Tomato help.

[lammy]

Hello everyone, first time poster and novice vegetable grower here (in fact i haven't even started yet).
Im trying to find the variety of tomato from Spain that you always get in the hotel buffets, and can it be grown in the Uk.

Lammy

[paulsherwin]

You can grow any tomato variety here, but some grow better in greenhouses.

Next time you go over there bring some seeds back - just squeeze them out of a tomato.

Paul.

[Thomas W]

Hey welcome lammy!

Originally Posted by lammy

... find the variety of tomato from Spain that you always get in the hotel buffets...

Can you describe it in detail; shape, size, colour, taste?

[lammy]

cheers Paul i didnt think of that but is that not illegal?

lammy.

[lammy]

Hi Thomas.

They are usually sliced, but they are red with what looks like on the outside to be streaked with green ie not fully ripe but really sweet and tasty and i cant get enough of them when im in Spain. I haver never seen them in England, They are about the size of a beef tomato.

Lammy.

[paulsherwin]

Originally Posted by lammy

cheers Paul i didnt think of that but is that not illegal?

I'm pretty sure it's not illegal to bring some seeds back. Just squeeze the seeds into a small container (a 35mm film canister is ideal.) When you get home either plant the seeds immediately, or google 'saving tomato seeds' for info about how to save them dried out over the winter.

Paul

[DavidT]

Next time you visit Spain, why not just find a gardening shop and buy a packet of seeds?

[Lesley Jay]

Originally Posted by paulsherwin

google 'saving tomato seeds' for info about how to save them dried out over the winter.

Paul

No need to Google just read my tomato seed saving article!

http://www.vegetable-gardens.co.uk/s...o-seed-saving/

[agail]

Here is a good article on different tomato varieties.

Growing tomatoes - varieties. I believe the ‘San Marzano’ and ‘Orange Bourgain’ are good varieties for warm climates. I have had good success with both these but I live in UK.

Andrea

[PottyPot]

Originally Posted by lammy

Hi Thomas.

They are usually sliced, but they are red with what looks like on the outside to be streaked with green ie not fully ripe but really sweet and tasty and i cant get enough of them when im in Spain. I haver never seen them in England, They are about the size of a beef tomato.

Lammy.

I think you might mean this variety?
Tomato Mr Stripey - 50 Finest Seeds on eBay (end time 18-Jan-10 12:22:38 GMT)

There is also another one called Castalluca? I think

[PottyPot]

Originally Posted by agail

Here is a good article on different tomato varieties.

Growing tomatoes - varieties. I believe the ‘San Marzano’ and ‘Orange Bourgain’ are good varieties for warm climates. I have had good success with both these but I live in UK.

Andrea

I love the San Marzano Nano, great for soup and you get such a lovely big crop.

[Drew]

Hi all,

Tomatoes grown from seeds taken from a fruit will not be the same as the original tomato.

You must grow from a named variety of seed to reproduce the original fruit.

[DavidT]

They will as long as the fruit isn`t from an F1 plant.

[shaylady]

I'd say you will certainly need to grow a spanish variety in a greehouse in the UK. Have you found out the name yet? It would certainly help to find this out.

[malcolmx]

if you are to germinate these seeds wash in washing up liqiud first as they have a germination in hibitor arround the seed

defra will probalble say it is illegal to introduce a non native species as they can become invasive but who will expect a tomatoe to be like invasive

i expect the spanish variety can be found in spanish seed catalogus

[PottyPot]

Originally Posted by malcolmx

if you are to germinate these seeds wash in washing up liqiud first as they have a germination in hibitor arround the seed

defra will probalble say it is illegal to introduce a non native species as they can become invasive but who will expect a tomatoe to be like invasive

i expect the spanish variety can be found in spanish seed catalogus

Toms aren't indigenous to Britain anyway I'm growing black cherry and brandywine pink this year.

[patchninja]

I'm trying 2 this year that are new to me. Harzglut - apparently very fast-growing and, out of sheer curiosity, Sub arctic plenty - a US air force variety created for difficult climates!

[samantha]

I think you are after this Spanish tomato: RAF - a rare one Tomato Seeds - Fimande Raf tomato seed
They do the Harzglut too.