While I'm recommending seeds, I'll add Bella Rosa determinant tomato (TGS) to the list... Produced over a long time. For indeterminant, full-sized, the prizes go to Cabernet and Tiffany. Both of these are "hot house" tomatoes... Solid, medium-sized, good disease resistance. You can keep your open-pollinated "heirloom" tomatoes... I'll go with vigor, taste and disease-resistance any day. (OK, if you want an heirloom that does well in FLA, that would be Goose Creek, a southern tomato with good resistance and vigor...)
added...TGS=Tomato Growers Supply.
Yes, we've too noticed there's a definite place for hybrids. We're giving a couple more heirloom tomatoes a try this round, but mostly that's because of not knowing a good hybrid to try. Got your suggestion... but what is TGS? Order online?
ReplyDeleteI found the heirloom tomato Floridade to do quite well in Florida. Ordered from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds.
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I live in Tucson and have had hardly any luck having any open-pollinated tomato plants produce even 1/2 of what Celebrity produces even after years of trying and trying again. Determinates usually produce more than indeterminates though. Has anyone had bountiful summer productions of an open-pollinated determinate?
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