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Has anyone found this year’s tomatoes to be lacking in taste?? I wonder why?
Hello Kate,
Sorry to hear your tomatoes have been tasteless this year. I presume you are growing the same variety as normal and they have been disappointing. I have to say mine have been fine, I always grow Gardeners Delight. Charles speaks very highly of Sun Gold.
I always get my seed from KINGS SEED of COGGESHALL. Next year I am going to grow Sun Gold for the first time, as Charles says it is ready to eat very early. I shall also grow Gardeners Delight.
Did you do anything different with your tomatoes last summer? I think Charles is the best person to throw some light on the lack of flavour problem, I haven’t got a clue.
I had given my brother in law some chilli seedlings earlier this year, which he grew outside in his south coast garden, producing chillies that he described as lukewarm- he was eating them when he walked past the plant.
I grew mine on a west facing Bedfordshire windowsill and having an excess of fruit passed some on to said brother in law. He proceeded tool one in his mouth dispute my words of caution as to their heat and had to run for a glass of milk.
I would therefore suggest that flavour may be down to heat, watering or feeding rather than seed?
Hi Kate, Anne,
I don’t think the year is to blame as sun and light levels have been good, so the leaves could send sugars to fruit. Maybe you were a bit keen watering? (presume you mean undercover tomatoes?) Also now that daylight is scarce, flavour is much reduced.
Gardeners Delight varies a lot in that my own g.d. this year were larger than normal and with less flavour than they normally have – from some seed I was given by… Thompson & Morgan. I am not growing them next year. Sweet Aperitif does well in taste tests. Black Russian was superb this year and of course, Sungold. Also Rosada, Apero.
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