Tomato Gallery

That looks fab! Lovely size too. Can you cut most of the leaves off as it grows?

The advice for Dwarf Tomato Project varieties is no pruning. They are essentially short indeterminates so I guess you could take some leaves off, but removing stems and suckers will really reduce the yield.

Mine were grown in 15 L pots with a cage to match the width of the pot, so the stems (of which there were many!) were squashed together. I think if they were given more space to spread out the botytris wouldn't be such an issue.

Had myself a little taste test of 3 cherry(?) tomatoes this morning:

1) Alaskan Fancy - semi bush - quite a large Red cherry fruit, I found this quite bland and doubt I'd grow again
2) Latah - bush - smallish red cherry - meant to be early and I sowed early but I had stunted growth problems with the 3 plants, lost 2 and thought I'd lose the 3rd, it survived but was no longer early. I will aim to save seeds of this and try it again as I found it very tasty
     
3) Black Vernissage - cordon - Dark Red/Black Cherry with green flecks - attractive fruit but I found the taste quite disappointing, it was Ok but nowt special. I will aim to save seeds. 
   

Verdict - Latah was the clear winner to me much tastier than the other two.

       

Minibel
 Small by name and by nature. Perfect to grow on a windowsill as its very compact and productive.
Its one of my January sown toms - the others were Rambling Red Stripe (RRS),  Three Cheeses High (TCH) and Bajaja. All of these started off fine but a mouse/squirrel got into the GH and ate/broke stems on those. I managed to salvage the Minibel because it was in such a small container and easy to move.
I always grow RRS and TCH and have grown Bajaja before. Probably won't grow Bajaja again - poor yield and slow to fruit compared to the others

Had myself a little taste test of 3 cherry(?) tomatoes this morning:

1) Alaskan Fancy - semi bush - quite a large Red cherry fruit, I found this quite bland and doubt I'd grow again
2) Latah - bush - smallish red cherry - meant to be early and I sowed early but I had stunted growth problems with the 3 plants, lost 2 and thought I'd lose the 3rd, it survived but was no longer early. I will aim to save seeds of this and try it again as I found it very tasty
 
3) Black Vernissage - cordon - Dark Red/Black Cherry with green flecks - attractive fruit but I found the taste quite disappointing, it was Ok but nowt special. I will aim to save seeds. 


Verdict - Latah was the clear winner to me much tastier than the other two.

I really like Latah, I used to grow it lots but it doesn't like the cold. It is very quick from seed to ripe fruit though if kept in a greenhouse.
I would keep undercover and then move out when greenhouse space started to get tight. Usually one of the first to give fruit and most often in early June.

Malachite Box (Malakhitovaya Shkatulka)

Green tomato, gets a bit of a yellow tinge when ripe. Very meaty with creamy flesh, delicate sweetness and acidity, a nice balance. First ripe tomato 2nd week of July. Strong plant, very early to set fruit, looks to be quite productive.

Grushovka

Pink determinate tomato. Pretty well behaved in its growth habit. Soft flesh, very juicy, quite sweet, not much acidity. Not a brash kind of tomato taste but quite enjoyable. Looks to be very productive. First ripe fruit 3rd week of July, grown outside.

Pink Berkeley Tie-Dye

Good producer, fairy compact vine, excellent taste, beautiful colouration, early for a darker tomato (first ripe fruit 2nd week of July). At its best the flavour is deep, savoury, almost smoky. One possible negative is it does go soft quite quickly once picked.

This was my first year to grow tomatoes from seed, BUT, an accident happened and my plants got mixed up and I lost the names of some of the tomatoes (I got these from Veggie last year) so I have no idea what some of them are. Here’s hoping some of you might recognise it and tell me what it is please.     

Livingston's Favourite - Large red tomato, quite tasty, I will aim to save seeds.