What are your Top 5 Dwarf Project for 2020 ?

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What are your Top 5 Dwarf Project for 2020 ?

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Post: # 13512Unread post Blackbear
Wed Mar 11, 2020 11:39 am

Hi guys ,
After a few years of growing Dwarf project Developments....I will continue to explore more varieties...

but as of 2020 my Top 5 that endure are below ( tough to pick as always ) :geek:

1) Yukon Quest
2) Boronia
3) Dwarf Arctic Rose
4) Bundaberg Rumball
5) Adelaide Festival


What are your Dwarf Project Favs as from a 2020 perspective ?
So many Tomatoes...……..so little Time !

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Post: # 13560Unread post Texgal
Thu Mar 12, 2020 12:42 am

I'm glad to see your list. This is my first year really growing the dwarf project tomatoes. I started Mahogony, Boronia and Dwarf Purple Heart last fall hoping to get fall tomatoes but we had a freeze in October that cut things short. I have left them out all winter nursing them thru the freezes and I'm so impressed with how tough they are! My new for spring set will be Uluru Ochre, Aussie Drop, dwarf Firebird Sweet and Rosella Purple. And I'm sure I'll be adding others. 🙂
~ Emmie ~

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Post: # 13565Unread post Greatgardens
Thu Mar 12, 2020 6:27 am

Dwarf Pink Passion -- very early, nice tasting. My First tomato nearly every year. It is early in part because being a compact dwarf, I can start it earlier, and it will not outgrow my cold frame. It is a few days later than Yukon Quest, but DPP does better for me.
Iditarod Red -- Mid-season producer of great tasting salad tomatoes.
Coastal Pride Orange (not from the project, but a later, mild, sweetish tomato)
These are the only ones I've found that I grow multiple times. I've grown quite a few dwarfs, but typically "one and done."

I'm still looking for #4 and #5. Haven't found them yet. I'm planning on growing Bundaberg Rumball this season. I'll also probably plant Coorong Pink or Sweet Scarlet this season only. That's all the dwarfs for this season. Maybe this thread will change my plans?

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Post: # 13638Unread post Growing Coastal
Thu Mar 12, 2020 6:27 pm

Boronia
Adelaide Festival
Uluru Ochre
Are returning to my garden this year.

These below would also be coming back if there was room or need for more. Also trying 2 new varieties this year.
RP gave me 28 lbs last year from a potted plant/8gal.
Dwarf Wild Spudleaf
Rosella Purple

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Post: # 13682Unread post AZGardener
Fri Mar 13, 2020 11:40 am

Uluru Ochre
Bundaberg Rumball
and some new to me this year-
Snakebite
Desert Star
Dwarf Almandine
USDA Zone 9b, Sunset Zone 13
Average Rainfall 9.5 inches
Climate: Sonoran Desert

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Fri Mar 13, 2020 3:08 pm

I wonder what Amanda Fischer was thinking when she named a tomato "Snakebite?"

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Sat Mar 14, 2020 10:50 am

Nan6b wrote: Fri Mar 13, 2020 3:08 pm I wonder what Amanda Fischer was thinking when she named a tomato "Snakebite?"
I don't know, but it's one of the things about it that appealed to me. lol
USDA Zone 9b, Sunset Zone 13
Average Rainfall 9.5 inches
Climate: Sonoran Desert

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Post: # 13998Unread post Greatgardens
Mon Mar 16, 2020 1:52 am

Growing Coastal wrote: Thu Mar 12, 2020 6:27 pm Boronia
Adelaide Festival
Uluru Ochre
Are returning to my garden this year.

These below would also be coming back if there was room or need for more. Also trying 2 new varieties this year.
RP gave me 28 lbs last year from a potted plant/8gal.
Dwarf Wild Spudleaf
Rosella Purple
Wow! 28 lbs. is impressive. I've never grown RP -- perhaps I should try it, although I grow with two plants in an EarthBox, so that may reduce its yield.

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Post: # 14000Unread post Blackbear
Mon Mar 16, 2020 2:32 am

The Dwarf Project for me has revolutionized the choices
for container growing . :D

They Really are worth the exploration and trials. :)

My next new one I wish to try is Sean's Yellow dwarf for 2021 :geek:
So many Tomatoes...……..so little Time !

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Post: # 14022Unread post Growing Coastal
Mon Mar 16, 2020 10:32 am

Greatgardens wrote: Mon Mar 16, 2020 1:52 am
Growing Coastal wrote: Thu Mar 12, 2020 6:27 pm Boronia
Adelaide Festival
Uluru Ochre
Are returning to my garden this year.

These below would also be coming back if there was room or need for more. Also trying 2 new varieties this year.
RP gave me 28 lbs last year from a potted plant/8gal.
Dwarf Wild Spudleaf
Rosella Purple
Wow! 28 lbs. is impressive. I've never grown RP -- perhaps I should try it, although I grow with two plants in an EarthBox, so that may reduce its yield.
Since starting to read what experienced members here have shared about growing tomatoes over the past few years the amount I get from my plants has increased.
I ought to say, reading and following directions! :lol:

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