Black Heirloom Tomatoes

 


I'll be growing some black heirloom tomatoes this season for the first
time.  Black Prince and Black from Tula.  Although I never tasted a
black tomato I hear they are very good indeed.  As a tomato lover,  I'd
like to hear from others who may have tried them.  I really enjoy a
tomato that has a lot of flavor and not so much on the mild side like
some yellow tomatoes I have tasted.  We use most of our tomatoes fresh
as slicing tomatoes.  I do realize that most heirlooms don't produce a
large crop as do hybrids.  My crop will be a mix this year between
heirloom and hybrid varieties.  I have never grown heirloom tomatoes up
till now and I'm not quite sure what to expect. The hybrids will kind of
be like my insurance policy so I at least end up with a few tomatoes for
the table :)  

Rich

 

Marglobe

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Garden in shade zone 5 S Jersey USA

 


Please do let us know how these black heirlooms' turn out for
you.  Always fun and interesting to learn about something one
has never tried.  I've never heard of black heirlooms....did  you
find these thru a catalog?  by seed?

I have had a different experience with red/yellow heirlooms.  My
plants were great producer's and even the yellow ones were
tasty and meaty.

Donna
in WA 8&9

 


Hi Donna!  I'll be starting my black tomatoes from seed this year.  I
just went to Google and searched heirloom black tomato seeds.  Here is
the site where I buy most of my seeds :)  .......... Rich

http://www.tomatogrowers.com/black.htm

 

White_Noise_1@webtv.net (EVP MAN) wrote in news:17789-4B89F6FE-1214
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I've grown the Black Cherry tomato for several years. They are vigorous
vines and highly productive. The fruit is slightly large for a cherry
tomato, very nicely rounded, and the plants are loaded with them. This is
my favorite of all the tomatoes I grow. The flavor is delightful - very
rich classic purple tomato flavor.

I've grown Black Krim and Carbon, but they came in late in the season, and
the frost caught the plants loaded with huge green tomatoes. If you have a
longer growing season or if you start them early, they can produce quite a
bit. I'm going to try to space them further apart this year, as the plants
are quite large.

Baker Creek also has a lot of heirlooms, it's worth looking over their site
- www.rareseeds.com.