What kinda tomatoes is everyone planting this year?

[pheasantplucker]

I looked and looked and finally found my absolute favorite this past Saturday. Pink Girl. Don't know if any of you have tried them. I grew six varieties of tomatoes last year but the Pink Girls were far and away the best of the bunch. I'm planting Pink Girls, Caspian Pink, Tomato Chello (yellow cherry), and Big Boy this year. Will never do: Pineapple, Mr. Stripey or Sweet One hundreds or Old German again. Those were a huge disappointment.

[7thswan]

Italian Roma, San Marzano for canning and Black Krim. That's all I remember right now.

[Callieslamb]

I got a bunch from Martin - and have a couple out of each of those. I plan out 2 or 3 of each variety, some old favorites and some new ones. I try to plant like by like - Ox Hearts together, Pastes, etc. Then they are all lined up to see which ones do/taste best. I'm a sucker for blacks and ox hearts. I have to watch myself on those varieties. I also have a tomato from most of the countries that each of my children lived in except the Philippines.

Black from Tula- Kalman Hungarian - Russian Red - Gogosha - Super Sioux- Indian Stripe- Kardinal - Market Champ - Purple Russian - Belgarian Ox Heart- Manitoba- lemon Drop- Hung Yoen - Sausage- Siberia - Marglobe Supreme - Black ox Heart - Ill Beauty- Raspberry Giant- Prue- Heinz 2274 - Khirhiv- St. Pierre - Federale - Jersey Giant - Tn Black - Big Mama (my only hybrid) - Paquebot Roma - Giant Roma - Guido -Homestead - Hazelfield Farm - Calli Orange - Blaby and Hawaiian Pineapple (my personal eating favorite).

[flowergurl]

I have hillbilly, Rutgers and old german planted. What did you find disappointing about old german pheasantplucker?

[Jan Doling]

I chose smaller varieties for the Topsy Turvy planter: cherry and a golf-ball sized one that I can't remember the name of....will have to hunt around for the stake that came with the plant...or maybe I'll just call it Fred.

[pheasantplucker]

I found Old German to be not worth the trouble...I think I only got three tomatoes from that plant last year. Stayed green and hard...

[Our Little Farm]

I am about to plant 37 seedlings of Big Boy and Celebrity.

I ordered some more unusual plants online and they arrived very poor. With blight looking leaves. Did not want to take the chance, so they went in the trash. Lesson learned.

Will get some more seed next year to experiment with.

[upnorthlady]

Rutgers Select, Delicious, Beefsteak, Cherry.

[postroad]

i am planting First Lady, Celebrity, Better Boy and Sweet Million.

[Mike CHS]

I have been getting some cherry tomatoes from a Sweet 100 for a little over two weeks. I have a half dozen Brandywine and a couple of German Johnson plants that are just now taking off. I just started a couple of cuttings from the heirloom plants for my late garden this past weekend.

[TnAndy]

Soaking wet ones. Rained everyday since we set them out.

[Curtis B]

We have romas and beefsteaks right now. pheasantplucker, are the pink girls that good. I saw them at Lowes yeasterday for .25 a plant, and passed up since they got below average reviews from daves garden, it said they were bland.

[whiterock]

Porter, Improved Porter, yellow pear, roma. I got some out before i broke my legs, had three flats of others but they didn't survive my hospital stay, even though my son in law put them out.

Up here in the great white north we can't even put out tomatoes for about another 3 weeks. I have planted seedlings indoors. Kind of a new experience because I moved this spring from zone 4 to zone 3. I am partial to heirloom varities. I am trying a mix of ones that worked well in previous years and ones I bought locally. Mortage Lifter, Amana Orange, Bloody Butcher, Roma, and Early Girl have all worked well in the past. New this year are Cherokee Purple, Warrens Yellow, Sub Arctic Plenty, and Oregon Spring. We'll see how they do.

[BonnieDale Farm]

Favorites here I replant every year is Pink Brandywine and Giant Beefsteak,..new this year are Cherokee Purple and Mountain Princess,..all heirloom varieties. I also added Red Grape and Tiny Tim, a patio tomato. Love them for salads and just to snack on. I haven't put any of mine out in the garden due to the rain,...but they like it in the greenhouse. Hopefully this week coming the rain will stop.

[Timberline]

In the greenhouse I have Beefmaster, Red Brandywine, Cherokee Purple, Chalk's Early Jewel, Brown Berry and Red Currant Cherry.

[lemonthyme7]

Callieslamb - that's a nice list! I won't be setting mine out til the end of the month but here's what I have started.

Penny
Homestead
Granny Cantell's German Red
Montreal Tasty
June Pink
Limbaugh Potato Top
Olive Hill
Tidwell German
Dad's Sunset
Aunt Ruby's German Gold
Black & Red Boar
Cherokee Chocolate
Ruby Gold
Black Plum
Coyote (cherry)
Blue Beech Paste
Golden Treasure (a long keeper)

[Kazahleenah]

Mortage Lifters and some cherry tomatoes

[chickenista]

Every year:
Amana Orange
Paquebot Roma
A Cherokee Black variation

OSU Blue
Meme Beauce
An Irish heirloom
Super Sioux
Mule Team
Black Cherry
Green Zebra

[FunnyRiverFarm]

We scaled down on different varieties this year because last year we ended up putting in almost 300 plants and it got a bit overwhelming...LOL. This year we're planting mostly paste types because we make a lot of sauces and salsa so they are of the most use to us. We've got Roma, Amish Paste, Howard German, and Opalka. We also started some Virginia Sweets, Super Sweet Cherry, Early Girl, and Ceylon. I think we are putting in about 100 plants.