Crossing tomatoes

[Paulieb]

Hi All,

After reading the heirloom vs hybrid thread and other things, it crossed (excuse the pun) my mind how exciting it might be to try to cross breed some tomatoes to make a new breed.
From looking on the internet I see it can be quite fiddly, and can take about 6 generations (so 6 years) to grow true, and there are still no guarantees that you'll end up with something worth the effort, so;

Has anyone on here tried this before?

Has anyone got any tips? How much space do you think you'd need?

Or do you just have two favourite tomato varieties that have characteristics that you would like to see in a new variety?

My first thought this morning was Amish Paste/Sungold!!

[Two_Sheds]

I see it can be quite fiddly, and can take about 6 generations (so 6 years) to grow true, and there are still no guarantees that you'll end up with something worth the effort

... and that's why they tend to be expensive. A lot of investment goes into the trials & breeding

[Two_Sheds]

Has anyone on here tried this before?

Click on Flummery, and search her threads ~ she's done it with Sungold