Heirloom Tomatoes

hot stuff · Mar 10, 2012

I will be growing them. I'm looking forward to seeing how yours do.

Hammerfall · Mar 10, 2012

for the tomato freak... you might want to help a lady in pensylvania (i think) that has a LOTS of heirloom tomatoes and some peppers and she has special rare seeds and variety.
why not help her and save some species that might dissapear in the future!

here's what im talking about. it's always time to spread stuff that is still available... once it will go ... no more you will eat the same tomato that the mass wants because it's what,s on the tablet in the grocery.... why not try NEW (old ) stuff lost in the big machine of marketing ???

http://amishlandseeds.com/

ajijoe · Mar 10, 2012

im growing BLACK FROM TULA,ROMAN CANDLE AND WEAVER STRAWBERRY

DELISH!!

THANKS YOUR FRIEND jOE

AlphaHydroponics · Mar 10, 2012

Black Krim are exceptional

Grow List for this year (Heirloom Tomatoes)

Rutgers , Red Cherry , Big Boy Hybrid , Mortgage Lifter , Delicious , Brandy Wine Red , Brandy Wine Yellow , Cherokee Purple , Black Krim , Green Zebra , Royal Hillbilly , Hawaiian Pineapple , Korean Love Apple , Yellow Giant Belgium , Caspian Pink , Black Zebra , Pink Berkley Tie Dye , Black Cherry , Beauty Blanc , Candystripe , Elberta Peach , Indian Dark Violet Beefsteak , Yellow Plum , Tomatillo Grande Rio Verde , German Johnson , Beefsteak, Marglobe Supreme ,, Bradley ,, Arkansas Traveler ,, Pantano Romanesco, Borgo Cellano,

synclinorium · Mar 10, 2012

Last year I grew some Black Cherry and Arkansas Traveler. Wasn't terribly impressed with the Traveler (the stinkbugs seemed to gravitate toward and annihilate them, so I might be biased), but the Black Cherry had a lot of flavor... not quite as productive as the hybrids I had, but still worth growing.

AlphaHydroponics · Mar 10, 2012

synclinorium said:
Last year I grew some Black Cherry and Arkansas Traveler. Wasn't terribly impressed with the Traveler (the stinkbugs seemed to gravitate toward and annihilate them, so I might be biased), but the Black Cherry had a lot of flavor... not quite as productive as the hybrids I had, but still worth growing.

Had great success with Arkansas Traveler.. Black cherry new to me this year....

synclinorium · Mar 10, 2012

Don't get me wrong, the plants were awesome, and the few unmarred fruits I had were delicious, but the stinkbugs got to most of them first...

roper2008 · Mar 10, 2012

I grew Black Krim couple years ago. It was very good and a large tomato for me.

ajijoe · Mar 10, 2012

roper2008 said:
I grew Black Krim couple years ago. It was very good and a large tomato for me.

the black krim is very much like the BLACK FROM TULA very tasty toms!!

OROZCONLECHE · Mar 10, 2012

I have a few black krim and other hybriths and im not sure why the black krim is the only one that i didn't grow =.(

redbuddha · Mar 10, 2012

I'm trying some Caspian region heirlooms from Annie's Seeds. The Caspian Pink is a large beefsteak type that is supposed to rival the Brandywine. The Stupice (stupachka) is a peppery early variety at 50 days til maturity. The Bloody Butcher is an early one too and it sounds friggin cool. I've grown German Greens, they are acidic and tart and awesome. Some of my German Greens had a white pattern like a Greeen Zebra...very similar flavor too.

neoguy · Mar 12, 2012

hooda said:
So this year I started these guys from seed and have come along pretty good. The two types are Black Krim and German Green.

For clarification, are you growing Aunt Ruby's German Green? If so, it's a great tomato, you'll have to use the feel and touch method to determine if they're ripe.

Hammerfall said:
http://amishlandseeds.com/

I would never order anything from this company. She has "very rare" varieties because she creates them by renaming tomatoes.

nitwit · Mar 12, 2012

And what should I expect in the future from them?

expect them to grow taller than most peppers, to show yellow flowers,
and to grow tomatos instead of peppers

be sure to give them lots of water and fertilizer crap

Burning Colon · Mar 12, 2012

I was looking at purchasing black krim, green & black zebra and momotaro(along with several others) but everytime i went to put my order in with tradewinds, one variety or another would be out of stock.

so, i ended up this year with: sungold, honeybee, black cherry, sweetie, sweet 100, lemon boy and starfire(these germinated after almost 20 years). here's a pic and i do need to transplant them in larger pots.

hooda · Mar 12, 2012

neoguy said:
For clarification, are you growing Aunt Ruby's German Green? If so, it's a great tomato, you'll have to use the feel and touch method to determine if they're ripe.

Yes those are the ones. I didn't really think it was part of the full name actually when I bought them, lol. The package they were in were all artsy so I just assumed it was a marketing thing. Excuse my ignorance on heirloom tomatoes, they are a new thing to me. I only started to know their existence when I had seen them at a nursery last year. :oops: