Has anyone tried these? The claim is that they do not need minimum temperatures to set fruit. If this is true, it would go a long way to justifying the seed price. Also, if you have been successful with these, have you been able to save seed that stayed true to type?
Mike
I tried them as my early tomatoes one year, and only got so so results. The problem was not the temperatures, though, it was when I was at the height of the thrip problem in my yard, and they rapidly succumbed to Tomato Spotted Wilt virus. I guess I should give them another chance.
For early tomatoes, the most consistent producer that I've had is the Polish heirloom Stupice. It's disease resistant, produces golf ball to tennis ball-size tomatoes a good month earlier than anything else, and keeps producing in the summer heat. Last year I cut about 10 green tomatoes off the vine in late October when we had our first frost warning.
They do have green shoulders, which fussy people have a problem with, but they're very flavorful.
Penelope
Yes, I tried them once, two years ago in hope of getting early season tomatoes. While I did get some smallish fruit, my plants didn't make it through the summer. By the time I pulled them they were not too pretty. I didn't bother trying to save the seed. I would not plant these again, even for late season tomatoes, as I have found that Better Boy produces for me right up until frost and is quite disease resistant.
J.
Mike wrote:
Siberian, Russian and Ukranian tomatoes are chosen because they have short season and will set at lower temperatures. I grow Black Princ which is the most commonly grown commercial variety in Russia. It doe well outside and seed runs true
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