Same here... I don't grow Cherokee Purple anymore because this one is so prolific and tastes about the same. I am growing 3 of these this year, and when a single variety gets more than two spots in my garden, then you know it is a keeper.

some pictures, . very happy with the way these plants are growing. they are bigger than all the other tomato plants in the garden that were planted at the same time (Mortage Lifter, Brandywine Red, Brandy Boy, Black Krim, etc).. i have to drop some jute strings as they passed the big 54 inch cage by more than a foot and almost to the top of the 6 foot fence behind them. i had to prune some of the foliage as there was a huge mass of them in the center and afraid of causing pest problems.

plants are very robust and i can only imagine how much better they still could be. we had a pretty cloudy spring when there was a period of more than a week without much sun.

they are also liking the brew of fish, kelp and alfalfa fertilizer that i will be using for now on. ;-)

Growing it this year along with CP. I hope it tastes as good and lasts a little longer in the season.

I've also stopped growing Cherokee Purple in favor of Indian Stripe. I find Cherokee Carbon to be a better producer though. Flavor of all 3 is very similar.

We grow Indian Stripe RL, Spudakee and CP every year. They're moderate producers for us but have earned yearly slots. Cherokee Carbon was great for us last year (I agree with the productivity comments) but somehow I missed it for this year. We have not grown Indian Stripe PL but I'm hopeful to grow it next year. I think it might be great for our 6A summers.

Shell 6A

Stevie, you're showing tomato(es) with multiflora trait and potato leaves. This is not consistent with the description for Indian Stripe.
http://tatianastomatobase.com/wiki/Indian_Stripe

I grew Indian Stripe (RL) last year and LOVED the flavor. It gave me some early fruit, then took a break before producing more. Margaret Curtain outperformed it.

This year I am growing ISRL and ISPL to compare. I hear good things about the PL version, although I didn't know it was a multi-flora! If yours taste good Stevie, do save lots of seeds :)

Linda

> Stevie, you're showing tomato(es) with multiflora trait and potato leaves.

is that not a trait of the Indian Stripe PL version either?
the tomatoes that are already appearing are definitely oblate as indicated on the seed packet that i was given.. which i also gather is a trait of IS?

i am using Kelp and i am using it everywhere.. (soil and as a foilar spray).. i do know that kelp can alter the growth habit of plants (larger leaves, amount and size of blossoms, etc) so who knows.. i do know that a couple of the plants also have some odd small leaves growing out of a few of the large leaf veins.. maybe some thing to do with the hormones from the kelp if i had to guess..?

anyhow, maybe i will seek out some Indian Stripe RL seeds for next season to compare, but hopefully, these plants do end up being true to what i was given and the flower growth behavior is just due to the kelp..

i'll also add that i prefer PL tomatoes anyway. in my experience, they're more hardy than RL plants.
not sure, i think i am more excited now. ;-)

apparently there is a PL Indian Stripe: http://www.tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=39066
some in agreement there that the PL version is "better" as i kind of hinted above ;-)

Well, your first post didn't mention it's the PL.

I have grown the normal version, and it's productive, and yes, lots of flowers, but it tends to overproduce on first 2 trusses and the plant shuts down. Maybe the PL is better.