One of the secrets to having tomatoes this late in the season is to plant staggered dates so that plants are maturing during this time of the year. I still have over 20 out of 39 plants of my first set out which was done in early March and some of them are still making a few tomatoes but if I was counting on those plants for fresh tomatoes this time of the year I would definitely be short on tomatoes to eat. The small planting I did in April is barely producing any fruit anymore but the ones planted in May are putting out a decent amount of fruit and the ones set out in mid June are starting to ripen. Despite the overwhelming disease and pest problems happening this year due to the heavy rain I am still getting enough fresh tomatoes and hope to get more in the fall as the plants set out in July and August start producing. Of course there is always the chance of Late Blight or a particularly bad infestation of spider mites that could certainly end the season or make it not worth continuing.
Bill
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