The 2018 Tomato Array

 Hey, I have to record what tomato varieties I planted this year somewhere so I can keep track of what they are when summer comes. So here we go: 18 plants starting from the corner of the tomato beds nearest the door to the house. Three plants in each row, six rows from nearest to farthest. The are arranged in thematic groups just because I'm that sort of person.

We start with the cherry/pear types and the standard size yellows.

1. Brandwine Yellow (standard)
2. Juliet (red oval cherry)
3. Sun Gold (my favorite: yellow round cherry)

4. Golden Jubilee (standard, yellow)
5. Red Cherry (what it says on the label)
6. Yellow Pear (what it says on the label)

Next are the six standard-size plain reds.

7. Phoenix (supposed to be heat-tolerant, not that I've run into a tomato that wasn't)
8. Mortgage Lifter
9. Big Boy

10. Seattle's Best of All (I'm guessing that this is meant to be tolerant of cooler weather, so I suppose it will balance out the Phoenix)
11. Goliath
12. Early Girl (which I always plant for the promise of early fruit and it never actually delivers on timing)

The last bed has the roma-types and the mixed colors.

13. Amish Paste (roma)
14. Roma (roma, duh)
15. San Marzano (roma)

16. Green Zebra (yellow with green streaks)
17. Big Rainbow (red with yellow streaks)
18. Berkeley Tie Die (Red with various streaks)

I didn't plant any of the black/purple varieties this year. In the past I've found then pretty but bland. This time I'd like to adjust how much water I'm giving them and see if I can go for volume production and put the surplus away.