Gardening in the Blind

Radiator Charlie Tomato

This has to be one of my all-time favorite tomato and a have to have in the garden.  I found the seeds on local harvest.org and have been saving the seeds ever since. They have more flesh then most extra-large tomatoes, thus due to the lack of seeds perfect for people who are sensitive to the acid.  My husband was amazed that he could eat it without the heart-burn medicine.  This is huge for him.

Radiator Charlie’s are a type of mortgage lifter.  It will always amaze me that someone could develop a tomato that would pay off the mortgage.  I really don’t think that you could do that in this day in age.  It is an indeterminate – growing more than one wave of tomatoes.  I also will say that it produces later in the season, but abundantly.   It is a larger plant, but will not spread and take over a bed like Matt’s Wild Cherries.  It is a thicker bushy looking plant.  You need to add support to the plant due to the size and weight of the produce.  My record has been 3-1/2 pounds for one tomato, however, I will say the average is a little over 2 pounds.  I also have not had any problems with the tomatoes splitting, but you need to pick them as soon as they are ripe as I found that birds (at least in my backyard) are highly attracted to them.  I don’t know about you, but I am a bit of a hoarder when it comes to the tomatoes,  I don’t like to share!

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