I‘m planting tomatoes for the first time tomorrow, and I’m having a heard time deciding which ones to pick. I have room to plant 1 sun gold and 1 Brandywine plant. Any input would be greatly appreciated!
by swisspug
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Traditional-Job-411
The answer is make room and plant all of them
NPKzone8a
I’m sure any of those would grow well. They are overly large, past the ideal time for transplanting. But, no worries, they will still work. Congratulations on keeping them healthy indoors so long. Remove lower leaves and plant them deep.
Ajiconfusion
They all look good! Sungolds are my favorite. I’d personally gravitate towards the ones with the thickest main stem (like Sungold 2 and 4 and Brandywine 1) Remove some of the lower leaves and bury deep to create more roots!
Fantastic_Ad580
Plant them all!
If you can’t, go with the ones with the thickest stems. Also, do it quickly. They seem like they are dying to go outside.
TBSchemer
Sun Gold 2 looks the leafiest. Brandywine 3 looks sturdiest.
JaeFinley
If you pick the three biggest and lay them trench-style, and prune thoughtfully, I bet you can squeeze three in where you were planning on growing two. Bunch of posts here about it.
DragonRei86
Sungold 2 and brandwine 3
Researcher-Used
Question, if OP plants them all near each other, will they cross pollinate?
Optionsmfd
Grow them single stem Prune suckers Plant 2x as many
Guilty_Foundation394
If you’re anywhere near me I’ll take the losers. Can’t have too many tomato plants
Carlson31
The sun golds I planted this year closely resemble your 2nd plant. Have you started hardening them off, before going straight to planting?
glenndrip
Just curious did you buy them all?
Living-Till-8052
Do you have the space to grow the others in containers? Always a bummer to cull plants. If not, maybe a friend or neighbor would like to grow them? Pick whatever one of each variety has been the most tolerant to stresses and the 2 healthiest looking plants.
Edit: My choice would be sungold 3 or 4 and brandywine 3. You’re going to be stripping the bottom third anyway when transplanting. So Im basing my decision on mid and top growth as that’s going to be the structure and growth points on your final plants.
LopsidedChannel8661
Whatever you don’t plant I hope you are able to find them a home.
faeyren
What is your setup? What lights are you using? Mine never look that good!!
WildBoarGarden
Sungold 2 and Brandywine 1
No_Measurement2444
Sungold 4 and brandy3. On the sungold, I would pinch off all those suckers except for the big one on the right near the middle/top.
Murky_Ad_9408
All but I hope you do better with your Brandywine. Mine never produced very much the two years I tried to grow them
NOPNOFNOG12
Sir those are house plants now
1craftymomma
At first glance I thought your tabletop was a wood floor and that these tomato plants were essentially tomato trees already 😂
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The answer is make room and plant all of them
I’m sure any of those would grow well. They are overly large, past the ideal time for transplanting. But, no worries, they will still work. Congratulations on keeping them healthy indoors so long. Remove lower leaves and plant them deep.
They all look good! Sungolds are my favorite. I’d personally gravitate towards the ones with the thickest main stem (like Sungold 2 and 4 and Brandywine 1) Remove some of the lower leaves and bury deep to create more roots!
Plant them all!
If you can’t, go with the ones with the thickest stems. Also, do it quickly. They seem like they are dying to go outside.
Sun Gold 2 looks the leafiest. Brandywine 3 looks sturdiest.
If you pick the three biggest and lay them trench-style, and prune thoughtfully, I bet you can squeeze three in where you were planning on growing two. Bunch of posts here about it.
Sungold 2 and brandwine 3
Question, if OP plants them all near each other, will they cross pollinate?
Grow them single stem
Prune suckers
Plant 2x as many
If you’re anywhere near me I’ll take the losers. Can’t have too many tomato plants
The sun golds I planted this year closely resemble your 2nd plant. Have you started hardening them off, before going straight to planting?
Just curious did you buy them all?
Do you have the space to grow the others in containers? Always a bummer to cull plants. If not, maybe a friend or neighbor would like to grow them? Pick whatever one of each variety has been the most tolerant to stresses and the 2 healthiest looking plants.
Edit: My choice would be sungold 3 or 4 and brandywine 3. You’re going to be stripping the bottom third anyway when transplanting. So Im basing my decision on mid and top growth as that’s going to be the structure and growth points on your final plants.
Whatever you don’t plant I hope you are able to find them a home.
What is your setup? What lights are you using? Mine never look that good!!
Sungold 2 and Brandywine 1
Sungold 4 and brandy3. On the sungold, I would pinch off all those suckers except for the big one on the right near the middle/top.
All but I hope you do better with your Brandywine. Mine never produced very much the two years I tried to grow them
Sir those are house plants now
At first glance I thought your tabletop was a wood floor and that these tomato plants were essentially tomato trees already 😂