What tomato varieties are you growing in 2017

[jonny the plant pot]

Jersey devil
Orange russian
Garden peach
And some Italian type I can't remember

[Scarlet]

Jonny have you grown garden peach before? I just grew the one plant last year, unfortunately Zi had a rodent problem but even so it didn't seem to produce many tomatoes. Just toying whether to give it another go.

[Chippy Minton]

I'm with a few others on this thread. I've tried new varieties and often been disappointed. This year I'm consolidating and going for satisfaction; therefore I'm going with what I know and what we like:

Chocolate cherry in the greenhouse (plus maybe a Big Daddy or 2 if I've seeds left over in the tin....)
Red alert outside
Tumbling Tom red and yellow liberally strewn around in pots and baskets and anything else I can find

[jonny the plant pot]

Yeah I grew them last year I did 6 plants and they were one of the few that survived. Lots of toms and we're very tasty.

[vixylix]

Scarlet I loved Black Cherry and Golden Queen this year - I need to have a proper sort through for new varieties for next year but those two are definitely staying in there.

[KevinM67]

With a small garden (and lots of shade due to surrounding walls and trees), I'm very much limited.

Alicante
Gardeners Delight
and some 'Little Sparrow' that Jackarmy kindly gave me last year that I never got to sow due to moving home.

With the shade, I'm going with hanging baskets for the first time. I was in B&Q here in Dublin last week - A packet of Tumbling Toms (20 seeds I think) were 5.45 euros !!!

Cheaper to order from UK and get them sent to my Dad's house.

[jackarmy]

The "little Sparrow" came via Nicos and France Kev, just so you know and your welcome

[Bren In Pots]

I grow just 5 varieties now all in the GH apart from the Principe that will live in the kitchen window same as last year.

Gardeners Delight
Shirleys
Black Cherry
then San Marzano and Principe for cooking.

[Zelenina]

Taiko,Duo,Radana & Zlatova seeds never grown before,got them from my sister for my birthday in a 'wacky tomato kit' & the varieties sound alright. Also there's seeds from the seed swap,I don't know which ones to choose but it's most of them.

Those are all Czech varieties I've grown Duo which is round and striped, rather like Tigerella, although it's even more similar to the HSL variety Tiger Tom. Radana is red pear-shaped and cherry-sized. Zlatava is orange outside and red inside. Taiko I think is long and yellow. Best of luck with them!

[TrysHard]

Tomatoes I have for 2017

Tumbler.
Tomatoberry Garden.
Red Pear.
Sweetbaby.
Cherry Roma.
Gardeners Delight.

All except the Cherry Roma were less than 50p a most around 20p. Not sure I will sow them all as I normally only grow around 6-8 plants. I have wanted to grow Cherry Roma an Heirloom variety fro a couple of years due to its spicy/sweet flavour.

[lottie dolly]

MY 16 varieties are

black cherry,black opal,black russian,rosella,beef master,roma vf,indigo rose,garden pearl,big daddy,f2 self saved viagra,blaby special,mille flure,pantanto,sreiped stuffer,zlatava,sanmarzano,
which ones i will actually sow will come nearer the the time,as reality kicks in,some are defo no brainers to sow,oh decisions,decisions,coupled with itchy fingers at the wrong time.

[Jungle Jane]

Thank you Zelenina they do all sound good,I'l hopefully save seeds from them

[KevinM67]

The "little Sparrow" came via Nicos and France Kev, just so you know and your welcome

Cheers Nicos !!!

[bario1]

I'm growing Terenzo, Peardrop and Maskotka in baskets, and cutting down on the cordons this year - just Mountain Magic and Jaunne Flamme.

[Cadalot]

Oh the agony of it all.....

Down to 42 from 75 in my tomato seed bank that I would like to grown, next step to reduce by half-ish and create a three year growing cycle from the tomato seed bank see Alans Allotment: Tomato Seed Selection 2017

UPDATE - List Reduction The Final Cut (nearly)

Stage 1 - remove the >>>>*= Grow Every Year from the list

01 Beefsteak
02 Gardeners Delight -*Sow By*2015 -*Sow By*2016
03 Crimson Crush F3
04 Kibitz - Saved 2016
05 Money Maker
06 One Hundreds and Thousands*- Saved 2014 - Saved 2016
07 Outdoor Girl*- Saved 2015 - Saved 2016
08 Stupicke Poini Rane - Saved 2016 - Sow By 2017

Stage 2 - Remove those with no date of the oldest Grow By dates for growing this year 2017

01 Blaby Special - Saved 2014
02 Camp Joy - No Date
03 Cherry Falls F1- No Date
04 Delicious - No Date
05 Ferline F1 Hybrid
06 German Lunchbox - No Date
07 Heinz Soup - Saved 2011
08 Indian Bush- No Date
09 Kenilworth King George - No Date
10 Mini Plum - TESCO - Saved 2014 - get new seed
11 Minibel - Sow By 2014
12 Nector Rose - Saved 2014
13 Piccolo- Saved 2011
14 Rapunzel F1
15 Purple Russian Plum - Sow By 2014
16 Red Robin - Saved 2015 <<<<< Seed Circle
17 Sub Artic Plenty - No Dates
18 Sunset Red Horizon - Saved 2014
19 Super Roma - No Dates
20 Sweet Pea Currant - Sow By 2014
21 Tiny Tim*- Sow By 2013 <<<<< Seed Circle


Stage 3 - Those that Remain become the 2018 Grow List

01 Alicante - Sow by 2017
02 Amish Mayberry - Saved 2013 - Saved 2016
03 Latah Bush - Saved 2015
04 Marvel Stripes - Saved 2015
05 Peace Vine - Saved 2015
06 Plum Roma - Saved 2015
07 Pomodore Ciliegla - Sow By 2015
08 Rainbow Blend F1 Hybrid - Sow By 2015
09 Red Cherry - Sow By 2015
10 Red Fox Cherry - Saved 2015
11 Sandpipe - Saved 2016 - Saved 2015
12 Sweet Aperitif - Sow By 2017
13 Terenzo F1 Hybrid - Sow By 2015 - Sow By 2017
14 Tomatoberry Garden F1
15 Tumbler - Sow By 2014
16 Tumbling Tom Red - Sow By 2014 - Saved 2016

Stage 4 - 5 of those listed below need to be moved to up to the 2018 list above, a couple cut as I don't grow many blacks & yellows and those left behind will become the 2019 Grow List

01 Arnyalma - Grapevine 2016
02 Berkeley Tie-Dye - Grapevine 2016
03 Black Cherry Tomato - Grapevine 2016
04 Black Icicle - Grapevine 2016
05 Black Russian - Grapevine 2016
06 Black Sea Man - Grapevine 2016
07 Blush - Grapevine 2016
08 Brown Sugar - Grapevine 2016
09 Cream Sausage - Grapevine 2016
10 Chiapis Wild - Grapevine 2016
11 Dark Galaxy - Grapevine 2016
12 German Queen - Grapevine 2016
13 Green Zebra - Grapevine 2016
14 Gold Rush Currant - Grapevine 2016
15 Harbinger - Sow By 2015 - Grapevine 2016
16 Jack Hawkins - Grapevine 2016
17 Legend - Grapevine 2016
18 Mrs Rucks - Grapevine 2016
19 Mountain Princess - Grapevine 2016
20 Otto's Papa - Grapevine 2016
21 Red Buffalo Horn - Grapevine 2016
22 Red Zebra - Grapevine 2016 - Saved 2014
23 Rio Grande - Grapevine 2016
24 Rosella - Grapevine 2016
25 Speckled Roman - Grapevine 2016
26 Summer Cider - Grapevine 2016
27 Vesennij Mieurinsky - Grapevine 2016
28 Yellow Perfection - Grapevine 2016

I think I'm nearly there...... Until I get the seed parcel from the Grapevine next year