Good outdoor tom varieties.

[brownfingers]

Wouldn't you know it? After a miserably poor start with the tommy seedlings, I'm now getting a glut which are bounding along. Far too many for the gh, so I'll need to put some outdoors. The varieties I have are Moneymaker, Tigrella, Roma, G Delight. Which will do best outside in pots?

[Sanjo]

Well, I'm hoping the answer is Gardener's Delight since I am in the same position and at least half a dozen are going to have to go out.
I'm sure I've grown G.D. in the border before.
IT all depends on the kind of summer we get of course.

[Richard Eldritch]

Is Roma a plum Tom? I'm doing Follia Plums outside which I'm sure is a folly!

[Potstubsdustbins]

Looking at the selection I would risk the Moneymaker purely for the fact all the rest are IMO nicer toms.

[Scarlet]

I think the smaller tomatoes always do best outside, so if you have extras for all of the ones you mentioned the surplus cherry ones would be my choice for outside. They ripen faster.

[brownfingers]

Thanks for the input people. I'm going to be an awkward sod and try a couple of all of them. Nothing ventured.

[WendyC]

Grown Gardener's Delight, Roma and Tigerella outside. Never grown Moneymaker anywhere for obvious reasons!

[batman]

Wouldn't you know it? After a miserably poor start with the tommy seedlings, I'm now getting a glut which are bounding along. Far too many for the gh, so I'll need to put some outdoors. The varieties I have are Moneymaker, Tigrella, Roma, G Delight. Which will do best outside in pots?

I'm in almost exactly the same situation, with some overlap in varieties!
I have decided to have a mix of plants in the greenhouse, to be on the safe side. All the leftovers, I'll stick in a sunny spot outside, and we'll see how they cope

[Shadylane]

Is Roma a plum Tom?

It is indeed. After the summer we had last year and the success of some left over toms that I stuck outside, I decided to do the same this year. I have a couple of Romas among others, which will be braving the elements soon. Of course this year it will obviously be cold and wet and they will all get blight

[brownfingers]

Grown Gardener's Delight, Roma and Tigerella outside. Never grown Moneymaker anywhere for obvious reasons!

A lot of people call moneymaker, but the ones I grew last year were prolific croppers and the flavour was as good as anyone could wish. Easily on a par with Shirleys.

[cariann88]

Grown Gardener's Delight, Roma and Tigerella outside. Never grown Moneymaker anywhere for obvious reasons!

What is wrong with growing monkey maker tomatoes? That is what I am growing. I've never grown tomatoes before.


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[Shadylane]

Not sure, never grown them. They're often freebies in magazines aren't they? Probably seen as common and not trendy, or maybe they're just not as tasty as some of the more unusual varieties. I don't think there's anything particularly 'wrong' with them, just personal taste and opinion.

[WendyC]

Bit bland for my taste, nothing wrong with them per se. But I prefer to grow something I can't get in the supermarket e.g. Tomatoes with taste and smell.

[Potstubsdustbins]

As the name suggests they were developed for the size of crop and ease of growing. IMO others are tastier and if treated correctly can just as prolific.

[taff]

As above - to me, other varieties I grow taste better. Whe you've grown a few more varieties, you can pick and choose to grow or not to grow as suits you