first ripe tomato

[Labradors2]

Not counting the early ones that a friend started for me in February to be grown in containers, the first ripe tomato that I started from seed on April 1st and planted in the veggie garden was, surprisingly, Brandywine Cherry!!! It beat Chadwick, Kimberley, Black Early and Bloody Butcher. I can't wait to taste it!

Linda

[nwheritagegrdn]

Congratulations! Still waiting on the first ripe one here in the cool PNW.

[KarenO]

yay! if you got those seeds in the swap I hope they were from me It's a great little tomato! still a few days away from my first taste of the year
K

[gssgarden]

You never forget your first!! lol

Greg

[bower]

A cherry that beats out Kimberley... I'm all ears! Taste description please! For those of us still looking at the greenies.....

[ddsack]

Holy cow! Ripe when started on April 1st is very impressive!

I've just now got some blushing (ate one ... should have waited a day) of Anmore Treasures, cherries on a short pot sized plant, and they were started early for me, something like March 17th.

[b54red]

Congratulations. I don't know how ya'll wait so long up there. Of course you don't have to endure 3 to 5 months of weather near 100 with humidity to match. Hmmm, maybe it is worth the wait.

Bill

[KarenO]

A Canadian tomato is worth waiting for at least that's what I tell myself
K

[SharonRossy]

Ok seriously, how do you do that? I'm seriously considering using WOW's next year! Some of my plants still don't have fruit! I'm jealous! Now I regret pinching off those flower heads when I planted my seedling! Karen, it's true, nothing like a tomato grown in Canada! I think I will have to try brandywine cherry next year.

[KarenO]

pm me and I will send you seeds Sharon. The common wisdom of removing early blooms is not applicable to a short season in my opinion. don't fret though, it is only the beginning of July, plenty of lovely summer growing time yet, even up here
KO

[Labradors2]

Sharron,

I planted out on May 23rd under black plastic. No WoW, as I prefer to plant in warmish soil. Guess I was lucky because I had to wait until May 30 last year because of a late frost.

Karen,

The seeds may well have been from you as they came from Tormato's swap. I wonder what you did to them to make them early , Thanks!

Linda

[SharonRossy]

Linda, I could have planted this year around the 24th of May but everyone was predicting possibility of frost until first week of June and although we had some fairly cold weather I probably could have planted out with some protection. Karen I will definitely pm you and I agree about pinching out in our short season. I have to admit, we have had very hot weather. Pretty windy today. Ii had my first cucumber today!

[spuriousmonkey]

Found my first ripe tomato of the season today. It was hiding in the foliage.

Bananalegs.

And of course it seems to have a mild case of blossom end rot. For some reason bananalegs always seems susceptible to it when i grow it. It also always likes to drop its flowers.

Ironically banana legs is the first this season although I have a lot of early varieties growing.

[Labradors2]

Very cool

Luckily, being that shape, you can cut off the BER part and still have lots of tomato to eat!

Linda

[bower]

Here's my first blush too, from yesterday. It 's a cross between Stupice X Black Cherry, and at 107 days from germination to blush it is earlier than either parent here. I can only hope it tastes a teeny bit like Black Cherry..