A dark/gold cherry tomato on an Indeterminate plant Description From the 2019 seed swap, we are growing this for the first time in 2020. As we get more details, this page will be updated. However, according to the web its a tasty, prolific cultivar producing golden cherry fruit that turn violet in strong sunlight. This…… Continue reading Tomato Blue Ambrosia
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Tomato Angelle
A red Cherry open pollinated tomato on Indeterminate plants Description From the 2018 Seed Swap saved from a supermarket purchase. Now, I don’t entirely agree with doing this, partly because commercial tomatoes are usually F1 hybrids (the commercial growers need consistency which heritage and open pollinated varieties don’t necessarily give) and I’ve also found that…… Continue reading Tomato Angelle
Tomato Balconi Red
Red Cherry heritage tomato on compact determinate plants. Description Acquired through the 2018 seed swap, this cultivar is common on the web. Its a short (12 inch) determinate cherry tomato, similar to Tiny Tim, Micro Tom, Red Robin and others. Our comparison in 2019 showed that this cultivar was a worthwhile competitor to Red Robin…… Continue reading Tomato Balconi Red
Tomato Giallo d’Iverno
A red Cherry open pollinated tomato on Indeterminate plants Description From the 2018 Seed Swap, we weren’t sure what this was going to be as we couldn’t find it described anywhere on the web (the nearest was Grappoli D’Inervo which is a grape shaped cultivar – it was in my database but without an associated…… Continue reading Tomato Giallo d’Iverno
Tomato Micro Tom
Red Cherry heritage tomato on very compact plants. Description Received from the 2018 Seed Swap. I think I’d call this a “windowsill tomato”. The plants (in 2019) were extremely small and whilst for its size it has a reasonable number of fruits, there really aren’t very many. It was early (the first tomato in 2019)…… Continue reading Tomato Micro Tom
Tomato Pink Moineau/Petit Moineau
Small Red Cherry tomato on Indeterminate plants. Description From the 2018 Seed Swap. This page will be updated as we find out more information. The web describes it as having small currant tomatoes on an indeterminate vine. This concerned me slightly in that it sounded very similar to Peacevine which we grew in 2018 for…… Continue reading Tomato Pink Moineau/Petit Moineau
Tomato Rapunzel
Red, Grape shaped Cherry heritage tomato on indeterminate plants. Description From the 2018 Seed Swap and therefore to be grown in 2018. It was similar to Red Berry or Christmas Grapes with a small (but not too small) grape shaped cherry tomato on trusses of 6-8 fruit. Its a reasonable flavour and so not a…… Continue reading Tomato Rapunzel
Tomato Sallisaw Cafe
Red, Cherry heritage tomato on indeterminate plants. Description From the 2018 Seed Swap and unsuccessfully grown in 2019. Looking on the web, it sounds similar to Red Berry or Christmas Grapes depending on the shape of the trusses of fruit so we’ll update this page as we find out what its actually like. Now, that…… Continue reading Tomato Sallisaw Cafe
2018 – Mid September Update
Greenhouse 1 Greenhouse 2 So, here we are in the middle of September, the days are beginning to get shorter and (this year at least) the tomatoes are starting to slow down. So far may greenhouses have produced about 26kg of tomatoes, a mixture of all sorts and colours and I’ve been reasonably pleased. Many…… Continue reading 2018 – Mid September Update
2018 Update
Simple announcement, I’ve now updated the list of tomato cultivars to include those I’ve grown in 2018. That brings to 161 the number listed. 2018 has been a somewhat peculiar year, the tomatoes are early because of the weather. Which is probably a good job because I didn’t do much in the way of thinning…… Continue reading 2018 Update