unlabelled tomato, is there any way of identifying it?

[janeyo]

Well I have managed to end up with one tom not labelled. I have given a few away so don't even know which it might be as my records are now messed up.
I am only growing sub arctic and marmande - very different toms!

Is there a way of telling now which is which as they all look the darn same to me and I know they have to have different things done to them (this is my technical gardeing phrase lol) when they get bigger.

Thanks janeyo

[Cutecumber]

It's not possible when they are both very young.

If you can wait for a few weeks it should be more obvious - the Marmande should be a lot bigger and its flowers are really chunky.

[SarzWix]

Are the Marmande a bush tomato? The Sub Arctic start to branch before the flowers are open, so that's how I'm telling them apart. The reason being that I had a massive tomato seedling disaster, when a flying football knocked over a whole Jumbo tray full of cell trays of tomato seedlings. I now have San Marzano, Rio Grande, Shirley, Amish Paste, Sub Arctic Plenty, Costoluto Fierontino & Salt Spring Sunrise completely unlabelled... Thankfully, the SAP & Rio Grande - both bush types, have been very easy to identify!

[janeyo]

My marmande packet says 'Provide support and tie in regularly. Remove side shoots and restirct the growth to one main stem. This is a semi-determinate variety, if growth ends in a flower truss, select the nearest side shoot and train up as the main stem.'

Made no sense to me but hopefully it does to you!

Know what you mean about flying footballs, we have a massive lawn for my little boy to play on and still the ball ends up on the new grass seed or in the new flower beds - not yet on the veggies - he'd better not! And OH is just as bad..... hmmpf.

janeyo