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Favorite and best producing tomato #1715713
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I am getting ready to plant my 6 tomato plants that I plant every year and wanted to see which ones you guys prefer. I like a good acidic tomato but my wife has to have at least Cherokee Purple plants and the rest are up to me.

I have usually planted hybrids or Big Boy or Better Boy, but last years yields were not good. I have a very small raised bed that is 5' x 3', so I want to make sure I get some good ones this year. Also, do you plant determinate or indeterminate plants.


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Re: Favorite and best producing tomato [Re: muzziehead] #1715752
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I have settled on Better Boys after trying just about every dang tomato plant out there....


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Re: Favorite and best producing tomato [Re: muzziehead] #1715813
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I love romas personally. Outside of that, better boys work well.


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Re: Favorite and best producing tomato [Re: muzziehead] #1715899
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I always have good luck with better boys. I also plant another variety just to compare.


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Re: Favorite and best producing tomato [Re: muzziehead] #1715985
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Romas produce great and are good for making salsa but are crap for eating IMO. I love the cherokee purple and sunfires for sammiches. The sunfires produce great when it gets scorching hot and dont require near as much water. They are super rich in flavor.


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Re: Favorite and best producing tomato [Re: TChunter] #1716375
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C.P. For me too. I'm not a big mater person but I enjoy these

Re: Favorite and best producing tomato [Re: muzziehead] #1716641
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Better Boys for me.

Cherokee Purple tomatoes taste good but they have huge green spots in them and half of them are wasted.


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Re: Favorite and best producing tomato [Re: muzziehead] #1716722
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One of the best tasting sammich maters to me is the Beefsteak, but it also has that hard green core in a lot of them.

Re: Favorite and best producing tomato [Re: muzziehead] #1716725
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I'm a big fan of Better Boys. Grew up on them, but now I live much further south, and I've noticed they don't make as good.

I tried Big Beef last summer, which a lot of folks are high on. It didn't produce well either.

Every year I plant several experiments, along with some heirlooms. I'm trying Celebrity to see how it holds up for a main crop tomato.

Those of you who like Cherokee Purple should try Paul Robeson. It's a very good tomato. I'm also trying Cherokee Carbon for the first time this summer. It's supposed to be a really good tomato.

Re: Favorite and best producing tomato [Re: muzziehead] #1717458
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We generally stick with Better Boys just because they are predictable. I always do a couple of Super 100's Cherry tomatoes as well cause those suckers really produce well and our kids eat them like candy.


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Re: Favorite and best producing tomato [Re: muzziehead] #1717490
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super 100 for red cherry and sun gold for yellow cherry maters..every year.


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Re: Favorite and best producing tomato [Re: muzziehead] #1717734
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Anyone plant any of the Bonnie's Best? I bought a couple the other day and wonder how they produce and taste.

Re: Favorite and best producing tomato [Re: muzziehead] #1717751
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Cherokee purple heirloom tomatoes hands down

Re: Favorite and best producing tomato [Re: Brian_C] #1717776
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Originally Posted By: Brian_C
Anyone plant any of the Bonnie's Best? I bought a couple the other day and wonder how they produce and taste.


I started a thread on being disgruntled with Bonnie and their high prices a while back (you can scroll down and find it). $3.68 on a single pepper or tomato is way to high for doing regular garden planting.


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Re: Favorite and best producing tomato [Re: muzziehead] #1718425
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Potted 3 better boys from Bonnie a little while ago. I bought the six pack though and it wasn't very pricey.


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Re: Favorite and best producing tomato [Re: muzziehead] #1718709
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A friend of mine gave some brandy wine plants. They are a heirloom. They taste great but had to be babied and were not the greatest producers

Re: Favorite and best producing tomato [Re: Skinny] #1719556
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Originally Posted By: Skinny
Originally Posted By: Brian_C
Anyone plant any of the Bonnie's Best? I bought a couple the other day and wonder how they produce and taste.


I started a thread on being disgruntled with Bonnie and their high prices a while back (you can scroll down and find it). $3.68 on a single pepper or tomato is way to high for doing regular garden planting.

If I buy single plants, Home Depot usually have them 4 for $10.

Re: Favorite and best producing tomato [Re: Gobl4me] #1719565
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Originally Posted By: Gobl4me
Cherokee purple heirloom tomatoes hands down

Re: Favorite and best producing tomato [Re: muzziehead] #1720948
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Better boys here.


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Re: Favorite and best producing tomato [Re: muzziehead] #1721240
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I just got through planting my stuff this week. I have a few early girls and the rest I planted were Bella Rose. I've had great luck with the Bella Rose the last several years. Not a big giant tomato but sure does taste good to me.

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