Newbie here from NE Florida (Jacksonville area)

[T_om]

Long time gardener still muddling along. I am adding some heirloom tomatoes now that I haven't tried before but wanted to give it a shot. We have a REALLY bad problem here with heat and humidity.

Trying Sioux, Purple Calabash and Atkinson (Auburn University heat resistant),this year.

The forum looks interesting. Hope it is more laid back than "the other place" was.

Tom

[karstopography]

Pretty laid back hereabouts. Welcome from ~800 miles to the west.

[T_om]

Thanks, and I see you are a fellow 9b'er. Probably fighting heat as much as I do myself.

Tom

[Josetom]

Welcome Tom!! An appropriate name for a "tom"ate lover

[Whwoz]

Welcome to the Junction from Down Under @T_om

[pepperhead212]

Welcome to the forum!

[MissS]

Hello and welcome. We are much more laid back than the 'Ville and have quite a few people from your area. I hope that you enjoy it here.

[Shule]

@T_om
Welcome to TomatoJunction!

I'd love to hear how Atkinson turns out for you. I've thought about growing that tomato a lot.

[PlainJane]

lol, pretty laid back.
Welcome from the same heat and humidity neck of the woods in N. Florida.

[karstopography]

Purple Calabash is intriguing @T_om Purple Calabash seems to be a polarizing tomato variety.

One thing you might discover if you haven’t already about Tomato Junction is that many of us tend to share our tastes in tomatoes and other foods, but that we all most certainly do not have identical tastes in what is a tasty tomato…or pizza…or just about anything that may or may not be called food.

Actually, people sharing what they like or don’t like about tomatoes, the particular tomato varieties, is one of the more interesting and useful things happening on TJ.

[Cornelius_Gotchberg]

Welcome from America's Dairyland!

The Gotch

[bower]

Welcome Tom!
You southern growers are blazing the trail for all of us, as bouts of humid heat spread north and affect our tomatoes.
So TIA for sharing how different varieties and/or techniques work out for you.

[GoDawgs]

Welcome from your southern neighbor up here in Georgia! I think you'll like it here.

[TX-TomatoBug]

Welcome Tom from central Texas! My oldest son and family live in the Florida panhandle. He battles......sand and squirrels

I can't even get into "the other place". Dunno what's up with that.

[T_om]

Might be a double post but just wanted to say again, what a warm welcome

Tom

[AKgardener]

Welcome from Alaska good luck with your new maters

[FatBeeFarm]

Welcome to the forum from the White Mountains! Hope you like this place better than the other one