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tessa
head gardener
Australia
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 Posted - 04/02/2009 : 08:10:22
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what were the tomatoes that you grew that just didn't live up to expectations?
for me...the first time i saw a picture of 'coastal pride orange'...i had to have it! it was the most beautiful tomato i'd ever seen. maybe it still is. it also has an awful lot going for it. it produces in blistering heat. it produces over winter as well. it grows on a compact plant, and sets most of it blossoms.
but for me, the taste was not there...and the flesh was mealy.
i have been asked not to grow that one again.
'stump of the world' were the seeds i was first chasing that got me into this whole tomato mess. for me they are disease prone. in fact...in three years of trying to grow it...this is the first year i've gotten anything from it. yes...the fruit are big (the biggest i've grown, actually) and taste in the late season was good. but the plant is stingy with production.
i will leave it off the list next summer.
'grub's mystery green' is a great tomato...but also stingy and prone to disease and just plain ole drying to a crisp once the temps go up. i'm glad to have grown it, but i will leave it off the list for next year.
'canadian heart'. what's not to love about canadians? 
this was a gorgeous plant, with beautiful looking fruit hanging on the vine. it all started to go south once the fruit began to ripen. large, but mealy and the taste is just not there.
cranky people live longer. i'm going to live forever! perth, wa
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medburygardens
gardener
New Zealand
639 Posts |
Posted - 04/02/2009 : 08:45:10
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The only tomato that i thought was a poor producer for me was Rose de Bernie,didn`t set a lot of fruit, what it did set were of good size but taste was a bit below average.
you still about tessa,got all ya fishing gear organised? |
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Di Taylor
assistant gardener
New Zealand
188 Posts |
Posted - 04/02/2009 : 09:22:24
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My disappointment was the pink (or Not) brandywine, but having seen the better version at a friends I have decided not to right it off just yet....different garden possy next year and we will see.....in the meantime I see some life starting in my jiffy pots with kimberely and canabec super....come to moma my little precious
A good year is when more things get harvested than die! |
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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
10809 Posts |
Posted - 04/02/2009 : 13:42:47
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Sorry to hear that I know how you feel..
My worst tomatoes, gee there have been so many 
Now I know why grubs mystery green did not do any good here.
I reckon the Black Russians were the worst..
Friends are the flowers in the garden of life
Love Your Enemies... It Will Drive Them Nuts |
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tessa
head gardener
Australia
3682 Posts |
Posted - 04/02/2009 : 21:49:26
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gee. i saw a black russian plant today (nevermind where) and almost bought it. glad i didn't then. what was it you didn't like, MA?
don't forget, di, that canabec super is not the best tasting tomato in the world. better than store bought, of course, but it's claim to fame in my eyes is that it sets really well and survives conditions where most other tomatoes pack it in.
cranky people live longer. i'm going to live forever! perth, wa |
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Gail
garden sage
Australia
7707 Posts |
Posted - 05/02/2009 : 04:12:43
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I haven't really grown a lot of different varieties as I grow them to feed the hungry hordes so need a reliable supply and don't have time to experiment with different ones... one day I will though  The only one I have come across that I didn't like was a free pack of the Burkes backyard tomato that came with the magazine when they first bought the tomato out. It was hard, had a tough skin, dry and tasteless - very much like store bought - we didn't like them at all.
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing not to use it in a fruit salad.
A ounce of common sense is worth more than a ton of intelligence.
Gail, near Gympie, Qld |
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Di Taylor
assistant gardener
New Zealand
188 Posts |
Posted - 05/02/2009 : 09:10:57
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Yeah the kimberley is going to be my indoor experimental baby, it's going in a nice big terracota pot indoors. I have managed to kill of an indoor plant (such a silly waste of space it had no fruit LOL) so the pot will fit nicely in what will become my experimental mini greenhouse outdoors and the canabec super is going in there based on your bomb proof assessment.....
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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
10809 Posts |
Posted - 05/02/2009 : 12:06:28
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It was soft and watery, not gel either. I grew them a couple of years ago and was not happy with them so blamed the soil I was told then to give them potash which I did the fruit did get a little firmer but I felt it was only the skin as on cutting them open there was so much juice..
So tried again different bed different soil almost the same so we wont bother again.. They must grow up here ok as Bunnings always have them for sale, they just dont grow good in my garden 
Friends are the flowers in the garden of life
Love Your Enemies... It Will Drive Them Nuts |
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Di Taylor
assistant gardener
New Zealand
188 Posts |
Posted - 06/02/2009 : 08:01:37
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All the ripe tomatoes off the dud plants (about 800g worth) may have been not great eating but brewed up with garlic, onions and some other goodies has made some nice tomato sauce.
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Gail
garden sage
Australia
7707 Posts |
Posted - 06/02/2009 : 10:30:24
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It is amazing what a touch of garlic, etc can do 
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing not to use it in a fruit salad.
A ounce of common sense is worth more than a ton of intelligence.
Gail, near Gympie, Qld |
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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
10809 Posts |
Posted - 06/02/2009 : 10:59:39
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What No Basil 
Friends are the flowers in the garden of life
Love Your Enemies... It Will Drive Them Nuts |
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disappointments in the tomato patch