Tomatoes That Grow Well Here

[rice555]

Hello All, even with the thunder storms, hail, rain and high winds that did a number on the

mangos and iacks, the tome are coming along. Forgot to mention the heat, past 3 weeks

we've had some low hundreds, now 101F.

The two verities that are fruiting are Black Cherry and Yaqui, a Det. from the US I grew my

last go round.

rice555

[Fapington]

My tomatoes are an abysmal failure at the moment. The cherry types are doing ok, but any large tomato will not set fruit. Mortgage Lifter, Black Russians, Triple L Crop, will not set fruit. Between 40 plants, I have 1 catfaced fruit set. Very discouraging. I have ensured my nutrient levels are ideal, I can only surmise at this point that it is the heat preventing viable pollination. I have them shaded 60% to keep the intense sun off. Doesn't matter.

I should mention that pollination is occuring, as I manually pollinate. The issue is the pollen is not viable for fertilization, so while a tiny tomato bud does form, it doesn't mature into anything. I've waiting 30+ days to see if they will grow past their tiny fruit stage, they don't.

[tw25rw]

Has anyone tried the Galapagos species? They are a separate wild species that have different tolerances to the domesticated varieties. I'm thinking of taking some seeds over for the gf to grow.

[Fapington]

I have not. They appear to be a kind of cherry though, should do fine.

[rice555]

Hello All, weren't the Glapagos tom's cross breed with other tom's,

I read about the about 5-6 years ago, some work was done on them

at U of O(or OR State) Corvallis OR. Also in Spain which I think were

sold in GB as a type of Black Tom.

I think that they have hit main stream home gardeners being sold as

Indigo toms, I jus a few months back had some Indigo Apple from

TGS in FL growing here.

Higher in antecedents than blueberries.

rice555

[tw25rw]

They have been cross-bred, but the true Galapagos tomatoes are a separate species endemic to the Galapagos islands.. They are like yellow cherry tomatoes and able to spread.left alone. They are also salt/drought and somewhat frost tolerant.

[jesuisbenjamin]

Hey guys, nice thread of information, although a lot of info.

I'm looking for beefsteak tomato seeds as well as many other seeds I will need later on.

What's the place you'd recommend to buy seeds (preferably heirloom)?

Thanks.