hmmm, new Crimson Crush beefcake

[jackarmy]

From just a quick look it seems their just the plug plants atm

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[veggiechicken]

There's a Crimson Cherry too
Grafted Tomato Plants - F1 Crimson Collection (6) - Tomato Plants - Popular Vegetable Plants - Vegetable Plants - Gardening

[Cadalot]

Obscene prices for tomatoes IMHO

[MarkPelican]

Not only that but (IMO) not the best tasting tomato and it gets blight.

Both last year and the year before the Crimson Crush I grew at the allotment got blight on the plants and on the fruit. The words I have seen said are (along the lines that) "Crimson Crush can grow through 20% infection to blight".

Last year, I had greater success with Mountain Magic, more fruit and less blight.

[Florence Fennel]

How much?

[greenishfing]

I certainly wouldn't bother with the beefsteak Crimson Crush as my largest ordinary Crimson Crush last year were pretty big.

This one was 402 grams, over 14 ounces.

I grew them from seed-10 seeds for £2.99 and free postage. There was actually 14 seeds in the pack and they all grew. It was my second year growing them and I was very happy with them.

I shall be growing the ordinary ones again this year.

[Cadalot]

I saved the seeds from the original plants that were sent to me free. Yes I know they are F1.

The resulting plants from the sowings had very different looking leafs. One of the two types produced a tom and fruit exactly the same as the original plant and retained the blight resistance outlasting other plot holders plants for many weeks and when it did show it was minor and didn't travel and was right at the end of the season.

I've saved the seeds again and will grow from them each year, my favourite price for tomatoes is FREE

[TrysHard]

Those shown are grafted plants for disease resistance vigor etc etc so the any saved seed will perform differently regardless if an F1 or not.

[greenishfing]

My favourite price is also free BUT there is nothing worse than giving time, effort and space to a plant and getting nothing worthwhile back so sometimes I'll pay out to get exactly what I want.

[Mrs Bee]

I saved the seeds from the original plants that were sent to me free. Yes I know they are F1.

The resulting plants from the sowings had very different looking leafs. One of the two types produced a tom and fruit exactly the same as the original plant and retained the blight resistance outlasting other plot holders plants for many weeks and when it did show it was minor and didn't travel and was right at the end of the season.

I've saved the seeds again and will grow from them each year, my favourite price for tomatoes is FREE

I am with you on that. Most of my tomato seeds are saved from the tomatoes I grew and liked from a seed circle from another site, last year.

Tried the crimson crush and wasn't at all impressed with the flavour. They are expensive to buy as plug plants but if you wait until later in the season they do special offers with the ones they don't sell.

I did try Amish paste last year and boy was that little swine susceptible to blight.

The tastiest tomato I do and one which seems quite hardy to blight, is a tiny pea sized tomato.
We went to the Hampton Court garden show about 15 years ago and one of our number bought some little tiny tomatoes to the picnic, that she had bought in a supermarket. They were so tasty that I saved some and saved the seed. Still going strong.

[Cadalot]

My favourite price is also free BUT there is nothing worse than giving time, effort and space to a plant and getting nothing worthwhile back so sometimes I'll pay out to get exactly what I want.

The amount of different varieties of tomatoes I grow each year, and in three locations Home and two different allotment plots, I can always afford to experiment and perhaps have a disaster or two.

At some time, I may get to a point where I have my top 20 and just stick to them, but with all the seeds from different circles I have enough different varieties seeds for the next three years 2017 Alans Allotment: Tomato Selection - The Final Cut 2018 & 2019 Alans Allotment: Rain Stops Play

[MarkPelican]

Did anybody else notice the Grey Mould on the plant they took the picture of? Makes one wonder and it looks to me like they were growing them indoors. Doesn't that deny the purpose?