Ooh that sounds cool! I bought most of my tomato plants from this guy last year and will buy from him again this year provided he has that Big Rainbow again. I want to grow one cherry tomato and two Big Rainbows.

http://www.theirishhomefarm.com/

Thanks Holly! That's an interesting group to know about. I've got my own plants ready this year, but I'm still tempted to swing by. Although I need to resist. I am terrible at not buying plants, and I have no where else to put any more

Thank you for the link to the Irish Home Farm site, popmomma, and to Tatiana's Tomatoes, Steve. I really have been living under a rock or something - never heard of either of these sites and the Irish Home Farm is right here in Denver. I will certainly check them out. The Irish Farm plant prices are quite good! (They are having a patio sale today, 10am-6pm for those that can make it.)

Thank you about the tomato variety comments, too, Steve. Two recommendations for delicious tomatoes - but to grow for a full season and only get one tomato from each plant must have been quite disappointing, no matter how delicious they were. I will have to see if I can get some information at the sale to see how well the Dr. Wyche's and Kellogg's Breakfast produce here in Colorado.

Give in to the temptation, chellers, and come join me at the tomato sale tomorrow! :-D I am sure you can find room for at least one or two more plants.....

I have been reading too much about tomatoes - I am ready to eat some - homegrown only of course - tomatoes RIGHT NOW, lets skip all the buying and planting and staking and fussing and just eat some delicious tomatoes! lol - well, I guess I will have to wait a few months but I have my salt and pepper all ready - naturally, the really yummy tomatoes just get eaten straight from the vine with no need of salt or pepper!

Holly

OakIris, in my experience Dr. Wyche's is a very large, wonderful flavor, tomato--BUT--it's very late, and I've never gotten more than 2 or 3 tomatoes off of the whole, huge vine. I finally gave up on it! I have actually gotten to eat a couple of them by hanging them in my garage. That's how I know how good they are!

It's orange, not yellow, but for an alternative I recommend Amana Orange! Medium size, good production, and excellent flavor! I give tomatoes (plants) to my neighbors, and last year, the first time they got one, it was their favorite of all I had given them! It's a Gotta Have Every Year one for me! I'm trying a couple new yellow & orange ones this year, looking for some more Gotta Haves!

Crazy busy here! Gotta go!

Skybird

Thank you for the info about growing Dr. Wyche's here in Colorado, Skybird - apparently this one needs 6 months to grow, not the approx. 3 months or so that we usually get here. Too bad - sounds like a wonderful tomato from what you and Steve have to say about the very few you got to eat! I am going to ask at the sale tomorrow about the Dr. Wyche to see why they recommend it for Colorado; perhaps they have some tricks to make it produce despite the short season.....they will probably say "Grow it in a greenhouse!"

The Amana Orange is going on my list.

Holly

I grew Dr. Wyche's a few years back, and had less than stellar results. Now I know why! I did get more then 2 or 3, but they didn't compare to the Cherokees that I also grew that year.

digit, I can't go to Vancouver to buy tomatoes. The Irish Home Farm is right here near me and I know oakiris lives close to me as well. It's literally in the guy's back yard. His prices are excellent and he's an all around nice guy.

lol - I can't go to Vancouver to buy plants, either - I think Steve linked Tatiana's site for us because of the information about tomatoes available on it. And, of course, you can always order seeds from Vancouver...

I went to the Heirloom Tomato Farms sale on Saturday; a rather chilly, gloomy day but I came home with some new babies so that made it all good. I purchased these plants: Silvery Fir Tree, Amana Orange, Kelloggs Breakfast - maybe I will get more than one tomato from it??? - Napa Giant, Hillbilly and an Amethyst Cream Cherry.

I did ask about the Dr. Wyche's lack of production here in Colorado. I didn't have a chance to go into detail with him about it but the man I spoke with said he grew the plant and got about 8-9 tomatoes from it. Better than one, certainly, but I decided that if other more knowledgeable growers didn't have luck with it, I wasn't going to give it a try. Let's see how I do with the Kelloggs Breakfast cultivar! Unless I have terrible luck with their plants, I will be back next year. I am on the Irish Farms email list and plan to check out their sale next spring as well

I had already purchased Black Krim, Celebrity and Super Fantastic from Paulino Gardins a couple of weeks ago so I now have 9 tomato plant. Not very many in comparison to lots of gardeners here, but more than the 3 or 4 that I usually plant, and I still hope to get one or two at the Spring Swap. Except for the Black Krim and Celebrity, these are all new varieties for me; I am very much looking forward to getting my tomato fix!

Holly