I grew them in Indiana and they were very good, pink, thin skinned tomatoes. My guess is that they will be a little touchy about our Oklahoma heat. Perhaps you might grow them for a fall crop.

George
Tahlequah, OK

I had some, but they ended up with sun scald and rotted on the vine. I don't think I actually got to taste any.

The few times I've tried it I've had large nice vines and nary a mater. I feel it is one that doesn't set well in my conditions. I agree with what George said. Either real early or plant for a fall crop. I do think I planted in June once and still not a tomato. I have been encourage to give it another try. I do know of a few who have had success. But maybe more sensitive to the heat and wind that some. Jay

I had tremendous success with this variety the past 3 years! Huge fruit and perhaps a dozen or more per plant. I live in Jones. I didn't grow them this year and feel like I didn't get any tomatos. Will put them back on for next year!

Laura

I keep waiting for Marcy to post because I think it was one of her really good ones this year. I have planted it before but I don't remember much about it. I know it produced or I would remember.

Like Laura, I've always had wonderful yields from Mortgage Lifter. They always survive the annual onslaught of foliar diseases and produce very, very well for me. They are, however, late-season producers which folks with more limited space might not like, but the fact they are late-season is fine for me because most of the other varieties I plant are early or mid-season tomatoes. I grow them about 3 years out of 5 (so many tomatoes, so little space to grow them all).

For years, I grew only Radiator Charlie's Mortgage Lifter and was perfectly happy with them. The last couple of years that I grew Mortgage Lifter, I grew Estler's Mortgage Lifter. In years when I've grown Estler's and Radiator Charlie's side by side, the Estler's produced slightly larger tomatoes and they produced ripe tomatoes earlier than Radiator Charlie's. These are one of my favorite pink tomatoes.

Dawn