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Question by angel_rat_83: Tomato plant recommendation and website please?
Can anyone recommend some really good acidy/sweet tomatoes to plant and a good website to get them from? I have never planted tomatoes, but any advice and recommendations would be appreciated!! Thanks!!
I live in northern California.
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Answer by davidqw3
money maker is a good virity and easy to grow try ya local garden centre
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I wish we had some of these in Michigan.
You should check around at your local nursery as you will find a ton to choose from. (If you update your answer to include where you are, I may be able to offer up some nurseries to try as I’m in N. Cal. too.) There will also be some plants sales coming soon and you can get a great selection of heirloom tomatoes and such…
It’s almost too late to start your seeds for our area, you still can but it’s getting late… It’s probably better just to get starts this year and next year you can do seeds.
Here is where I get my heirlooms from: http://www.heirloomtomatoes.bizland.com/
Good luck.
I like better boys. lots of sun, water, and miracle grow!!
Truthfully your best bet is to go to the nearest garden center or nursery and see the selection. They will have what the best types for planting are and they will already have a head start.
Starting with seeds takes a lot more time and it almost too late to get a good start now.
Three excellent hybrids,” “are big beef, lemon boy, and orange sungold cherry.”
Here is a link that gives the name of tomatoes and a description of taste. which might be helpful in deciding.
http://www.kootenaicountyfarmersmarket.com/tomatolady.htm
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Thomson & Morgan seed company are fantastic plant breeders, and have a good range of tomato types. They’ve got a blight resitant type that they’re offering this year: http://www.tmseeds.com/product/4323.html
Otherwise, decide whether you’re happy to grow your plants from seed, or would prefer to buy plants that are ready to plant. Seed growing is the cheapest method, and allows you to have full control over their culture- potentially keeping it organic all the way, which I prefer.
F1 hybrid plants are produced with a mix of their parents characteristics within uniform plants. These are a good type to look for, as they have good vigour. Decide on the type of plant you want, huge ‘beefsteak’, bushe size, outdoors, greenhouse etc.
I like –
Supersteak – an F1 huge 1 to 2llb fruit variety.
Moneymaker – a time honoured reliable variety
Totem F1 – this is good for smaller sized plots, and fruits lower down, especially good for outdoors.
Gardeners Delight – another really old favourite, with good old fashioned strong tomato flavour.
To meet your needs for sweetness, I’d probably select a variety of sweet cherry tomato. T&M have this variety ‘Sugary’ in stock – http://www.tmseeds.com/product/723.html. My family grew some for the first time last year, and we loved them.
Hope these thoughts help. I come from a 4th generation family of farmers, and love tomatoes. Good luck! Rob
I don’t know what variety to tell you but I will say going to your local garden center really won’t provide you with much variety. They carry maybe 10 varieties and there are probably 100’s out there. I do get mine from garden centers because I’m usually too late to grow my own. I’m always very disappointed. I will say it’s a lot easier than trying to grow them on my counter and get enough light and keep the kids out of them.
Choose a good sunny location. Amend the soil with a composted manure. Do not plant till after last frost which is probably past for you. Be sure to plant them deep. Plant 2 to 4 inches deeper than the pot it comes in. Water them once weekly and deeply. Watch out for pests and diseases. Remove and kill larger pests and spray soapy water for other smaller pests. Mulch to hold in moisture and keep down weeds. Have a good season!