The Tomato Review
This was my first year growing tomatoes from seed, so length of the process was surprising (I started on Valentine’s Day!), but the results were worth it. We’ve had weeks of vine-ripe heirlooms ready every day for the picking. In terms of taste, I think my faves have been the Polar Beauty tomatoes and Sungolds (which are always extra sweet).
My heirloom tomato bounty
In terms of yield, my Black Krim (Black Cherry) plant has been the most prolific… with the Polar Beauty coming in a close second. Both of them reached about 6 feet tall, stayed deep green & bushy, and produced tons of well-spaced fruits. The Green Zebras were also good producers. My Valencia Orange tomatoes are really tender and tasty, but there aren’t as many of them on each plant. The lowest producer was Pruden’s Purple. Most blossoms dropped off the vines and each plant only produced one large tomato. But man, they were good. (That’s one of my 2 Pruden’s babies sitting proud in the base of the sundae dish.) Ok, time to make another salad…
