Knock on wood, but I am having the best season in a long time. I attribute it to having a ton of orchid (mason, metallic) bees when it was still really hot out. My goal is typically to eat my first large tomato by December 1. This year I blew that away.
I sowed my seeds on Sept 1. The first tomato I ate was SunOrange on October 23rd and was getting about 10 per day over 2 plants at that early date.
The 2nd and 3rd grouping of ripe tomatoes were SunCherry and SunChocola. I'm hooked on the Tokita brands.
Growing in Earthboxes and Root Pouches. Also have 4 coco coir slabs going too; all with 2 OP plants (2 SotW, 2 Polish, 2 Dana's Dusky Rose, and 1 has a Chef Choice Orange and Black&Brown Boar). I've picked many DDRs already; the darks went through the heat without any issue.
I even planted a couple of Dwarfs (last year they did horrible) so went back to the old ones like Wild Fred which is short and has huge tomatoes on it.
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Larry - if you didn't get many blossoms, check for russet mites.
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