The verdict for Best Tomato Taste is now in.
Definitely the best is Sweet Million, a cherry tomato which crops prolifically. We did not plant this variety this year, but will be doing so next year.
Next, Herald: big tomatoes, juicy and well flavoured. No sign of blossom end rot because of the lime we added when the plants were potted.
In last place is Red Alert, the bush cherry tomato. Not only is the flavour somewhat disappointing, but the manner of growth of the plant makes picking difficult. The advice on the seed packet was not to sideshoot. Bad idea. All the sideshoots have grown and trapped the fruit between the branches, resulting in many fruit dropping off while still orange, or ripening in patches.
The lesson is learnt.
