I was very impressed with the two Isis Candy tomato plants we bought at the farmer's market this spring. Almost all the rest of our plants, which we started from seed, were very badly damaged in the freak April frost that we had this year. But the Isis Candies looked as bushy and green as ever. The rest of the plants bounced back for the most part, but I think it was too late.
The Isis Candy plants are out of control. We managed to get cages around them, but they've already moved well beyond those. They've engulfed all of the other tomato plants around them as well as the giant lavender we inherited from the previous occupant of our community garden plot. We can tell there are other tomato plants involved in this madness because there are different kinds of tomatoes in the jungle. You can see them if you spelunk into the center of the mess. And there are definitely some brandywine leaves in there. There even appears to be a volunteer summer squash plant growing in the middle.
Despite the over-verdant greenery, I do love the Isis Candy plants. The tomatoes are lovely... either a orangey-red or greenish-pink color, and very sweet. Plus, they ripen very quickly, since they are only slightly larger than typical cherry tomatoes. And this is good because our larger tomatoes are taking forever to ripen. This may be because of all the smoke that has been in the air. I've heard this theory. Or, it could be because we're not doing things properly. In any sense, I'm not sure I'll opt for the garden-by-chaos method next summer.
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