Piglet's French Black Toms

[Alison]

Just a quick post which I've been meaning to make for a bit. Had some French Black Tomato seeds from Piglet last autumn and have grown a couple of the plants in the greenhouse. Am most impressed. The taste is delicious and they've produced quite a lot of good sized, juicy, sweet fruits. Quite like black toms and have been growing Black Russian for a couple of years but these are definitely better and at about 3" across a better size for me (the Black Russians are huge great things). Anyway, a thanks to Piglet for his generousity - how's anybody else got on with theirs?

[zazen999]

PW gave me some seedlings; of which the ones outdoors got blight but the ones in the greenhouse are still not changing colour yet.

[lottie dolly]

am soooo enviouse,i had some seeds to,but for some reason they were the ONLY ONES out of 7 odd varieties i sown that did not even show a face,i was megga dissapointed,never mine,am over it now lol,

[Alison]

PW gave me some seedlings; of which the ones outdoors got blight but the ones in the greenhouse are still not changing colour yet.

Had the first one a couple of weeks ago but also managed to knock a truss off a few weeks back and have managed to ripen them in the fruit bowl inside. Don't know if they taste as good but if not then they'll be fine for cooking. Didn't try any outdoors as tend to grow bush ones outside more so don't know what they'd have been like there.

[kiwirach]

sadly i put all my seeds into storage last dec, including some of these and didnt remember to put the box at the entrance of the storage unit!!. so i'll let you know how i get on next year, when everything comes out of storage!!!.
they sound yummy tho!.

[BarleySugar]

Mine have done well in the greenhouse, the tomatoes taste delicious, and I'm definitely going to grow some more next year. They went in at the end of January and I've been picking for a while. I liked the size, they were bigger than the Tigerellas, another favourite of mine. Thanks Piglet for the chance to try these out.

[dexterdoglancashire]

Mine have done well in the greenhouse and are starting to ripen . Could I save seeds from them for next year? If so, how do I do this?

[Alison]

Yes you can save them (I'm going to save some of mine) - see the bottom of this page for instructions - Vegetable Seeds : Vine Tomato Seed

[Hans Mum]

mine are just starting to ripen, didnt think they every would, so looking forward to them, thanks PW

[Lavenderblue]

wow they sound lovely. I am growing black from tula this year and they are delicious. I still think my yellow Galina are teh best.

[pigletwillie]

Glad you had good results all. They are one of my favourites due to their productivity and flavour.

[kentvegplot]

Yes, you were kind enough to send me some seed too, and they have grown really well. Lovely size, and they don't seem to 'squish' the way that some tomatoes do when ripe. I like the fact that they are quite late, so I've still got loads to pick. Growing mine in a polytunnel - didn't want to risk them outside.

Thanks again PW

[smallblueplanet]

What do they look like? I've some seeds but haven't tried them yet.

[Alison]

They're a medium sized round tomato which are almost black at the top and go from a very dark green to a dark red on the underside - at least that's what mine are!