ROFL! I've heard about those monster cherry tomatoes before, but after trying a similar monster-type grape tomato a few years ago, I am afraid to try them. Those things took over my terrace and were threatening the next-door neighbor! But they sure were yummmmmmmy!

Happy tomato eating, and cooking, and freezing, and ....

LOL!

PV

Oh, that is funny. Sweet 100's will do that too! They grow HUGE.

But you know what the best part is?
Chadwick Cherry are about the most SCRUMPTIOUS cherry tomato you can eat! Oh, my they are delish. And you will have endless amounts of them.

I'd jealous. I didn't plant any this year. I was too busy trying a whole bunch of other new tomatoes.

GGG

Oh cool! Trudi's Atomic Tomatoes strike again. MWAHAHAHAHA!

I think you read about WS in The Radish. After that article appeared I was invited out to IA and was on the Quad Citites Today Show. It was fun and everyone was so nice,

I WSed Chadwick Cherry a couple of summers back, I put in three plants and well, you've got 5IVE! Do you own a machete or hedge clippers? Keep them nearby ;-)

I gotta agree with GGG, Chadwick Cherry is very, VERY tasty. Like any cherry they do make a life-time supply of fruits. These are very juicy and yum, you can saute a few dozen in olive oil with minced onions and garlic, and then add some fresh herbs anda splash of balsamic vinegar before putting them on the table with dinner. Slurp. Or you can, of course, eat them raw out in the garden. My dog Liz also loves these and would do tricks for them ;-) They're that good.

Congrats on the toms, thank you for the excellent feedback on the germination and transplant success!

i'm thinkin I would love some of those seeds. i love monstrous plants. the bigger the better!! if you have any to spare later i would love some. a trade or something.
enjoy them!

I'm sorry flowerchild, I don't have those anymore; it's a shame because I would love to share them with you. I do have other cherries, if you're interested let me know.

T

Tosser: That is so funny!! I was laughing my head off and waking the whole household up. You do have a talent for writing - it was so expressive, I could almost feel your growing exasperation. I think I must try them - I don't have a lot of sunny garden space and it seems one plant does the trick.

Yeah, Trudi - I read about you & your Atomic Tomatoes in The Radish! And I do have a very large pair of loppers that I think I'll put close by the front porch door (just in case the Chadwicks turn towards the house).

If anyone wants some seeds later on I imagine I'll definitely have some to spare - just let me know how big of a box you'd like. *desperate twittering*

I have to confess that the only actual recipe I've ever used for cherry tomatoes is pretty much what you said, Trudi; sauteed with olive oil, garlic, onions, and basil (I've got to try that splash of balsamic - love that stuff). I'm not really sure what else to with them, but I reckon I'd better be researching it in the near future. I need to drag out my preserving cookbooks. Any ideas welcome!


This morning I see that one wily tendril (that I swear was not there yesterday) has apparently decided against getting cozy with the corn and seems to be waving hello at a cucumber teepee. I can't even think about what a tangly nightmare that'd be, so I guess I'll have to go Out There. *shudder*

I have one Chadwick Cherry plant from the seeds Trudi sent me. It is actually quite well behaved for me at this point compared to some others I have. I am training it up a trellis, and have been pruning extensively though,just because of its location in the raised garden bed, so hopefully there's space for other plants. I may live to regret putting it there, but so far so good.

Here it is, there's some fruit down toward the bottom, but it may be difficult to see with the size scaled dow.

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It's my zucchini that I'm afraid is going to take over the yard, and I can't blame that on Trudi, lol. That's all me. (Vining Zucchini pictured left, Chadwick Cherry right.)

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I'm glad to hear these cherry toms taste good. I have been eating a few ripe Super Sweet 100's, but am really interested in tasting some heirlooms.

mo_girl, is that rampicante? When I learned it was rumoured to be impervious to vine borers I tried to get some but every place I tried was sold out! Next year, for sure.

Your Mr. Chadwick looks a lot like mine did last week, although yours is much better groomed. In retrospect, I think pruning is an awfully good idea!

Lovely toms and squash! This weekend a sowed a few seeds of the climbing zucchini, I hope they'll be yum!

T

Tosser - It is zucchetta rampicante. I believe I got my seeds my Pinetree Garden seeds. I've also noticed them in the Bakers Creek Heirloom seeds catalog. I'm planning on trying seed saving for the first time this year, so maybe I'll have some to trade. I've been doing research, and made sure I just got one C. Moschata so I wouldn't have any problems with crossing.

The pruning on the Chadwick Cherry was actually kind of an experiment on my part. I've never pruned tomatoes before, and thought I'd give it a try, and the plant seems very resilient. (This is just my second year growing tomatoes, so I have a lot to learn.)

Trudi - Thanks :) We had our first baby zucchini for dinner the other day, and it was quite good. The texture is different than a traditional zucchini. Thanks for all the great tom seeds btw.

Too Funny!

Definately save some seeds. That sounds like one tomato I'd like to have a go at. Trudi and Bakemom both have the hardiest seeds I've ever seen.