Dave
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I agree. I plant one y the garden gate and one by the gate going to the barn. Eat them by the handfull fresh off the vine as I am walking by.cow pollinater":601ue2nc said:
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greybeard
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Raised some of the black tomatoes in 2011 (bad drought year) and they did great. Not much to look at as far as conformity, but gawd they were good--and huge! You won't be disappointed.
My brother in law has a little 20 X 30 ft greenhouse and starts enough tomato plants for 1/2 the county--always a different bunch of varieties each year. (that's where I got the black tomatos.) Last year included some German heirlooms that were really good as well as some French or Italian cherry type tomatoes. Lots of them, I have never heard of, but they all have their own distinctive taste. We canned lots of them and they have kept good--almost out now tho. I'll never grow any more BB or early girl types again.
My brother in law has a little 20 X 30 ft greenhouse and starts enough tomato plants for 1/2 the county--always a different bunch of varieties each year. (that's where I got the black tomatos.) Last year included some German heirlooms that were really good as well as some French or Italian cherry type tomatoes. Lots of them, I have never heard of, but they all have their own distinctive taste. We canned lots of them and they have kept good--almost out now tho. I'll never grow any more BB or early girl types again.
chippie
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beginning to wish that I had a greenhouse. . .
Grandpa
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I'm not a tomato eater, but my wife loves them. One year, we were given some Persimmon Tomato seedlings. They were the color and shape of a persimmon and had a little sweetness to them. Even I liked those. Have never found any more of them, sadly.
Kathie in Thorp
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Yup. Can't do a soft-sided one here, because the wind would have it gone within a week.chippie":3h377p2e said:
But, Chippie, you might think about putting in some raised beds, and along the sides as you construct it, put in 1 inch diam PVC pipe along the outside edges, that you could insert 3/4" PVC to arc over the beds and cover w/ heavy plastic. There are plans for this on the internet. We did ours via a plan on the Sunset Magazine site. But our winds are too big -- just blew our plastic covers to pieces.
redcowsrule33
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Mexico has always done very well for me. Azoychka (sp?) is a nice smaller early yellow tomato with great flavor. I usually also grow Bush Early Girls for a nice early crop.
