My dynamic duo of Domingo and Westerlund 1-26. ❤

I’m not sure, lol!

@JosephineRose Thank you. Yes I was referring to your Broadway Brandywine. I had never heard of it before. Have fun with your grow outs and I hope that you get what you were looking for.

My German Queen has already produced its second truss. I went ahead and pinched off the small buds to see if it will encourage the bigger blossoms into making bigger fruit. I've also been keeping the suckers at bay. But knowing my luck after all thay hard work, all the blossoms will drop because of poor weather conditions or whatever.

TomatoNut95 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2024 7:45 pm My German Queen has already produced its second truss. I went ahead and pinched off the small buds to see if it will encourage the bigger blossoms into making bigger fruit. I've also been keeping the suckers at bay. But knowing my luck after all thay hard work, all the blossoms will drop because of poor weather conditions or whatever.

Don't pinch off your blossoms until you have some fruit set. Once you have some fruit set then you can start being selective about which ones to keep.

MissS wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2024 9:36 pm

TomatoNut95 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2024 7:45 pm My German Queen has already produced its second truss. I went ahead and pinched off the small buds to see if it will encourage the bigger blossoms into making bigger fruit. I've also been keeping the suckers at bay. But knowing my luck after all thay hard work, all the blossoms will drop because of poor weather conditions or whatever.

Don't pinch off your blossoms until you have some fruit set. Once you have some fruit set then you can start being selective about which ones to keep.

Whoops....

I'm already working on my fall selection this evening! Problem is I can only do 9 plants and my mental list is a mile long!
Picked out goodies include:

Sugar Pounder
Napa Giant
Burpee's Porterhouse F1
Stick
Boondocks
Thai Pink Egg
True Black Brandywine
Andrew Raharts Jumbo
Fun
Stump of the World
Fred Limbaughs Potato Top
Caspian Pink
White Queen

I have been out of the loop for so many years ... it is so exciting to see the tomatoes that i have missed ...

Tormato wrote: ↑Fri Feb 16, 2024 3:28 pm

TomatoNut95 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2024 9:12 am @Tormato Stump of the World?? Whoa, I thought that one was extinct or something. How's it like?

To me, SOTW is the benchmark for judging all other beefsteaks, having a very rich balanced flavor.

Thanks a lot.....I just started my 2025 list!!

I have most of my starts going in my Aerogarden Farms right now. I can't plant until around Mother's Day, so I am hoping I have timed this well, and that the last pot up before planting will be one gallon grow bags. I have to have everything running smoothly by June, as I have to go to California for the birth of my first grandchild...and my second! We get twins, a girl and a boy!!

If no note, the variety is new to me this year.

Cindy's West Virginia-very late Beefsteak (My name is Cindy )
Clint Eastwood Rowdy Red-Old seeds.
Mary Ann- Old seeds, germinated fine.
Alice's Dream
Caspian Pink- Tried to grow last years, had incorrect seeds.
Karma Miracle
Black Cherry
Sweet Apertif
Amber Keyes- Didn't germinate.
Berkeley Tie Dye
Aunt Ruby's German Green-Didn't germinate.
Prairie Fire
Paul Robeson
Blazing Beauty
Sweet Scarlet Dwarf
Neves Azorean Red
Mat-Su Express
Orange Banana
Druzba
Ernie's Plump
Cherokee Green
d'Amico
Giant Garden Paste
Mikado (3)-My favorite from last year.
Inciardi Paste(3)- Another favorite from last year.
Lovely Lush Early
Green Giant
SunGold (2)- I always grow SG.
Green Grape- I always grow GG.
Sun Sugar
Brown Sugar
Cherokee Purple
Gunmetal Grey
Cuban Salami

Added-

Jarson 4 (3) For a growout

Chupa Chups Red
Bug Tussle
Dingwall Scotty- Old seeds, germinated fine.
Benewah- VERY old seeds, still trying to germinate.
Marilyn's Best
Black Krim
Cosmonaut Volkov
Elf Tears
Marchenelf
Reinhard's Purple Sugar
Bread and Salt
Heidi
Maddeline’s Vine Candy (OP Sun Sugar)
Antho Pink Panther
Little Sicily- Didn't germinate.
Aurora
Bloody Butcher
Uluru Ochre
Aurora
Adelaide Festival

Removed-

Brutus
Moskvich
San Marzano Redorta
Mountain Magic

I am fighting with myself over seeding the ones which didn't germinate again.
I think I will germinate Mountain Magic. I thought I had it, but I couldn't find it, but now I have a trade coming in.

Stitchingmom wrote: ↑Wed Apr 03, 2024 1:33 am I think I will germinate Mountain Magic. I thought I had it, but I couldn't find it, but now I have a trade coming in.

FWIW, Mountain Magic has won the Gotchberg Spread's Taste Test Contest five (5) seasons running.

The Gotch

Planted yesterday (viewtopic.php?p=120130#p120130) during a deluge which became a snow-storm (***1st time trial):
Four (4) Competition Variety Grow-Outs
Ananas Noire
Bacon Lettuce and This***
Big Bubba***
Big Zac​ Hybrid
Black Brandywine***
Box Car Willie
Cornue des Andes Heirloom
Daniel Burson
Green Giant***
Greenbush Italian Heirloom
Guido Heirloom
Hillbilly
Inzhir Rozovyi
Italian Gold
Jersey Devil
Kelloggs Breakfast***
Kentucky Beefsteak
King Kong
Mortgage Lifter/Radiator Charlie
Mrs. Benson***
Mushroom Basket
Old German
Pinkl Berkeley Tie Dye***
Pink Gift/Rosov Dar
Pink Magic
Red Sausage
Santa Maria Heirloom
Sheboygan Heirloom
Super Sauce Hybrid***
​Uncle Steve's Italian
Virginia Sweets***
Yaqui Hybrid
Zapotec Oaxacan

Mountain Merit, Mountain Magic, & Namio Heirloom will be purchased from Jung's & Fellys', respectively.

The Gotch

@Stitchingmom Congratulations!!! ❤ Let us know how everything goes!!

I didn't know Clint Eastwood had a tomato named after him? Hoo-boy did I have one of the worst crushes on Rowdy. However that's changed and my view of him has gotten quite the opposite and I feel that guy shouldn't have such a high honor of getting a tomato named after him!

You have Brown Sugar? Let me know how those are please. I keep getting junky email from Baker promoting that variety after I considered buying them last time I made an order. Also if you're wanting Caspian Pink or Aunt Ruby's German Green, I have a few seed in freezer storage.

@Cornelius_Gotchberg thats is a big list of maters.. I seeded burley’s pink tie dye 2 days ago I have more micros than actual maters at this point..I figured I would have time to try those if all goes well.. good luck and cucumbers will be next haha

I sent Dale at Delectations an email, I hope he responds! Unfortunately Thunder Creek and a couple of others were out of stock, maybe better luck on those next year.

Well, I finally got the tomato seeds in the dirt. Here's the list. Some of these varieties are new to me, some are for seed replenishment, and some are both, lol. Fingers crossed.

Tomato - Bi-Color
Get Stuffed
Girl Girl’s Weird Thing
Old German
Pineapple

Tomato - Black
Brad's Black Heart
Huge Black

Tomato - Cherry
Matt's Wild Cherry
Sweet Aperitif
Virginia’s Yellow Tommy Toe

Tomato - Orange/Yellow
Kellogg's Breakfast
Olga's Round Yellow Chicken
Orange Beef Heart
Pinocchio
Sakharnyi Zheltyi
Tom's Yellow Wonder
Virginia Sweets
Yellow Oxheart

Tomato - Paste
Marzano Fire
Pomodoro Cuore Antico di Acqui Terme
Roma VF, Virginia Select
Valley Paste

Tomato - Pink
Brimmer (Pink Brimmer)
Kolb
Lee's Sweet
Pink Berkeley Tie-Dye
Portuguese Monster

Tomato - Red
Bacon Lettuce and This
Big Beef F1 (Renee23)
Big Beef F3 (Renee22)
Delicious
Ernesto
Homestead
Legend
Miss Scarlet In The Kitchen With The Knife
Prue
Super Sioux

Eeeee!! So excited, I reached Dale at Delectation of Tomatoes and I have ordered Michael's Portuguese Monster, Bigzarro, Hoy, Lebanese of the Mountain and Bill Bean Select!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ Let's see...which one should I do first?

Weird plant this is emerald city a dwarf but it does not have a Maine stem you get flower clusters and nothing .. not sure if it’s worth growing out or if will continue I see no room for growth..

Finally put some seeds in Magik-Moss yesterday/Users/Dan/Downloads/IMG_0385 Large.jpeg

As of today my Daniel Burson, Rosovye Krupnye, Rebel Yell, and Dr. Lyle seeds have sprouted. Still waiting on AGP, SOTW, and Dester.