Tomato snobbery and septoria leaf spots
We
tried a new heirloom variety of tomato this year called Gold
Rush Currant.
It was one of the first
plants to show color, and provided the first taste of the year.
They tasted like store bought
tomatoes. No flavor whatsoever and was the first to show signs of a septoria
leaf spot infection.
We discussed our options and
decided Gold Rush Currant had to go. Normally we'd just cut it out at
ground level and leave the stem and roots to rot back in the ground,
but the septoria leaf spots pushed us to be cautious and pull the whole
thing up. We're not sure if that particular fungus can live in the
soil, but we figured why take the chance of spreading it to plants that
actually bring something to the table worth eating.
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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It's disappointing when you give a whole season to a tomato you don't like. Violet Jasper was one I got rid of. Beautiful tomatoes with a texture so mealy and mushy it was inedible. I composted them without thinking and have them sprouting in my yard every year.
The yellow cherry tomatoes I have enjoyed are Sungold II, and Blondkopchen. Sungold II is my favorite flavored yellow cherry. I still can't find a full sized yellow heirloom that I like.
Edgar --- Personally, I tend to prefer the flavors of the reds because the yellows don't have enough acid for me. Maybe that's related to other issues with them?
Dustin --- Blondkopfchen is the yellow tommy-toe we've been growing, but it tends to get blighted quickly, so I thought I'd try another version. This one got blighted even faster, though, and didn't taste half as good.... Maybe I should try Sungold II.