Tomatoes

[rockyracoon]

Can anyone recommend a good variety of tomato seed, just a normal tomato, not beef, cherry, heirloom or plum.

Many thanks

[boxtops]

My father used to swear by Tom Thumb

[Barmaid]

I've always had good results with Gardener's delight.

[rockyracoon]

Thank you both, I'll have a look.

[malagabob]

I think there was a popular variety called Ailsa Craig. Good flavour.

[diddlydo]

Ailsa Craig and Alicante are good and reliable. Don't touch Moneymaker with a barge pole - utterly tasteless.

[rockyracoon]

Thanks Bob and Diddly.

[sunny-dave]

Tumbler is very nice - more of a bush than the traditional varieties - easy to grow :)

[hammerman]

Im growing Shirley and ferline this year, the latter for its apparent blight resistance.

[rockyracoon]

Dave, I think I've heard of Tumbler, I'll do a selection I think.

Hammerman, I'd forgotten about blight, 2 years ago my toms succumbed, I haven't grown anything on that parch since, do you think 2 years is enough time for the disease to have buggered off? I was going to put toms there this year.

[diddlydo]

The year we grew some "blight resistant" ones, they were the first plants to get blight!

[rockyracoon]

Lol, BM, I'm on the iPad and must have swiped across best answer for you!