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  1. #31
    I love good Roma Tomatoes.



    They make the best sauce evah!! I make up big batches of tomato sauce and can them.



    I also love growing grape tomatoes too.



    I also like to make my own tomato ketchup.
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  3. #32
    I grow some Roma's and cherry tomatoes . Tasty.



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    I live in Southern california, have a black thumb, and I have trouble growing anything in the summer because of the high heat and drought combined with sandy soil. My only planting place is a south facing slope, so the sun beats on them all day. My all-time favorite great tasty and most successful tomato is Arkansas Traveler! This tomato will survive (and thrive) in almost any conditions and tastes amazing to boot. They are a gorgeous deep pink color when ripe. If you live in the south or west you should definitely give it a try. We saved seeds every year, so one plant has given me 4 years of tomatoes.

    My favorite yellow tomato is Kellogg's Breakfast. It is sooo sweet and has a really deep flavor. These plants hold up pretty well too, though they need more shade than the Travelers.
    Last edited by craezie; 02-21-2012 at 02:25 PM.

  6. #34
    Tonight , I got out the potting soil , grow light and planted some beefsteak tomatos and bell peppers in the basement . Tomorrow , I am going by the farm store and picking up seed potatoes and onion sets , a week from Sat . I will fertilize and till the garden . Saw a honey bee today on one of the Krokus blooming by the garage, of course , snow flurries in the forecast Sun when I plan to split wood

  7. #35
    My little BeefSteak tomatos are two inches tall today , tilled the garden today , tomorrow , planting potatoes and onions.

  8. #36
    I planted red and white onions and white potatoes today , I need to get some green onions .

  9. #37
    I planted a rose bush today too , figured I got a steal on it at $3.21 .

  10. #38
    Summer before last I grew cherry and Roma's in my flowerbed .

  11. #39
    I wish I could remember.

    Beefsteaks are all right but I did have a favorite I wanted to make sure I grew more of once. I think it may have been Early Girl or something with Boy in it.

    The, " On the Vine" tomato's I'm getting here in California look like what I remember. They were covered in little orange specks.



    Nice pictures people! They look vine ripe and I would imagine smell great.

  12. #40
    Quote Originally Posted by Carson View Post
    I wish I could remember.

    Beefsteaks are all right but I did have a favorite I wanted to make sure I grew more of once. I think it may have been Early Girl or something with Boy in it.

    The, " On the Vine" tomato's I'm getting here in California look like what I remember. They were covered in little orange specks.
    Nice pictures people! They look vine ripe and I would imagine smell great.
    Well , last spring , I bought a few plants at the hardware store where I got my green onion sets ,they were called Big Boy , very good, excellent flavor , I remembered my Dad growing them in the 70's.



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  14. #41
    I can never remember , so , I keep an empty seed pack or , if a plant , one of the little plastic identifiers they stick in them and lay it in the garage or in the basement until the next year .
    Last edited by oyarde; 03-11-2012 at 09:47 PM.

  15. #42
    There are probably , nearly 8000 varieties of tomatos .
    Last edited by oyarde; 03-11-2012 at 09:49 PM.

  16. #43
    There is also an Early Girl tomato , but cannot say , really if I have tried them .
    Last edited by oyarde; 03-11-2012 at 10:31 PM.

  17. #44
    If I was you , I would just pick up some Big Boy seeds and start your own in the house , easy to find , been around since 1949 , and ask your local plant place about some Early Girls and you should be covered.

  18. #45
    There are heirloom tomatos with stripes you should try sometime , there are several varieties.

  19. #46
    One of the more expensive ones is Eva's Amish striped , probably 2.50 for ten seeds , but there are others , Baker Creek will have some , they will be pricey too , but maybe you could find a variety local.

  20. #47
    One thing to remember about Big Boys is , you need to use first generation seeds to get a good germination rate , so I have heard . If money is not a real problem , I suggest you get some heirloom seed catalogs and look through them.
    Last edited by oyarde; 03-20-2012 at 11:59 PM.

  21. #48
    I am going to try some different sunflowers this year , picked up some gray stripe , do not think I have grown them before , I think the ones I have been Growing the last few years are Mammoth , or something like that ...
    Last edited by oyarde; 03-20-2012 at 11:58 PM.



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  23. #49
    My Beefsteaks are now , about 3 1/2 inches tall , some sunflowers , Kentucky pole beans and green peppers are sprouting . Spring , is a good thing ....

  24. #50
    Quote Originally Posted by oyarde View Post
    There is also an Early Girl tomato , but cannot say , really if I have tried them .
    I always plant some Early Girls. They produce all season long, medium size and fairly sweet. Can use them for anything.
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  25. #51
    Your OP list looks great. Here's a few other heirlooms I thought of.... try a green zebra):


    Last edited by anaconda; 03-21-2012 at 02:06 AM.

  26. #52
    Quote Originally Posted by oyarde View Post
    There are heirloom tomatos with stripes you should try sometime , there are several varieties.

    If memory serves, these striped tomatoes can have really interesting textures and flavors you wouldn't expect from a tomato.

  27. #53
    A local place is offering Japanese black truffle tomato plants.. Anyone ever tried these?
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  28. #54
    Yes.
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  29. #55
    I have not tried the black truffle, just saw it this year , was unaware of it , maybe next year I will give it a try.

  30. #56
    Quote Originally Posted by anaconda View Post
    If memory serves, these striped tomatoes can have really interesting textures and flavors you wouldn't expect from a tomato.
    Everybody should try some if they have not , best BLT ever !
    Last edited by oyarde; 03-24-2012 at 11:27 PM.



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  32. #57
    Quote Originally Posted by XNavyNuke View Post
    Yes.
    Well , do they taste like tomatos ??

  33. #58
    Too early to set out any of my tomatos , but I did plant some lettuce , radishes green beans and sunflowers today , here in a couple weeks , I wil plant some more green beans , my onions are about 4 or five inches tall already , evidently , they like the weather. Anybody have any suggestion on green bell pepper seed ? the past two years , I have tried to start a California variety indoors , I had purchased alot of these seeds and , I can only guess they are duds, germination rate of about nil.

  34. #59
    I read an article once that said Ron grew/grows organic cherry tomatos. Maybe ask him or Carol what kind?

  35. #60
    I finally found a different variety , Bonnie , for the bell peppers , I have planted about eight plants in the past eight days or so , so , hopefully , I will have luck with them

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