03-25-2009, 09:01 AM
tvguy Wrote:I'm not saying there is anything wrong with heirloom plants, I don't know if there are any that can fruit as fast which is why I buy them.
I bought a brandywine tomato plant once, it was a beautiful and weird looking kind of plant. It grew like crazy , if I would have had it staked I bet it would have been 10 feet tall . but the thing never put any fruit on.
Well, that's the reason for hybridization. Higher yields, more disease resistant, fewer problems like cracking. I'll probably get a hybrid too.