Poor performance of Green Zebra

[rosiepumpkin]

i am trialling Green Zebra and so far it's pants. It's not grown much, spindly, and rather pathetic if healthy. It's in a greenhouse which gets ok sun rather than full sun. the colgar next to it have hit the roof, the san marzano on the other side is in good form.

Does this variety need more sun than I have or is just pants?

[Potstubsdustbins]

Grew it two years back and it seem OK to me. This years trial is Red Zebra and again no problems four good trusses on each plant with plenty of fruit, just need some decent weather to ripen them.

[PyreneesPlot]

I have one plant which is about two thirds the size of the ola polka and pronce borghese on either side of it. I've had 2 fruit so far and the others have been cropping for a few weeks now.

[Mr Bones]

I've got green zebra in the greenhouse and they seem to be doing well enough but other toms in general are a bit lacking.

[kris1960]

Have planted 5 varieties and the green zebra seem to be doing as well as the others but we are only at first and second truss. I'm growing them all outdoors and in the greenhouse to see if any do better or worse in either location.

[rosiepumpkin]

Maybe it doesn't do well in my conditions then. I'll look out for another green striped variety. Thank you everyone.

[Basher]

I have several Green Zebra toms. I would say they have been noticeably less vigourous than the other varieties I have this year (purple ukraine, galina and an italian beef). It's as if they were planted a few weeks later than the rest.
Mine do have fruit. I hope they taste as good as the seed company says!

[sparrow100]

They've been around so long that the seeds from poorer performing plants have got into circulation. On anither forum with tomato enthusiasts I heard that Tom Wagner who bred the tomato has recently grown it to deselect seeds for flavour and presumably vigour. Poor performance might be also down to growing conditions. I had much better results in a deep pot than in a growbag.
This year am trying Red Zebra, which have lots of trusses and should be easier for me to tell when they are ripe!

[rosiepumpkin]

the seeds came from Real Seeds. i'll move them next year to the other side of the greenhouse and see if that makes a difference. i'll use seeds from this year's crop (assuming they ever ripen) and hopefully they'll be more adapted.

The spindly Grushovka seedlings have turned into a huge crop so who knows!