What tomato variety are ya'll planting this year?

[NE GA Pappy]

Bodacious and my old standby, Rutgers.

@Nicodemus I figured you were planting Hossinators

 

[sportsman94]

I just planted mine today. I got my seeds started late and haven’t taken care of them like I should so we lost a bunch. I ended up picking up 6 better boys, then planted my little starts that included lemon boy, Bella Rosa, red snapper, and Sungold cherry. I grew more hybrid determinates last year and liked the production, but thought the taste was lacking. May have been the wrong varieties, so I tried two new ones this year. We’ll see what happens this go around!

 

[TJay]

I just planted mine today. I got my seeds started late and haven’t taken care of them like I should so we lost a bunch. I ended up picking up 6 better boys, then planted my little starts that included lemon boy, Bella Rosa, red snapper, and Sungold cherry. I grew more hybrid determinates last year and liked the production, but thought the taste was lacking. May have been the wrong varieties, so I tried two new ones this year. We’ll see what happens this go around!

The sungold cherry is one I'd like to try too.

 

[longrangedog]

My family's evolution in tomatoe varieties started with Rutgers. I remember they came bare root wrapped in brown paper and tied with string. Big Boy were next followed by Better Boy. Parks Whopper came next and is our all time favorite. The time span is 1955 to now.

 

[fishfryer]

My family's evolution in tomatoe varieties started with Rutgers. I remember they came bare root wrapped in brown paper and tied with string. Big Boy were next followed by Better Boy. Parks Whopper came next and is our all time favorite. The time span is 1955 to now.

I made that journey myself and am now planting heirloom varieties. 1949 to present

 

[livinoutdoors]

I have never grown Determinate varieties, hear they are easier for salsa and canning as they come in all at one time .
Do they taste good also? I like a acid tomato taste.

I'll add this in here too for what its worth. Ive had much better results ever since i started growing more determinate varieties. They just hold up better

Yes i found both the taste and the production to be very good. Try Homestead or Homestead 24. Its a determinate heirloom. Puts on a bunch all at once and they ripen close to the same time.

 

[ddavis1120]

I’ve had pretty good luck this year starting tomatoes. I’ll start hardening them off this week and hope the ground gets dry enough to plow sooner than later.

 

[sportsman94]

The sungold cherry is one I'd like to try too.

We’ve never done many cherries in the past cause my wife isn’t a huge tomato fan for salads or anything. These were like pure candy last year and even she ate them in salad most days. Would definitely recommend them

 

[fishfryer]

We’ve never done many cherries in the past cause my wife isn’t a huge tomato fan for salads or anything. These were like pure candy last year and even she ate them in salad most days. Would definitely recommend them

Yep

 

[Nicodemus]

@Nicodemus I figured you were planting Hossinators

Maybe it was something I did wrong, but I tried them last year with poor results. I still have some seed stored back and plan to try them again in the near future.

 

[Dan DeBord]

Parks whoopers

 

[The Original Rooster]

Maybe it was something I did wrong, but I tried them last year with poor results. I still have some seed stored back and plan to try them again in the near future.

I am convinced that the lack of bees is what caused such low production last year. We had lots of blooms for all our vegetables but low output.

 

[NE GA Pappy]

Maybe it was something I did wrong, but I tried them last year with poor results. I still have some seed stored back and plan to try them again in the near future.

I have about 50 seedlings about 5 or 6 inches tall right now. I hope it warms up enough to transplant them the last of next week or mid week after that. I am hardening them off now.

I have some Better Boys and some Roma type tomatoes about the same size, somewhere around 160 to 180 total. I share them with my Dad, so we both will have plenty of tomatoes this year.

We planted about 125 lbs of seed 'taters this year up at his house about a month back. If things go well and nothing else makes, we should be fixed for french fries and ketchup

 

[fishfryer]

I have about 50 seedlings about 5 or 6 inches tall right now. I hope it warms up enough to transplant them the last of next week or mid week after that. I am hardening them off now.

I have some Better Boys and some Roma type tomatoes about the same size, somewhere around 160 to 180 total. I share them with my Dad, so we both will have plenty of tomatoes this year.

We planted about 125 lbs of seed 'taters this year up at his house about a month back. If things go well and nothing else makes, we should be fixed for french fries and ketchup

Maters and taters will be ate later

 

[Mackie889]

Beef steak, Cherokee Purple, Brandywine, Homestead, Early girl, sweetie cherry, and gardener's delight cherry. Trying to use grow bags this year (help keep the soil dryer during Florida's rainy season) and also a tomato trellis system and tomato hooks for the non-cherry varieties, to make long vines out of the maters.

 

[Mackie889]

I am convinced that the lack of bees is what caused such low production last year. We had lots of blooms for all our vegetables but low output.

I lost a lot of tomato blooms when the temps got high last year. I bought some 30% shade cloth to hang over them and it helped quite a bit. Also, I think too much nitrogen may cause the blossom drop as well.

 

[The Original Rooster]

I lost a lot of tomato blooms when the temps got high last year. I bought some 30% shade cloth to hang over them and it helped quite a bit. Also, I think too much nitrogen may cause the blossom drop as well.

We're pretty shady here but have a place where our raised beds get 6-7 hours of full sun. We started noticing that we had so few bees last year. We'd walk all over the property and never see a single bee except for carpenter bees and they're no help. I don't put out a lot of insect killer either except for fire ant granules directly on the beds. I'm optimistic this year because we had a ton of bees on one of our fruit trees a few weeks back when it warmed up. I really think that bee shortage the farmers have been talking about is affecting us.

 

[NE GA Pappy]

I'm glad I haven't set any tomatoes out yet. They are saying we will have a frost tonight. I knew we weren't out of the woods yet, even though Thursday it was 87 here

 

[livinoutdoors]

I'm glad I haven't set any tomatoes out yet. They are saying we will have a frost tonight. I knew we weren't out of the woods yet, even though Thursday it was 87 here

Yup looks like tonight is it. Long term looks good.

 

[The Original Rooster]

Yup looks like tonight is it. Long term looks good.

So far, so good in South Monroe. 40 this morning so they are ok.