trudy
Showing Great Promise
Joined: 14 Jan 2008
Location: South Georgia, left at nowhere (Map)
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Thanks, I'm glad they are doing good for you. I've grown BR for about 3 yrs now, I love them. The other two are new to me this season but I know they will be good. I do a lot of canning, esp. tomatoes. So many dishes that can be made out of mators. Last year I had 111 plants that put out great. I was glad I didn't have to find a pic your own field somewhere. It met our needs an I was able to help out a friend with some as well.
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Spring_rain
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Joined: 25 Apr 2007
Location: Colorado (Zone 5/6)
Posts: 26
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Last year was my first year growing tomatoes. Since I don't care much for raw tomatoes, I only grew the paste varieties. I didn't have much luck but I don't think they got enough sun. This year I've ordered some different paste varieties as well as the seeds I already have, and I'm going to put them in full sun. Last year I went with Roma, San Marzano, Viva Italia, and Opalka. This year I'm also adding Saucy, Amish, Golden Roma, Banana, and a couple others I can't remember off hand.
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flowerpower313
On The Way Up
Joined: 06 Feb 2008
Location: Catskill Mtns NY Z5
Posts: 118
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Opalka is one I have yet to try. Maybe next season. I am growing NJ Devil and Goat's Teat because of the pointed ends.
I just found out a few weeks ago that Banana Legs is actually striped. It's just more noticeable in the green stage.
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Robin282
Just Arrived
Joined: 07 Feb 2008
Location: SE Coast OF MA Zone 7 (Map)
Posts: 25
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I am growing lots of tomatoes this year. I got some recommendations for flavor because I am not a tomato eater. I want to grow tomatoes for my Mom, family, friends, and for seeds. I do like tomato sauce and will have some sauce types too.
From memory (which is bad from a head injury), I am growing the following:
Brandywine
Delicious
Rutgers
Marglobe
Cherokee Purple
Mr. Stripey
Earl's Faux
others.
Robin
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flowerpower313
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Location: Catskill Mtns NY Z5
Posts: 118
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Seems alot of people are growing out Mr Stripey this yr. I am growing out Copia for the stripes. One of the coolest varieties I obtained is called "Yellow Submarine". It is the Potato Leaf form of Small Yellow Pear.
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LilyPlanter77351
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Joined: 29 Feb 2008
Location: Livingston, Texas
Posts: 93
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Wow, looking at all these different varieties is making my mouth water! I am only growing big boy toms, but I'm growing as many as I can get to germinate (out of 72 pots) I'm hoping this will be enough for my house and my mother-in-law's house as well. We do ALOT of italian, and spanish dishes between the two houses and hopefully these maters will work out well for that. Does anyone know what variety is good for making fried green tomatoes? We bought some last year for the 4th of July picnic and I was hoping to have my own this year. Gotta wipe the drool off my desk good luck to everyone with all those tomatoes!
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flowerpower313
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Location: Catskill Mtns NY Z5
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Hmm, I am not sure if the "fried green tomatoes" are supposed to be unripened or a variety that is green when ripe. I'll get back to you on that.
If you cook alot of Italian check out
www.growitalian.com
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SongofJoy57
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Location: Foothills of North Carolina Z = 7a & 7b (Map)
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flowerpower313
On The Way Up
Joined: 06 Feb 2008
Location: Catskill Mtns NY Z5
Posts: 118
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Thanks, Song of Joy. I don't think its an overly common dish in my area.
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Cindy
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Joined: 20 Mar 2008
Posts: 8
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At first I didn't want to even try them because I had been disappointed for four years in a row...but the seeds were free and all I had to do was fill in a form answering questions about germinating, growth, production etc.
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flowerpower313
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Location: Catskill Mtns NY Z5
Posts: 118
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What form? For a seed company?
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lexxivexx
Showing Great Promise
Joined: 05 Aug 2007
Location: The Willamette Valley, Oregon (Map)
Posts: 258
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So far I've got:
Yellow Pear
Sub Arctic Plenty
Oregon Spring
As long as I order sometime in the next week, I'm hoping to have:
McGee
Caspian Pink
Starfire
Tiger Tom
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kuntrygal
Texas Rose
Joined: 02 Sep 2007
Location: Lufkin, TX Zone 8
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I was going to plant Celebrity. A friend of mine said, her father plants enough (Celebrity) for half of East Texas. Last year they were giving them away, making pico de gallo (hot sauce), canning, freezing them for soup in the winter. So it sounds like I will be taken care of! And you can't beat that!! 
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nan1234
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Joined: 23 Jul 2007
Location: Chicago Area
Posts: 160
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I'll try different varieties each year. This year I got four new members:
Giant Tree (tallest tomato plant?)
Tiny Tim (smallest tomato plant?)
Gloden sugar (soppose to be the sweetest yellow)
Red pear (I had yellow pear last year)
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