Sounds like they are diseased and I would remove them for being near any other tomato plants or the disease most likely will spread.

I have grown many Brandywine tomatoes and I have not noticed any special requirements for growing them.

Dean

As to the yield, I grew Brandywines last summer in the ground in a nice sunny location and kept them well watered. The plants got huge but still only produced 1-3 tomatoes per plant.

I grew my first Brandywines last year and they grew slower than the other tomatoes and actually most of them were still green when frost hit! (put them in in July). There were a half dozen or so very nice size tomatoes on each plant. Does anyone know if they usually have a longer time to ripen?

I grew my first Brandywines last and they grew slower than the other tomatoes and actually most of them were still green when frost hit! (put them in in July). There were a half dozen or so very nice size tomatoes on each plant. Does anyone know if they usually have a longer time to ripen?

We grow brandywines every summer, and we keep growing them, because they have superior flavor. They are the last to ripen, but summer 2009 was an atypical growing season, due to cool and overcast weather in July. Its supposed to be sunny in July, even in Wisconsin. I think our brandywines finally were ready around September 15. The only special care these plants receive is a healthy dose of the compost we make. I add this material to the garden in May, and mix it in the top 6 inches of soil.

I grew Brandywines several years ago one Summer, three pinks and one yellow. The plants got huge and they were productive. I wish I had weighed my harvest from them, but from my memory I probably got ten large tomatoes from each pink plant but more than a dozen of the yellows. The yellow Brandywine produced slowly but steadily and outlasted the others. I picked its last tomato on Thanksgiving day. No special care, just good organic growing practices