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I'm spending the morning picking out which tomato varieties to try this year.
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Sam Levine
Sam Levine
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I'm not a gardener, but I can't not lobby for my favorite: green zebra!
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Michael Emerman
Michael Emerman
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@Irisfreundin
I believe there are. I should look into that more.
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MCDuncanLab
MCDuncanLab
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I need to find a local gardening buddy. For things like tomatoes and peppers, I always have more seeds than I need.

I start lots of seedlings and give them away at work, but even with that I don't plant nearly all of my seeds.

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Michael Emerman
Michael Emerman
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@MCDuncanLab I have a "tomato buddy" with whom who I trade seedlings, but I also end up with more plants than I have space.
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Olga Lovick (she/her)
Olga Lovick (she/her)
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I once grew Brandywine because of the pretty pink color but found them so amazingly tasteless that I'll never grow them again. Complete waste of space and water.
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Michael Emerman
Michael Emerman
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@transitionalaspect Good to know. I've grown a hybrid of Brandywine, called "Genuwine", which was okay, but not extraordinary.
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Mark K
Mark K
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you can always go the random route by just planting some seed of store bought tomatoes. Since they are usually hybrids, you don't know what you will get. I did that the last couple of years and never got disappointed. This winter, I've even got one plant in my office and harvest a tasty tomato about twice a week.
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webonaire
webonaire
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I have not tried them all, but Kellogg's Breakfast is one of my favorite slicers. Lower acidity than most tomatoes. YMMV, of course - my wife doesn't care for it so much...

I also enjoyed the Costoluto Fiorentino and Genovese when I grew them. Good luck!

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Michael Emerman
Michael Emerman
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@cratedigger I grew Costoluto Fiorentino last year and they were very good. Will grow them again this year. I tried Kellogg's years ago and didn't get much (any) ripe ones, but that was before our hotter summers, so I should try again.
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Thomas Sibley
Thomas Sibley
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I’d recognize that catalog anywhere… I like Cosmonaut Volkov quite a bit and it grows well here.
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Michael Emerman
Michael Emerman
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@trs I used to plant those, but then had a few years where they didn't do so well. I should try them again now that I've improved the raised beds.
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