Tomatoes

Are there any tomato growers here, if so do you have a favourite variety that you stick to or do you grow a mix of varieties. Just looking for some ideas to try for a good yield of fruits.

Are you growing them indoors/greenhouse or outdoors?

I don't grow Tomatoes now, but I only grew Gardeners Delight, quite small but very nice and with decent Summer they can be grown outdoors, buy a good brand of seeds though.

i use to grow a lot of them . the best i grew was sungold & tigerella . if you want just a good yield then moneymaker is the best for that . the tigerella has dark stripes on them which turns golder when ripe , very good fruit .

I like mine Tinned... From Aldi.

I want to try outdoor growing as I have made space for several plants.

Bloody tinned from Aldi... On yer bike you.

Thanks for the variety suggestions chaps and replies so far.

Ailsa Craig, now considered a heritage variety.

Considered best flavour by a fair consensus of growers.

Is not a hybrid, so you can collect and use seed in subsequent years in perpetuity. (So seed companies don't like this, though you can get from most of the large distributors.)

Also plants usually available from good nurseries over next six weeks or so.

Commercial growers don't like it: all the trusses don't ripen at once. Though that is to the advantage of the kitchen gardener.

Usually good to grow outside in UK. Does not do well though should we get a wet summer. Not very blight resistant. Ditto, blossom end rot.

Also consider the now very many varieties of cherry tomatoes grown as tumblers rather than cordons. Good allrounders, and usually good outdoors.

Tomatoes, normally give me an attack of Gout

get your own back on them tommy

Toms are grown in my greenhouse every year, I grow some from seed, So if you like a particular tomato , take a few seeds out of the tomato and plant it and it will grow, alternatively , you can buy seeds or plants or plug plants,

monday explanation on plug plants

There is a review of
Ailsa Craig here, and also there is a drop down box, so you can read their reviews of other varieties of tomato.

wiv a south facing upstairs windowsill i've been growing 'tiny tim' dwarf indoors all winter. No pruning, tallest is 17 inches, size like cherry tomatoes, self pollinating but i do giv flowers a quick shake. £1.79 off fleabay. I've got another 40+ seedlings now from the toms i grew. pass my house in a few weeks there'll be loads 2 take 4 free.

Poofall

Wots wit, t'silly spellin

am listenin 2 rap musik tommy

I usually grow Gardeners Delight along with cucumbers,but my greenhouse has a leak and I've tried everything to seal it so not sure about this years growth,but will keep on trying to fix it ..I'm not giving up,there's a great satisfaction and pleasure.in growing your own.

Like Momac says, there is great satisfaction and, you simply cannot buy
a better tasting tomato as one plucked of the greenhouse vine, MMMMmm

One of my old workmates used to grow tomatoes in pots on the office window sill.
I don't know which variety he grew but he used to put a teaspoon of treacle in the water he fed them with.
They tasted very nice as well!

Tom: do you grom plum tomatoes?

of course I do and some times I put my hat on

Some good advice and tips here folks and I'm taking them all in, many thanks.

I'm with BB on this.