Only 6 (types) this year for me and a few cherry...
1) Chapman
2) Church
3) Creole
4) Mexico
5) Jaune Flamme
6) Stump of the World ( they really tasted Good last year!)

Post Office Spoonful and Sungold are the only returning varieties. All others will be new to me.

Blackberry
Summer Cider
Sungold F1

Oh, wait- I guess you mean what we're growing this year that is an old tomato. I don't know? Limbaugh's Legacy Potato Top, and Stump of the World?

Bulgarian Triumph
EM-Champion
Galina's Yellow

pmcgrady wrote: ↑Sat Jan 04, 2020 6:36 pm Only 6 (types) this year for me and a few cherry...
1) Chapman
2) Church
3) Creole
4) Mexico
5) Jaune Flamme
6) Stump of the World ( they really tasted Good last year!)

Church and Stump were on my list to try this year. I have grown Chapman several years now and it's always a favorite.

I do not know what is considered an oldie, but 12 of the 15 varieties I have sown are open pollinated. Real oldies in my list for 2020 might be Jaune Flamme, New Big Dwarf, Orange King, Principe Borghese and New Yorker ( I consider a variety from 60's being old like myself )

Sari

Black from Tula and Eva Purple Ball. Maybe a Cherokee Purple if I pick one up at a nursery.

Stupice
Stump of the World

My Stump came up with a seed head. I haven't had a good track record with removing seed heads. I usually get overly aggressive and pull the cotyledons off along with the seed. This time the baby plant managed to hold on to about the bottom half of its cotyledons so I didn't completely decpitate the poor thing. Its first 2 true leaves have started forming so at least I didn't kill it.

Bronx wrote: ↑Tue Feb 25, 2020 7:02 pm Stupice
Stump of the World

My Stump came up with a seed head. I haven't had a good track record with removing seed heads. I usually get overly aggressive and pull the cotyledons off along with the seed. This time the baby plant managed to hold on to about the bottom half of its cotyledons so I didn't completely decpitate the poor thing. Its first 2 true leaves have started forming so at least I didn't kill it.

The easiest way that I have learned to remove a seed hull was some advise from Carolyn Male. Wet two fingers with some saliva. Wet the hull and wait 2-3 minutes and then gently try to pull the hull off. It should slide off easily. If there is resistance, then wait a few hours and try it again. Do not pull it off, wait for it to slide easily.

Nan6b wrote: ↑Sat Jan 04, 2020 6:42 pm Post Office Spoonful and Sungold are the only returning varieties. All others will be new to me.

Critters eat my tomatoes in the backyard, that’s why I’m growing a few varieties in the front yard. Funny thing is they didn’t mess with the post office spoonful, maybe they were too small for them.

They ignore mine, too! My Spoonfuls climb up over the 8' deer fence and down the other side, so there is always a good bit of plant and tomatoes right where the deer walk. Nary a nibble.

MissS wrote: ↑Tue Feb 25, 2020 9:43 pm

Bronx wrote: ↑Tue Feb 25, 2020 7:02 pm Stupice
Stump of the World

My Stump came up with a seed head. I haven't had a good track record with removing seed heads. I usually get overly aggressive and pull the cotyledons off along with the seed. This time the baby plant managed to hold on to about the bottom half of its cotyledons so I didn't completely decpitate the poor thing. Its first 2 true leaves have started forming so at least I didn't kill it.

The easiest way that I have learned to remove a seed hull was some advise from Carolyn Male. Wet two fingers with some saliva. Wet the hull and wait 2-3 minutes and then gently try to pull the hull off. It should slide off easily. If there is resistance, then wait a few hours and try it again. Do not pull it off, wait for it to slide easily.

Thanks MissS. My problem is I get impatient and it usually ends up disasterous.

Carolyn was a great resource for all things tomato. She made a lot of helpful message board posts and created a great tomato legacy on the Internet. She personally helped me solve tomato growing problems a couple of times and for that I am forever thankful.

OP tomatoes I'm planning on growing again this year include these:

* Marion
* Tomatoes I'm breeding, if you count them as OP
* Galapagos Island
* Sweet Orange Cherry (new and old seed sources)
* Ovita
* Pink Cheeks
* Bloody Butcher (from a mutant fruit; so, it may be different)
* Kellogg's Beefsteak (I'm planning to grow Kellogg's Breakfast and KBX, too, but those will be firsts)
* Napoli
* Sheboygan

I may not grow all of these. It depends on how many plants I get to grow—and I'm still working out my to-grow list.

I've got loads of new ones.

I'm growing these this year:

Matina - This is one of my all time favorites.
Thessaloniki - First time I grew this. A friend raved about it so I'm trying it.
Gardener's Delight - I love this large cherry.
Black Cherry - This is new to me. I'm looking forward to tasting it.
San Remo (a.k.a. Pomeii) - This is the best tasting paste tomato that I've personally grown so far.

I stopped removing seed heads. I leave them on and as the cotyledons grow they bow out and eventually open up leaving the hull on one side. Sometimes I prop up the seedling with a toothpick for a couple of days as the weight of the hull tips the seedling over.

Bronx wrote: ↑Tue Feb 25, 2020 7:02 pm Stupice
Stump of the World

My Stump came up with a seed head. I haven't had a good track record with removing seed heads. I usually get overly aggressive and pull the cotyledons off along with the seed. This time the baby plant managed to hold on to about the bottom half of its cotyledons so I didn't completely decpitate the poor thing. Its first 2 true leaves have started forming so at least I didn't kill it.

I've had seedlings die because their helmets wouldn't come off. Carolyn was right: slather them with saliva and let them soak, then gently remove the seed head.

Early Jewel-Early Detroit-Pritchard's Scarlet Topper....and actually on and on...LOL