Hi all, for the last two years my favorite tomatoes have been a dismal failures, these are the same or almost the same tomatoes I have grown for the last 11 years, but with the way things are changing both weather and Pest wise I need to take a good hard look at whats being grown.
I'm open to international suggestions as I will be looking to see if I can trade for a few all around tough tomato.
Here is what I have been growing or rather what I started out with over 11 years ago, most of which are now more land races as most have in and out crossed.
1. Stupice- a small tomato from Czechoslovakia fair tasting Indet.
2. Box car Willie basically a 6 - 10 oz indet. tomato that has fairly good flavor
3. Costoluto florentino another nice flavored Indet. tomato from Italy
4. Russian Rose good sized pink tomato with good flavor. Indet.
5. Mexico another good flavored large Tomato Indet.
6. Aussie a good all around large tomato Indet.
7. Stump of the World.
8. Hawaiian pineapple
9. Pineapple
10. Dixie golden giant
11. Matt's Cherry
12. yellow pear
13 sweet 100's
14. riesentraube
I have several hybrids that I grow also, I stop growing 5 varieties in 2011 and now it looks like I will not be growing another 5 including my grand daughter's favorite yellow pear and sweet 100.
So What i would like is to see just what are the hardiest tomato that you all have grown and how well it stood up to diseases and pest. This is a short list of my diseases here in MO.
Early and late blight
Tobacco mosaic
Mildew
Alternaria
nematodes
Pest Problems-
Horn worms
aphids
spider mites
cut worms
pepper maggots
Vine boring beetles
Cold wet spring with a sudden change to 100 plus temps and very high humidity which causes killers mold and mildew.
So does anyone anywhere have a tomato that seems to stand up to problems like these???
I'm open to international suggestions as I will be looking to see if I can trade for a few all around tough tomato.
Here is what I have been growing or rather what I started out with over 11 years ago, most of which are now more land races as most have in and out crossed.
1. Stupice- a small tomato from Czechoslovakia fair tasting Indet.
2. Box car Willie basically a 6 - 10 oz indet. tomato that has fairly good flavor
3. Costoluto florentino another nice flavored Indet. tomato from Italy
4. Russian Rose good sized pink tomato with good flavor. Indet.
5. Mexico another good flavored large Tomato Indet.
6. Aussie a good all around large tomato Indet.
7. Stump of the World.
8. Hawaiian pineapple
9. Pineapple
10. Dixie golden giant
11. Matt's Cherry
12. yellow pear
13 sweet 100's
14. riesentraube
I have several hybrids that I grow also, I stop growing 5 varieties in 2011 and now it looks like I will not be growing another 5 including my grand daughter's favorite yellow pear and sweet 100.
So What i would like is to see just what are the hardiest tomato that you all have grown and how well it stood up to diseases and pest. This is a short list of my diseases here in MO.
Early and late blight
Tobacco mosaic
Mildew
Alternaria
nematodes
Pest Problems-
Horn worms
aphids
spider mites
cut worms
pepper maggots
Vine boring beetles
Cold wet spring with a sudden change to 100 plus temps and very high humidity which causes killers mold and mildew.
So does anyone anywhere have a tomato that seems to stand up to problems like these???