I always found that most varieties, including grosse lise, grew well enough,
the real problem is fruit fly.

In the end, I just grew cherry tomatoes because they have a tougher skin and
are more resistant to fly strike. As well, they taste great. They also grow
prolifically, whether you let them spread on the ground or train them up a
wall or fence.

Ian

"HC" wrote in message
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G'day Lionel

If you check ebay there are lots of heritage tomato seeds available and
who knows, you might find your old bullocks heart.

I've just bought some green/white stripe, red/orange stripe, white/cream
and black tomato seeds so hoping for some interesting salads this summer.

Not sure this helps?
Bronwyn ;-)



Lionel van den Berg wrote:
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Tomatoes are heavy feeders so try more fertilizer.


Anything in particular? I did give them dynamic lifter (though being high
in nitrogen I suspect that is mostly good for leaf growth) and some blood
and bone. I'm still working on building the soil, mulching heavily, it's
not the greatest soil around.

I grew up in Northern NSW, you don't even need to fertilise there and you
get big juicy tomatoes. We were at that time keeping our own seed from a
variety called bullocks heart. It doesn't really look like the one they
sell as ox heart now, but it certainly was the best tomato I've ever
eaten, pity I let the seed go .

Lionel.