Tomato suggestions

This is the first winter with my greenhouse (10 X 20). I would like to grow some tomatoes. Can anyone recommend the best variety for pots in a greenhouse? I have seen some in Thompson & Morgan catalog recommended for "glass houses", but would like to have the advice of someone who has actually tried this. I realize this is not aiming for "Big Boys" - I expect small ones, perhaps similar to cherry tomatoes. But I would love to try. Any advice?

'Trust' is a greenhouse variety I grow. It is disease resistant. 'Trust' is flowering in my GH right now.

I would also suggest that it may be too late for this year. Winter greenhouse toms do best when they can get big before it gets too cold. This means starting the seed in August. That's what I do anyway. Things may be different in your zone.

Good luck!
SB

Stillwood..........why don't you post this on the tomato forum also...........I am building a greenhouse, and would like some info also............You might consider an Earth Box for you plant...........that is what I am planning to do.

OK - I will query the tomato forum - probably should have started there anyway. Thanks for the tip about "Trust". I am not familiar with this variety - but will look it up. You may be right about being late for this year - but there is always next year and things may go better if I plan ahead and start in August or early September. Thanks. I will look into the Earth Box - it sounds better than big pots.

I don't remember hearing the term "Earth Box" (although maybe I've just heard another term). Could you explain it please?

mmistyrose..........you might check to tomato forum.........there is lot's of info on Earth Boxes...........I hope this link works.......
http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/670008/

thx hornstrider...I'll look into that

Stressbaby, you mentioned starting your greenhouse tomatoes in August. This is my first winter of my new greenhouse and I started the tomato variety called Boa under lights in my basement in October. I haven't moved the plants out to the greenhouse because it is now getting quite cold here in the wilds of Washington State, zone 6b. The toms are in 12" pots and are now about 2 feet tall and growing like crazy under the lights.
What to do with them? I really hesitate taking them out to the greenhouse because we're expecting some cold winter weather soon and I'm not sure I can keep the greenhouse temp. above freezing - even with heat out there! Well, like you said, I probably started them way too late...

Stillwood, sorry, I'm kind of late in this reply. I grew Trust last summer in my greenhouse and they did great. I don't do tomatoes in the winter, only lettuce and herbs. I also grew a variety called Beorange and they were excellent. Great tomato flavor with low acid. Caruso did well also. I get a lot of my tomato seeds from http://www.hydro-gardens.com/. They are greenhouse specific varieties. They are a little more pricey but I've had good luck with them. This year I am going to try Stupice. This was another variety that I have read is a good greenhouse performer. These are indeterminate though, it sounds like you want determinate??

I'm afraid I really don't know what I want! But a very nice lady sent me some Siberia seeds and I have 4 growing - they are still small - just getting true leaves. I have no idea if I'll ever see any tomatoes on them, but it's fun to try. Tonight it's about 32 degrees outside and 46 degrees in the greenhouse. I have been able to keep the GH in the 40s so far and my other plants are doing okay - even the 2 hibiscuses are still blooming. There is one impatiens and 1 chrysanthemum blooming also. So I'm hoping the Siberian tomatoes will live up to their heritage and make some tomatoes even though it's cold.

Do you grow your GH tomatoes (in the summer) in a ground bed inside or in pots? If pots, what size?

Thanks for the info and especially for the suggested link.

I grow them in raised beds. We built a trellis system to support the indeterminates. I decided to only grow indeterminates because I wanted to utilize the space in the greenhouse as efficiently as possible. Growing tomatoes in our climate is kind of a crapshoot because they usually cannot be set outside until the second week of June and we can get a frost as early as September, sometimes late August. I'm not familiar with Siberian, but if I'm not mistaken I think tomatoes have a hard time flowering (or setting fruit) if the temps drop below 55??? It's always worth a try and fun learning from experience though.

Does anyone grow tomatoes in a GH all winter ?

The Greenhouse expert br Dr D. G. Hessayon
page 68-72 Tomatoes

Tomato seed is sown in a propagator - a temperature of at least 60-65 F is necessary for satisfactory germination. This is done in late December for planting out in a heated GH (minimum 50-55 degrees) in late February or early march for a May-June crop

for a cold GH min temp 28 degrees sow in a propagator in early March and plant out in GH late April

keep temperature below 80 degrees