Show us your tomatoes

[catjac1975]

Connie-you did see the tomato horn worm, didn't you?

 

[journey11]

You put watermelon in it? Now that is interesting. Sweetens it up a bit? What do you use your sauce on?

 

[digitS']

@Duckworth and @Farmer Connie , it looks as tho you both have super gardens that have proven performance because of your attention and efforts.

The Brandywines and the Yellow Pears are the only things I would hesitate to plant again, mostly because they got very large, but gave less fruit than most. In the case of the Yellow Pears, they went everywhere and didn't taste as good as the ones we grew in Arizona.

Because DW has so much appreciation for Yellow Pears, I tried growing them over 4 seasons. The last year, I recall trying to remember if there was a single one that I was able to harvest that wasn't split. I just didn't feel that I could take up any more time and space for them.

Ildi (ildi) was a fair substitute and something of a sure thing. However, for several years I have grown Yellow Jelly Bean and really like it - for healthy plants, production and flavor. I only wish that it was open pollinated so that I don't have to rely on the seed companies. Aww well ...

Steve

 

[Farmer Connie]

we eat a lot of toms.. lol

 

[Farmer Connie]

I only wish that it was open pollinated so that I don't have to rely on the seed companies. Aww well ...

I only use acclimated seeds from prior attempts. And most of my plants started from digested tomatoes from our swine. They eat the ugly toms and their excrement grows the seedlings. GROSS..

I know but hearty plants. The RAIN washes the excrement past the hot wire dividers and the swine can't reach them to pluck and consume. The stalks are like tree trunks. The root systems are on steriods. Transplant and train them up strings and the bounty is overwhelming. Most get fed back to the swine to keep the ball rolling.

 

[Farmer Connie]

Connie-you did see the tomato horn worm, didn't you?

in my pic? I keep scissors in my pocket... lol He had to split..

 

[Grizla]

This was one of my last harvests before the frost- I got a late start on my garden this year and only two tomatoes I had were a some very tired plants I bought out of a broiling hot parking lot. The large ones were purple Cherokee and they needed a lot more sun than I could give them, slow to set and i don't think any of them ever ripened properly- will not grow again . But the little cherry tomatoes! These guys were absolute troopers! Don't remember the name, but you can bet I saved seed! This plant- a month dying in a parking lot, in the ground late, not enough sun, broke it in HALF trying to put it in a cage, horn worm got a big chunk of it- but it produced and produced and produced! At the end of the season I was even picking little green ones to pickle! Good flavor, too. Tart and just sweet enough