My plants did really good as far as growing vigorously, but that good smoky flavor I keep reading about... mine don't have it. They have all been pretty mild and bland so far. And out of 8 plants, 7 cracked really bad, so I couldn't let most of them ripen all the way because half of it would be rotten by the time the other half was ready. One of the plants is doing alright though, and producing a lot of tomatoes mostly 3-4"and round on that plant.. But all of the plants around early July started just dying from the bottom up. No yellow, no warning, just drying up and falling off. Now I've got no leaves about 3 1/2' up the vine. Maybe that's what's affecting the taste.