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gil
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Posted: Tue Jul 29, 08 4:01 pm Post subject: tasty tomatoes : recommendations, please
Based on what you've all been growing this year (or previously), which toms would you all recommend for flavour ? I know you can get all kinds of weird and wonderful colours and shapes, but do any of them actually taste nice as well ? Next year, I may do some indoor windowsill growing of a few toms, so I'd like them to be really good ones.

Wingy

Joined: 05 Sep 2006
Posts: 270
Location: Fife, Scotland

Posted: Tue Jul 29, 08 4:43 pm Post subject:
From those I've grown this year and in previous years, my absolute favourites for taste alone are: Green Zebra Tigerella Black Russian Pink Brandywine Sub Arctic Plenty

cab

Joined: 01 Nov 2004
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Posted: Tue Jul 29, 08 4:57 pm Post subject:
For indoors, on a window ledge... I dunno, most of the ones I really like do better outdoors. If you can stretch to a basket hanging in the window, go for 'gartenperle' and 'yellow pigmy', both of which are sweet and juicy.

gil
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Posted: Tue Jul 29, 08 4:59 pm Post subject:

cab wrote:

For indoors, on a window ledge... I dunno, most of the ones I really like do better outdoors. .

OK, well I could start them off indoors, pot on, and put them outside on sunny days, if that would help.

cab

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Posted: Tue Jul 29, 08 5:07 pm Post subject:

gil wrote:

cab wrote:

For indoors, on a window ledge... I dunno, most of the ones I really like do better outdoors. .

OK, well I could start them off indoors, pot on, and put them outside on sunny days, if that would help.

Might do

Seriously though, I think that a big contributing factor to a tomato tasting great is getting its roots down into the soil, I think they always taste better that way.

Outdoors, I like St. Pierre, Pink Brandywine and San Marzano, among others. Trying out two that are supposedly blight tolerant this year; 'legend' and another, I think its 'ferline'. Hoping they turn out to be tasty.

Wingy

Joined: 05 Sep 2006
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Location: Fife, Scotland

Posted: Tue Jul 29, 08 5:09 pm Post subject:
I only ever grow mine indoors, ie in the greenhouses. Are you going to be growing yours in the house, indoors?

yummersetter

Joined: 26 Jan 2008
Posts: 3241
Location: Somerset

Posted: Tue Jul 29, 08 5:21 pm Post subject:
Ferline's been one of our taste favourites for the past two years, both in the greenhouse and in pots outside. It's well behaved and disease-resistant as well and has subtle but attractive gold-dust speckles at the stem end.

wellington womble

Joined: 08 Nov 2004
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Location: East Midlands

Posted: Tue Jul 29, 08 8:51 pm Post subject:
Tigerella is himself's favourite, over gardeners delight and sungold. Have lots more to try, but late this year, so I'll come back to you in a month or so. My first sungold is just turning orange. as we speak.

gil
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Posted: Tue Jul 29, 08 9:12 pm Post subject:

Wingy wrote:

I only ever grow mine indoors, ie in the greenhouses. Are you going to be growing yours in the house, indoors?

No greenhouse here, and nowhere to sensibly put one, so it's gotta be indoor windowsill if I want any tomatoes. Not even got a porch with lots of glass panels.

Slim

Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Posts: 6540
Location: New England (In the US of A)

Posted: Tue Jul 29, 08 10:06 pm Post subject:
my absolute favorite is Black From Tula, followed by Brandywine & Striped German - though striped germans are HUGE

mochasidamo

Joined: 22 Sep 2005
Posts: 615
Location: Montgomery

Posted: Tue Jul 29, 08 11:26 pm Post subject:
Another vote for Black Russian...ours from three year old saved seed and 100% germination. And our own variety of Cherry Tom...the most amazing flavour from one plant which should have been pure Sungold from saved seed ....will net some flowers and try and get some seed from it.

BadBoyClub

Joined: 11 Apr 2007
Posts: 64
Location: West Dorset

Posted: Sun Aug 03, 08 12:24 am Post subject:

Sungold, without a doubt is my current favourite. I grow as much as I can squeeze into my greenhouse as I make vats of pasta sauce with it & freeze it which gives me a good supply well into early spring.

It is particularly good with gnocchi

I wish I knew which variety my favourite red tom is as I inherited a greenhouse & tom crop when we moved to this house & I saved the seeds. They are particularly tasty & thrive in growbags, so pretty much perfect for my needs ...

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 45516
Location: yes

Posted: Sun Aug 03, 08 12:55 pm Post subject:
sweet million intercropped with chillis on a dung rich soil

Sarah D

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 2584

Posted: Sun Aug 03, 08 1:33 pm Post subject:
All of the Brandywines; Ananas noir.

VSS

Joined: 14 Jan 2007
Posts: 2845
Location: Llyn Peninsula, North Wales

Posted: Sun Aug 03, 08 2:04 pm Post subject:
don't know - haven't picked any yet!

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