My determinate and indeterminate tomatoes.
Picture 1: 15-*Spawn of Angora, 16-Cherokee Purple, 17-Brandywine, 18-Cherokee Purple, 19-Eva Purple BallPicture 2: 20-Brandywine, 21-Cherokee Purple, 22-Kellogg's Breakfast, 23-Nyagous
These are all indeterminate heirlooms. Nyagous is proving to be a short indetermiate, as you can see by the amount of pole visible on the right side of picture 2. Kellogg's Breakfast is my tallest and stockiest plant, with the Cherokee Purples running a close second.
*Spawn of Angora was from the same seed packet as Angora Super Sweet (AKA Velvet Red), but does not have the blue-gray fuzzy leaves, so I'm not sure what this plant will produce.
Picture 1: 24-Sungold, 25-Black CherryPicture 2: 26-Angora Super Sweet (Velvet Red), 27-Kimberly
Picture 1: 28-Market MiraclePicture 2: 29-Amish Paste, 30-Black Cherry
Picture 1: 31-Cherry RomaPicture 2: 32-Persey (determinate)
33-Homestead, 34-Homestead, 35-Marglobe, 36-Marglobe, 37-Persey, 38-Market MiracleI've planted these on "borrowed land", my neighbor's side of the fence, as I ran out of room. I'll share with her ;-)
39-Green Grape, 40-Juliet (volunteer), 41-volunteer, either Green Grape or plain red cherry tomato.That's the extent of my 2010 tomatoes.
41 plants? My goodness, what a feast of tomatos you will have!
ReplyDeleteLordy, what are you going to do with all those tomatoes when they start producing. Didn't you have like 23 plants last year? And weren't you overwhelmed with too many tomatoes? If I remember correctly people would see you coming up the street and run screaming away because they didn't want any more. So when you get too many tomatoes, ship them to me. OK? They never produce as much here.
ReplyDeleteThat's a lot of tomtoes. i thought I was overdoing it with 19 for my family of three. I would love to start planting more varieties so I'm going to be asking for advice for next year. Love te seed packets from the other day.
ReplyDeleteTo see tomato growing healthily in containers, really give me idea on the next attempt. Previous attempts didn't give favourable results, and the roots filled up the container too fast and get congested.
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I know you did a big tomato review last year, so are most of these your determined favorites?
ReplyDeleteVery nice varieties, I think that Kellogs breakfast, one we just discovered last year, is now one of our favorites.
ReplyDeleteSpawn of Angora sounds very intriguing.
That is a lot of tomatoes! Nice variety too. I do miss the central Washington sunshine and heat - tomatoes, peppers, and melons always grew so well for me when I lived in that area. Here it is a major challenge to get any ripe harvest from those plants before the fall rains arrive.
ReplyDeleteBoy Granny...that's quite a selection of tomatoes! They all look so healthy :)
ReplyDeleteIt's like where tomato plants go when they die!
ReplyDeleteBlimey, I have Black krim and some cherry tomato whose name escapes me. I thought that was hardcore, having TWO types!
meemsnyc, this is my year to test the varieties and weed out those that don't live up to the taste or performance test. I'm hoping to get the number down to about a dozen plants next year.
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Daphne, I think I only ended up with 17-18 plants last year, after the SWCs took their toll and one entire bed also got blight. That was eight plants lost. Plus, I actually "lost" two plants in the tomato jungle. I know I planted 7 in that 4'x8'bed, but I only picked four varieties out of the tangle. I have no idea what happened to the others (there was definitely no Black Cherry in there)!
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Johannah, for about 50 years, I planted my four or six pack from the nursery. Last year was my first to grow my own from seed, so this is a learning experience for me, too. Last year I had a lot of failures, but ended up with over 500 pounds of tomatoes! I'm absolutely batty for planting twice what I did last year :-D
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Bangchik, that's why I cut the bottoms out of my buckets. The roots can go deep, without becoming compacted, and it still allows me to plant something else around the base of the containers.
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Kelly, all of the dwarf and miniature varieties are new to me. The only ones I chose to grow for a second year are Kellogg's Breakfast, Brandywine, Marglobe, Persey and Homestead. The others are all new for me.
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Mr. H., we loved Kellogg's Breakfast. It's definitely one I'll keep and grow year after year. I grew this year's plant from last year's saved seed, so I hope it didn't cross with another variety. If so, I still have original seed from last year, so I would have a second try on saving my own seeds.
Spawn of Angora has little tomatoes forming, so it won't be long until we find out. The seeds came from Dan, at Urban Veggie Blog. I don't know if they were saved or purchased seeds.
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Kitsap, it has turned cold again! I have never, NEVER had my furnace on in July, and it came on this morning. It goes from hot to cold to hot to cold....Mother Nature must have PMS.
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Robin, I'm keeping my fingers crossed they stay that way! I'm not worried about most of them, just the ones in the smaller containers. I've had to move a couple of stressed ones to different locations already, which seems to have worked.
Oh, TIG, you're such a tomato novice! Man up and plant yourself a couple dozen varieties. You don't know what you're missing!
ReplyDeleteWow! That's quite the variety of tomatoes, and a ton of plants at that! I love the dwarf varieties, and the way you have them growing in bottomless containers. Maybe I'll try that in a few random sunny spots around the yard next year...
ReplyDeleteMomma_S, not all of the pots are bottomless, but the ones in the bottomless pots are definitely growing better and looking healthier. Next year maybe I'll knock out all the bottoms!
ReplyDeleteHey, Granny! Have you missed me and my comments? I have been out of pocket for a few days and I am trying to catch up on my favorite blogs. I love all your tomato plants. I really think I need to branch out next year and plant some heirloom varieties. What to swap some seeds if I can successfully save seeds from my ENERGIZER BUNNY mystery cherry tomato plant? Your plants look so healthy! Great job!
ReplyDeletedebiclegg, yes! I have missed you!
ReplyDeleteI'd love to swap seeds. I'm sure I'll have plenty of varieties for you, and the heirlooms have performed very well for me in the past. Of course, I don't keep my plants separated, so there is always a possibility they could cross with another variety, but I like surprises ;-)