After struggling last year with some of my heirlooms, I've decided to go with a few hybrids this year. I'm trying Brandy Boy, Porterhouse and Sunny Boy, all from Burpee. Anyone tried those?
Last year, one of my heirlooms produced absolutely zero fruit. One died early due to blight. A couple others had so-so production.
I'll still have heirlooms, including my beloved Brandywine, German Johnson, Belgian Giant and others.
One reason I'm going with a few hybrids is, I don't have the luxury of rotating my tomatoes to a different area, and I'm worried my gardens have become blight-prone. I like having a big harvest, and enjoy giving some away, so I hope the hybrids will help toward that.
Anyone else putting in more hybrids this year?
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I only grow hybrids, for the reasons you mentioned. I have a city lot with trees, so very little sunny spots for tomatoes. I only have room for 6 plants and they have to stay in the same places because there's no where to rotate them to. If one plant conked out it would be a major portion of my harvest and I can't rotate. So I do hybrids all the time. If I had an acre of sunny ground to play with, I would get a lot more experimental.
I tried chocolate cherry last year and it turned out good with lots of them! I myself really liked the brandy wine and the hillbilly for the great taste! I am planting pineappl this year and just got in ver 9000 seeds from Shrumway!Trim the bottom leaves on you tomatoes in the summer and don't water the tomatoes in late evening. which helps with blight!
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