I'm not big on slicer type tomatoes. One plant can give me all I need of those in a year. Same with cherry or grape types.
I grow tomatoes to can them, to sauce them, or to salsa them.
The last couple years I had grown the Easy Sauce Hybrid from Gurney's. I was very happy with it for my purposes.
Then I found opalka, and I won't be looking back. In addition to being an heirloom, so I can keep and grow my own seeds, they are nearly seedless, and the skin can almost be pulled off without blanching. I was amazed.
I'll still put a beefsteak out, and a cherry plant on the porch, but I'm making the switch to opalka.
In the end though, it really comes down to what you need. If you need a sauce type, you're looking at very different tomatoes than if you want a summer full of BLTs and caprese salad.
I grow tomatoes to can them, to sauce them, or to salsa them.
The last couple years I had grown the Easy Sauce Hybrid from Gurney's. I was very happy with it for my purposes.
Then I found opalka, and I won't be looking back. In addition to being an heirloom, so I can keep and grow my own seeds, they are nearly seedless, and the skin can almost be pulled off without blanching. I was amazed.
I'll still put a beefsteak out, and a cherry plant on the porch, but I'm making the switch to opalka.
In the end though, it really comes down to what you need. If you need a sauce type, you're looking at very different tomatoes than if you want a summer full of BLTs and caprese salad.