I have consistently good results with Husky Cherry Red, but I don't care for the super-sweet varieties that are so popular now. If you want a high-brix tomato, that's not for you.

I like Husky Cherry Red and Black Cherry. I also like yellow pear, but it seems that a lot of tomato officianados don't.

I prefer grape tomatoes, they seem to do better for me than cherries, which seem to split more often than the grapes.

Though Sungolds are super yummy.

Thanks guys.

WB I'll try the huskys. Never heard of them before.

Deb, I used to grow the yellow bells up north and they did great both in flavor and production. In FL I've grown them two years and got low production and cery tough skins so I gave up on them.

Carol I too really like grapes. Which one does best for you?

Organic makes no difference, but if they're hybrids rather than heirloom the seeds may produce fruit entirely different from the ones you bought in the store.

Bea, the red cherry is the only Husky I grow, but evidently there's a whole family of different tomatoes with "husky" in their name. Newest is a small standard tomato, like a campari.

If they're entirely different, I couldn't tell. Every time I've done this, I get a nice plant with lots of fruit. Sometimes they're indeterminate, sometimes they're determinate.

Carol, I used to do the same with grape tomatoes. In SC, I would just leave some tomatoes on the vine at the end of the season and the next spring, seedlings would come up, and I'd use those. I always planted heirloom tomatoes, though, so that may be why they did well. The only one I didn't use sprouts of was Marion, and I would buy the starts of those. I would look for the ones that were the most tall and gangly, I'd buy two I'd cut off the tops and stick them in the row right along with the others. They always rooted and grew, so I got two tomatoes for one. Then when those got suckers, I'd pluck those off and stick them in the ground, and I had a continuous crop of tomatoes until first frost.

Right now, I've got some Everglades that came up from seeds I squeezed out into a pot outside. I put six of them into a six pack, but a few were too tall, so I cut them back and stuck the tops. They're all growing.

Now, if I could just get summer squash to grow that well here. I miss having a bountiful harvest of squash and zucchini.

I too used to grow from a store-bought grape tomato. Must not have been a hybrid. That was about 10-20??? Years ago. They did great for many years. In fact when we first moved here I grew them for a couple of years but they didn't do much.

Winter in what zone are you? And are the Huskys heirloom or hybrid? I ask so I'll know if I can save seeds from them.

I'm guessing you mean me, bea? I'm in 10a. Huskys are hybrids, but it won't hurt to try saving seeds. You'll still get edible tomatoes, but maybe not the same flavor or size or quantity.

Bea, how many plants do you want? They sell the starter plants at WalMart and Lowe's (don't know about HD, too far away from me). If you only want a couple of plants, use my trick and find the leggiest one they have, then cut the top out and root it. After that, just take suckers off the plant and root them to have a continuous crop.

Deb I've done that too…the leggiest and suckers. Unfortunately neither Lowes nor Home Depot have them right now. They should be getting them soon Though. Will check walmart.

Home Depot just got their Huskys in and they look great…I bought 2 of them before the employees had a chance to kill them!

Cool! You're going to love them. I love them because they are much bigger than the Everglades, but just as yummy. I was going to pot up my Everglades in their bucket today, but it's rained continuously all day long.