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Post by daylilydude on Apr 23, 2014 19:26:44 GMT -5
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Post by paulf on Apr 23, 2014 22:13:56 GMT -5
Grew it in 1974, so of course I have absolutely no memory of it other than that I did grow it once.
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Post by pepperhead212 on Apr 23, 2014 22:59:34 GMT -5
Izzy,
Was it very rainy when all of your MS tomatoes split? I am growing it this year, so I'm wondering...last two years we had record rainfall, so almost everything split, but if it is prone even with normal rain, I'm having second thoughts.
I have liked GWRs for years, ever since Green Zebra came on the market, and I have tried just about every one I'd see after that. I have taste tests every season, when I can get ripe tomatoes of every variety, and for three years straight GZ won, hands down! All of my friends said the same thing - if anything, they were reluctant to choose it at first, but it tasted so good, there was no way not to choose it! Others I have tried: Evergreen, which was not that great, and prone to a rot (not BER) others did not get; green grape, which was so badly flavored that I eventually pulled the plants; green doctor's, regular and frosted - good, but neither very productive, and I had the problem many had with the frosted of not being able to find the ripe ones; green zebra cherry - good, but very prone to splitting, even before the monsoon season started; green sausage - very good flavor, but wiped out by blight, while others were untouched.
As for that sweet 100, that used to be the only cherry tomato available in nurseries around here (before I started growing everything from seed) and I grew it once, maybe in '84 for me (when I got this house), but it had no flavor, except sweetness. I did not grow cherries for many years, as a result, since this was probably what was in food markets then, as well, and I figured, why bother? Then, I got on the mailing lists of some seed catalogs....need I say more?
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Post by timothyt on Apr 24, 2014 8:34:07 GMT -5
Like Paul, it has been quite awhile since I grew Sweet 100. But if my faulty memory serves, it was sweet with not much depth.
Hey Dave: Have you tried Grubb's Mystery Green yet? I've only grown for past 2 years, but one of the best GRWs for my conditions and locale. Early/mid season, productive, compact potato leaf indeterminate, well formed large fruit with few splits, good disease tolerance, and darn right tasty to boot!
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Post by pepperhead212 on Apr 25, 2014 15:05:20 GMT -5
Thanks, Tim! I'll definitely have to try those next season.
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