03-25-2009, 11:45 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.
Interesting article here, TVguy. Not about hybrids or heirlooms but that original wild tomato:
http://www.bioneers.org/node/1526