Checking in on your tomatoes!

[Marian Worley]

Very soon we will begin the summer harvesting of tomatoes and I cannot wait. Wilth the cool wet summer in the south the tomatoes took a while to make, and I have experienced a bit of blossom drop and lack of blossoms, but the tips I have received, calcium, fish emulsions, have helped and I have a nice crop coming. How are yours coming?

[PennyG]

My tomatoes are just now starting to come in, and finally ripen.

[Gillian]

what a lovely selection!

[David Brownlee]

Those look great!

My 10 foot "Husky Cherry Red" hybrids from the plant scientists at Wal-Mart have grown like the Dickens on my (low sun) patio. Lotsa leaves - few fruit.

I can't complain much though. I think my total investment was about $25....and with luck I'll get $15 worth of home grown tomatos. That's OK - the vitamins and taste are better. There are lots of baby fruit and blooms too.... so I could have a September Bonanza!

[David Brownlee]

Well - no September Bonanza....all that work and I am getting about four cherry tomatoes a week. I won't do the "Husky Cherry Reds" again - since they aren't husky and the fruit is just standard cherries. Ce' est la vie.

[Rose Keppler Moradian]

I would love some seeds! Arbuzzi looks beautiful! Ceriac Noir..never heard of it!

[Rose Keppler Moradian]

I'm not into indeterminate type of tomatoes. I prefer the early bush types and plant them every month from May-August.
I think the wait is not worth it. Here we can plant cherry tomatoes early and they will still pump out in Christmas!
I recommend planting just ONE of each in May; a cherry, a roma and a Glacier, repeat in June with another variety..etc.
Then you'll have a reward before too long.

[PennyG]

Those are some great looking tomatoes Crevette....do you save seeds from them?

[Marian Worley]

Those are simply gorgeous! The indeterminates are so hard to contain, this year they were just wild. But I do love the produce. I will try some of the bush types next year along with fewer indeterminates. My production is slowing down and I am almost caught up with canning. We will have fresh through September, but i am doubtful there will be much past that. Am pulling up and planing chard, kale, another squash and have a few beans and peas already out there. We actually need some rain now to get that production up and growing.

[Rose Keppler Moradian]

You do not irrigate manually?

[Marian Worley]

I do, but am just barley keeping up with what is on my plate and am hoping for a hand from Mother Nature. All we need is 1 good soaking, but alas, it does seem like I will need to drag the garden hose out there!