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What are the best varieties of tomatoes to grow in Aquaponics?


Can anyone recommend indeterminate and determinate varieties that grow well in AP?

My roommate prefers large meaty potatoes while I like colorful fruit with lots of flavor.

Your room mate will be out of luck expecting large potatoes from a tomato plant
All tomatoes will grow well in AP
Have a look through here
http://rangeviewseeds.com.au/98-tomatoes

Thats embarrassing, I obviously meant to type tomato. Although I have seen where people have grafted the two together.

Oops you are in the US
Try here then
http://www.tomatofest.com/heirloom_toma ... store.html

Ryan Chatterson would be a good source for tom varieties. Amelias did very well as my first crop. Trying some Yellow Pear and Sweet Millions as well as some Giant Zebra and a few others. Should report back in a few months on these.

I'll second Ryan's tomato variety knowledge.

One of the ones I'm growing, from his collection is:
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/350878696853 ... 1439.l2649
Ponderosa Pink. I can't wait for it.

I've also got Oxheart, Tommy toe, a few yellow pear varieties, romas, a baby roma (more of a cherry tomato), Mary Italian (I'd recommend that one), and legend is also fantastic.

Ebay is your friend when it comes to selecting tomatoes.

One I never had much luck in the ground is the Giant tree tomato, suppose to crop like mad, grow massive, and be very impressive. I haven't tried it in AP yet.

Not so fast there mantis !

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... le-UK.html

back on topic, I like gross lisse in the AP, though for some reason so do the rats Numerous cherry varieties do very well - didn't have much luck with romas in my system for some reason - seemed more susceptible to blossom end rot. (would get it while the cherrys and gross lisse didn't)

Yeah I know of this process but its a tomato grafted onto a potato plant. So you get tomatoes from a potato plant

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Yeah I know of this process but its a tomato grafted onto a potato plant. So you get tomatoes from a potato plant [/quote]

Why not just buy hydroponic? They taste close enough

There is your test plant

Thought BER was more calcium than potassium though?

BER

Sorry blossom end rot

Roma varieties are the pits for BER, havnt been able to grow a good one yet unfortunately.

I love heirloom varieties mainly. Tigerella, tommie toe, principe borgese, green zebra, grosse lisse and yellow pear. There are numerous other fantastic varieties too. Below is a couple of mortgage lifters I grew a couple of years ago..






And some random others I listed above.











Like mentioned though, all tommies grow well in AP.