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Best growing tomatoes in south Louisiana?
Posted on 3/18/13 at 9:37 pm
Posted on 3/18/13 at 9:37 pm
Is it Creole? I know they were developed at LSU.
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Posted on 3/18/13 at 9:40 pm to LSUlefty
Real Creole tomatoes are tomatoes grown in silt based soil in the river parishes
Posted on 3/18/13 at 9:41 pm to LSUlefty
I'm interested in this as well. I grab better boys every year and have great success, but I wonder if there are any better suited for my area.
My growing space is limited so I don't experiment much...
My growing space is limited so I don't experiment much...
Posted on 3/18/13 at 9:43 pm to Clyde Tipton
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I'm interested in this as well. I grab better boys every year
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Posted on 3/18/13 at 9:43 pm to gmrkr5
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Real Creole tomatoes are tomatoes grown in silt based soil in the river parishes
I read the tag on one today and it says they were developed to withstand the heat and humidity of the south.
Posted on 3/18/13 at 9:44 pm to LSUlefty
I've had success with Roma and real Creoles.
Posted on 3/18/13 at 9:47 pm to LSUlefty
I've always used better boy. But that's probaley because my dad always planted those when I was a kid and of course I wanted to be just like him 
Posted on 3/18/13 at 9:50 pm to braindeadboxer
i plant better boys and celebrity which is a determinate type
Posted on 3/18/13 at 9:53 pm to JAB528
Best advise i can give is plant in Feb and protect them as best you can from frost.The heat in S.LA really takes a toll on them.I plant Big boys and Better boys, but seems like the Big boys have done better the last 3 yrs in a row.
Posted on 3/18/13 at 9:53 pm to LEASTBAY
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determinate type
I've never really understood the benefit of these unless you are farming tomatoes on a grand scale. I like a plant that keeps on giving, I've been able to limp one through the brutal heat of August and get it flowering again good in the fall. It was up through the cage, back down the sides, hit the ground, re-rooted, and started back up again.
Posted on 3/18/13 at 10:02 pm to LSUlefty
Better Boy
Posted on 3/18/13 at 10:04 pm to LSUlefty
Becnel Creole Tomatoes 
Posted on 3/18/13 at 10:54 pm to hogdaddy
Better Boy is always my favorite. I've grown a few that are supposed to withstand the heat (Solar Flare, Homestead 24f and a ton of heirlooms) and none come close to BB.
Never been a fan of the cherries, but Sweet Million is a good heavy producer.
Never been a fan of the cherries, but Sweet Million is a good heavy producer.
Posted on 3/18/13 at 11:06 pm to braindeadboxer
quote:I did for years but found they weren't doing real well so tried the 444 tomato (has natural resistance to Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus and the problems it causes) and did okay.
I've always used better boy.
Then I tried Celebrity and Creole and they've out-produced the others for me.
Anyone else plant that 444 variety?
Posted on 3/19/13 at 7:39 am to LSUlefty
My big boys made more tomatoes, but the creoles taste better IMO. I'll be planting more creoles than big boys.
Posted on 3/19/13 at 7:46 am to Clyde Tipton
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I grab better boys every year and have great success
My go to Tomato........
Posted on 3/19/13 at 7:55 am to TreeDawg
ForeFlight over the stakes are the best to me they grow good here in Florida. they don't produce as much as some of the other Verietys but they have 1000 * more flavor.
Posted on 3/19/13 at 8:18 am to LSUlefty
According to LSU's Louisiana Vegetable Planting Guide:
Indeterminate: Better Boy (N), Big Beef (AAS) (N), Champion (N), Jet Star, Pink Girl, Sun Gold, Terrific (N)
Determinate: Bella Rosa, BHN 981 and BHN 876, Carolina Gold, Celebrity (AAS) (N), Crista (N), Floralina, Mountain Fresh Plus, Mountain Spring
Heat Tolerant: Florida 91, Heatwave II, Phoenix, Solar Set, Sun Leaper, Sun Master, Solar Fire, Talladega
Others: Cupid, Juliet (AAS), Muriel Roma (N), Picus Roma, Small Fry (AAS), Sweet Million, Sun Gold Cherry
LINK
Indeterminate: Better Boy (N), Big Beef (AAS) (N), Champion (N), Jet Star, Pink Girl, Sun Gold, Terrific (N)
Determinate: Bella Rosa, BHN 981 and BHN 876, Carolina Gold, Celebrity (AAS) (N), Crista (N), Floralina, Mountain Fresh Plus, Mountain Spring
Heat Tolerant: Florida 91, Heatwave II, Phoenix, Solar Set, Sun Leaper, Sun Master, Solar Fire, Talladega
Others: Cupid, Juliet (AAS), Muriel Roma (N), Picus Roma, Small Fry (AAS), Sweet Million, Sun Gold Cherry
LINK
Posted on 3/19/13 at 8:24 am to LSUlefty
Plant a couple different varieties and see what does best in your yard. What grows best at one place doesn't always work somewhere else with different soil properties.
Posted on 3/19/13 at 9:43 am to tenfoe
The summer after I turned 15 I planted, raised, and sold tomatoes to pay for my first truck. We planted 500 plants. 300 Better Boys, and 200 Celebrities. Both did just fine with the heat, but we got two weeks of straight rain that summer around the beginning of July and the all filled up with water, and the rain was enough to drown the plants. Ending my season early.
If you can keep them watered; better boys, celebrity, or big boys will all do fine. You will have a harder time fighting the squash bugs than you will the heat.
If you can keep them watered; better boys, celebrity, or big boys will all do fine. You will have a harder time fighting the squash bugs than you will the heat.
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