which tomatoes to grow.....

Wow unbelievable! I did not realize there could be so many different sorts of Tomatoes...I am just amazed! Now I want a green house more than ever...do you have to grow them inside for the whole time? Or do you get a long enough and hot enough summer?

i wish Cat....we did grow some outside but they were very poor. its just too windy here for that. i didnt know about somany varieties till last year. i was amazed..

When I lived in southern washinton state..we could grow tomatoes like crazy...sometimes we had to bring them in if there was an early frost. We hung them upside down in our basement for them to ripen or took them all and wrapped them in newspaper all seperate and stored them in a box to ripen in the dark cool of the basement...that worked pretty well...but most often we did not have to worry as long as we got them planted early enough. Here it is Greenhouses only as well...too cool and windy...

wouldnt mind tasting some of them differant toms sandra, look yummy :o)))

wow sandra,2lbsthat will take some beating i like the look of the jersey devil,i have planted my seeds also, i have lldi,tigrella,red pear,orange berry,san mazano and costoluto florentino :o)

i was tempted by the tigrella Joanella...have u grown any of these before...

just the lldi ,i wanted to try a few kinds to see how they turn out :o)

Good luck with your tomatoes Sandra !
Interesting to hear the yellow ones are less acidic.

Oh dear - it makes my one variety look a bit feeble, but then I'm only growing them for the two of us...and Henry, of course - he loves tomatoes and has been known to 'pick his own'!!!

ha ha spritz..:o))

which are his favorite type Spritz?
it nic to grow some new thing..Joanella..

:o))

Lovely variaty of tomotoes.

thanksClarice..they are all planted now...

Just read this blog, so you have answered my question regarding which tomatoes will you be growing this year.........fascinating varieties, good luck with them, look forward to seeing the finished product!

Oh, Sandra, so many varieties...you've beaten me! :) Last year I grew ten sorts and hybrides. It was a "tomatoes" year! But my Grandma grows so many varieties that she even doesn't know how many! And nobody knows! :)
My veg garden is not so big as yours, so there were five plants of each variety for our kitchen use. And I see that you grow your tomatoes in the greenhouse, my ones are outside because we have very hot summers. You know it's very good for the sweetness. Also I produce some young plants for my parents, they have a big market garden.
Love your "Jersey Devil" tomato! It looks really good! Love"Ildi" and, of course, "German Red Strawberry", it is very very good! In my country such sorts of tomatoes are liked most of all. They are favourites - pink or red.
I know that you'll make a right choice as for adding new varieties! Good luck and fingers crossed! Wish you WARM February and Spring! ...and hope that your gas bill will not be huge. :)

Thanks Uma...i so enjoyed growing them last year. its just too windy outside here for tomatoes. they do cope but dont produce much fruit. i was amazed by the red strawbeery ones, such good flavour and huge size...i think the amish gold were my fav tasting...i didnt know u could get pink ones....the gas is soo expensive and today i have had to leave it on all day as the sun is not out...only have to heat them for 4-6 weeks so not tooo bad...;-)) Sandra.

I found a packet of Heirloom Tomato seeds Sandra..so happy to find them..not sure which I will get..they say Varieties subject to availability and then give this long list..
Black Prince, Early, Cascade, Evergreen, Flame Orange, Garden Peach, Green Zebra, Jubilee, Lime Green Salad, Jubilee, Pink Ping Pong, Pink Oxheart, Prudens Purple, Silvery Fir Tree, Sundrop and Tigrella, Pineapple, Black Krim, Black from Tula, Cream Sausage, Brandywine Pink, Cherokee purple...
I almost bought a whole packet of the Cherokee Purple because they had that one..in a packet by itself...but I had to get the variety, could not resist..now I will not know which though..should be interesting anyway..lol...my sis told me that she grew the Brandywine Pink and liked it very much.

home grown toms you cant beat them for taste

we grew the red brandtwine last year odd shaped but lovely tasting. but we thought we would try the yellow one this year.

Sandra, never grown the yellow tomatoes, but know they are very sweet. Is it true?

the yellow ones were my favorite tasting last year. one of my customers told me they were less acidic. amish gold was like earing a peach...and ildi got sweeter laster in the summer and produced right up till october.

Sandra, thanks for the information...Now need some tomato seeds shopping...:)