So, the new Supertom

[veggiechicken]

I've just ordered 3 Crimson Crush from Suttons - free, just pay P&P (there's a thread about it in Top Tips). Used my £10 free voucher code (see earlier post) and also bought some seeds with the balance.

[maverick451]

I dont if its just me but im finding this one a bit of a slow grower?

[veggiechicken]

I have a ripe tom on mine
Still don't know whether they're bush or cordon but I've taken some armpits off the biggest one today, see if I can keep 'em going.

[veggiechicken]

A couple of photos of my 3 Crimson Crush plants - 1 tall with lots of sideshoots, 1 mediou height and a bit leggy, and 1 low and bushy with a ripe tomato. I'll tell you soon how it tastes.
The plants are in the GH so not a true blight test; I may move one outside if blight threatens - just to see how it compares.

[greenishfing]

An update on the 3 Crimson Crush. They are at the top of the greenhouse with plenty largish tomatoes.

Strong healthy plants.

We have eaten 3 of the tomatoes this week. Verdict..................very, very nice.

No Blight this year....yet so no test of Blight resistance......yet.

[sparrow100]

I have 2, both outside and both from the Dobies giveaway. One is 4ft high, nice and sturdy and with about 4 trusses of big (green) tomatoes. The other one is just an embarrassment at less than a foot high and 1-2 toms. Both treated the same.

[muddled]

It does sound as though this variety has not been stabilised properly yet with you all getting such different shaped plants.
I've never heard of anyone overwintering toms before either, does it give good results?

[jackarmy]

Have to agree with everyone elses verdict so far, much slower growing than my mamandes and moneymaker.

One thing tho, VC, your pics seem to show a normal looking tom , mine seem to look like a beefcake,anyone else ?, will put a photo up when it stops raining .

[maverick451]

I would describe mine as a medium to large tomato, not quite beefstake size.

So far Ive found them to be a slow grower so a late tomato but a good fruit set and nice size, taste wise ive only had one ripe one but I find the taste to be very nice, if I was being ultra critical I would say that although thin skinned, the skin was a little tough.

The 2 in the centre are crimson crush

[sparrow100]

I've never heard of anyone overwintering toms before either, does it give good results?

I'm going to try it this year. The good plant has one good sideshoot growing at the moment, which is going to be potted up and taken home. Hopefully I will be able to get sideshoots off that for growing on next year.

Jackarmy - my toms are turning out to be normal salad toms too, not beef ones.

[Penellype]

I have overwintered tomatoes successfully on my house windowsills - I allow 2 trusses of fruit then stop them, then allow a sideshoot to grow from the bottom and cut down the first stem when fruiting has finished, and continue like this all year. The first year (2013-14) I tried this I had the odd small tomato all winter and the plants then started "proper" production much earlier than seedlings would. I also grew new plants from sideshoots from these, although I found any started before about the end of January didn't do too well probably due to low light levels. The 2nd year (2014-15) worked ok too, although I didn't get any winter tomatoes much after January, and unfortunately the plants were killed by red spider mite after the first stem had fruited in June. Winter growth is slow and spindly, but tomatoes are perennials so there is no reason why they should not overwinter in the right conditions.

I have no experience of this particular variety though - my plants are Shirley.

[maverick451]

I had another one of these tomatoes today.

Really is an exceptional flavour on them, so far the best tasting non cherry tomato ive had this year.

[Thelma Sanders]

I had one yesterday and they do taste good
No blight this year, yet, so can't say about their blight resistance, though!

[solanaceae]

My first ripe toms of the season and they've got the thumbs up from the family here too.

[maverick451]

Im starting to get a bit of blight in my garden and on one of crimson crush plants there was a water mark blight patch on leaf.

Ive got 3 crimson crush plants and 1 of them is really strong and healthy, and have round same size fruit, looks exactly like in the picture from suttons, the other 2 are a bit weaker and have different size fruit on them.

The strong plant shows no sign of blight and I think im going to take a sideshoot off sooner rather than later

My concern is though, if the fruit size varies from plant to plant will the level of blight resistance?

edit- just to add that looking at the suttons picture there looks like a blight patch here and there on the plant, so maybe its not thats it doesnt not get blight, its just that its able to hold it back and not fall over.

heres the sutton picture