2020 Tomato Review
As the Tomato Lady of Santa Fe , this year was a great tomato year in the garden especially compared to last twelvemonth ’s tomato which were dismal . This class I started with 38 plants , lost 2 the right way by to curly top virus and lost several more to a ground fungal disease but overall the disease level was very low due to it being such a dry year . I opine I had good production because I depart them super early this yr - May 6 , which is the early I ’ve ever put them in the flat coat and I render them the H2O they needed .
Here are the tomato plant diversity I grew this year . If you have n’t even hear of some of these , I encourage you to try some Modern varieties for yourself - maintain it interesting ! Some of you may have had a great year with some of these miscellanea , so use your own experience when selecting which mixed bag to grow . All varieties are heirloom or unfastened pollinated unless otherwise noted .
Moby Dwarf cherry Lycopersicon esculentum trial run project - This is a grand prominent yellow cherry tomato . terrifically intense flavor . I was involved 2 years ago growing this out for Craig Lehouiller , generator of Epic Tomatoes . I bump some of the flora I grew had a anthocyanin blush ( purple blush ) on its shoulder so I ’m persist in to see if we can get this trait to stabilise for future generation . The flora is only 4 foot tall , very prolific and would be great in large pots as well in the ground as I do . you’re able to get the original ejaculate now on-line atVictory Seeds . A must try out . 63 days to harvest . YES will develop this next twelvemonth .
Black Cherry - I only grew one works but male child was it prolific ! This is one of my favorites that I growevery year . No disease . Very dependable . Purplish colour . Great intense full bodied feeling like a good wine . 64 day to harvest . YES will raise this next class .
Virginia Sweets - A yellow tomato plant with red flush inside that is sweet , sugared , sweet . This twelvemonth they did well although in some geezerhood not as good . But I always come back to them because when they do well , they are great ! 80 days to harvest . YES will grow this next yr .
Lucky Cross - One of my all - time favorites . This year the shiner seem to really care them so I did n’t get as many as I would have like . Great sweet flavour . Yellowish peachy-colored color with marbleized red interior . Wish I had more plant since I was portion out with the black eye ! 74 Clarence Shepard Day Jr. to glean . YES will grow this next class .
Ananas Noire - One of my favorite . Do n’t be put off by the colouring - green with a red bloom but the flavour is sweet like nectar . study all time of year to get them but worth the wait . 85 days to harvest . YES will produce this next year .
Large Barred Boar - NEW THIS YEAR!A wonderful tomato plant from Wild Boar Farms that is slighter larger than Black and Brown Boar which it came from and is a mid - season ripener . It is a med - large Venetian red color with green stripes tomato . Great flavor and only 65 days to harvest . YES will raise this next year .
Black and Brown Boar - I’ve always loved this ellipse shaped tomato from Wild Boar Farms because it has super flavor and is a salutary producer . Mahogany with green stripes . 68 days to harvest . YES will grow this next year .
Cherokee Lemon - NEW THIS YEAR!This is a unexampled Cherokee variety for me . Its color is a pure yellow with yellow flesh at bottom and has good sweetness . It was not very prolific though , so I will see if it makes it into next class ’s roll but I ordinarily give a new tomato plant two twelvemonth to try . 75 days to harvest . MAYBE will turn this next year .
Cherokee Purple - I occur back to this tomato every year . A slap-up producer with outstanding flavor . Purple with green shoulders . 75 days to glean . YES will originate this next year .
Cherokee Green - A green tomato plant that turn a yellowish - special K that is greenish throughout with suburb fresh flavor but was not as prolific as last class . 75 days to glean . perchance will grow this next yr .
Cherokee Carbon - I adore thishybrid . A cross between a Cherokee Purple and Carbon . Great savour like Cherokee Purple but big and less cracking . Purple with green shoulders/ Great producer too . 75 Day to reap . YES will mature this next yr .
Pink Berkley Tie Dye - unremarkably this is a good producer with great sapidity but this year it was a letdown for me as it did not produce many tomatoes . 65 days to reap . NO will NOT grow this next year .
Captain Lucky - NEW THIS YEAR!I liked this mostly green with ruby-red blush tomato . All around good flavor . 75 mean solar day to reap . YES will mature this next class .
Goliath - One of a fewhybridsthat I grow every year . heavy old fashioned love apple flavor and it rarely get cracking or defect . A good producer . 65 days to reap . YES will rise this next year .
Pantano Romanesco - This year I was disappointed in this tomato plant when normally I like it . Good quondam mode nip but not very prolific . 75 days to reap . NO will NOT grow this next year .
Mushroom Basket - NEW THIS YEAR!I’m kinda so - so about this one . Great big human body with many flutes but ripened raggedly for many of them . Also not a good manufacturer . 75 years to harvest . NO will NOT grow this next year .
Paul Robeson - Another of my all time favorites - this ‘ grim tomato ’ has a rich smell that wins many love apple contest every year . 75 days to glean . YES will grow this next year .
BKX - NEW THIS YEAR!An ameliorate reading of the Black Krim tomato plant that did not produce very well . For me the original Black Krim is never a good producer and this one is about the same . If I ’m go to arise a tomato it has to be a upright producer . 80 days to harvest . NO will NOT grow this next year .
Purple Calabash - NEW THIS YEAR!This is an heirloom from Thomas Jefferson ’s garden so I was excite to try it . Sorry to say , I was n’t impressed . They were small fluted purplish tomatoes with Lot of catfacing flaws on bottom . decent flavor though . 75 mean solar day to harvest . NO will NOT grow this next year .
Big Zac - Another goodhybridthat can uprise some prodigious sized ruddy tomatoes with old fashioned tomato flavor . One slice will occupy a bacon-lettuce-tomato sandwich sandwich . 80 day to harvest . YES will originate this next yr .
Goldman ’s Italian American - the only library paste tomato I originate . It has the expert tang of any library paste tomato I ’ve ever tried . Makes terrific alimentary paste sauces . 85 days to harvest . YES will rise this next year .
