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  • Tastiest Toms for 2024

    A place share your tastiest and most disappointing tomatoes grown this season.

    Link to last years thread.

    Tastiest Toms for 2023. - The Grapevine (growfruitandveg.co.uk)
    Location....East Midlands.

  • #2
    So far only had to eat
    Sukura been cropping for weeks and a mainstay here for its earliness but has a sweeter than normal flavour this year
    Sparta new this year as a hoped for Shirley improvement. So far well forward of the Shirleys and not suffering the truss branch split issues however taste a little bland, wonder if maybe its the lack of sun so far this year
    Gardeners Delight normal good flavour but size bit smaller than normal
    Last edited by It never rains..it pours; 22-07-2024, 10:44 AM.

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    • #3
      Mine are quite slow but
      Sweet aperitif are doing well, grown before and are reliable for me.
      Black cherry first time growing , not that many on the plants but would do those again or other black varieties as we like the taste.
      Northern England.

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      • #4
        CG Black Cherry are my all time favourite I grow the mostly those along with one Gardeners delight and two Mini Bells.
        Location....East Midlands.

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        • #5
          Picked a Tigerella , I like those too. Get plenty on the plant and seem to do well for me.
          Northern England.

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          • #6

            After a rubbish summer, I will give the new varieties one more try again next year.

            New this year

            Limoncito - slightly tangy, quite nice flavour

            Ildi - finally started to ripen mid September, bland

            Crokini - nice light tomatoey taste, not overly sweet

            Honeycomb - delicous

            Rose de berne - finally ripened in mid september, overrated bland

            Black Beauty - raved about online - didn't ripen, not a single one!

            Christmas grape - began to ripen mid September, average.


            My regular favs

            Sweet baby - delicious dinky little toms, sweet and juicy

            Sugargloss - sweet and juicy

            Supersweet - sweet and juicy

            Sweet million - tasty, sweet

            Sungold - always good, early to ripen

            Shimmer - savoury tom, didn't do well this year

            Suncherry - sweet juicy

            Sweet aperitif - yummy. Early to ripen, a firm fav

            Ananas - Didn't do well, didn't fully ripen. Last year is was fab.






            Nestled somewhere in the Cambridgeshire Fens. Good soil, strong winds and 4 Giant Puffballs!
            Always aim for the best result possible not the best possible result

            Forever indebted to Potstubsdustbins

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            • #7
              Crumbs, peanut. I'm really surprised your Rose of Berne were unsatisfactory. They amazed me. The very first to ripen (a good couple of weeks before Sungold) and very flavoursome. Plus they were quite prolific and carried on well past some of my other tomato plants. I'm sorry if it was me that gave them such a good write-up that I encouraged you to try them.

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              • #8
                I think a lot depends on where and how you grow them. I tried Sweet Aperitif years ago because of rave reviews online and found it bland and a poor producer. My first experience of Sungold, grown as a windowsill plant (which was a mistake) was that it produced tasteless yellow fruit. If I hadn't already grown and planted some sideshoots outside I would have ditched it, but the outdoor plants (genetically identical because they were cuttings) were completely different, and Sungold has been a firm favourite ever since.

                Agree about Honeycomb, which is new to me this year. The fruit have been rather small, but that could be the weather and the position I have grown them in, where tree roots can pinch water and nutrients. I have no ideal tomato growing places in my garden and I will try them at the allotment next year.
                A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy

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                • #9
                  Snoop Puss no, it wasn't anyone on here, it was a few growers on instagram and lots of people agreed with them so I think as Penellype says, growing conditions have a lot to answer for too. I will definitely grow all of them again next year, as I've already got the seeds, and just hope for a better summer.
                  Nestled somewhere in the Cambridgeshire Fens. Good soil, strong winds and 4 Giant Puffballs!
                  Always aim for the best result possible not the best possible result

                  Forever indebted to Potstubsdustbins

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by peanut View Post
                    Snoop Puss no, it wasn't anyone on here, it was a few growers on instagram and lots of people agreed with them so I think as Penellype says, growing conditions have a lot to answer for too. I will definitely grow all of them again next year, as I've already got the seeds, and just hope for a better summer.
                    Agree with the comments about terroir being important for the toms, we tried Rose de Berne ages ago and though nothing of it. A bigs thumbs up for Sungold also, now a long time dependable grower/taster for us.
                    Last edited by smallblueplanet; 30-09-2024, 09:44 AM.
                    To see a world in a grain of sand
                    And a heaven in a wild flower

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                    • #11
                      Didn't know where to put this video from Simpsons Seeds. They grow lots of tomatoes, chillies, peppers and aubergines and lots of other veggies and flowers. Unfortunately it's a FaceBook video, but it's about growing tomatoes by using homemade hydroponics.

                      https://fb.watch/uWFGPJ32p1/

                      https://www.simpsonsseeds.co.uk/index.html
                      To see a world in a grain of sand
                      And a heaven in a wild flower

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