What tomato varieties are you growing?

This year is the first year I have really had tomatoes, actually, in a long time. I have 4, all planted in the largest pots I can find (one is in a wheeled garbage can that rats put a hole in years ago). I have a mulberry tree that inconveniently drops leaves on my driveway at the worst times of the year and then they rot. But they make great top soil! This year I shoveled it all up and mixed it in with dirt already in the pots and with dirt and leaves from the dog kennel that collected during the winter. So far, so good, but now it is hot. The garbage can has wheels so I can move it and the others are on plant dollys, so I can move them. But still going to be hot. One thing about my sandy soil though, I don't have any snails and very few worms.
 
eewww, I HATE unwanted guests! Will turkeys eat them??? So far, I haven't had any this year, but I know they are coming... I clip a wooden clothespin behind their heads and pull them off...

Now you have me worried. Will they bite? I’ve always picked them off by hand & ran them to the chickens. Good news is I’ve only found 4 or so this year. I’ve never raised turkey but I imagine they would eat them.
 
Now you have me worried. Will they bite? I’ve always picked them off by hand & ran them to the chickens. Good news is I’ve only found 4 or so this year. I’ve never raised turkey but I imagine they would eat them.
No, they don't bite, but they are hard to get off and if you squeeze them, they exude green, icky, juice stuff... The clothespin grasps them just right so they don't spit green stuff on me (the pins are cut out to go on the line and that part goes around the neck of the worm).
 
No, they don't bite, but they are hard to get off and if you squeeze them, they exude green, icky, juice stuff... The clothespin grasps them just right so they don't spit green stuff on me (the pins are cut out to go on the line and that part goes around the neck of the worm).

I’ve been fortunate. Never been green slimed before by one. It is a really good idea.
 
Mine have a thicker skin than I like on a cherry tomato & the flavor is "OK".
I grew a 'blue' one years ago and decided against them because of the same reasons. The skin was very, very tough and the flavor was really mediocre. Pretty to look at but not worth the real estate.
 

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