We are moving. Usually I plant 40 to 50 tomatoes but since we will be dealing with a lot of projects and infrastructure might be rough I'm trying to keep it 20 to maybe 30 tops.
My daughter likes to eat fresh tomatoes, my son likes a slicer for hamburgers. I like to can my tomatoes for soups and pasta sauces that sort of thing.
We have the following decided upon:
Dr Wyche's Yellow, 10 Fingers of Naples (x5 because of canning), Black Cherry, Hartman's Yellow, Spoon, Big Rainbow and Pink Berkley Tie Dye.
I have a bunch of dwarf varieties because I have a greenstalk that I planned to use before the move. Now I'm not as constrained on space. Has anyone done tomatoes in the greenstalk? I haven't done it yet and I'm not sure if now it would be better to do in ground tomatoes and use the greenstalk for something else.
Thanks!
Zone 6a Pennsylvania
by NovelPermission634
4 Comments
Dr. Wyche’s, Black Cherry and Big rainbow all grow phenomenally in my part of PA. A happy black Cherry will put out so many you won’t know what to do with them. If you have any Brandywine varieties mixed in those also do great in PA.
I’ve done cherries in a greenstalk. They grew fine but I put them in the top level which made them really hard to take care of and trellis.
If I ever do tomatoes there again I would put them in lower levels or separate the layers.
Interested in others’ experiences or opinions as well.
Even though I have limited room, I made sure to plant Dr Wyche’s Yellow, Black Cherry, Big Rainbow and Pink Berkley Tie Dye. I don’t have Uluru, but have heard good things about it.
What an eclectic mix of seeds! I concur with Dr Wyche’s Yellow, Black Cherry, Big Rainbow, and Pink Berkeley Tie Dye as favorites for flavor. I love the Dwarf project but haven’t had a chance to grow a lot of them yet. Silvery Fir Tree, Tiny Tim and Mountain Princess are not known for their flavor but for earliness, container size, and disease tolerance respectively.