Comments on: Hanna’s Tomato Tastings 2008

By: Nicole

Nicole — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 20:37:50 +0000

Hi Hanna,
I’m jealous of the gardening space you have! I love the idea of a tomato review. I’ve tried to keep my garden notes in a notebook, but it seems to keep disappearing…

I planted Brandywines last year and won’t be doing them again. They took forever to ripen. They all split and got fruit flies quickly, and the time from ripe to rotten was short.

This year I’ve got Super-Fantastic, Celebrity, and Juliet (grape tomatoes). So far, I’ve picked a couple Juliets and that’s it. The SF and one of the J’s are about 5′ x 4′ and have dwarfed their tomato cages. (I’m trying one called the Ultimate Tomato Cage.) While I’m not having to tie it up to keep it from falling over, like I’ve had to do with the standard wire cages, the plants have grown far beyond their support. Do you have a cage you like?

By: katiedL.

katiedL. — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:48:25 +0000

so excited to see and read about your tomatoes! i grew brandywine’s last year and got to taste a few other heirlooms for the first time. it only took that one summer to get me hooked/in love with heirlooms! i’m growing 10 varieties and hope i can take your lead to document them as well as you do! thanks for sharing with us!

By: Ben

Ben — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 08:19:24 +0000

Hanna, How do you have room for all of these plants!
I’ve just potted up three largish plants and they’ll end up taking up around three square meters.

By: rnjen

rnjen — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:38:26 +0000

ooooo, I cant wait for the german red strawberry, I have wanted to grow these, they sound fabulous. This is my favorite annual blogging activity, waiting on your maters!
I am only growing 2 kinds this year, but in containers, 1 larger cont 1 smaller. being scientific about it, inspired by you. Ive learned a lot so far.

By: mss @ Zanthan Gardens

mss @ Zanthan Gardens — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:45:04 +0000

I’ve been looking forward to your tomato tastings all summer.