Best tomato for next year

[ButternutSquash]

Am I the only person that thinks Sungold are over rated? Nowhere near enough acidity and proper old fashioned tomato taste but I don't really have a sweet tooth and they're famed for their sweetness.

Someone else said the same, maybe earlier in this thread. I can see what you mean, if you want a salad tomato, maybe Sungold is not ideal. I eat them as sweets, and I think they make nice soup too. Each to their own!

[ButternutSquash]

Is that an apology for your aggressive comments at Thelma Sanders, Butternut Squash?
If so perhaps we can get back to talking about tomatoes instead of throwing rotten ones at each other.

I was quite insulted to be ordered to 'sort it out'. It sounded very aggressive.

[Alison]

I was quite insulted to be ordered to 'sort it out'. It sounded very aggressive.

I think this is a classic example of getting the wrong end of the stick as the "sort it out" comment looked clearly directed at the seed suppliers not anybody on here so you really have no reason to be insulted at all which has got to be a good thing

[Scarlet]

Misunderstandings like this can often happen with the written word.
I assumed it was aimed at the suppliers. I think last year I read people were saving sweet million tom seeds, they are also often not labeled as an F1.

[ButternutSquash]

I heard back from T&M, and it is NOT an F1 hybrid, but it has the characteristics of one i.e. plant uniformity and yield. So several online sellers have this described incorrectly. I'm glad it is not F1, it means seed can be saved. Definitely one to be tried.

[veggiechicken]

I heard back from T&M, and it is NOT an F1 hybrid, but it has the characteristics of one i.e. plant uniformity and yield. So several online sellers have this described incorrectly. I'm glad it is not F1, it means seed can be saved. Definitely one to be tried.

Why do T&M advertise it as F1 then?
Tomato 'Sweet Aperitif' F1 Hybrid - Tomato Seeds - Thompson & Morgan

[bario1]

Am I the only person that thinks Sungold are over rated? Nowhere near enough acidity and proper old fashioned tomato taste but I don't really have a sweet tooth and they're famed for their sweetness.

I'm with you on this one Alison (see my earlier post in this thread), I am growing them for the first time this year and I find them too sweet, and too mushy. Assuming our taste in tomatoes is similar, what would be your recommendation to me for next year? I've already bought 'Black Cherry'.

[marchogaeth]

Why do T&M advertise it as F1 then?
Tomato 'Sweet Aperitif' F1 Hybrid - Tomato Seeds - Thompson & Morgan

As you say VC this is clearly mislabelling in one form or another and if I was getting this sort of conflicting information I would want T&M's reply in writing before I saved seed and risked having a real rag tag of plants next year but as people will know from other threads, I have no time for them at all although I always thought their seed side was better than the plant side.

I won't be bothering with the Red Pear we had free with the magazine again next year unless they excel themselves in the next few weeks.

[dim]

I'm with you on this one Alison (see my earlier post in this thread), I am growing them for the first time this year and I find them too sweet, and too mushy. Assuming our taste in tomatoes is similar, what would be your recommendation to me for next year? I've already bought 'Black Cherry'.

depends on personal taste ... sungold for me are the best as we eat them in salad (we eat Greek 'style' salad most days)

cucumber, ripe sungold tomatoes halved, slices of raw red onion, green sweet pepper, spring onions, lettuce (or watercress or spinach), proper greek feta cheese, kalamata olives (or the giant green olives), dried oregano, salt,fresh ground black pepper, a good drizzle of extra virgin olive oil,plus loads of fresh basil or a bit of fresh garden mint and some fresh parsley... sometimes we also add anchovies to the salad

even when we have vistors, I allow the children to pick tomatoes .... the ripe sungold are always the ones that get picked and eaten first

they are a bit like sweetcorn .... they taste best when harvested if they are fully ripe ... and you have to eat them immediately

[marchogaeth]

I won't be bothering with the Red Pear we had free with the magazine again next year unless they excel themselves in the next few weeks.

Now I'm coming on to beg Red Pear's pardon. I have been sorting through my tomatoes to make a soup this pm and there were so many Red Pear in the "ripe basket" that I went and double checked the plants in the tunnel. The higher trusses are loaded. So I think I must have been picking a few on and off without realising just how many I was getting. (I'd always give one plant a second or third go though incase of the season.)

[Scarlet]

I'm with you on this one Alison (see my earlier post in this thread), I am growing them for the first time this year and I find them too sweet, and too mushy. Assuming our taste in tomatoes is similar, what would be your recommendation to me for next year? I've already bought 'Black Cherry'.

I'm not a fan off Sungold either. Black cherry is on my tom list every year...

[Thelma Sanders]

The Black Cherries do need picking before they look really ripe though, as by then they've gone a bit soft, IMO

You may have to eat a few, before you work that out, though

[brownfingers]

One of my neighbours has just given me a couple of tomatoes to try. Firline F1. IMHO, these are the best tasting toms I've ever had the privelige to stuff in my gob. They are going to be my number one tom for next year for sure.