA Zone 3
Posts: 290
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I haven't kept that detailed records. Mine is more like an impression.
We can tomatoes, always trying to have enough stored up to last a year. Sometimes we come up short, sometimes we find ourselves making tomato soup just to free up fruit jars. This year an older hybrid, "Fantastic" filled the most jars, followed closely by Wisconsin 55, which edged out Burbank. I dehybridized two selections out of Big Boy and Better Boy; I grew those two and my selections to compare earliness and yield: the pink beefsteak and the pink globe delivered ripe fruit at the same time, and outperformed late in the season maintaining size better. Paste tomatoes were dissapointing this year...over 1/2 the crop ripened inside, off the vine because of threatened early frost. Surprising, but the best "storage" tomato seems to be an orange variety called "Faribo Golden Heart"...green ones picked on Sept 10 are ripening in the basement very nicely, and generally spot-free. Flavor is good. Here's a plate full from yesterday, Oct 22, with Burrata, Pesto, a little sea salt, and a bit of Balsamic vinegar. The red ones are a red variety I don't trust to come true yet...but some are actually better a month after picking. Sent from my moto x4 using Tapatalk
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October 25, 2020 | #9 | |
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Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Indialantic, Florida
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I would be really happy with 33 tomatoes from Lucky Cross because I've heard it is awesome but not very productive. 105 tomatoes from Odoriko is awesome. I will pay attention to SotW and Polish. In general, SotW also out produces Polish for me. I started the hybrids prior to Sept 1 and heirlooms about Sept 9th. Of the heirlooms, Carbon has way more tomatoes than Cherokee Carbon. PPP - Pale Perfect Purple has the most tomatoes but was also planted out first. I've lost a bunch of PPP and other unripe large tomatoes from caterpillars already. Big Cheef and Indian Stripes have more tomatoes than Chocolate Stripes or GGWT. Red Lithium, George D. , Black Sea Man (a determinate) all look to be very productive. Mr Snow (dwarf) is the last of my heirloom/OP. I'm also growing crnkovic yugoslavian but haven't planted it out yet. I guess the rest of my plants are all hybrids. Last edited by Barb_FL; October 25, 2020 at 06:19 PM. |
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October 25, 2020 | #10 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Madison, OH, zone 6
Posts: 456
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Wow Barb you have an awesome list of varieties you are growing. I am down to only growing 7 or 8 varieties anymore and I can pretty well keep track of the productivity. But with your larger list it makes it more difficult to keep track. I keep a note book with my varieties listed for the year and when I pick tomatoes I write it down in the note book. If I was growing more varieties like you and like I used to do in years gone by I wouldn't be logging them.
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