Tomato Dreams

Hovannes · Post by **Hovannes** » 11 Feb 2025, 19:47

I'm thinking about the 2025 garden--specifically the tomatoes.
Sweet or Super Sweet 100s are always prolific and great additions to salads, so they're in.
San Marzano is a lovely tomato grown in Italy's volcanic soil, but darn it, it isn't the same when grown in my local loam, so I think I'll plant Romas instead. For sandwich tomatoes I've always wanted to try Mortgage Lifters but I've heard the don't keep well, and with---fingers crossed---a bountiful harvest, that could be a problem so Big Beef will probably get the nod. It did very well last year.
I do have to have at least one heirloom and Conssolute Genovese was the most productive from last year, so I think I'll add one of those to my shopping list. That's four plants maybe five if I double down on Beefsteaks, so they should be a lot less work---and require less water---than last year's dozen tomato plants

sweetandsour · Post by **sweetandsour** » 11 Feb 2025, 20:25

With recent temps in the 80s I've been thinking of my spring garden already. The winter garden was covered in snow a few weeks ago. As far as tomatoes, I'm looking for Gulf State Market tomato, or the new Louisiana Gulf State, if I can find some in stock. https://www.lsuagcenter.com/profiles/lb ... 4970752457

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sweetandsour · Post by **sweetandsour** » 13 Feb 2025, 02:21

I bought a pack of Louisiana Gulf State seed from Heritage yesterday, (1 pack limit).

joegoat · Post by **joegoat** » 16 Feb 2025, 18:16

I've been growing Better Boys the past few years. They do well. Even with the super dry summer we had last year, we still got a decent harvest. I've never had any luck with heirlooms. I want to get to the point of having a totally heirloom garden and keep seeds from year to year and start them in a greenhouse.