tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4916485057164205644.post4822915335087832621..comments2024-03-28T17:11:08.879-04:00Comments on Home Joys: Tomato VarietiesGinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05420137490490341730noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4916485057164205644.post-16882761962054338632010-09-20T19:04:31.397-04:002010-09-20T19:04:31.397-04:00I read this awhile ago, Gina, and am just getting ...I read this awhile ago, Gina, and am just getting around to comment now. :-) I grew Amish paste last year and they were sure big. But I didn't care for the texture and they didn't hold as well as the smaller romas. Often they would be rotten or over-ripe by the time I had enough to can them. I'm growing San Marzano and Romas this year, plus an heirloom called Polish Linguisa which, I've found, is exactly like Amish Paste! tra, la...<br /><br />It seems to me that paste tomatoes are the most susceptible to blossom end rot, and certain varieties more than others. I will have one plant two feet from another and one will have it but the other won't. And the slicing tomatoes hardly ever have a problem. <br /><br />Btw- LOVED your tip on freezing tomatoes (have I already told you this?)- worked like a charm and lessened the work-load- yea!Jami @ An Oregon Cottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17667526972866583695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4916485057164205644.post-36403502660276417902010-09-14T20:47:59.813-04:002010-09-14T20:47:59.813-04:00I raised my own plants this year and had the misfo...I raised my own plants this year and had the misfortune of having the field beside us sprayed in a wind that carried to my plants. I complained and they payed me what I spent to replace them at the greenhouse, not my favorite kinds, but tomatoes. The fellow who looked at the damage, gave me two heirloom plants and I was impressed with Box Car Willie. Nice big tomatoes and not so deep cores. Our favorite is Big Mama to can. I found stirring in a handful of Hi-mag limestone in the planting hole almost eliminates rot. Epsom salts is magnesium, so that helps too. I had some little worms at the core on late tomatoes. Ugh!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4916485057164205644.post-8610330912065354582010-09-14T19:39:21.644-04:002010-09-14T19:39:21.644-04:00We had a bumper crop of tomatoes this year even th...We had a bumper crop of tomatoes this year even though the weather was terribly hot and humid, not to mention dry. We too planted Amish paste tomatoes and they were beautiful. We started seeds that we purchased from Bakers Seed (online). We have saved some seeds and will definitely plant them again next year.Tammyhttp://www.simpleanddeliberate.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4916485057164205644.post-89237543175447652482010-09-14T19:00:02.047-04:002010-09-14T19:00:02.047-04:00My tomatoes have beautifull plants, lots of flowe...My tomatoes have beautifull plants, lots of flowers, and no tomatoes. For the most part, the flowers just dried up. Any idea why?Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13034721157003896873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4916485057164205644.post-31919557819787761152010-09-14T09:29:37.534-04:002010-09-14T09:29:37.534-04:00Last year we had big beautiful plants and they wer...Last year we had big beautiful plants and they were loaded with tomatoes. They did very, very well till just before harvest when they all were blighted and rotted within a couple days. All around the area many folks lost their tomatoes. So this year I really didn't have much hope of getting a good crop. We planted 8 plants. Two Jet Star, which usually do well for us and 6 "roma type" plants from the grocery store... not sure what type. We just tucked them in where ever there was a little space. Again, we weren't expecting much. Except one plant, they did very well and we've had some beautiful large tomatoes. Unfortunately, or fortunately depending on how you look at it, we have been eating them all fresh. Yum! I actually am having one for lunch at work today.<br /><br />We are getting frost this week, so I'll cover them up and hope for the best. If they don't make it, we'll be making green tomato relish next week :) or having fried green tomatoes.<br /><br />Learned my lesson, though. I'll be planting lots of tomatoes next year. I want to try some of those Amish Paste Tomatoes and have ordered some seeds to start in the greenhouse.Mrs. Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07703464320152527607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4916485057164205644.post-84769722268656852672010-09-13T18:00:50.261-04:002010-09-13T18:00:50.261-04:00We plant, Rutgers,Brandywine,Roma,Mr. Stripy,Beef ...We plant, Rutgers,Brandywine,Roma,Mr. Stripy,Beef Steak,Early Girl,Cherry,Yellow,Bush,and I think that might be it. We usually plant around 120 plants a season. Our garden was killed this year due to hail, so I didn't get to harvest anything from these plants. We have planted the same every year though for the past ten years. I have noticed when I put epsom salt in the ground when planting it helps tons, no blossom end rot. Also, we change every year where we plant them, that really helps as they say the soil can hold the disease for a long time. We also put straw around all our plants and plant in black canvas..that really helped this year until the storm.<br />Gardening is such trial and error isn't it..but I love it and am so thankful that we get to plant one.<br />I have never heard of the kind of tomatoes you planted and would love next year to try those, especially the Amish paste.<br />JoyJoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06318297692355589988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4916485057164205644.post-8129274438674583502010-09-13T17:00:56.185-04:002010-09-13T17:00:56.185-04:00Thanks for sharing! Unfortunately, I didn't p...Thanks for sharing! Unfortunately, I didn't pay much attention to what type of tomato I planted where! They've all sort of blended together in my mind now!!Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03958393253816735277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4916485057164205644.post-63518045307166786732010-09-13T16:31:11.982-04:002010-09-13T16:31:11.982-04:00Enjoyed hearing about the different tomatoes you p...Enjoyed hearing about the different tomatoes you planted. This year was my first time planting Amish paste and they were great. Also planted Mountain Pride this year and they did very well even with all the rain. Will plant both of these again next year. I always have so much trouble with blossom end rot, but these two varieties had no problems. Also planted Celebrity and Mortgage Lifter, Celebrity had blossom end rot very bad and the other one not many tomatoes on the plant.Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04833657269211285589noreply@blogger.com