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My post didn't go through. Why?
Anyway, tried to say None of my tomatoes taste right this year. Maybe my taste buds have gone south. They all are very mild, no real good flavor. After all my work pampering the plants, it was not worth it.
My post didn't go through. Why?
Anyway, tried to say None of my tomatoes taste right this year. Maybe my taste buds have gone south. They all are very mild, no real good flavor. After all my work pampering the plants, it was not worth it.
It didn't occur to me it could be MY taste buds! I'm taking medicine that does have those side effects...
Bought these along with standard Cherokee Purple transplants for containers.
Not impressed with the taste of the Patio tomatoes....a faint sweetness, that's it. Anyone else tried the Patio
and had this issue?
Cherokees not ready yet but are known for heirloom taste...
Our first PTs were prolific and delicious one year (and I like a tomato with a full-flavored, acid bite), but died before producing more than two or three 'meh' tomatoes the next. I think it's a gamble. We might be growing them again this year; I have to check.
And again, the Purples were great one year, full of cracks the next, and ' black' tomatoes are my all-time favorites.
Kind of complicated update...we have seven tomato plants this year, and one's a Patio. It has five small measly fruits on it. The other varieties, Celebrity, Better Boy and one other Bonnie, are doing great, loaded with fruits, and the indeterminates are rocketing past their trellis.
Here's the complicated part: two years ago, we wanted to try Celebrity, so got a seedling at some store or other. When it set fruit, they were HUGE and corrugated. Celebs are smooth and small-to-medium. It turned out to be Not A Celebrity. It was some beefsteak variety, near as we could tell (and it did okay, despite being in a too-small pot).
We notified Bonnie of the error and they diligently sent a certificate for a free plant. Evidently, mismatched plant labels aren't that uncommon.
So this makes me wonder whether the first Patio we got was actually a Patio, or Some Other Good-Tasting Prolific Tomato.
Kind of complicated update...we have seven tomato plants this year, and one's a Patio. It has five small measly fruits on it. The other varieties, Celebrity, Better Boy and one other Bonnie, are doing great, loaded with fruits, and the indeterminates are rocketing past their trellis.
Here's the complicated part: two years ago, we wanted to try Celebrity, so got a seedling at some store or other. When it set fruit, they were HUGE and corrugated. Celebs are smooth and small-to-medium. It turned out to be Not A Celebrity. It was some beefsteak variety, near as we could tell (and it did okay, despite being in a too-small pot).
We notified Bonnie of the error and they diligently sent a certificate for a free plant. Evidently, mismatched plant labels aren't that uncommon.
So this makes me wonder whether the first Patio we got was actually a Patio, or Some Other Good-Tasting Prolific Tomato.
Well...I've got my first Patio harvest, and...meh. No acid, mushy, flavorless.
In contrast, the Celebrity is bursting with a bright, acid tomato flavor. (Can you tell I just had a 'mater sammich?)
I'm convinced now our first Patio plant was mislabeled. And Patio is going on my Embargo list.
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