Tasted my tomatoes this week what a shocker !

[Flummery]

Supermarket ones taste of water. Nice if you like water!

[rachel-j-86]

this is good to know for next year, as we only grow small cherry toms (currently 3 varieties) but whilst on holiday in morocco i had big beef toms with a lot more flavour than those available here, the weather must help but this shows home grow can be a lot nicer than any supermarket toms would be good to try and grow some

[T8Ter]

7 varieties here! Only ones we've eaten so far have been the 100's and 1000's although others are now getting close. They may be small but it's like a taste explosion. Loving it!

I agree Incy, 100's & 1,000's are a great success, will definately be growing them again. They live up to their name in quantity and the flavour is superb.

[mcsee]

i bought a green variety - only one plant from my local market - can someone tell me how i know when its ripe?

Some green when ripe varieties like eg. Grub's Mystery Green, actually get a yellow 'sheen' to the skin when approaching ripeness. The best way I find is the gentle squeeze test when you think they're getting close.

[chriscross1966]

I've grown Black Krim for mt beefsteak this year and am very impressed at how early it is. The Gardeners dellight bneat it to a few ripe fruit but the BK long overtook it in term s of crop weight ... The San Marzano and Alicante have plenty of fruit but none ripe yet.....

BK is rather easy to let over-ripen.... pick when it stops being green and goes dusky... if it's red it's getting soft.....

chrisc

[southern softie]

I grew 5 varieties of cherry tomatoes and ran a taste testing at work for an independent view.
The results are:

1. Sungold
2. Hundreds and Thousands
3. Black Cherry
4. Pearl
5. Balconi (Yellow)