Hi Adamus

We grow the same tomatoes that you do...Some do better than others...I personally like the black and purple toms for the flavour.

helen

Hi Adam
Here is a list of some of the ones I grew this year...

Amish Paste
Anna Russian
Australian Red
Baby Red Pear
Beams Yellow Pear
Black Russian
Brandywine
Break O'Day
Broad Ripple Yellow Currant
Budiah
Burnley gem
Burwood Prize
Campbells
Camp Joy
Caro Rich
Cherokee Purple
Debarao
Druzba
Duetscherfleiss
Early Pixie
Eva Purple Ball
Evergreen
GardenerÂs Delight
German Gold
Giant Syrian
Gold Dust
Golden Gourmet
Golden Sunray
Golden Sunrise
Green Zebra
GregoriÂs Altai
Grosse Lisse
Harbinger
Hillbilly
+ Hungarian Giant
+ (Hungarian) Mobile
Isle of Capri
Italian Heirloom
Italian Red Pear
Kelloggs Breakfast
(K) Jubileeum
Kotlas
KY1
Legend
Mamamia
Manapal
Napoli Paste
Nebrasca Wedding
Olomovic
Orange Cherry
Oregan Spring
Palmwoods
Peron
Pink Gaetano
Pink Ping Pong
Ponderosa Pink
Principe Borghese
Purple Calabash
Quick Pick
Red Cloud
Red Collossus
Red Pear
Reisentraube
Roma
Rouge de Marmande
San Marzano
Soldaki
Sputnik
St. Pierre
Striped Cavern
Stupice
Super Sioux
Sweet English
Syrian Giant
Thai Pink Egg
Tigerella
Tommy Toe
Walter
Wild (L. pimpinellifolium)
Wonderlight
Yellow Brandywine
Yellow Pear
Yellow Perfection

and a couple more I did not do so well at...for a variety of reasons (no pun)

Bush Varieties (particularly early types) seem to do very well and so do some of the very large plants that have thick foliage...these tend to sometimes survive the light to medium frosts and they have enough leaves to recover

Your situation depends on how well you do here in Tasmania...some areas do not vary much from some mainland places except for day length but others are very poor...I do not know of one tomato growing lover from Strahan (for instance)where they get 200 days of rain per year

As for the colour ...I doubt it is a factor

There was a guy who crossed many of the Siberian sourced (no pun) tomatoes (which were early and cold tolerant) with yellow vars. (sweet vars) in order to increase the flavour of the Siberian vars...one of these is Oregan Spring and any tomato with Oregan in the name is supposed to one of these
Let me know if you find out more...are you thinking of emigrating to Tassie, Adam

Adam, you'll be right with most tomatoes. Just avoid late-season ones, unless you've got a greenhouse where you can get them started early. The late-season ones I grew last year (all courtesy Patrina) would have done better if they had been much bigger when I planted them. I took cuttings of those and they are now in my greenhouse. They are doing fine so far, but the winter has just started. So let's see what they look like in spring.

Don't be tempted to plant them out too early. If the soil and/or weather is still pretty cold, it sets them back several weeks.

Don't be tempted to start them too early either. I did that last year, and I didn't gain anything. I think it rather set them back a bit.

Have fun! (Good to see you back online. Do send our love to Ray, too.)

Thanx guys and gals for all the input. I was sorely tempted to move to Tassie last year, Derb, to a little town called Derby, up on the North coast, on top of the mountain. 'Praps you've heard of it?. There was a church or two for sale in town for next to nothing. It just happened I met the wrong people and had my heart broken, so decided against it. Also wanted to move to Binalong bay, or there abouts.
Anyway, thanx for all the advice.
I will start the tommies at the right time, not too early, Haste makes Waste, as my Mum used to say. We get frosts in Armidale sometimes even into october. Most of the locals plant their tommies on Cup day or the weekend closest.
Ray's all set to force them to grow early, so it will be an interesting comparison. We have an open block so get all the sun that's available.
Can't wait to get started, I've really missed the winter growing. I'll have to wait 'til next year for my root vegies.* curse curse, mutter*

Hi Adam
Of course you know that that is my town...you must tell me all about your visit and why you did not drop in to see me...in a town of only 150 souls how could not know them all...as for the churches for sale...oh what a tale I could tell you...who and what do you mean by..."met the wrong people and had my heart broken"...oh my god I am dying to know that story
cheers
Peter

Bourke's Backyard did very well through the cooler than usual summer we had last. If I recall correctly you liked them at our taste-fest in Rutherglen.

I can send some seeds if you like.