SCs inability with tomatoes

You do grow some incredible tomatoes TMTT. I really wish I had your talent. I’m not to bad at chilli growing. Everything else I’m average, but tomatoes I’m absolutely dreadful at growing them. I’ll keep trying because I like them a lot.

I give more credit to the breeders. The time and effort they put in to breeding these varieties is incredible and requires a lot of passion for tomatoes!

It's been a terrible year for tomatoes in the greenhouse for me with a harvest of just over 11kg compared to last year's 33kg and 24kg in 2022. I am getting a bit frustrated with heirloom/open-pollinated varieties as while I love growing them for their taste, diversity and interest, they can be very unreliable year to year. On top of that my two main sources for interesting tomato seeds are no longer available for various reasons.

If I could grow a lot more tomato plants I wouldn't be bothered in some of them were a bit stingy in terms of yield, but since I can only get 8 plants in the greenhouse I need much better performance. Next year I am probably going to be growing a lot more hybrid varieties since they more reliably set fruit in heat and have more vigour and better disease resistance. Yes the seed is more expensive and you have to buy it regularly, but if I can get reliable yields year after year then 10-15p per plant isn't much to moan about. Plus I think some of the newer hybrids have really good flavour and the fruit last much longer off the plant.

What problems do you have with tomato growing?