2024 mater list

[sic transit gloria]

Last year - ISPL, Rebel Yell, Vorlon, Earl of Edgecombe, Fish Lake Oxheart, Dester, KBX, Tommy Toe, ARGG and Matt's Wild Cherry.

A lot of problems with fruit cracking in my soil, more spoiled tomatoes than I was happy with. KBX was an exception. Earl of Edgecombe was too but it was unproductive. Making some adjustments this year and growing these:

Crnkovic Yugoslavian (supposedly blemish free and crack resistant)
Aker's West Virginia (also supposedly blemish free and crack resistant)
Wes
Prue
KBX, again

Hi. You might try Eva Purple Ball. It won't crack, is productive, and tastes great.

[AKgardener]

Maters have been officially started I switched a few took out one of the micros for yellow brick road and decided not to grow the big one this year I’ve just got to focus on really getting good maters this year

[SpringtimeInTheBag]

Tentatively Wisconsin 55 is on the list.

I'm going to look for something else in the paste tomato as well to share space with the Roma VF.

So one crowded gym for a seed swap later:

- Rutgers is on my list instead of Wisconsin 55 for a mid sized basic slicer.

- I didn't find a paste tomato that was also determinate aside from more Roma/Roma VF. I picked up Bushsteak which is still pretty meaty for a flavor complement to my sauce making. The cute ~2ish foot growth on them is perfect. The tomatoes for my nearby community garden plot were selected on a strict, "I'm giving you one stake, no cages, no trellis, one stake...you better be able to deal with it" rule. The small backyard tomato area gets my unruly indeterminates.

[MrBig46]

I already have seedlings outside the window at home, which I will plant under glass in a cold frame around March 25. The larger ones at the back are the parthenocarpic varieties Gold Nugget, Oregon Spring, Oregon Eleven, Oroma, Santiam and Siletz. The ones in front are shrubs Sophie's Choice, Maglia Rosa, Jagodka, Sarayev Shtambovyi, Mongolian Karlik, Lyana Rozovaya and Vspyschka.
In a fortnight I will sow the seeds of Indeterminate varieties, which I will plant freely in the garden beds after May 15. I have the following seeds ready:
Cherry:
Datlo, Medovaya Kaplya, Primabella, Goldkrone, Picadilly, Lucky Tiger

Tomatoes for long-term storage from Mallorca:
Ramallet Pequeňito Mallorquin, Bombeta, Ramallet Mugró, Ramallet Saint Llorenc des Cardassar. Ramallet de Figueral, ramallet Ibiza Bianca, ramallet Flor de Artagna

Tomatoes for long-term storage from the area under Vesuvius:
Re Umberto, Primcipe Borghese, Pienollo del Vesuvio, Pienollp x LA 4

Spanish steaks:
Rosado de Ayerbe, Pombriego, Rosa de Huesca, Valenciano, Rosa Sierra Aracena, Rosado Zapaton, Rosa de Huesca, Rosa Aragon, Zamorano, salobre, Cor de Bou, Gordo Extremeňo, Rosa Melillerd

Big hearts:
Fresa, Alice. Kuklas Portuguese Heart, Wes, Brad's Black Heart, Orange Russian 117, Mom's Heart.

Tomatoes for heat treatment:
Opalka, Amish Paste, Gilbertie, Saint Jean d'Angely, Smiley Works, Alter Komunist, Cows Tit, Auria, San Marzano Gigante

Different:
Zogola, Mountaineer Pride, Zena's Gift, Hardin's Miniature, Manitoba, Cherokee Jumbo, Golden Königsberg, Noire de Crimée, Bejbino F1, Start F1, Mikado.

Vladimir

[habitat-gardener]

If I had to, I could whittle my list down to these favorites: Benevento F1 and Polaris for tomato sandwiches, Purple Boy F1 for a reliable tasty medium tomato, and for cherries, Rosella cherry and Chocolate Sprinkles F1. All of these did very well last year despite the root-knot nematodes in some beds. A month ago I planted Kodiak mustard, which is nematocidal if it's chopped and incorporated into the soil at the right time.

Of course, I'm growing more than 5 varieties! This is what I seeded last week, in addition to those 5:

striped/multi: Belle du College, Magic Bullet, Pink Berkeley Tie Dye, Prairie Fire, Talvez F1, Thorburn's Terra Cotta, Maglia Rosa, Taste Patio, Girl Girl's Weird Thing

dark: Black Plum, Carolina Dusk, Cowboy, Daifuku, One Trick Pony, Raya Rey, Reinhard Kraft's Purple Sugar

pink: Damsel F1, Pink Champagne, Pink CherryWine F!, Pink Jazz, African Queen, Pruden's Purple, Raspberry Lyanna

red: Franchi's Red Pear, Granny's Throwing, Jersey Breeze, Sheboygan, Bush Early Girl F1, Cherry Falls, Picus F1, Ruby Slippers, Beefy Red, Belmonte Pear, Legend, Sweet Aperitif, Tommy Toe

yellow/orange: Goldie, Moon Child, Orange Jazz, Sunrise Bumble Bee, Thorburn's Lemon Blush, Woodle Orange, Orange Hat, California Sungold, Hawaiian Pineapple, Kellogg's Breakfast, Taxi

GWR: Sweet Baby Jade, Bo Mango, Green Bee F1

I don't think I've ever grown so many indeterminate cherries before! More reds than usual, too.

[TomatoNut95]

Does anyone know if these varieties from Delectation of Tomatoes are stable, open pollinated?

Westerlund 1-26
Megamutt
Domingo × Libanaise des Montagnes (Lebanese of the Mountain)
Mega Marv

[AKgardener]

I have no idea but I grew polish giant last year and some other one the plants grew very well but I didnt get to harvest anything because we had a cold summer last year.. I will be growing the westerlund and big zac from that grower..

[TomatoNut95]

Sorry but I couldn't help but think that since I'm a Texas person that the words "cold" and "summer" don't belong in the same sentence.

I'm assuming they're (except for the Domingo cross) open pollinated or it would otherwise be stated F1.

[svalli]

I am planning to sow tomatoes today. I have the pluggbox filled with coir and it can fit 49 seeds, but I have hard time selecting varieties. I have purchased 3 new and @Cornelius_Gotchberg sent me seeds for 3 new varieties, so those I must try this year. Last year I had some unique looking hairy and striped varieties, which were disappointing by taste, so now I tried to select such which taste good and have been prolific.

My list is now like this:
Aiko
Benito
Big Bubba
Figiel
Michael Pollan
New Big Dwarf
Pink Gift
Premium Ruby
Silvery Fir Tree
Supersauce Hybrid
Tschibis
Umamini


I will also sow some mystery crosses from last year. One of the New Big Dwarfs had cherry size tomatoes last year and I collected seeds from them. Another mystery was Yellow Jack*a*s*s, which grew indeterminate and not as dwarf and I gave it project name Yellow Mule.

[Moth1992]

new list for 2024..

Det..
sasha altia
siberian
clear pink
crimson sprinter
early wounder
siletz
polar star
sub artic

...

Have you tried kimberkey? That tomato was such a success in my garden last year. Was early, did fine with the cold, gave me tomatoes for a long time and tasted very good considering is an early cold tolerant type. Im testing different early tomatoes this year but ill defenetly be growing kimberley again.

[AKgardener]

@Moth1992 no I haven’t tried it yet I will put that on the list for next year..think I'm at a max haha

[TomatoNut95]

Is Lebanese of the Mountain and Omar's Lebanese the same variety or related?

[Cornelius_Gotchberg]

If I had to, I could whittle my list down to these favorites:

Heh! I recall having that pipe dream, as well; it took a mere two (2) envelopes from a coupla TJ Enablers to dash it to smithereens!

The Gotch

[MissS]

Does anyone know if these varieties from Delectation of Tomatoes are stable, open pollinated?

Westerlund 1-26
Megamutt
Domingo × Libanaise des Montagnes (Lebanese of the Mountain)
Mega Marv

I do know that Mega Marv and Westerlund 1-26 are stable. I believe that the Domingo cross is an F1 and I have no idea about Megamutt.

[TomatoNut95]

Does anyone know if these varieties from Delectation of Tomatoes are stable, open pollinated?

Westerlund 1-26
Megamutt
Domingo × Libanaise des Montagnes (Lebanese of the Mountain)
Mega Marv

I do know that Mega Marv and Westerlund 1-26 are stable. I believe that the Domingo cross is an F1 and I have no idea about Megamutt.

That is great! I don't suppose you know if Lebanese of the Mountain and Omar's Lebanese are the same variety? Or related?

[MissS]

Does anyone know if these varieties from Delectation of Tomatoes are stable, open pollinated?

Westerlund 1-26
Megamutt
Domingo × Libanaise des Montagnes (Lebanese of the Mountain)
Mega Marv

I do know that Mega Marv and Westerlund 1-26 are stable. I believe that the Domingo cross is an F1 and I have no idea about Megamutt.

That is great! I don't suppose you know if Lebanese of the Mountain and Omar's Lebanese are the same variety? Or related?

They are not.

[AKgardener]

Has anyone tried Siberian red from tomato fest? My Siberian never came up had same problem last year so I switched them out, curious how they are

[TomatoNut95]

Today I ordered Dester, Bread and Salt and Hungarian Oxheart. Anybody have experience with any of those?

[AKgardener]

Well I had 36 planned. Went to 60 now at 52 .. nuff said

[MissS]

Today I ordered Dester, Bread and Salt and Hungarian Oxheart. Anybody have experience with any of those?

Dester is a wonderful pink beefsteak. I liked it very much and it's remained on my grow again list since 2012. Very well balanced. A good producer. I used it for fresh eating, salads, salsa, sandwiches and sauce. It worked well in all cases.