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Post by nightelf on Aug 6, 2014 16:42:21 GMT -5
I just started to get my first ripe red tomatoes this week! I'm very excited because last year I got no ripe ones! Siberian was my first red tomato, followed by Black YumYum. My first ripe tomato this year was ready 2 weeks ago and named Galina's Yellow Cherry.
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Post by kyredneck on Sept 22, 2014 17:12:50 GMT -5
Moravsky Div was first for me, followed by Siberian, and then Galina. Didnt grow stupice this year. Tom Moravsky Div probably would have been my first had I sown it when I first did all the others, but I ordered the seed mid-April on a whim after reading about it, just HAD to give it a go, so it got a late start.
First for me was Black Cherry, then Black Prince, then Matina, then, who knows...
I was disappointed in the flavor of Moravsky Div; I really liked Matina though, it makes a wonderful drying tomato too. |
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Post by canadamike on Feb 20, 2015 23:55:17 GMT -5
Shit...I am coming back here after many years, life too busy, I used to post like hell....I am in Canada, Quebec now ( it used to be Ontario but very close to Quebec)...and have grown lots of tomatoes, about a few hundreds cultivars per year. Except for the last 3 years, where it was about 20...my life changed,I moved.STUPICE and BLOODY BUTCHER are always fighting for first tomato, with others like Glacier, Manitoba, Précocibec and a few other suppposedly hyper early canadian bred tomatoes...mostly worth shit if you want my ten cents on it, but Stupice is OK....Bloody Butcher, on the other end, is of gastonomical quality. The best canned tomatoes I ever made were BB.
Principe Borghese is also pretty early, about one week later here, but amazingly productive. It really kiks off mass producing a few weeks after Bloody, but Bloody BUtcher and Stupice keep on pumping out tomatoes until frost. BB keeps being the best tasting all the time.
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Post by DebTheFarmer on Feb 21, 2015 1:22:51 GMT -5
canadamike I'm growing Bloody Butcher for the first time this year. Hoping it's quality and earliness are over-the-top excellent so I can drop a bunch of the other early reds we grow.
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Post by imgrimmer on Feb 21, 2015 4:02:17 GMT -5
canadamike do you have late blight on your tomatoes? is BB susceptical to it? BB seems interesting if it can be grown outside. Thanks!
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Post by milehighmike on Mar 12, 2015 20:58:09 GMT -5
Here are my results from last year:
1 - Nikolayev Yellow Cherry - 38 DTM (This is not a fluke. I've grown this for 4-5 years and it is always the earliest.)
2 - Koralik - 44 DTM
3 - Bloody Butcher - 46 DTM
4 - Blush - 49 DTM
5 - Flamme - 50 DTM
6 - Kimberley and Moskovich - 51 DTM
I really like Nikolayev Yellow Cherry and Koralik, but I never see anyone talk about them. Both are a bit on the tart side (which I prefer), but full of flavor. They don't just taste "good for an early tomato" - they taste good, period, and happen to be very early.
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Post by DebTheFarmer on Mar 12, 2015 21:11:22 GMT -5
I agree with Nikolayev. Very early and tasty. Though, it took ours longer than 38 days! lol
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Post by galina on May 23, 2015 2:24:27 GMT -5
Canadamike, have you grown the Canadian bred Dr Walkof tomatoes, like Starfire or Charlie's Red Staker. How do they compare for earliness?
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Post by kazedwards on Jun 21, 2015 17:57:03 GMT -5
I picked my first three cherry tomatoes of the year two days ago. It was from a dwarf tomato called Lizzano. It had started setting fruit right before I planted it out.
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Post by mcool61 on Jun 30, 2015 18:27:41 GMT -5
my first ripe tomato was a stupice, 6-6-15 & I'm in zone 5b. Personal best. Bit of an accident. Dug up a pepper to overwinter & the stupice volunteered in the pepper pot in February. Babied it along & it paid off. The first tomato was awesome, but the next 2 didn't have good flavor. I discovered that I like them better when they look almost but not quite ripe. At that stage they taste great. Silvery fir tree was a couple weeks later but much larger fruit.
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Post by philagardener on Jul 5, 2015 20:05:05 GMT -5
Picked my first Chalk's Early Jewel this afternoon! Weighed in at 6 3/4 oz.  This is a local heirloom, introduced in 1899 by James Chalk in nearby Norristown PA and distributed widely by both Stokes and Burpee over a century ago. Unfortunately, it's hard to find now, so I am glad to see it doing well in PA soil once again! Now that's local flavor |
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Post by paquebot on Jul 5, 2015 21:09:46 GMT -5
First ripe one this year was Maskotka which is a Polish variety designed for growing in balcony pots. Three of us each had one on 29 June. It's a nice two-bite salad type. Next was Fourth of July which ripened on the third. Maskotka was twice as good.
Martin
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Post by philagardener on Jul 6, 2015 19:39:25 GMT -5
The first taste of the year always is special!
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Post by steev on Jul 12, 2015 22:57:32 GMT -5
First for me this year were:
Black Mauri
Black Cherry
Black Plum
Principe Borghesi
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Post by kyredneck on Jul 14, 2015 12:38:22 GMT -5
First for me was Matina, on July 4th of all days. After that has been Dad's Volunteer (literally a volunteer from my Dad's garden, and Anna Russian.
"Nikolayev Yellow Cherry", I'll put that one on the list for 2016. |
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