How many tomato plants are you growing and what varieties

[Lisasbolt]

I don't know if I really should share this as I did not even realise till just now how many different tomatoes and the ridiculous amount of plants I have.

I have around 350-400 tomato plants, although a lot of them are going to new homes but I am still left with around 150-200 myself, I think I might have to cull some. It has been very easy to be lead a stray with the tomato, it is my most favourite thing to grow and one of my favourite to eat. I have some at 3 months old and about to be planted out and some barely breaking up the soil.

My varieties are;

Black krim
Brandy wine black
Black cherry
Golden sunburst
Charlie Chaplin
Alicante
Gardener delight
Roma
100's and 1000's
Tumberling tom red and yellow
Sweet and neat red and yellow
Sweet millions
Cherry falls
Príncipe borghese
Baby pink plum
Lizzano
Firecracker
Beefsteak
Chocolate stripes
Red pear
Yellow pear
Orange banana
Tigerella
Big rainbow
Azoychka
Sun drop
German orange strawberry
Mini bell
Moneymaker
Tamina
Banana legs
Big league
Black zebra cherry
Valencia
Delicious
Red zebra
Purple calabash
Currant gold rush
Currant sweet pea

I know I have a problem
But to be fair I jar up about 100 jars of sauce,
Jar whole plum,
Make tonnes of soup
My own tom purée
And sun dry 1000's
I also freeze whole cherry toms in my veg freezer


Come on guys how many do you have?

[Alison]

150-200 is a lot of plants, where on earth are you going to put them all. I find that I can easily look after 20 odd plants (30 tops) are fine to care for but growing, training, watering, supporting, feeding, harvesting and processing that many scares the hell out of me! Planting mine later but will be wanting a max of 3 plants of various of my favourite varieties but don't have the list to hand.

[sparrow100]

I'm going for 20ish plants this year, and that is more than I have ever had in my 3 year's growing.
Amish paste
Black cherry
100s & 1000s
Black Sea Man/Krim
Sweet Million F1
Sungold F1
Sandpoint
Nectar Rose
Amish plum
red pear
yellow cocktail pear
Blush
Betimes Macbeth
Nikolayev Yellow Cherry
Red Zebra - as many as possible in the new greenhouse and not many with big tomatoes as I struggle to grow them well.

[maverick451]

Wow I thought I has alot, im growing about 30 plants this year

Cherry/Small
Suncherry premium
Sungold
Floridity
Superb
Gardeners Delight

Medium/Salad
Latah
Doctor Carolyn
Egyption
Fireworks
Shirley
Ailsa Craig
Tigerella

Beefsteak
Big Daddy
Black krim

Outside
Ferline
Outdoor girl.
Suncherry Premium
Superb
Bloody butcher

Baskets
Hundreds and throusands
Tumbler

[Jay22]

Oh I'm feeling a bit of a failure here...new to this so bear with me! I'm only growing 2 varieties, Tumbling Toms and Maskotka. I have no greenhouse so I am limited to what and where to grow things. On saying that I have 16 plants of each variety, more than enough for me I think! I grew the Tumbling Toms last year and had a load of toms much to my surprise and used them for all sorts. Looking forward to what the Maskotka gives this year.

[jayjaybee]

I'm guessing you don't garden in a flat with a balcony! I can't compete, have only grown about 30:
Roma
Hildares
Yellow pear
Golden sunrise
Sungold
Black Russian
Stropef stuffer
Gardenerd delight

[Kristen]

6 each of:

Gardeners Delight
Shirley
Sungold

All in the greenhouse.

[veggiechicken]

Too early to say - haven't finished sowing yet. Not even decided what ones to try this year. Ask me again in a month or two.

[Alison]

Oh I'm feeling a bit of a failure here...new to this so bear with me! I'm only growing 2 varieties, Tumbling Toms and Maskotka. I have no greenhouse so I am limited to what and where to grow things. On saying that I have 16 plants of each variety, more than enough for me I think! I grew the Tumbling Toms last year and had a load of toms much to my surprise and used them for all sorts. Looking forward to what the Maskotka gives this year.

I grow Maskotka in hanging baskets in my tunnel, I find them really tasty.

[Jay22]

I live in a house with a relatively big garden, just to scared to get going really! Love my lawn, especially in summer when it's not soggy but really want to grow veg! No good at decision making!

[Jonny.D]

This morning I was growing Sun baby, Money maker, Marmanade & Gardeners delight, though now http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...ght_84155.html I am not

[Lisasbolt]

I do go to a weekly market and sell my produce, and I won't be keeping them all, I am hopping to sell a lot of the spare plants, hopefully I will keep a couple of each but still takes me not far off a 100 I have acres of land as well, so no shortage of space, water is my main concern.
I just got really carried away
Last year I had 80 plants and did not have much spare and have run out of a lot of bits. Can't wait for the first tom turning red.

[Lisasbolt]

Wow I thought I has alot, im growing about 30 plants this year

Cherry/Small
Suncherry premium
Sungold
Floridity
Superb
Gardeners Delight

Medium/Salad
Latah
Doctor Carolyn
Egyption
Fireworks
Shirley
Ailsa Craig
Tigerella

Beefsteak
Big Daddy
Black krim

Outside
Ferline
Outdoor girl.
Suncherry Premium
Superb
Bloody butcher

Baskets
Hundreds and throusands
Tumbler

Bet you end up with more than 30, you have 21 varieties so bet you'll be tomed out like me

[Alison]

I do go to a weekly market and sell my produce, and I won't be keeping them all, I am hopping to sell a lot of the spare plants, hopefully I will keep a couple of each but still takes me not far off a 100 I have acres of land as well, so no shortage of space, water is my main concern.
I just got really carried away
Last year I had 80 plants and did not have much spare and have run out of a lot of bits. Can't wait for the first tom turning red.

I find that I don't have time to look after too many so end up with weaker, rubbishy plants so now grow less and actually get more produce as I have more time to devote to each of them. Am guessing your location is a big help though as you're not needing to do the window shuffle until May

[TrysHard]

Sungold about 12 I will keep about 3 - 4

Tumbling Tom Yellow about 20 will keep about 3-4

Terenzo only 7 as that was a packet of seeds will keep 3-4

Gardeners Delight around 45 will keeps about 6

So plenty to give away

I also have red pear and sweet baby seeds which I will save for next year.