My favorite topping for big beef tomatoes…
That’s dinner tonight.
TNHunter
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A different neighbor named “ aphids “ causes that growth sometimes also.
My god. That’s a huge chomp. Almost comical. I’m so sorry
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My goodness what did that?
Something hungry
It really is, it’s like a cartoon of someone eating a corn on the cob typewriter style
I actually heard some rustling outside as I was closing up the windows last night but didn’t see anything or think much of it, guess I was wrong.
Picked 4 of my largest PBTD fruits this evening, saw I picked them at about this stage last year and they ripened up ok inside. My old place had a squirrel nest directly above the garden bed, so pressure was high.
I’ve got a couple of pretty big but green big black krims at my community garden plot that I might not see for a week, now I’m scared they will get chomped. Black krim is my favorite
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Cherokee purple, Black Krims, and others. They are turned into salsa. Healthy side dish. Bagged some more tomatoes 2 days later. They will be in a freezer and turn into tomato sauce in the future.
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I saw these big ol’ wire mesh bags (chainmail?) on the ‘zon awhile ago… Would keep ol’ bucktooth jim from wandering around with his mouth wide open near your toms, lol
If you’re inclined to let the rest ripen on the vine, that is. I’m more terrified of a five finger discount at community gardens. The public and I are not on good terms.
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I tried making a mesh bag out of bird netting at my old place and they just bit through right to the fruits. Maybe metal would work but honestly after the breaker stage they ripen ok inside to my taste. It more feels bad than tastes bad, at least by my taste
As for the community plot, fortunately this one is behind a fence so it’s just us with the lock code and the garden isn’t even fully subscribed so it’s been pretty chill so far. Hoping it stays that way once everyone’s fruits start ripening. Everyone was flush with strawberries and didn’t seem to be any problems except for those brought by slugs and pill bugs
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These were supposed to be Cherokee Purples but they’re not. Most of the tomatoes I planted this year are not what they’re supposed to be.
I believe this one may be a Giant Belgium Pink. It’s a little mealy and the skin tends to be sensitive, but it’s produced well and hasn’t been a disease bomb.
None of these pictured are vine ripened. I had a monster to ripen on the vine a week ago and the color was solid and quite impressive.
They do scald easy and bruise when pressed against the vine.
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Where did the seeds or plants come from? For more than twenty-five years I have been growing my own plants from seeds provided by respected sources. A few times I got wrong seeds but maybe once or twice and just ignored the error. Several times I would decide late in the season I wanted a particular variety and bought plants from a local nursery or box store. Almost every time a plant was purchased from a box store or had a major label nursery the plant came out a wrong variety. Local nurseries who grow their own did better but not much. They purchased seed from a larger seed source. Hopefully our seed supplies are not being contaminated with wrong seed.
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Tray plants from the local produce market.
ripping out dad’s sunset today. 100% of these tomatoes have BER. i know i can probably get around it with tons of water and calcium adding but none of my other tomatoes have had any so clearly somethings wrong with this guy
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It isn’t lack of water or low soil calcium that generally causes BER. It is uneven watering and sometimes extremes in temperature that is the main cause. More often than not time will fix a BER problem. Too much and than too little watering is most common the reason. Remove the tomatoes showing BER and see if the plant forms new blossoms and fruit that looks better. The Dad’s Sunset I have grown seem to be susceptible to BER early but pulls out of it.
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yes i know its osmething to do with the watering but the thing is its the only tomato plant in the bed getting it and i just dont see a point having it if its going to do this and work at amanging it when the other tomatoes are doign well. I dont know, do you think its a good enough tomato to keep it going? Ive already pulled 10 off
Other tomatoes F3 version of love gourmansun sunrise, alice’s dream, copia, striped german and black krim.
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first ripe Japanese black trifele. these are one of my favorites
it’s got a lot of cracking and it’s small but, it’s the first of many, plant is loaded with baby fruit and flowers.
they’re kind of flavored like a Cherokee purple but have a solid center mass that’s more savory than sweet. i can use them for both fresh slicing and paste/sauce. love them
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Interestingly, pepinos can apperently be seedless. The first fruit I had from this plant (which was maybe 3 times the size of this one) had seeds. This one is completely seedless.
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